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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:35 PM Original message |
Michigan rightwingers call school-assigned Vonnegut book "porn" -- get Bush's FBI to "investigate" |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. So... basically, the FBI is wasting money on bullshit. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. surely, they will do a thourough investigation |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, it is Howell . . . |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh my shit. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. haven't you heard? Under Bush, authors are terrorists! |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. If it's Vonnegut's "Welcome to the Monkey House" |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes! |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 03:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. It's Usually "Slaughterhouse 5" They Want Banned |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Does she KNOW any high school students? |
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Bright Eyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. i guess it says something for my high school... |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I taught high school students for 20 years, and |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 02:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I taught h.s. English. It isn't easy finding non-graphic contemporary novels. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. The idea is that they're supposed to learn not to do stupid and terrible |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, Vonnegut does say that Billy Pilgrim has a big wiener in The Slaughterhouse-Five. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Trivia: I was neighbors with the Bernard O'Hare family. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. It wasn't Vonnegut, it was Kilgore Trout who wrote that smut. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Maybe they should subpoena Kilgore Trout to testify in D.C.? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. It is outrageous that the FBI is being used to push this group's social agenda. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. What a bunch of perverts. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Vonnegut Is Enjoying Every Minute Of It |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. "And so it goes." nt |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-02-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Everything I learned about glove+Vaseline and rabbit fur |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. Detroit local TV news reported a SURGE in sales of Kurt Vonnegut books in Livingston County |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thank God the anti-burners took to the bookstores first... |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. some interesting anecdotes about howell, MI |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. maybe the Republicans would prefer students read Scooter Libby's |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Doesn't everybody's ultimate fantasy involve bears and little girls? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. They could throw some Lynne Cheney on the syllabus, too.... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. Happily, |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-03-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. thanks, LWolf |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "Be free or die" |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. Howell is in Livingston County, which is known for KKK and militia activity |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-06-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. Vonnegut is sometimes a tough sell |
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