Philadelphia libraries to close Oct. 2

Ben,

 

The Kennedys kill and rape people.

shrinkingwoman:  there are educated, library using, sports fans and many of us don't drink!

I agree that at least some of the libraries should stay open and that there are other areas that could be cut back, but sports programs are important.  Why can't kids have both?

I moved to Philly 4 years ago from Alaska for college--what a mistake that was. In less than 4 years I have seen so many trashy people in Philly.  I've seen so much racism, the sheer rudeness of people is astounding, and my ability to be polite has been wearing thin ever since. I'm so disgusted with every aspect of this dirty, sewage-smelling city, and now they want to close all of the libraries? I'm about to finish a masters in library science and I'm outraged.

First of all, libraries should not be going extinct. Not only do they provide safe learning havens with their friendly staff and after-school programs, they encourage literacy, provide computer and Internet access that people might not otherwise have, they are FREE, they contain rare and expensive books that people absolutely cannot afford to buy, they hold valuable archives, AND, there's the big kicker, library staff are trained to help people find information.  Not just any information--GOOD and reliable information. Not everyone can tell a good Website from a bad one, and we all know that the Internet is bursting at the seams with lies and hoaxes and bad information.  Librarians sort through the crap to get you good information, and they pass their knowledge on to you so that you can find good information, too, because good information is the basis of an intelligent, free society. Where are we without libraries? In deep ****.

HardAMworker shut up and learn to break up your sentences up will ya!

This is sick.  Closing libraries.  Doesn't Philly have a lot of problems with those "poor, underprivledged, youth that" the  man" has been keeping down for so long"  This will be more fodder for their whining, in about ten years.  "The libraries closed, I had no opportunity to learn like the white kids.  That's why I sell crack, and shot a man." (as if that kid ever would step inside a library anyway)  Racist, no.  Just telling the truth, that so many are afraid to tell. Some of these kids are good, and do use and need a library.  It is a refuge from home, and an opportunity to LEARN. I would also like to point out that the lack of available knowledge is the first step to a fascist state.  No knowledge, no power.  Soon, we will have internet taxes.   Have you noticed that newspapers are getting thinner, and thinner?  Have you noticed that there are no reporters any more, just people who have opinions on happenings in the world.? They tell us what to think.  I am including glenn Beck, and Coulter in there too, so don't start. Have you noticed a lack of pristine factual reporting? Obama should admit the fact that he wants for America what happened in Rhodesia --now Zimbabwe.   I bet there are no libraries there, either.  I bet there were nice ones in Rhodesia.  I see very bad things ahead for this country with this person sitting as president.  And his cabinet,and scariest of all, the way he has gotten around cabinet positions by appointing so many czars.  31 czars giving him tips and advice.  That is the cabinets job.  I didn't approve of W's 13 czars, and I don't approve of Obama's 31 czars.  This man has the intention, I believe, to destroy the constitution by the time he is up for re-election, so term limits will not come into play.  Then he will be "our beloved dictator"  you know, the people that voted for him did it from "white guilt syndrome" and the others just love their hand-outs.  That is exactly how Chavez won in Venezuela.  Promise everything to the poor, lazy or unwilling to try to make a better life for themselves, (or some genuinelly couldn't), and since that was the majority of the country,(as it will be here soon., too with the illegals getting govt healthcare,etc.)  that Obama will be in that chair for the next thirty years. 

1998 is a bleak year for the Democrats signing the declaration of people power over to the banks and finishing off what Reagan began in 1972 is something no one will forgive Bill Clinton.  Allan Greenspan is Allan Greenspan.  No President since JFK has tried to take on Wall St or the Hawks in the American Army.

 

Long live the KENNNEDY FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!