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Librarians are among those least likely to speed?

Jessamyn posted a link today to a CNN report on bad drivers. Apparently, librarians are ranked among the top five professions that are least likely to get a speeding ticket. I guess this is another example of how I’m not your typical librarian, since I’ve gotten three speeding tickets in the past three years. Ironically, the first one occurred when I was moving to Kentucky to attend grad school for my MLS. After the last one, though, I have been more careful about my driving habits, and I’m proud to say that it has been eight months since my last speeding ticket.

don’t you know there’s a war on?

I’m not watching CNN anymore. Not that I do all that much, but what I have seen has disgusted me. I never thought that a war could become glitzy prime time TV. Then again, “reality TV” is very popular these days. Wartime morale posters! Get yours here. [thanks bonster] Clear Channel doesn’t have anything to … Continue reading “don’t you know there’s a war on?”

Wartime morale posters! Get yours here. [thanks bonster]

Clear Channel doesn’t have anything to do with the pro-war rallies. Sure.

“What makes it all possible, of course, is the absence of effective watchdogs. In the Clinton years the merest hint of impropriety quickly blew up into a huge scandal; these days, the scandalmongers are more likely to go after journalists who raise questions. Anyway, don’t you know there’s a war on?”