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The 2008 Primary Election Calendar

Posted by Shino Ito

Picture of US map

Posted: February 12, 2008 8:59 pm | 0 comments
Tags: calendar, election 2008, primary

Link: Sarah Palin, would-be banner of books

Posted by Christopher Markman

Check out the article via BoingBoing > Librarian.net > Time Magazine

This also got some mention in a recent NYT article:

"Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.

Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin’s first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. “They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her,” Ms. Kilkenny said.

The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.

In 1996, ... more »

Posted: September 3, 2008 5:02 pm | 0 comments
Tags: censorship, election 2008, palin

debate night

Posted by Emma Hryniewicz

sooo.. The Last Debate is tonight... and yeah I know they're showing it in I think quadside...but i'm lazy and I don't want to be a type-a-holic.

Personally, I'm going to watch via current.com and put my input in via twitter tonight....Yep, I'm gonna attempt to participate in the "Hack the Debate Project" via Current TV.

I do have something better to do(namely homework) but I think I can balance the two nicely. It's the loveliest thing about internet streaming. I don't have to watch--I can listen.

I also have to start working on my "third parties" fact sheets later so I can deliver those to the Simmons Votes committee. Because hey we have 4 other people with ballot access here in Massachusetts: Green Party's McKinney/Clemente, Libertarian Party's Barr/Root, Independent Party's Nader/Gonzalez, and Constitution Party's Baldwin/Castle.

And then over the weekend I get to continue following bloggingthedebates.com.

Posted: October 15, 2008 8:56 pm | 1 comment
Tags: election 2008, final debate night, politics