Check out my facebook page, kite runner, where the wild things are, huk finn, and our facebook, jim has a comment, if you backed a book that offended someone, you would ban every book. Serena asked. What counts as a quote unquote dangerous idea . Judgment will be arbitrary and here is an interesting one. Library comment, i read one day in the life of ivan denisovich. What is graphic, what is objectionable, who gets to decide . Thats the big point is it being decided in a vacuum . How does a book become offlimits . Books like captain underpants and the kite runner have been one of the most challenged books in libraries. The kids, second half of 2012 to the same period in 2013. Bans are often requested by concerned parents to restrict books that they find inappropriate. But before a book can be banned it does have to go enthuse a process. Objectionable content has ranged from sexually explicit material to violence and profanity. Here is how some of it breaks down. Now one complaint can i
What congress decides to do. But i think its important for the American People to understand exactly what this fiscal cliff is. Because its actually not that complicated. The tax cuts that were introduced in 2001, 2003, 2010, those were extended and theyre all about to expire at the end of the year. So on midnight, december 31st, if congress doesnt act, then everybodys taxes go up. And for the average family, that could mean a loss of 2,000 in income. For the entire economy, that means consumers have a lot less money to make purchases, which means businesses are going to have a lot less customers, which means that theyre less likely to hire and the whole economy could slow down at a time when the economy is starting to pick up and were seeing signs of recovery in housing and employment numbers improving. So what Congress Needs to do first and foremost, is to prevent taxes from going up for the vast majority of americans. And this was a major topic of discussion throughout the campaign.
Understand exactly what this fiscal cliff is. Because its actually not that complicated. The tax cuts that were introduced in 2001, 2003, 2010, those were extended and theyre all about to expire at the end of the year. So on midnight, december 31st, if congress doesnt act, then everybodys taxes go up. And for the average family, that could mean a loss of 2,000 in income. For the entire economy, that means consumers have a lot less money to make purchases, which means businesses are going to have a lot less customers, which means that theyre less likely to hire and the whole economy could slow down at a time when the economy is starting to pick up and were seeing signs of recovery in housing and employment numbers improving. So what Congress Needs to do first and foremost, is to prevent taxes from going up for the vast majority of americans. And this was a major topic of discussion throughout the campaign. What i said was, that we should keep taxes where they are for 98 of americans. 97
What congress decides to do. But i think its important for the American People to understand exactly what this fiscal cliff is. Because its actually not that complicated. The tax cuts that were introduced in 2001, 2003, 2010, those were extended and theyre all about to expire at the end of the year. So on midnight, december 31st, if congress doesnt act, then everybodys taxes go up. And for the average family, that could mean a loss of 2,000 in income. For the entire economy, that means consumers have a lot less money to make purchases, which means businesses are going to have a lot less customers, which ans that theyre less likely to hire and the whole economy could slow down at a time when the economy is starting to pick up and were seeing signs of recovery in housing and employment numbers improving. So what Congress Needs to do first and foremost, is to prevent taxes from going up for the vast majority of americans. And this was a major topic of discussion throughout the campaign. W
huk finn stayed saved until tuesday. the gun control thing is so tough. it is one of these cultural political issues where you have a ferociously well organized opposition, and a more diffuse common sense broader population. and i think that that is where the tension is. that also by the way is not the well organized interest plus the common sense diffusion is not just limited to guns. it s but, tom, talk more about guns. as you remember the assault weapons ban in 1994, it passes the house by four votes. and that was a democratic house. and by the way, it had a lot of loopholes of it. i brought a copy of a magazine that i get called shotgun news. almost the entire this is for people who own guns and are gun collectors and some are gun nuts. not all of them, obviously. but the fact is, it s all about