03/07/2006
It appears the books in Missouri's libraries may have spines, but not all of the librarians. The Mayor of St. Louis has posted to his blog in response to the actions of the librarian in Savannah, Missouri who reclassified the gay penguin children's book "And Tango Makes Three" as a nonfiction title so readers (read, children) wouldn't be "blindsided" by finding it. Mayor Slay's assessment: "I suggest that the librarians of Savannah would be better candidates for State Invertebrate than the crayfish." (thanks AJ)
Posted 4:19 PM EST by Andy in Elsewhere | Permalink
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Priceless. I love it when politicians aren't afraid to say what the rest of us are thinking.
Posted by: Brian | Mar 7, 2006 4:55:05 PM
Amazing.. the way the USA goes on always raises a smile in England... though I fear we are both going down the same path to lunacy. Read the mayors weblog though, and there is a slightly different spin on things. Keep happy! :-)
Posted by: Philip | Mar 7, 2006 8:01:03 PM
So I e-mailed the Director of the two libraries and this was her response:
"The media did not get it right - the book is still in childrens right
where it belongs. Talk to the News Press about more precice English or
channel 4 about inventing news.
Barb Read"
If only she knew the glories of spell-check and capitalization...
Posted by: Bryan | Mar 7, 2006 11:22:12 PM
Maybe they need to get a really gay looking crayfish (e.g. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/fancy-a-hairy-lobster/2006/03/08/1141701553455.html)
that looks like it lives in a submarine white party.
Posted by: Mike | Mar 8, 2006 8:23:20 AM
Missouri may once have been a "state where compromise defined Independence" (double pun intended).
Today, it is the home of John Asscroft and the Blunts....and every dominionist theocon and secular neocon in the GOP.
If fascism ever completely becomes an American reality, it may start in the Old Confederacy, but it will be solidified in the Midwest - north and south.
Oh, yes, there are exceptions like Episcopal priest John Danforth, former state attorney general and U.S. senator, but he is now marginalised in his own party.
The "Democrats" are centrists or worse, all "Democrats In Name Only."
Posted by: Raymond | Mar 8, 2006 10:02:37 AM