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1 Locker  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 11:55:43am

Conservatives don’t like education. Educated people are a lot less likely to fall for their bullshit.

2 Lidane  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 12:22:58pm

I have a lot of family in Laredo. They’re outraged over this, but there’s not a lot that can be done, since B.Dalton was owned by Barnes & Noble. If B&N was willing to close the only dedicated bookstore in the city, they’d be hard-pressed to open a Barnes & Noble make up for it.

It’s a shame.

3 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 12:28:06pm
So in Andy’s world denying people access to books (other than the Bible) and the chance to educate themselves is a good thing?

I hate these morons. I learned all about “book lernin’ vs commonsense” from my yokel relatives when I was growing up. I was a National Merit scholar. Most families would have been proud, mine was condescending at best and downright hostile about it at worst. Not one of my 8 aunts and uncles or my 14 cousins has ever read one of my books. Only one of my brothers has. I learned to fly a plane, I can fix my own car, I raise cotton and horses on my own farm, I’ve been all over the world and I’ve survived in environments that would cause the “commonsense” relatives to come unglued in a single day. I live in a beautiful old home that I own outright and I have a Rolls-Royce in the garage (and a Chevy truck in the driveway, needless to say). Yet, according to them, I have “book lernin’ but no commonsense.” (They do pronounce it as a single word, just as they treat “license” as plural and add an “r” to “wash” and “push.”) They wonder why I want nothing to do with them and wouldn’t cross the street to piss on them if they were on fire. To hell with them and all their works and to the dust bin of history with the superstitions that both justify and perpetuate their self-willed ignorance.

4 aagcobb  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 12:37:50pm

I hope Laredo at least has public libraries. Sad to say, just as Blockbuster’s mortar and brick stores can’t compete with Netflix, bookstores are unlikely to survive in the internet era.

5 freetoken  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:23:06pm

re: #4 aagcobb

I hope Laredo at least has public libraries.

SOCIALIST!!

6 Lidane  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:45:00pm

re: #4 aagcobb

I hope Laredo at least has public libraries. Sad to say, just as Blockbuster’s mortar and brick stores can’t compete with Netflix, bookstores are unlikely to survive in the internet era.

They do. The main issue is, for parents that don’t go online or can’t afford eReaders like the Nook or Kindle, dedicated bookstores were the best way to get new books in the hands of their kids. Libraries aren’t always going to have the most current stuff.

I’m hoping that something will happen to change the situation for the better. People shouldn’t have to settle just for whatever Wal-Mart decides to sell in their book section.

7 Decatur Deb  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 1:49:31pm

re: #4 aagcobb

I hope Laredo at least has public libraries. Sad to say, just as Blockbuster’s mortar and brick stores can’t compete with Netflix, bookstores are unlikely to survive in the internet era.

Article on e-reader under development specifically for library distribution:

[Link: goodereader.com…]

8 Charleston Chew  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:01:26pm

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9 Charleston Chew  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:02:07pm

re: #8 Charleston Chew

That’s odd.

10 RogueOne  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 2:19:00pm

Chapter closing on lone Laredo bookstore
updated 12/16/2009 5:26:01 PM ET

11 steve_davis  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 4:09:56pm

re: #3 Shiplord Kirel

I hate these morons. I learned all about “book lernin’ vs commonsense” from my yokel relatives when I was growing up. I was a National Merit scholar. Most families would have been proud, mine was condescending at best and downright hostile about it at worst. Not one of my 8 aunts and uncles or my 14 cousins has ever read one of my books. Only one of my brothers has. I learned to fly a plane, I can fix my own car, I raise cotton and horses on my own farm, I’ve been all over the world and I’ve survived in environments that would cause the “commonsense” relatives to come unglued in a single day. I live in a beautiful old home that I own outright and I have a Rolls-Royce in the garage (and a Chevy truck in the driveway, needless to say). Yet, according to them, I have “book lernin’ but no commonsense.” (They do pronounce it as a single word, just as they treat “license” as plural and add an “r” to “wash” and “push.”) They wonder why I want nothing to do with them and wouldn’t cross the street to piss on them if they were on fire. To hell with them and all their works and to the dust bin of history with the superstitions that both justify and perpetuate their self-willed ignorance.

good grief, man. They’re on fire. Cross the street and piss on them. It’s your Christian duty.

12 moderatelyradicalliberal  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 7:36:35pm

re: #1 Locker

Conservatives don’t like education. Educated people are a lot less likely to fall for their bullshit.

This.

13 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jul 5, 2011 8:57:42pm

re: #10 RogueOne

Chapter closing on lone Laredo bookstore
updated 12/16/2009 5:26:01 PM ET

If you hadn’t said it, I would have. This MSNBC story is over 18 months old.

14 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Jul 6, 2011 6:34:49am

We lost the last bookstore in Richmond, CA, about a year ago. Same problem. B. Dalton/B&N.


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