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Hong Kong Cavalier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 04:32 PM
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36. Indeed?
Edited on Thu Jun-21-07 04:33 PM by Hong Kong Cavalier
http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2001/08/29/brad...
What do you think of President Bush?

He's wonderful. We needed him. Clinton is a shithead and we're glad to be rid of him. And I'm not talking about his sexual exploits. I think we have a chance to do something about education, very important. We should have done it years ago. It doesn't matter who does it -- Democrats or Republicans -- but it's long overdue. Our education system is a monstrosity. We need to go back and rebuild kindergarten and first grade and teach reading and writing to everybody, all colors, and then the whole structure of our education will change because people will know how to read and write.

(emphasis mine)

:shrug:

And I'm someone who stood in line for an hour to get my tattered, well-read copy of The Martian Chronicles autographed by the man in October, 2000.
But he sound rather freeperish in that article to me. If it talks like a freep...
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  -Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 is about How TV Destroys Literature Sequoia  Jun-21-07 11:19 AM   #0 
  - Poor Ray, so addled he doesn't remember his own book.  MNDemNY   Jun-21-07 11:21 AM   #1 
  - He's been a freeper for a while. Sad, but sometimes you do get more  GreenPartyVoter   Jun-21-07 11:21 AM   #2 
  - he's been a freeper for a LONG while.  ellenfl   Jun-21-07 11:34 AM   #7 
  - He's not a freeper.  Shakespeare   Jun-21-07 12:13 PM   #16 
     - Indeed?  Hong Kong Cavalier   Jun-21-07 04:32 PM   #36 
  - Flash: Will Shakespeare said today,  MNDemNY   Jun-21-07 11:24 AM   #3 
  - And to think I always thought it was an anti-teen-sex rant  Bucky   Jun-21-07 11:26 AM   #5 
  - So there's no validity in the anti-censorship interpretations of his book?  Bucky   Jun-21-07 11:25 AM   #4 
  - Maybe Bradbury should turn off the Faux news and read his own book.  Kerrytravelers   Jun-21-07 11:31 AM   #6 
  - Ray clearly wrote about the acidic effect of television in "The Pedestrian"  Ezlivin   Jun-21-07 11:36 AM   #8 
  - Sometimes when I'm reading and the tv is on  Sequoia   Jun-21-07 12:46 PM   #22 
  - Uh, isn't this what Al Gore is also saying?  SteelPenguin   Jun-21-07 11:38 AM   #9 
  - No, Al Gore isn't against TV. He owns a network. He's against BAD TV. NT  NYCGirl   Jun-21-07 11:46 AM   #11 
  - Sniff! It's sad when old people lose it. Uh, where was I?  BikeWriter   Jun-21-07 11:44 AM   #10 
  - If you can't rewrite the book, just rewrite HISTORY.  dicksteele   Jun-21-07 11:51 AM   #12 
  - Wait a minute  dmallind   Jun-21-07 11:55 AM   #13 
  - Sure, there can be more than one message in a book  muriel_volestrangler   Jun-21-07 12:05 PM   #15 
  - Bad content and misinformation can be found on teevee and in books.  valerief   Jun-21-07 11:58 AM   #14 
  - I beg to differ.  NCevilDUer   Jun-21-07 12:18 PM   #17 
  - GREAT post.  Shakespeare   Jun-21-07 12:23 PM   #19 
  - That must've been cool.  Sequoia   Jun-21-07 01:00 PM   #25 
     - He's an absolute sweetheart.  Shakespeare   Jun-21-07 01:47 PM   #29 
  - A Bill Moyers series vs. Ann Coulter books. Those are your only choices.  valerief   Jun-21-07 12:26 PM   #20 
     - As I said, different mediums.  NCevilDUer   Jun-21-07 12:53 PM   #23 
        - why can't you argue with the TV?  hfojvt   Jun-21-07 01:05 PM   #27 
        - You said it right there -  NCevilDUer   Jun-21-07 02:24 PM   #31 
           - So how do you argue with a book again? I missed that. nt  valerief   Jun-21-07 04:25 PM   #34 
        - I "read" your answer and I still don't know what your choice was.  valerief   Jun-21-07 04:23 PM   #32 
        - That's "ease" not "east" - too late to edit. nt  NCevilDUer   Jun-21-07 05:06 PM   #37 
  - Yeah, but people don't reap much, so bad books are relatively harmless  JVS   Jun-21-07 12:18 PM   #18 
  - Right  fishnfla   Jun-21-07 12:57 PM   #24 
     - You don't know how to read books if you think they're not selling something. nt  valerief   Jun-21-07 04:24 PM   #33 
        - no reply necessary  fishnfla   Jun-21-07 05:16 PM   #39 
           - Huh? nt  valerief   Jun-22-07 12:33 PM   #40 
  - As far as dystopian novels go, that one sucks.  Vickers   Jun-21-07 12:31 PM   #21 
  - Well, more people are reading now than ever before - on the internet  The Straight Story   Jun-21-07 01:03 PM   #26 
  - One thing lately crossing my mind  Jim Warren   Jun-21-07 01:13 PM   #28 
  - "There is such a thing as too much education."  ieoeja   Jun-21-07 02:06 PM   #30 
  - That's what's cool about art. It admits of useful and interesting interpretations....  BlooInBloo   Jun-21-07 04:25 PM   #35 
  - I wonder if Bradbury felt the same about his TV show.  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-21-07 05:08 PM   #38 
  - Bradbury has devolved  librechik   Jun-22-07 12:41 PM   #41 
 

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