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Thank you for sharing this. Tommy Wayne Kramer is a satirist who has attacked everyone from "old people" to environmentalists. I do find it disturbing that some readers actually agree with him (based on some of the comments on this particular column). On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:47 PM, B.G. Sloan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have no idea whether or not this column was written tongue-in-cheek, but > it does offer an "interesting" citizen point of view about public > libraries... > > An excerpt: > > "If Mendocino County is strapped for money, and I believe it is, the most > logical thing it could do is close down all the libraries...Some folks are > going to argue that we need libraries because they are centers for research > and intellectual inquiry. Historically this has certainly been the case, but > it's no longer true. There was a revolution about 20 years ago and it was > called the Internet. Any teenager can unearth more information in a five > minute Google session than you could discover in five days at the library." > > Full text at: > > http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_14449602 > > Bernie Sloan > > > > > >