Tuesday, May 27, 2003
It's Still America - at least in California...
Librarians in Palo Alto (a very pretty part of Silly Silicon Valley) are purging their records of information on who borrowed what six days after every book is returned. In my book, that puts Librarians right up there with Marines, et al, as defenders of Freedom.
Palo Alto's police chief is supporting a resolution before the Cicty [sic] Council next week that would prohibit her department from aiding the FBI in Patriot Act searches, interviews or surveillance without evidence that a crime has been committed.
"We take an oath to uphold the Constitution and that's the bottom line for us"
...A report released last week by the Justice Department showed that FBI agents have obtained records from 50 libraries throughout the country.
I wonder what they're after. These days, how many Al Qaida members are checking out books on How to Build a Pocket Nuke?
And for all of you who have just finished cleaning the bathroom, a-gain: a Practice Unit (complete with practice unit!) Watch the video - worth the wait.
From the "You've Had That Thing HOW Long and You Still Can't Aim It?!?!?" Dept.
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