What the
hell is happening to our school system and our nation in general when libraries
are being closed because of budget cuts? What does that say not only to our
children, who rely on libraries to do research and study for school and take
out as many books as their book bags will hold and also to those who want to learn and who retain
a love of reading? And what kind of message does this send to anyone who uses
the library; those who can’t afford books or computers or magazines or
newspapers? Or how about disabled people like me who just love the smell and feel and
look of all those gorgeous books and for whom it is a sanctuary from the chaos
and hectic pace of the rest of the world out there.
And here
is a shout-out to every librarian in every library in the world, because they
really are the gatekeepers and the heroes of one of the greatest assets of
civilization. Poor Benjamin Franklin must be rolling over in his grave just
thinking about what is happening to his beloved library system. It breaks my
heart too, Ben, and when I die, I will be rolling over as well, but it will be
in an urn because I will be cremated.
I think
that those budget cuts should come out of some of the horrible waste in our
government or perhaps a small percentage of the pay given to tobacco and
insurance company lobbyists. That would surely pay for enough libraries to be convenient
to every citizen in the United States. And the lobbyists will still be living
high off the hog. I truly love libraries.
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