[lbo-talk] The wisdom of librarians

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 22 10:06:05 PST 2003


Chuck0 wrote:


>From one of my librarian lists:
>
>"The Bush administration has raised the nation's antiterrorism alert to
>orange. So who says the capture of Saddam Hussein has made us safer?"

Hey, you can't let people get complacent now that High Value Target #1 is in custody. I wonder if there's any truth to Marilyn Manson's contention in Bowling for Columbine that fear encourages consumption. Nothing like a pre-Christmas Orange Alert in a disappointing holiday shopping season!

Doug



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