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Anthony 2816 said, 7 months ago

Gee, for the umpteenth time, McCoy got it wrong.

As least he’s consistent…ly wrong.
tjdestry said, 7 months ago

Yeah, all those left-wing beauty contest judges …
HOWGOZIT said, 7 months ago

Waterboarding anyone?
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

Sorry, but I don’t see any problem with her answer. A) why are they asking political hot-topic questions in beauty pageants? What ever happened to all that world-peace, feed the hungry, teach children to read stuff? It’s like they WANTED to pressure people into giving the “popular” answer.

And B) so she’s against gay marriage. So’s half the country. Why jump her butt about it? If she said “I believe in gay marriage” she’d have about the same amount of people who agree with her, nationally, but they wouldn’t be griping about her answer.

They asked her opinion. She gave it truthfully. They should shut up. It’s not like she said “I eat dying African AIDS victims for breakfast” or something.
HOWGOZIT said, 7 months ago

Concur librarian–state your opinion and as long as liberals agree it is okay–otherwise you’re considered wrong. The waterboarding is for Perez Hilton
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

HOWGOZIT, thanks. It’s not often I get backed up on something I say. But like Miss California, I guess I’m used to being alone in my opinion. Kinda Ironic she’s from Cali, though ain’t it? First Prop 8 (Which the entire state voted fairly on I might add) and now this. God does interesting things with history. I was doing a study in the book of Ruth. You know how it starts? In Bethlehem (which is called the house of Bread) there’s a FAMINE! No Bread in the House of Bread! Irony is so funny that way.
tpenna said, 7 months ago

As it happens, LibrarianinTraining, I agree. I saw nothing wrong with her answer. I disagreed with her opinion, but I disagree with a lot of people’s opinions, and that’s just fine. What matters is that she presented her opinion simply and matter-of-factly, without being hateful or rude.

Hilton’s reaction was that of an absolute baby.
Corosive Frog said, 7 months ago

LibrarianInTraining; I think you’re right. I don’t share her opinion, but she’s entitled to it.

Not bad for a lib’ral, hey?
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

Corosive, I don’t hate liberals. I don’t hate anyone. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. And I think Miss Cali was trying to say at the start of her answer that that is what makes this country so great. I just also agree with the Bible. But this is not the time nor place for deep theological debates.

I gotta finish my laundry. God bless, all!
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

Oh, and P.S. I LOVE the Powerpuff Girls!
CaptainColorado said, 7 months ago

Hilton publically asked a biased question. Miss California gave a personal and honest answer. He started it. She finished it. She is a hero. He is a zero.
fritzoid said, 7 months ago

The left does not applaud Obama when he states an opposition to same-sex marriage, but we aren’t going to turn on him for it either. Obama’s personal belief in one-man-one-woman marriage has NOT led him to call for a constitutional amendment, or laws outlawing same-sex marriages.

If you oppose same-sex marriages, then don’t have one.

And the argument against Prop. 8 is not that the election was rigged, but that it should never have been put up to a popular vote in the first place. The constitutional amendment process should NOT be used to TAKE AWAY rights from a protected minority. Elsewhere, the California constitution states that gays and lesbians are to be granted equal rights under California law, and Prop. 8 is in direct contradiction to that.
fritzoid said, 7 months ago

LibrarianInTraining, where are you studying? Do you prefer Dewey, or LC? Are you coming out west for the ALA in June?

I’m a great admirer of librarians. They support freedom of speech, and free access to information. I read banned books!

(They can also get freaky, when you get ‘em alone. Must come from having to be so quiet on the job.)
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

fritzoid, I’m not actually studying anywhere. I can’t afford school right now, because my grandmother is dying, and I promised I’d take care of her, seeing as how she raised me and all. I prefer LC, but only because it’s what I’m used to. I worked a year in my college library, and by the third month, I was running the place on Saturdays by myself. There are only two schools in the state of Florida that offer Library Science degrees. And in order to be a librarian in a public library, you need a Master’s.

I always wanted to be a teacher. But I was under this strange delusion that all kids were like me. They liked learning. Dead wrong. I was a teacher’s aide for two years in high school. Didn’t work. So I figured, in a library, I can teach people who WANT to learn. After all, no one’s forcing them to be there, like they would be at school.
And yes, according to my hubby, I can be pretty naughty. ;-)
fritzoid said, 7 months ago

Married, huh? sigh

Back in college, I worked in the Library for the School of Library and Information Science (just as an undergrad assistant) at Illinois (DEWEY!). So the people who used the library were studying to be librarians, and you’d IMAGINE that they would have had some idea of how to do research. Alas, such was not always the case. :-)

Good luck to you, and don’t give up your dreams! Even if you’re not in a position to help OTHERS learn, if you stop learning YOURSELF you begin to die.
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

It started with my grandfather. He was a real know-it-all. Always got suspended from school for arguing with the teachers. We’d watched Jeopardy every night. And occasionally, they got an answer wrong (The judges would.) so my grandfather would holler “RESEARCH!” and we’d dig out the encyclopediae and look up the correct answers. So I learned research at a young age.

And yes, married, and very happily too. My husband fixes computers, but he’d rather be a restaurateur (He wants to open his own steak house). And he’s trying to write a novel on the side.

But fear not! Keep looking, and I’m sure you’ll find a naughty librarian of your own.

I need to find this library school you worked at. Like I said, there are only two schools here that offer the degree: Florida State, and University of South Florida. And I could never go to Florida State. GO GATORS!
lalas said, 7 months ago

Howgozit – funny you only picked up the convenient half of what LIT said. If she had said she was pro-gay marriage all the righties would be in a lather.

Personally I don’t give a bleeep what Perez Hilton and some beauty queen “thinks.”
HOWGOZIT said, 7 months ago

Good for you LaLa. She did not say she was against it–she said she was raised to believe a marriage should be between a man and a woman. I could give a sh*t about gay marriages no matter my opinion. Way to read into it LaLa
anng628 said, 7 months ago

Anthony…McCoy got it RIGHT (as in “correct”). Miss CA spoke from her heart and from her values. I thought that she was very delicate & non-judgmental in the way she handled her answer. If BO would have agreed with her, the Lefties would have been falling all over themselves to back him up.

I used to think Perez Hilton was funny. Now I have lost all respect for him.
teaguemj said, 7 months ago

Yea!!!!!!!!! LibrarianinTraining
I think the same thing! You rock!
LibrarianInTraining said, 7 months ago

teaguemj, thanks! I’ve never been told I rock before. Except by hubby, but he’s biased. :)
fritzoid said, 7 months ago

The Library School at Illinois (CU) is considered one of the best, if I recall correctly (and if they’ve maintained their standing in the last 20 years). As I mentioned, the U of I Library system uses Dewey rather than LC (they are the largest library in the world still using it, I think), but of course they teach Library of Congress as well. But Central Illinois weather would probably come as a real shock to a Floridian, especially the sub-zero winters…
danielsangeo said, 7 months ago

I’m looking for a person on “The Left” saying “bravo” to Obama’s feelings about gay marriage. Can someone point me to one?
lalas said, 7 months ago

DPR – The right ditched Reagan on the torture thing. Reagan was against torture in no uncertain terms.
Anthony 2816 said, 7 months ago

Anng, while you may think that Perez Hilton and other gays are thrilled that Obama is against gay marriage, in the real world the opposite is true.
anng628 said, 7 months ago

Anthony - I don’t know that they are “thrilled” that BO is against gay marriage. But I do think they will agree - or pretend to agree - with everything he says just because he is their “hero”, “the anointed one”, “the second coming” or whatever you want to call him. Knee jerkery per DPR.
fritzoid said, 7 months ago

“But I do think they will agree - or pretend to agree - with everything he says just because he is their “hero”, “the anointed one”, “the second coming” or whatever you want to call him. Knee jerkery per DPR.”

If this were the case, nobody would even be asking the question anymore. Supporters of same-sex marriage do NOT agree with Obama on the issue, and they/we are NOT going to drop the issue. We ARE grateful to Obama that, despite his personal feelings on the matter, he’s NOT pushing for an amendment banning same-sex marriage. Think of it this way: As an atheist, I’d have to wait a LONG TIME to find an outspoken atheist I could support as a viable candidate for any office, so instead I vote for church-goers who will protect my right NOT to have laws written by Bible-thumpers.
senorbullwinkle said, 7 months ago

Librarians, too snooty for my taste. Always throwing us tramps out of “their” library. They think each book is theirs. They get all mad when they catch you drawing in the books Remember you cant have a library without a lib, or you’d only have a rary.
That calai. girl is an air head, no matter what she was saying. You wouldn’t want to ask her for directions.
Anthony 2816 said, 7 months ago

Sorry, Ann, but I’m going to have to side with Fritzoid on this one. Your claim that gay people are going to give up on their desire for gay marriage just because Obama isn’t for it smacks of both ignorance and paranoia on your part more than anything else.
senorbullwinkle said, 7 months ago

ANNG, FYI, no one but people who hate the PRESIDENT, call him the things you said. That is a right religious thing that you folks accuse us of. Dont put your words in my mouth. after all he’s not REAGAN !
LibrarianInTraining said, 6 months ago

Senorbullwinkle, I would hardly call myself snooty. (Though I can understand a library ousting you for doodling in their books.)

And I happen to think Regan’s the only good President we’ve had since FDR. (I didn’t like FDR’s economic policies, but his patriotism during the war was phenomenal.)
cdward said, 6 months ago

librarian, my sister’s a librarian, so kudos for heading that direction. It’s a tough economy for the libraries these days, but they’re proving to be more invaluable than ever.
As the Reagan - I don’t doubt his patriotism or his skill as a communicator, but his fiscal policy was disastrous (IMHO). But hey, we’re allowed to disagree about that, aren’t we.
cdward said, 6 months ago

I did want to add – in regards to the ‘toon – that Obama and I don’t agree on same sex marriage. But I knew that going in. There are several things we don’t agree on. How could it be otherwise. I challenge him on those areas but understand that overall the presidency is in good hands. You don’t have to be a “Yes man/woman” to have confidence in a person.
DrCanuck said, 6 months ago

Note how McCoy dressed her in a gown. When she gave this answer, she was in a tiny bikini. The new spokesperson for the Christian Right is a scantily-clad bimbo, appealing to men’s base instincts.
anng628 said, 6 months ago

Mr. Bullwinkle - Do NOT put YOUR words in MY mouth…I do NOT hate the President!
senorbullwinkle said, 6 months ago

I never met an honest republican yet, why should you be any different.
Anthony 2816 said, 6 months ago

The number of “hypocrites” who have changed from being supporters of gay marriage to being against it just because Obama is against it can probably be counted on the fingers of one foot, Stewie.

People like you and Anng must be in awe of Obama, but normal people don’t worship him. We just appreciate his efforts in trying to clean up the Bush disaster, even if we don’t agree with him on everything.
senorbullwinkle said, 6 months ago

SUEY, If BARACK is a moron, then what is bush, plant or mineral?
LibrarianInTraining said, 6 months ago

cdward, thank you. Yes, libraries are in hard times, too. Most people have the internet, and would rather watch the film than read the book. So we all appreciate your support! Your sister sounds like a hard worker. Kudos to her.

And DrCanuck, Sorry to disappoint. But I watched the whole thing, beginning to end, and it was past the swimsuit stage. She was indeed in a gown at that point in the show. As to appealing to men’s baser instincts, I never agreed with the whole pageant idea to start with. Why not have contests where we judge people’s charater outside of their looks. If they’re truly going to be the kinds of people we want representing our nation, they should be so involved in what they’re doing, they barely have time to throw on a t-shirt and jeans in the morning, let alone hairspray, make-up, tanning sessions, etc. But that’s my opinion.
Singess said, 6 months ago

In my opinion, beauty contests are an exercise in pointless drivel. Further, they are puerile and banal.
senorbullwinkle said, 6 months ago

MAYBE, I should have said, I never met a republican that was honest.
HOWGOZIT said, 6 months ago

Senor–why not a true statement and replace “Republican” with “Politician”
anng628 said, 6 months ago

Definitely a more accurate statement, Howie.
fritzoid said, 6 months ago

There ARE Republicans who are honest, but when they DO speak their true beliefs they reveal themselves as ignorant or foolish or venal. If they weren’t ignorant, foolish, or venal, they wouldn’t be Republicans. It’s only by lying that they can get people to vote for them (and against their own interests).
LibrarianInTraining said, 6 months ago

fritzoid, as a registered Republican, I respect your right to your opinion, but I resent the remark.

Have a nice day!
anng628 said, 6 months ago

Amen, Librarian!
senorbullwinkle said, 6 months ago

WELCOME TO GOcomics !
At least Editorial Cartoons.
fritzoid said, 6 months ago

Librarian, the remark was overly harsh and I withdraw it, but I DO think that people who ARE registered Republicans should take a long, hard look at the people and positions that are coming to be irredemiably linked with the Party. How CAN anyone look at the people claiming leadership of the GOP and not be appalled to be associated with them?
LibrarianInTraining said, 6 months ago

There are people on both sides whose only interest is towing the party line. I know many respectable Democrats. And many air-headed ones. The point is, I vote based on principle, as do many Republicans I know. I’d have voted for Bill Cosby for President if he ran as a Democrat, because I like where the man stands. And I from a historical perspective, I admire FDR, a Democrat, who stood for many of the same principles I stand for.

While I admire any man (or woman) who steps into the office of President, I could not, in good conscience, vote for Mr. Obama, as he stands for many things I strongly oppose, such as abortion rights, more liberties to illegals, and embryonic stem-cell research.

I could not, in good conscience, vote for anyone who stood for those things, no matter what kind of Republican, Christian, upright person he claimed to be, or what economic prosperity he promised. If the value of a dollar is worth more than the value of a human life, then pray tell me, what is the point of living at all?

Democrat, Republican, or Independent, values come first.

And, as a side note, President Lincoln was a Republican.
fritzoid said, 6 months ago

And Abraham Lincoln died 150 years ago. Do you think “the Party of Lincoln” in any way resembles anything Lincoln would recognize? (Apart from being stuck in the 19th Century, that is…)