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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Why is it not surprising that you would find a rumor that
somebody's husband's cousin heard somewhere to be more authoritative then a blog
that expresses skepticism and the use of common sense and actually cites the
original article on the subject from the Wasilla paper? Mrs. Lund has
already pointed out how at least a portion of the husband's cousin's rumor is in
error by noting that at least three of the books on the list hadn't been
published when Palin was the mayor and the newspaper article makes it clear that
no books what so ever were specifically discussed. Is it easier to run
with pre-conceived notions than it is to entertain pesky facts?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=idahotom@hotmail.com href="mailto:idahotom@hotmail.com">Tom
Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 08, 2008 6:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Palin and book
banning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Keely stated:<BR> <BR>"I would not knowingly pass along
false information, and if this is not a true story -- if it's not an accurate
account of any attempts, if there are any, of Palin's attempts to take certain
titles off the shelves -- then I shouldn't have posted it. Dale Courtney
says it's false. I don't know. But if someone out there can
demonstrate to me that what I passed along was, in fact, false, then I
apologize now and will again.<BR> <BR>The authority cited by Dale
Courtney, in repudiating Keely's claim, is a blog (that's right, a blog)
titled "Explorations", whose mantra is "Believe nothing, no matter where you
read it, or who said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own
common sense", at:<BR> <BR><A
href="http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/">http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/</A><BR> <BR>Concerning
the author of this blog, Charles Martin:<BR> <BR>>From "Explorations"
at:<BR> <BR><A
href="http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/about/">http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/about/</A><BR> <BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>"About the Author</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>- Charlie Martin (variously known as Charles R Martin in
technical publications, “Charlie (<st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State>)”
in blog comments, and “Seneca the Younger” when posting at Flares into
Darkness) is a computer scientist in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Louisville</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place>. The musings in this blog, whether
on technical subjects, Buddhism, politics, philosophy, modern business, arts,
sciences, cats, passing fancies, or other less categorizable notions, are his
own and no one else is in any way responsible. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>- Charlie Martin is a <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:State> computer scientist and
nearly-successful screenwriter who contributes to the Flares Into Darkness
political blog as ‘Seneca the Younger,’ and blogs under his own name at the
aggressively non-political Explorations blog."</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>Now, about Exploration's blog
entry titled "Palin Rumors", located at:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/">http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/</A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Among the listed 71 "rumors"
(some would better serve as fodder for stand-up comedy) is . . .</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"41. No the list of books
she wanted to ban that’s being passed around isn’t real; among other things,
it includes a number of books published after her time in office there."</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Within this text "list of
books" is linked to Exploration's source of verification, another blog, Mike
Cane 2008, at:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/67j9qr">http://tinyurl.com/67j9qr</A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">So, what you have here is Dale
Courtney's blahg repudiating a claim by referencing another blog who verifies
their statements by citing yet another blog.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Kinda reminds me of a line in a
song of which I forget the title . . .</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"Here we go round in circles .
. . "</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">So, Keely, until I read or hear
it from a more reliable source (say, maybe the National Enquirer), your
husband's cousin's claim remains intact.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Seeya round town, Moscow.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Tom Hansen</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Moscow, Idaho</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR> </P><BR> <BR>
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