"Experience and Imagination" - A Political Screed

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By The Author Guy, Christopher Moore:

(Warning: I didn’t know it was going to be <a political rant> when I started. You might want to go look for new LOLCATZ if you’re not interested in...my completely biased opinion.)

Couple of days ago, because I’m interested in books, I posted a blog on MySpace about the attempt by Sarah Palin to ban books in the library in her home town in Alaska. Well, that happens, and it’s only the First Amendment, which I don’t think Ms. Palin is fond of because that’s also the one about Congress not sponsoring a State religion, and she’s on record as saying that the war in Iraq is a mission from God, as well as how building a gas pipe in Alaska is doing God’s will. Anyway, that’s not what I’m writing about.

In the comments yesterday, I got this:

“I think she is hot. I mean the hair up in a bun and those glasses…… Oh wait, we don’t make our political decisions based on superficial circumstances. I mean would you really vote for someone because they are a great speaker but have very little experience?”

Here’s my response.

I’ll vote for the person I think is the smartest........

More: http://blog.chrismoore.com/index.php/archives/238

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Christopher Moore is the author of nine novels, including the international bestseller, Lamb. His latest is A Dirty Job.

Chris was born in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. His father was a highway patrolman and his mother sold major appliances at a department store. He attended Ohio State University and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. He moved to California when he was 19 years old and lived on the Central Coast until 2003, when he moved to Hawaii.

Before publishing his first novel, Practical Demonkeeping in 1992, he worked as a roofer, a grocery clerk, a hotel night auditor, and insurance broker, a waiter, a photographer, and a rock and roll DJ. Chris has drawn on all of these work experiences to create the characters in his books. When he’s not writing, Chris enjoys ocean kayaking, scuba diving, photography, and sumi-e ink painting. He divides his time between Hawaii and San Francisco.

Visit Chris Moore's blog: http://blog.chrismoore.com/
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(On edit: correction of typos)

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