Librarians Rock!

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Would rather be out playing golf but the conditions are almost unbearable: overcast, very windy, cold. All the way up to 33* here at our place on the hill.

Breakfast with Diane down at the Cabin. Neighbors and friends and strangers joined us, or we joined them.

Yesterday, between things, I tried to find a feed of the Masters on our satellite. Got sidelined and distracted by goings-on at C-Span: First, a talk at John Hopkins University by Larry Cox of Amnesty International who "...suggests what can be done to make the United States a credible proponent of human rights". Second, George Christian and Peter Chase were speaking at a university forum in Vermont (can't find the C-Span link - hmmmm, censored?) on their experiences with the Patriot Act, national security letters and gag orders. Go here for a NYT article on their first speaking up from last June, which, in part, says:

"...The librarians, who all have leadership roles at a small consortium called Library Connection in Windsor, Conn., said they opposed allowing the government unchecked power to demand library records and were particularly incensed at having been subject to the open-ended nondisclosure order."

Librarians rock! because they had the courage to stand up and say no to Big Brother and yes to an individual's privacy rights. More, more of the same please. Here's another link, this one to a Mother Jones write-up on one of the librarians in Vermont who has been speaking up against provisions in the Patriot Act. She also was in attendance and a participant yesterday. Request: more sunlight and fresh air for all those roaming the corridors of power.

Almost time for Masters coverage on CBS. Care to guess who will be leading after today's play?