The Head Librarian came to my office today to ask about a placement of a control panel in the new renovations. When she is about to leave, she ask me if that is Rush Limbaugh I have on the radio. (I always have the radio on either Talk Radio, or Sports Talk in my office, and either Foxnews or MTV on the TV) I said yes (although it was actually Mike Gallagher), and she proceeded to tell me that she "hope you don't believe the stuff he says"... Now, I was annoyed because that was a rather pretentious thing to say (this coming from someone people call pretentious at times) to someone you hardly know, outside of the professional relationship we have at work.I told her that I listen to Conservative Talk Radio because it gives me a different point of view, blah, blah, blah... kinda funny, because I think she almost immediately realized that she was out of bounds and started talking about being in the Library, and it being a place of information, and knowing as much as possible....WHATEVER, she was just trying to keep me from being pissed off. Plus the fact that she seems to want to micromanage everything about the library, including me...but I dont answer to her, nor does her name appear at anypoint in the heirachy flowchart running all the way up to the President. I can see problems on the horizon with this...
Now, I must admit that I have become more conservative as I have gotten older. But I would not classify myself as a Republican, or right-wing. I think Moderate, or conservative democrat, or...perhaps... Independent is more what I am right now. I agree with "conservatives" on many issues, and I agree with "liberals" on many issues. I also disagree with both groups on some issues. So... anyway, I listen to talk radio because i like to hear what that side is saying. And I must admit, the Air America solution drove me batty after about 20 minutes. I just wish the Air America people didnt have to act like an extension of NPR. It just sounds like a bad Saturday Night Live Skit of NPR all the time.
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