argh

[jazzfish]

No, Walden's in the mall does not have Unfit for Command. We don't have it because corporate didn't send us any. I, personally, suspect that this is because Regnery, being a small press, either couldn't keep up with or vastly underestimated demand, and corporate thus sent their limited supply to places they expected would sell.

When you accuse us of having political motivations for not carrying the book, you are engaging in rampant ideological blindness of the worst kind. We carry a pretty well-balanced collection of political books. Currently we've got a lot of Michael Moore because, guess what? After F-9/11 came out he became a big seller. We had a lot of Hannity and O'Reilly when they first came out as well. Hell, we've got Michelle Malkin's screed about how all the hanky-heads ought to be locked up just like the Japs during WWII.

Please don't be an idiot. Thank you.

[As an aside, Atrios has a transcript from The Daily Show that's of some relevance.]

And the Washington Post gives us a few more bad apples. Hey, you folks who don't think anyone above the rank of sergeant bears any responsibility for Abu Ghraib &c? All of you can go to hell.

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[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

What, may I ask, is Unfit for Command?

[dasphios.livejournal.com]

Patience, man, patience. I know it sucks to be on the wrong end of it (I've spent enough time there myself), but at least they're getting pissed about it.

[laughin.livejournal.com]

Let me 'splain something to you.

Conservatives are sick of walking into bookstores (OW MY HEAD) and then getting sneered at when they ask for a book by a conservative author. I am not saying you do it. It is something that has been going on for years and so the assumption is there that Walden Books is a bunch of commie pinkos. :)

As for Michelle Malkin's book - have you READ it? I think before you judge the book you should learn a little more about from where Michelle comes and why she is so harsh in her writings.

[rbandrews]

So let me get this straight:
Someone asked you for a book, and you said "we don't have it, but B&N does. They didn't send us any", and they said that you don't have any because it's a right wing book?
Wow. That takes a special kind of stupid.