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    • 10 Ratings
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    "It was a pleasure to to burn" the children

    APRIL 19, 2011 9:54AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: environment, belief/religion, children's banned books, baned books, book banning, book burning, stregna nona, judy blume, a wrinkle in time, madeleine l'engle, tood strasser, friends till the end, captain underpants, dav pilkey, francesca lia block, bab be-bop, it was a pleasure to burn

    • 12 Ratings
    • 427 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    "It WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN"

    APRIL 18, 2011 11:30AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: chuck palahniuk, john sawkins, sigmund freud, alberto manguel, geraldine brooks, voltaire, josephy lewis, ralph walso emerson, lemony snicket, it was a pleasure to burn. mark twain, challenged books, kurt vonnegut, jr., slaughterhouse five, american library association, office of intellection freedom, banned books, fahrenheir 451, book burning, burning books, ray bradbury, elijah rising, lyn lejeune, ingroup press

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1992 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    "We must burn the books, Montag. All the books."

    JANUARY 6, 2011 10:23AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: censorship, fahrenheit 451, ray bradbury, francois truffaut, mark twain, book burning

    • 9 Ratings
    • 513 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Fire!

    JANUARY 4, 2011 1:45PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: biblioclast, book burning, fernando baez, fox news, culture, propaganda

    • 1 Ratings
    • 253 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Obama of the US Speaks

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 2:32PM

    By McAuthor


    Topics: obama, politics, book burning, bible

    • 1 Ratings
    • 380 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Book Burning Canceled, Desired Effect Achieved

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 9:09PM

    By thefuddler


    Topics: religion, christianity, islam, church, ministry, evangelist, florida, gainesville, fundamentalism, publicity, publicity, attention, fundamentalist, stupidity, silly, terry jones, foreclosure, book burning, qu'ran, 9/11, 9-11

    • 4 Ratings
    • 865 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Pastor Calls Off International Burn-a-Koran Day, Now What?

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 6:05PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: terry jones, pastor jones, koran, quran, burning, book burning, fundamentalism, christianity, religion, news, politics, ground zero mosque, 9/11, september 11th, terrorism, rights, muslims, obama, general petraeus, imam feisal abdul rauf, media, news, politics

    • 24 Ratings
    • 694 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    The Park51 Imam Steps Up To The Plate (Update)

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 6:51AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: economy, books, islam, politics, news, environment, belief/religion, book burning, lower manhattan islamic center

    • 0 Ratings
    • 287 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Fireworks

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 2:40PM

    By Hans Olo


    Topics: fireworks, terry jones, america, book burning, politics, news, belief/religion

    • 4 Ratings
    • 615 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Really Good Thing About Book Burning

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 8:44AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: dove world united center, koran, islam, book burning

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 6447 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Killing Talk

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 11:43PM

    By AJCalhoun


    Topics: 9/11, hatred, hate, muslims, book burning, dove world outreach center, politics, pator terry jones, islam, lynching

    • 0 Ratings
    • 221 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Pastor Terry Jones; American Taliban

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 7:28PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: politics, cartoon saturday, open call, politics, fifteen minutes of fame, grandstanding, divisiveness, hate, book burning, koran burning

    • 1 Ratings
    • 296 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    A Hole in My Garden

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 4:10PM

    By Georgia Jones


    Topics: news, book burning, tolerance, immigration, first ammendment, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 10861 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Americans Don't Burn Books.

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 9:43AM

    By jamescannonboyce


    Topics: 9/11, koran, ground zero mosque, koran burning, book burning, park 51

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 10733 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Florida church to mark 9/11 with Koran burning

    AUGUST 13, 2010 10:36AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: heinrich heine, acts, christianity, islam, book burning, koran, florida, gainesville, dove world outreach center

    • 22 Ratings
    • 736 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Home Fires

    DECEMBER 27, 2009 7:25PM

    By Homer Langley


    Topics: book burning, marriage counseling, homer langley, veterans, combat, ptsd, spain, valencia, bull fights, afghanistan, iraq

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1106 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    A Brief and Rambling History of Banning Books -Part 1

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 1:01PM

    By Amelia Carolyn


    Topics: banned books, banned books week, braille, jonathan rhys meyers, katherine howard, henry viii, the tudors, catherine parr, william tynedale, jewish texts, roman catholic church, spanish conquistadors, aztec texts, maya texts, louis braille, nathaniel hawthorne, richard bellingham, mary fisher, ann austin, servetus, abelard, quaker, books, reading, culture, censorship, book burning, indecent, morality, philosophy, sex, racism, obscenity, united states supreme court, libraries

    • 3 Ratings
    • 956 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    It's only a paper moon...

    OCTOBER 27, 2008 5:19PM

    By John Danehy


    Topics: open call, election, palin, mccain, news, politics, books, censorship, book burning

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 5786 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    The Books Sarah Palin Would Burn

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 11:08AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, books, mccain, disney, john mccain, libraries, religion, christianity, presidential election, freedom, censorship, harry potter, evangelicals, palin, sarah palin, presidential campaign, banned books, christian right, fundamentalism, book banning, wasilla, mccain-palin, assembly of god, book burning, assemblies of god, salon.com, evangelican christians, revelations

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1304 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Sarah Palin: Burn Baby Burn!

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 1:18AM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: john mccain, coffee, sarah palin, book burning, religious fanatacism

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