Thank you Steven Covey - Lift the Bar High

   Today we lost another leader in the positive side of publishing - Steven Covey.  His books were designed to help everyone lift their lives to a better place.  His writing had a purpose that was always intended as good for his community and his fellow man.  We need more authors who have a purpose other than making money.
     Libraries should lift the bar on what books they select to purchase with taxpayer money.  We should not support the authors who tear down our country, our community and any shred of decency in the falsely labeled name of Intellectual Freedom.
     There is nothing intellectual about bondage and submission, a red pain room or endless smirks and orgasms.  The recent media furor over a horrible piece of writing that bamboozled a lot of people into spending money out of curiosity is a prime example of spinning trash to make money.  Numerous reviews have quoted the bad writing, the poor geography, the repetitions of vulgar and distasteful language, and yet, people who should know better are trying to explain why they bought into the fad.
    Graphic sex, violence, vulgarity and perversions exist in the world.  I do not doubt that as I have worked inside a medium security prison for nearly 5 years.  Making the disgusting, depraved and dastardly more available in detailed description will in no way improve the situation.

    When computers first came out one of the teaching points was abbreviated GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out.  Our brains and hearts work somewhat along the same lines and there is historical documentation to suggest that a better choice has been around for a long time.

  Philippians 4 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report...think on these things.
  Lead your library up to lift your community; lift the bar and block your library from sliding down the manhole into the sewer.  If you do not have the room to keep it all - and you don't, select and keep the good stuff!