Dios mio!

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  richard on November 12 at 9:36 p.m.

  Hey Gary … the first one was quite funny, actually. The second one … not so much. But a little comedy relief is always a good thing.

  On amore serious note, I am curious why neewspapers have not - at least to my knowledge - moved to the Kindle technology being used by Amazon?

  I recall first reading about that technology many years ago, and I recall thinking that it would be perfect for the newspaper industry.

  Cost prohibitive, lack of imagination in the board rooms, or something else?

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  garyc on November 13 at 10:26 a.m.

  Many papers have. We were, I’m told, the 27th newspaper to sign up.

  http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1258136484/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=165389011&bbn=165389011&rh=n%3A165389011&page=1

  So, here you go. Subscribe early and often. Makes a lovely Christmas gift. And tell a friend.

  http://www.amazon.com/The-Spokesman-Review/dp/B000N6UHOA/ref=sr_1_52?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1258136492&sr=1-52

  You can even write a review, though it looks like “A Customer” has your view covered.

  Do you have a kindle? If so, what do you think?

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  richard on November 14 at 9:29 a.m.

  No, I don’t have a Kindle, but I have given thought to purchasing one. I still have a little difficulty imagining getting comfortable in my “easy” chair with a hot cup of cocoa and opening up … an electronic device with its electronic “glow”?

  What would I do with my set of bookmarks? How do I go to my bookcase and reflect on books that are still sitting there, unread? And how can my new guests browse my “library” looking for a conversation-starter with a Kindle? That would be considered “snooping,” I am afraid.

  But I am surprised, actually, that newspapers - including SR - are using that technology; why is not more widely known?

  And if I were to get a subscription of SR for a Kindle, how could I walk out to my front porch in my underware when it is 12 degress to get my news? I am not sure I could I give up that little pleasure in life?

  … creature of habit.

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  richard on November 14 at 9:38 a.m.

  Oh; I just “got” it! The review by “A Customer.”

  Should I be flattered that you thought of me when you read that review?

  Actually i have never considered SR a “hard left” publication … that is a bit absurd. Its reporters and wire service stories just have the “everyday” progressive/liberal worldview which often creeps into the stories.

  Not propoganda; just an abundance of PC with a constant worldview.

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  Jeffrey_Grey on November 14 at 10:02 a.m.

  I’ve got a Kindle. (Got it as a Christmas present last year.) I love it! My only complaint with it is finding a book I want to read in Amazon’s print catalog but not finding it in the Kindle catalog.

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  Jeffrey_Grey on November 14 at 10:13 a.m.

  Speaking of Kindles and the wonders of technology - this from a National Public Radio report:

  – The Kindle has the ability to read text out loud, so it should, in theory, appeal to the visually impaired. Its not working out that way…

  The problem is you need to see on screen controls to use it. –

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120340625

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  richard on November 15 at 12:58 p.m.

  The cat is out of the bag. The House report on the effects of Democrat’s plan to “save” $500 billion in Medicare, found it would significantly reduce access to services for those on Medicare, and Medicaid.

  How do you cut services for Medicare just as the largest “bubble” of Americans - the baby boomers - are about to enter that program?

  Hopefully, this will once and for all result in the health care reform bills - as presently articulated - becoming DOA. And this will end the prospect for the biggest boondoggle of a government grab in the history of this nation.

  It was flawed from the very outset. Good riddance!

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