“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. Sort of fitting that Jesse Helms died on the same day almost 200 years later.
As for Helms' early social views, the way I see it is that he was a product of his time and his state and that many, many people (north and south) had to realize how wrong their attitudes were. More power to people like Helms who realized the errors of their earlier thinking.
Of course, since he was a Republican, he couldn't be forgiven for that, unlike a former Grand Kleagle who is known as the "Conscience of the Senate."
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We went out to look at new monitors this morning. Interestingly, both places we looked (Best Buy and Circuit City) had only widescreen monitors in stock, no 4:3 19” monitors at all. I didn’t realize widescreens were becoming the standard.
We didn’t make a purchase yet, because we want to check Costco too, and they were closed today. At least with our setup, it’s easy to switch Hair’s monitor between computers and take turns. :)
And worked to rectify the situations in many ways!