One of the true greats fell today.

[T_man357]

Posts such as this one are GREAT!!!! No insults, name calling or attempts to make anyone angry... Just the facts..

This is far and away the best post in this thread!! Nicely done Gorguts

Originally Posted by Gorguts

I fail to see anything positive about this man...

"Helms was an advocate of the tobacco industry

Helms opposed the Martin Luther King Day

Helms had close ties with and was considered a main sponsor of the right-wing Salvadoran Nationalist Republican Alliance and its leader and death squad founder Roberto D'Aubuisson. When confronted with evidence that D'Aubuisson ran death squads that systematically murdered civilians, he replied that "[a]ll I know, is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious."

Helms was "bitterly opposed to federal financing of AIDS research and treatment". Opposing the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill in 1988, Helms stated, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."

In 1994, Helms created a sensation when, on the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, he told broadcasters Rowland Evans, Jr., and Robert Novak that Clinton was "not up" to the tasks of being commander-in-chief and suggested Clinton, "better not show up around here [Fort Bragg] without a bodyguard." Helms said Clinton was so unpopular and said he hadn't meant it as a threat.

Having attempted, and failed, to block passage of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Care (CARE) Act passed in 1990, Helms tried to block its refunding in 1995, saying that those with AIDS were responsible for the disease, because they had contracted it because of their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct", and falsely claiming that more federal dollars were spent on AIDS than heart disease or cancer. His opposition to the spending was consonant with his long term anti-gay rhetoric and opposition to civil rights for gay men and women generally. Helms had declared homosexuality "degenerate," and homosexuals "weak, morally sick wretches."

Helms opposed many progressive policies regarding race such as school integration, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

Helms opposed "every piece of civil rights and affirmative action legislation" and blocked "Black judges from being considered for the federal bench." In 1982, he voted against the extension of the Voting Rights Act. Helms opposed busing, supported the "racist apartheid regime of South Africa", and "for years blocked attempts by President Bill Clinton to appoint a Black judge to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals". Only when Helms' own judicial choices were threatened with blocking did attorney Roger Gregory of Richmond, Virginia get confirmed. Helms tried to block the nomination of Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black female senator, as ambassador to New Zealand."

Upon seeing all of this, I'm glad he's dead. People like this make me disgusted to live in the south.

[johnnieCzech]

Originally Posted by T_man357

Posts such as this one are GREAT!!!! No insults, name calling or attempts to make anyone angry... Just the facts..

This is far and away the best post in this thread!! Nicely done Gorguts

Heey T-Man, where have you been?

*and sorry I don't have any intelectual response to this thread. I'm an European fellow and don't have a clue who you're actually talking about :-)

[T_man357]

Johnnie!!! What's going on bro??
Don't sweat the "intellectual" thing.. You're one of the smartest dudes on this board!

I basically stopped posting here because of the group of losers who need to start shit on the regular now.. Back when it was you, Steve, Fred, Fah-Q, Jurch, etc.. it was cool. But now it seems like SueNC (who I think is great!!) is one of the only old regulars who still continues to post here.

Plus Billy hasn't posted here in a while now and besides seeing what's up with the cool people I always enjoyed Billy's posts..

I still check in from time to time though...

Stay cool.. And keep beating the skins!!


T

Originally Posted by johnnieCzech

Heey T-Man, where have you been?

*and sorry I don't have any intelectual response to this thread. I'm an European fellow and don't have a clue who you're actually talking about :-)

[johnnieCzech]

Originally Posted by T_man357

Johnnie!!! What's going on bro??
Don't sweat the "intellectual" thing.. You're one of the smartest dudes on this board!

I basically stopped posting here because of the group of losers who need to start shit on the regular now.. Back when it was you, Steve, Fred, Fah-Q, Jurch, etc.. it was cool. But now it seems like SueNC (who I think is great!!) is one of the only old regulars who still continues to post here.

Plus Billy hasn't posted here in a while now and besides seeing what's up with the cool people I always enjoyed Billy's posts..

I still check in from time to time though...

Stay cool.. And keep beating the skins!!


T

See, I can barely spell the fucking word "intellectual"
Yeah, I don`t come here too often as well, only now and then. I keep beating skins allright - have you checked our new stuff on myspace?
Stay cool!