Jesse Helms has died

schwarcw
schwarcw Posts: 7,341
edited July 2008 in The Clubhouse
On the 4th of July, the conservative freedom fighter is gone. Quite a character. Whether you agreed with his political views or not, he was a great American. RIP, look for a story here
Carl

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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited July 2008
    Death is not without a sense of irony.
    R.I.P.
    -Ignorance is strength -
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,840
    edited July 2008
    Well .... in 2005 Jerry Falwell's Liberty University opened the Jesse Helms School of Government.


    In any event, rest in peace. I just hope that you're not too surprised to find Negroes, ****, and Communists in Heaven.
    Sal Palooza
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited July 2008
    I hope they're keeping a place warm for him.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited July 2008
    One could do a whole helluva lot worse than to follow in the man's shoes. RIP
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2008
    FINALLY!!!

    Well stated BBL!
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited July 2008
    cfrizz wrote: »
    FINALLY!!!

    Well stated BBL!

    Finally what?
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  • mule
    mule Posts: 282
    edited July 2008
    Does anybody find it odd that he died in a hospital named after himself?

    Don't they usually name the building after somebody who is allready dead?

    Hmm, never met the man so I can't really say anything prolific.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2008
    Communists in heaven? You mean like Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, etc?
    Hmmph! I guess I got NOTHING to worry about!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited July 2008
    I wonder what Teddy Kennedy is going to say to St. Peter about the young lady who drowned at Chappaquiddick?
    Carl

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2008
    ^^^DING, DING, DING!!! Don't forget about her UNBORN child!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited July 2008
    RIP Mr. Helms

    I did get to shake the mans hand before he retired and thanked him for his work.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited July 2008
    mule wrote: »
    Does anybody find it odd that he died in a hospital named after himself?

    Don't they usually name the building after somebody who is allready dead?

    Not necessarily. About 2/3 of West Virginia is named after the former KKK member and current Democrat Senator Robert Byrd. Bridges, dams, malls, buildings, outhouses. And although he may not look like it, he's still alive.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited July 2008
    obieone wrote: »
    Communists in heaven? You mean like Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, etc?
    Hmmph! I guess I got NOTHING to worry about!

    To be fair, both sides have had their fair share of dictators, not just the communists.

    p.s. Stalin had more people murdered than Hitler, does that mean the Allies were the bad guys? :)
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2008
    Aside from the fact that the Commies I listed as being evil, communism also involves ATHEISM;)
    Their arrival in heaven would be IRONIC, to say the least.:eek:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited July 2008
    Not all communist are atheist, just like not all Christians are good people.
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