The 4th of July

Sad news on a happy 4th - Senator Helms has passed. I remember him broadcasting from WRAL in Raleigh when I was a child.
Jesse Helms, R.I.P.July 04, 2008Former North Carolina Republican Senator Jesse Helms passed away early this morning. More

I'm laughing at their surprise up there at the has-been of all newspapers.
A Lightbulb Goes off over the NY Times HeadJuly 04, 2008A shocker from the paper that has all but promoted the candidacy of Barack Obama. They find some major league faults with the new Barack Obama. More

Our independence will be at stake during this coming election, but thank goodness someone makes sense of what our country stands for.
Lorie Byrd: America If the things I?ve heard said about America over the past eight years were true, there would be little reason to celebrate this Independence Day.

Thank goodness for the Second Ammendment.
Janet M. LaRue: Celebrating the Second on the Fourth
The Founders, who risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to secure their liberty and ours, trusted peaceable people to be armed because they were one with us, not sovereign over us.

Really sad of what PBS has become. Then again, what would you expect from something that is government funded?
Oliver North: Honoring Independence at PBS
The potentates who run the taxpayer-subsidized Corporation for Public Broadcasting have an exquisite sense of timing.