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Entry: Jesse Helms (1921-2008) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/jesse_helms_1921_2008#31966 Post contents: @Matt Ritenhouse: "Helms was appal1ing"---okay, he was a friend for 43 years and my senator for thirty. Give me (us) chapter and verse. Civil rights, I shall be happy to actually cite what he said in his arguments against the so-called "civil rights" bills of the 1960s. MLK: again, I shall be happy to cite the famous speech (later reprinted) that he gave on the floor of the US Senate. The arts controversy: ditto. The only thing "appalling" is your rather stiff-necked condescension towards Southerners (by the way, my neck gets red in the summer, but it didn't stop me from earning a Ph.D. in Spain or teaching in Argentina, or other things that we "rednecks," you know, just aren't capable of doing....). Like many "provincials"---men like Richard Weaver, Donald Davidson, Allen Tate, Walker Percy, and William Faulkner---I'm rather proud of my "provincialism." I think the good ole' USA could use a great deal more of it, and a great deal more Jesse Helms.... Sent at: 2008 12 01