'News & Notes' in Review: June 2-6, 2008

WHY is both presidential candidates being given free passes on their technological stance. WHY is the far deeper advancement in space, science and mathematics an issue banned from this election.

Sent by jerry a. Myers | 1:45 PM | 6-9-2008

Jesse Helms is now dead.

I am dissappointed and certainly not proud of the fact that so many Americans are saying only positive comments about this man. Why are these people saying these things and why is the media only taping and broadcasting the people who are saying postive things? Why does death offer some people a chance to have their history re-written?

I must have heard over twenty Politicians, Church Ministers and others say he was good in that he "stood up for his convictions." This is an example of American Hypocrisy at its best and an example of why some Americans lose their pride in being Americans.

Everyone is forgetting that his convictions were mired in the deeply rooted racial prejudice that he had for African Americans. Please do not forget that his legacy was that he fought against equal rights for Minority people for years. The "convictions" that he is being lauded & praised for is the same that members of hate groups like the KKK stand for. He should not be praised for that! I want to see the negative comments he made about Minority people because like it or not he made many.

America, please stop re-writing history before your citizens eyes, as if we are not witnessing it for ourselves.

If you research all the laws Jesse Helms voted against that was for equal rights and minority businesses you will see he was a prejudiced man full of hate that he continually justified.

His actions were more dangerous than the mere comments of Minister Louis Farrakhan yet, most people hate the Minister Farrakan for things he said, more than they hate Jesse for things he did. This is a prime example of American hypocrisy. When you even mention the name Louis Farrakan some peoples blood boil because they think he is hate-filled man but the same people do not feel that reaction when they think of Jesse Helms and here is the reason why. Deeply rooted within Americans hypocrisy and Caucasian feelings of superiority is the latent (and sometimes overt) feeling that if you are prejudiced or don't like Black people you are somehow justified, but if you are prejudiced or don't like Caucasian people you are hateful. SHAME on you America. When Minister Farakhan dies who will tell the media he was a good man in that he stood for his convictions?? No, one, in fact I can forecast the future and tell you that when he dies (and I pray it is a long time from now) the only thing the media will reiterate in a loop is the comments that he made about Jews. Shame on you America.

Sent by Ann Hopkins | 9:04 AM | 7-5-2008