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July 9th at 3:22PM

In Death, Jesse Helms Screws One More Over

POSTED BY: CubbyChaser

L.F. Eason III is a guy who hates America -- and all the racism, bigotry and oppression for which it stood for so many years -- so much that chose to quit his government job rather then pay homage to one of the greatest senators the Dixiecrats ever provided...

Eason, a 29-year veteran of the state Department of Agriculture, instructed his staff at a small Raleigh lab not to fly the U.S. or North Carolina flags at half-staff Monday, as called for in a directive to all state agencies by Gov. Mike Easley.

When a superior ordered the lab to follow the directive, Eason decided to retire rather than pay tribute to [Jesse] Helms. After several hours' delay, one of Eason's employees hung the flags at half-staff...

He told his staff that he did not think it was appropriate to honor Helms because of his "doctrine of negativity, hate, and prejudice" and his opposition to civil rights bills and the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

You forgot gay-hating.

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He could have just put the flag at half mast and then held a cookout in the front yard with cold beer and BBQ! That would have been better.

by Big T September 2nd at 8:06PM
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July 2nd at 4:36PM

The Daily Show Indecision Retrospective: Torture in Perspective

POSTED BY: TheInDecider

With the closing of Gitmo possibly on the horizon, we take a look back at The Daily Show's groundbreaking investigative reporting on torture, like this piece in which Rob Riggle fearlessly donned a black mask to investigate what waterboarding is like from the waterboarder's perspective:

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torture in perspective-pain is bad.

by daringtexan July 2nd at 11:20PM
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June 18th at 5:25AM

The Daily Show: The First Gay Couple Gets Married in California

POSTED BY: TheInDecider

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, together since 1953, were the first gay couple to get married in California thanks to the state Supreme Court ruling that protects same-sex marriage. It was a symbolic ceremony because the couple wed in 2004, only later to have their union invalidated by the California Supreme Court. Uh oh.

Voters in California still have to decide in November if the court's ruling should be overturned, determining marriage as the union between the two special traits that define Jon's parents: ovaries and testicles.