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North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms Has Signed A Deal With Random House To Write His Memoirs. Scholars Will No Doubt Benefit From The Reflections Of A Man Who Was Wrong On Every Major Issue For 40 Years. Helms' Aides Say The Proceeds From The Book Will Be Donated To The Non-profit Jesse Helms Center Where They Apparently Have More Experience Burning Than Publishing Them.

Culture Has Always Been More Important Than Politics. Sometimes Culture Is A Mirror That Reflects What Is; Sometimes It's A Search-light Pointing The Way To What Will Be.

The Bush Republicans' Policies Are, The Antithesis Of Patriotic. And So We Urge Democrats To Reclaim Patriotism - To Call On All Americans To Pull Together. And, Yes, To Sacrifice. Rich People Will Have To Do With Fewer Tax Cuts. Middle Class People Will Need To Drive Less And Switch To More Fuel Efficient Cars . And Poor Folks - Especially Young Ones - Will Have To Reduce Out-of-wedlock Pregnancies And Other Indicia Of Social Pathology.

Republicans Want To Punish Work And Reward Wealth; Hence The High Payroll Tax And The Low Dividend Tax. Said One Bush Economic Adviser, If We Can't Help Wealthy Investors And Screw Working People, What's The Point In Being A Republican?

See, I Think If It Just Became Who's Sleeping With Whom, Then There's No Reason To Prefer One Party Over The Other, 'cause The Truth Is We're All Sinners.