My new hero
My new hero is L.F. Eason III of Raleigh, NC, a man of principle who opted to retire from his job at the NC State Department of Agriculture rather than have the flags at his research facility lowered to half-mast in honor of the passing of the loathsome ex-Sen. Jesse Helms.
“Regardless of any executive proclamation, I do not want the flags at the North Carolina Standards Laboratory flown at half staff to honor Jesse Helms any time this week,” Eason wrote just after midnight, according to e-mail messages released in response to a public records request.
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.
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In a string of e-mail messages with his superiors, Eason was told he could either lower the flags or retire effective immediately.
Though he’s only 51, Eason chose to retire, although he pleaded several times to be allowed to stay at the lab. Eason, who had worked for the Agriculture Department since graduating from college, was paid $65,235 a year as the laboratory manager.
Jesse Helms was a reprehensible person, a sorry excuse for a human being. The world is a better place without him.
Bravo to Mr Eason for refusing to pretend otherwise.
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July 11th, 2008 @ 22:02
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July 11th, 2008 @ 22:04
You’re banned from commenting here, remember?
July 12th, 2008 @ 05:50
Ah, Mr. L.F. Eason the III — yes he is scheduled for a Sunday Scroll appearance tomorrow. Funny, you called him, ‘your new hero’ and I, ‘citizen patriot of the month’.
“White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories?
Mr. Eason is a hero.
July 12th, 2008 @ 22:33
Here’s what a great guy Jesse Helms was:
That’s what kind of person Jesse Helms was. He was a piece of shit. I can’t believe a sanctimonious troll had the nerve to come in here and act all self-righteous that I spoke ill of Helms. The guy was an asshole, and the fact that he’s dead now doesn’t mean the things he did while he was alive don’t matter.
If I were a self-identified “conservative,” I’d be awfully ashamed to claim Jesse Helms as one of my own. But an awful lot of them did. What does that tell you about the state of “conservatism” in America today?
July 13th, 2008 @ 00:17
He was a despicable piece of shit and it doesn’t change that just because he died.
And ‘trolls’ like him are selectively compassionate. Sucking up to and trying to defend a Jesse Helms says all that needs to be said.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 21:30
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