Not to put a damper on the guy's big day, but...
Strom Thurmond turned 100 today and while poking around stories about it, NPR had a small segment of a speech (realaudio) he made in 1948 defending segregation.
It's unbelievable, over-the-top ugly stuff, but worth a listen to remind ourselves of where we've been.
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