Elder Statesman Takes Dirt Nap
Bonne nuit ange doux!
We feel like we lost our very own PeePaw! All we can think of to say to you, Jesse, (if you and Jerry Fallwell are listening) is thanks. Thanks for the angst. We probably would never have left North Carolina without you. (OMG there's a whole big world out there!) Also, thanks for being so "controversial." Do you 'member all the KraYzie junk you said about AIDS and
black people and gay people and the civil rights movement and MTV and foreigners? You may not know this, but because of all that mess you talked about everybody, society was able to make a lot of progress in political zines. And boy we sure did have a good time making that poster for that rock show we did in our basement. It was a picture of your face with laser beams shooting out of your eyes and blood running out of your mouth! LOL!!! And we will always remember that R.E.M. concert where Michael Stipe told us all to vote for Harvey Gantt and said you were totally gonna lose your next election. It was like he was telling us he approved of our mid-size city not just as a concert venue, but as the bellwether for social change in our nation. (He was wrong- oh wells!) And remember that funny bumper sticker "I'm from North Carolina and I DON'T support Jesse Helms"? People from North Carolina who had relatives in New England probably had to buy those so they wouldn't get shot at while driving through New Jersey. But they were still fun even if you never left the state! Well, I guess you really do have the last laugh Mr. Helms, because today you are blowing up the blogosphere like a Lil' Wayne remix. And you stayed alive long enough to see Kid Nation. (We really hope you watched. It was fucking amazing!) So, to wrap up Jesse, we made this Youtube tribute video just for you. We hope you like it- we spent all morning (hungover) on it!
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at Bernies! 
