Hey Look! Another reason to celebrate the 4th!

The great polemicist Christopher Hitchens is quoted to have said on the death of Jerry Falwell, "If you gave Falwell an enema, he could be buried in a matchbook." I would like to echo that sentiment for the late Jesse Helms. He was a small-minded monster bent of depriving a great deal of Americans their rights.

All I hope is Mapplethorpe got the memo and is on his way to give Helms the business end of his bullwhip.