Tamara, a friend and regular reader, wondered about my lack of mentioning the death of a bigot here.

I just haven’t felt good enough to say much of anything in the last couple of days, but I have wanted to.

I have been trying to cover the UFO Festival here but the Pain is intense and all of the getting around town foiled my attempts to even cover the parade. I have a few pics of revelers and stuff but stopped even trying to attend yeaterday when I had to realize that I felt too badly to venture out. I think the festival deserved more of my energy than Helms’s death did but I have some opinions anyway.

Growing up I heard my dad say “They split hell wide open.”, when he heard about someone he considered evil’s death. I am sure he wouldn’t say that about Jessie but I will. Hatred is evil and if there were actually a hell, Helms would have “split it open”.

I think it is fitting that he died on Independence Day. We are now free from his hateful rantings even though the crap he spewed is still being spewed from his supporters mouths. The vocal trampler of human rights is dead. he made the wicked witch look like a saint. I will celebrate July 4 with a new fervor from now on.

In the words of my friend Palm Springs Bum from Santa Cruz…ROT IN HELL!

(I dont care if I spelled his name wrong. I never respected him enough to edit it now.)

Stumble it!