The Dead Kennedys "Kill the Poor" reaches Number One on the Tea Party Pop Singles Chart

Whitesville, Indiana - Having already reached success as a number one single in Czechoslovakia back in 1981, "Kill the Poor" by the Dead Kennedys has taken on a second wind as it reached that magic number one spot this week on the Tea Party Pop Singles chart and has given the people of this small community in the Midwestern heartland a sense of hope and vision. Having once sustained on the light manufacturing and nearby farming that has been replaced by the results of the free market, evident by the franchise restaurants and the chain stores such as Best Buy and Home Depot that line up on the town's main commercial thorough-fare, things have changed in Whitesville since the days of Elvis Presley. However, the unexpected explosion of the song "Kill the Poor" as it blasts from pickup trucks owned and driven by contractors who hire Mexicans for day labor jobs. It also plays a reduced volume at Bell's dinette, the last remaining independently owned eatery in town where you can get a burger and a Budweiser has rejuvenated the spirit of the town.

One person who has seen this rejuvenation first hand is Whitesville Mayor Herb Scott.

"I have never seen any community motivated by a rock and roll song to get patriotic and get back to the old fashioned way of doing things where people took pride in their work and kids were taught the value of a dollar. A lot has changed since I was a boy growing up here. The shoe factory and the bottling plant that employed most of the town for decades is gone, but we have Wal-Mart and Best Buy now. Things don't change for the better all the time, but the change here in Whitesville isn't so bad. As as I said to the kid behind the counter at Burger King the other day when having lunch, no matter how much things change, you always have to be willing to work and do what's right. And that's the message I've witnessed the "Kill the Poor" song have on this community. It's no longer time to be lazy. With the poor gone, it will be time to capture the American spirit that's in our blood. We can finally live up to our potential as Americans now that all the undesirables are gone. My hat goes off to Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys for helping spread such a vision"

While it might be surprising to see a song which topped the charts in a country that was once behind the Iron Curtain, the message of the "Kill the Poor" has genuine relevance to music fans in the Tea Party whose tastes are usually not of the punk rock genre.

Buying the compact disc version of the "Kill the Poor" single for his grandchild at his local Whitesville Wal-Mart instead of downloading it on iTunes because he hates computers and claims he doesn't understand how to use such machines, William Brannon, believes "Kill the Poor" promotes a good message for America's young people. He speaks avidly of lead singer Jello Biafra's vision of a world without the poor.

"I think it's high time that we do something about all these freeloaders those liberals in Washington keep supporting. If we just kill the poor all our problems will be solved. As Jello says, no more welfare tax, the crime rate no more, and all those heathens living in those slums in the cities gone, it will definitely be a new day in America. My family never drove the latest car and dressed in the fanciest clothes, but we worked hard for what had and those virtues of hard work that we followed is why my family and those in our community are separate from the lazy poor, especially those illegal immigrants who collect welfare and get a free education."

The message Brannon is referring come from the explicitness of the lyrics in "Kill the Poor".

The sun beams down on a brand new day/No more welfare tax to pay/Unsightly slums go up in a flashing light/Jobless millions whisked away/At least we have more room to play/All systems go to kill the poor tonight

Tom Stevens, a senior at Whitesville High School and youth minister at his church, has recently become a loyal Dead Kennedys fan and as a result learned how to play guitar. He has recently started his own rock band, The Fuzz. Before he got into the Dead Kennedys, with the exception of his favorite bands Korn and Metallica, Stevens listened to just rap music. Hearing the Dead Kennedys for Stevens had become a defining moment of his youth. As Stevens waxes poetically, it is clear he is a passionate young adult who wants to clean up his country.

"Before the Dead Kennedys, I had no desire to start a band, become famous, and be a true patriot. My band has really been inspired the message of the Dead Kennedys. I never listen to rap anymore. It came to a point where I got sick of these city gangsters talking about shooting rival drug dealers and how much they loved their bling and big booty hoes. I asked myself who am I fooling? I live in Whitesville, Indiana. There's no big booty hoes here and all the drug dealers sell meth. They don't make crack dealer money. They just put everybody around them in danger with their meth labs. All the people who buy their drugs are poor and have been a real eye sore on my community for far too long. The meth dealers here are just like the enabling liberals in office who just want to give these scum more foodstamps and health care. And all those Meth listen to Lil Wayne, Tupac, and Biggie. So I ask what kind of message is this hip hop sending to me and me friends. It's time we ditch the rap crap, stop wearing oversized plain t-shirts that come down to our knees and our hats backwards so we can become the kinds of real Americans that our grandparents would be proud of. Next year I'm going way to college to play football. I also plan to join the Reserves. I have to be a leader on and off the football field and one day maybe on the battlefield. I can't do that if people think I'm some white hip hop gangster acting black. When I started listening to the Dead Kennedys, I realized I needed to start being a real American. And as a matter of fact, me and my bandmates use our music to get out the message that America is the greatest country in the world and if you'd rather sit at home collect welfare, keep having kids while you drink 40s and smoke crack all day, then you're gonna shall I say face the music or be killed. I believe in the message that it's time for all these welfare cheats all around America to start acting like the real patriotic Americans our grandparents were and still are today."

As quick as "Kill the Poor" has climbed up the Tea Party charts, the Dead Kennedy's music has definitely experienced a revival even amongst traditional conservative politicians. On the presidential campaign trail in Des Moine, speaking at a rally sponsored by the local Tea Party chapter, Newt Gingrich walked out to the podium to address two thousand people while the Dead Kennedy's "Holiday in Cambodia" blasted through the PA.

Without question, the appeal of the Dead Kennedy's have had on the Tea Party and the conservative ideals it holds is indicative that the purging of the poor throughout the country will be done with good old fashion American rock and roll as the soundtrack. Ted Nugent's vision is finally coming to fruition.

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