I had enough heartache
And enough headache
I’ve had so many ups and downs
Don’t know how much more I can take
See I decided that I cried my last tears, yesterday
Either I’m going to trust you or I may as well walk away
‘Cause stressing don’t make it better
Don’t make it better, no way
See I decided that I cried my last tears yesterday

Mary Mary “Yesterday”

On the latest wing of his “Exhoodus” tour designed to chastise the Black poor for their bad behavior, Bill Cosby threw a harsh diss at slain rapper Tupac Shakur. Cosby said:

“In the book, ‘To Momma With Love,’ or something like that, he is so happy that he’s able to take money from selling cocaine and give the money to his mother. How wonderful. Isn’t that wonderful. You’ve got to be kidding. How many lives have you ruined selling packets? How many mothers are not going to go to work because they want to snort? How many dead mothers because of crack, how many babies we got to make turn around because they are crack babies? Hang up the pictures of the people’s lives you ruined.”

My only question is: WHAT THE HELL IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

First, Tupac never wrote a book. Second, in the song “Dear Mama,” to which we can only assume Cosby is referring, Tupac talked about reconciling with his crack addicted mother and how he was proud to be able to support her through his rap career, not drug dealing. Instead of disrespecting the memory of Tupac by inventing negative stories about him, Cosby could have held the song up as an example of the profound love, character, and critical intelligence that many members of the hip-hop generation posess.

Of course, some will argue that the accuracy of Cosby’s claim about Tupac is irrelevant in light of his larger point about the glorification of drug dealing. While I agree with Cosby that drug dealing is a horrible practice that is destroying our community, his lack of respect for hip-hop culture only serves to alienate him from the very people he hopes to reach.

Collision Course With Iran
By Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich
President Bush has claimed the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons to fighters in Iraq and that those weapons are being used to kill US troops in Iraq. This sounds horrific and frightening–and that is the point. The Administration is preparing for a military strike against Iran. The justification chosen by the Administration is the one circumstance in which a President could bypass Congress and still wage a military conflict.

The intelligence backing up these assertions is questionable. The sources were anonymous. Since the briefing, the Administration has backed away from the assertion made by Pentagon briefers the day before that Tehran was behind these weapons transfers. No new evidence has been presented. But the President, the Defense Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all repeat the questionable assertions.

The newly claimed grievance with Iran could be used to satisfy section 2(c) of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which states that the President can introduce armed forces into a conflict or a national emergency created by an attack upon the armed forces. The President seems to have laid the groundwork for an attack on Iran while avoiding Congressional approval.

This Administration has set a collision course with Iran. Time and again, it has refused to enter into direct diplomatic talks with Iran.

• After the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the Iranian government signaled to the Administration a willingness to cooperate with the United States, including cooperation with the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan. But in January 2002, President Bush labeled Iran a member of the “axis of evil” in his State of the Union address.

• In early 2003, Iran offered to enter into dialogue with the United States regarding several outstanding US-Iran issues, including full transparency of all nuclear facilities; the cessation of support of Palestinian opposition groups; transformation of Hezbollah into a political organization; coordination of counterterrorism efforts; cooperation with political stabilization in Iraq; and the acceptance of the Arab League “Beirut Declaration”–a comprehensive peace, including the establishment of normal relations with Israel. The United States did not respond to this “grand bargain” offered by Iran.

• Also in 2003, the United States refused to join France, Britain and Germany (the EU-3) in a diplomatic effort to curb Iran’s nuclear program.

For the rest of the story, click here.

According to AllHipHop.com, Diddy and Misa are extremely unhappy that Justin received a lap dance at a teen party in New Jersey. Apparently, Justin’s parents were unaware of his actions and the security team with Justin has been “fired because of their negligence.” Misa reportedly said, “It’s so crazy. These teens think that it’s nothing, like it’s dancing. But this is big problem for Justin. Real big. I don’t play that at all!”

Since we all came at Diddy and Misa’s neck yesterday, I had to tell their side of the story.

Today’s song of the day comes from producer Scott Storch, who just released his own diss record against Timbaland. Yawwwwwnnn.

To hear it, click here.