Today’s video of the day comes from Paul Mooney’s most recent appearance on the Dave Letterman show. He’s a funny man!!!!!!!!!!!

it was 8:49 on a beautiful night day of july
there was not a cloud to speak of so the orange sun hung
lonely in the sky
i lay prone in my catbeat home
thinking of nappy jackie and his jazzcat's horn
sliding in a tape of Bird on verve when suddenly rang my phone
'hello butterfly,' a voice said
'slip on some duds comb out your fro and slide on down to my pad
the vibe here is very pleasant and i truly request your presence
a problem of great magnitude has arose
and as we speak it grows'
damn, what could it be i thought
a juice i bought and rolled on down to her pad
seeing bros i know slapping fives i arrived and pressed G-5
and there was nikki
lookin some kind of sad with tears fallin from her eyes
she sat me down
and dug my frown and began to run it down
"you remember my boyfriend sid that fly kid who i love
well our love was often a verb and his spontaneity has brought a third
but due to our youth and economic state we wish to terminate
about this we don't feel great , but baby that's how it is
but the feds have dissed me
they ignored and dismissed me
and the pro-lifers harrass me outside the clinic
and call me a murderer, now that's hate
so needless to say we're in a mental state of debate"
hey beautiful bird i said digging her somber mood
the fascists are some heavy dudes
they don't really give a damn about life
they just don't want a woman to
control her body or have the right to choose
but baby that ain't nothin
they just want a male finger on the button
because if you say war they will send them to die by the score
aborting mission should be your volition
but if souter and thomas have their way
you'll be standing in line unable to get welfare while they're out
hunting and fishing
it has always been around it will always have a niche
but they'll make it a privilege not a right
accessible only to the rich
pro-lifers should dig themselves
cause life doesn't stop after birth
and to a child borne to the unprepared
it might even just get worse surely the situation would change if they were to find themselves in it
supporters of the h-bomb and fire bombing clinica
what type of shit is that? orwellian in fact
if roe v wade was overturned would not the desire remain intact
leaving young girls to risk their healths
and doctors to botch and watch as they kill themselves
i don't want to sound macabre
but hey, isn't it my job
to lay it on the masses and get them off their asses
to fight against these fascists
so whatever you decide make that move with pride
sid will be there
and so will i
an insect til i die
rhythms and sounds
spinning around
confrontations
across the nation
your block
my block
dreadlocks
what a shock
land of the free - but not
me

Oregon Governor On Food Stamps

Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon is living on a budget of a week’s worth of food stamps for the state’s Hunger Awareness Week. What do you think?

Jarred Georgeson,
Tavern Owner
“Hopefully someone tipped him off to that deli in Portland that will totally let you use them to buy forties and scratch-offs.”

Darren Butler,
Crop Duster
“Sounds wonderful! According to my pioneering guide, there is more than enough food in Oregon for the worthy adventurer, from plentiful beavers to succulent ducks!

Kristen Stewart,
Focus Puller
“I’d hate to be an Oregonian when it’s Transvestite Awareness Week

(From TheOnion.com)

Kucinich may be with the American people and way ahead of the DC curve.

Kucinich Files Articles of Impeachment Against Cheney
By Joshua Holland 

Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced yesterday that he would file articles of impeachment against vice president Dick Cheney. The charges are among the most serious ever contemplated under either domestic or international law.

The resolution claims the Vice President “purposely manipulated the intelligence process” and “fabricated a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction” in order to “deceive the American public” and the Congress and launch a war of aggression against Iraq. It also accuses him of actively seeking to launch a second war against Iran. (You can download the complete text of the resolution here, or view a clip of Kucinich’s press conference here.)

Not only do the charges constitute the “high crimes” that were contemplated by the founders as the basis of impeachment, they’re also included in the principles set out during the Nuremberg Tribunal that followed World War II.

The judges that made up the Tribunal said that launching a war of aggression was “not only an international crime, it is the supreme international crime, differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.”

Other legal precedents were established at Nuremberg. Principle Three is unequivocal: “The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.”

For the rest of the story, click here. 

Still Whining About Those Accused Duke Students? You’ll Stop After Learning About Darryl Hunt
By Gergory Kane 

Darryl Hunt earned his $2 million the hard way — by doing 19 years in prison.

Those BlackAmericaWeb.com readers who have either cable or satellite and get HBO can get all the gory details tonight at 8 p.m., when the documentary “The Trials of Darryl Hunt” debuts. The film should be required viewing, especially for those folks still whining about what a raw deal the three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely charged with rape got.

Hunt’s story takes place in, perhaps appropriately, North Carolina — Winston-Salem, to be exact. In 1984, a white woman named Deborah Sykes was abducted, raped and stabbed to death. A witness saw the deadly assault and called 911, giving police the name of Sammy Mitchell.

A Sammy Mitchell did exist, but he didn’t make the call. Mitchell did have a criminal record, and he became a suspect, as did his buddy Hunt. Mitchell was indicted for Sykes’ murder, but never tried. Hunt was charged, convicted in one trial and then convicted again after he gained a new trial. He spent 19 years in prison before being released in 2003.

For the rest of the story, click here.