HEAVEN IS A WHOLE LOT FUNNIER

A true talent died this past weekend and his name was Bernie Macullough AKA The MACMAN. You knew him by his stage name Bernie Mac. This man truly paid his dues for many years on the roads and in the comedy clubs. In recent years his talent was recognized has been able to enjoy the fame and lifestyle that a talent like his truly deserved. I will not go through the usual cause of death and resume rundown. I will just ask you to watch the set on Def Comedy Jam that put him into the conscious of Black America and the rest as they say, is history.

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NATURAL BORN KILLER

Journey with me/Into the mind of a maniac/Doomed to be a killer/Since I came out the nutsac/I'm in a murderous mindsate With a heart full of terror/ I see the devil in the mirror/BUCK BUCK, Lights out Cause when I get my sawed off/ Niggaz get hauled off
Dr. Dre's lyrics from "Natural Born Killaz"

President Bush could have commuted the death sentence of Ronald A. Gray, a former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders. But Bush decided Monday that Gray's crimes were so repugnant that execution was the only just punishment. Bush's decision marked the first time in 51 years that a president has affirmed a death sentence for a member of the U.S. military. It was the first time in 46 years that such a decision has even been weighed in the Oval Office.

Gray, 42, was convicted in connection with a spree of four murders and eight rapes in the Fayetteville, N.C., area between April 1986 and January 1987 while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He has been on death row at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., since April 1988."While approving a sentence of death for a member of our armed services is a serious and difficult decision for a commander in chief, the president believes the facts of this case leave no doubt that the sentence is just and warranted," White House press secretary Dana Perino said. "The president's thoughts and prayers are with the victims of these heinous crimes and their families and all others affected," she said.

President Kennedy was the last president to stare down this life-or-death decision. On Feb. 12, 1962, Kennedy commuted the death sentence of Jimmie Henderson, a Navy seaman, to confinement for life. President Eisenhower was the last president to approve a military execution. In 1957, he approved the execution of John Bennett, an Army private convicted of raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl. He was hanged in 1961.Under current military rules, such executions would be carried out by lethal injection. Gray was held responsible for the crimes he committed in both the civilian and military justice systems.

In civilian courts in North Carolina, Gray pleaded guilty to two murders and five rapes and was sentenced to three consecutive and five concurrent life terms. He then was tried by general court-martial at the Army's Fort Bragg. There he was convicted in April 1988 and unanimously sentenced to death.

The court-martial panel convicted Gray of:

*Raping and killing Army Pvt. Laura Lee Vickery-Clay of Fayetteville on Dec. 15, 1986. She was shot four times with a .22-caliber pistol that Gray confessed to stealing. She suffered blunt force trauma over much of her body.

*Raping and killing Kimberly Ann Ruggles, a civilian cab driver in Fayetteville. She was bound, gagged and stabbed repeatedly, and had bruises and lacerations on her face. Her body was found on the base.

*Raping, robbing and attempting to kill an army private in her barracks at Fort Bragg on Jan. 3, 1987. She testified against Gray during the court-martial and identified him as her assailant. Gray raped her and stabbed her several times in the neck and side. The victim suffered a laceration of the trachea and a collapsed or punctured lung.

As a true opponent of the death penalty, let me be the first to say, "This negro deserved to die." What he did was heinous and I could care less about him. But having said that, I can't help but look at that person, who handed down this execution order.... George "Chucklepuss" Bush AKA The Texas Executioner. I am floored by the so-called Man of God, who hands out death like a dirty old man, handing candy out at a playground. Chucklepuss is known for holding the national record for handing down the most executions, while Governor of Texas, with a total of 113... yes you read that correctly, 1-1-3. Just hours before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, Chucklepuss assured the authorities of the Gulf Coast region that the United States government, would be there for them. There were a total of 1,836 deaths due to the flooding of the city because of the levee breach, which, if it had been maintained properly, by the U.S. Government, may have never happened. Today as of August 2008, the Iraq war has produced, since Chuckles', infamous MISSION ACCOMPLISHED declaration, 3986 deaths and since the actaul "war" began on March 19th, 2003 it has a total of 4,125 and no telling how many we could count with Iraqi civillians. But for now let's just be selfish pricks and count American deaths. So as of today, July 31st, 2008, between the never-ending Iraqi War, Hurricane Katrina and Chucklepuss' time in Texas, Chucklepuss has placed the blood of 6,074 people on his hands. No priest would hear that confession. And now no one-- especially that sell out, Nancy "Scared to Impeach" Pelosi, won't even lift a finger to attempt and prosecute him for war crimes. Up top I have a video from Vincent Bugliosi, the man, who prosecuted, Charles Manson has written a book, titled, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush of Murder". Vincent's words are quite interesting. Give it a watch. Now I ask, you, who is the real killer?

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DEEZIE GETS HER NEO-CON ON

Secretary of State, Condoleeza "Deezie" Rice is, back in the news from shoe shopping and getting her Republican on. In an effort to impress President Chucklepuss and the Republican party, she issued the following mandate the night before presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama left for a tour of US bases overseas in Afghanistan, Iraq and Western Europe: All US missions are forbidden from holding events for presidential candidates or arrange meetings for them. (i.e., don't help that ni**er, Barack in any way)

How ironic? There are only two nominees left in the U.S. Presidential race and she sticks it to Barack Obama. Deezie issued no such mandates during previous trips made by presumptive Republican nominee John "Grampa Simpson" McCain. You'd think that Deezie would have issued this while there were a few more candidates in the race, so it wouldn't be so transparent. But she does this right after Grampa raises living hell about Obama not visiting the Middle East. McCain's campaign made such a fuss, they even kept a public count on how many days it had been since he visited. I guess Deezie wasn't so proud of the first African American becoming a U.S. presidential nominee, as she has stated after Hilary conceded. I totally understand loyalty, but loyalty is something that occurs, when it is reciprocated. I find it amazing that, Deezie, one of those most invisible Secretary of State's in U.S. history, will still do for the administration that has basically "castrated" her power from day one and used her as nothing but a token. Deezie, I hope that your allegiance is rewarded with a well paying, society destroying job in the private sector (like so many other Neo-cons) after this administration is over. If not, with a name like Condoleeza, there's always a hot comb at some hair salon with your name on it. So to you, I say, "Press on, 'guuuurlfriend".

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DOES ANYTHING HAVE TO BE SAID?

Like I said a few days ago, I understand satire, but you can't give people that much credit for intelligence, as displayed by this asshole, so-called clothes designer.

A 25-year-old New York City graduate student is threatening to sue a T-Shirt designer after being assaulted for wearing one of his designs.

The woman bought a $69 shirt from Apollo Braun's Manhattan boutique that bore the words, "Obama is my slave." When she wore the shirt on Tuesday, four teenage girls accosted her - shoving her, pulling out her earphones, and spitting in her face, according to the New York edition of Metro News.

The unnamed woman is reportedly seeking solace by suing Braun - born Doron Braunshtein - for "all he's got," the designer claims. He, of course, is shirking any responsibility for the incident and says that the shirt reflects the views of "ordinary WASPs."

“For a lot of people, when they see Obama, they see a slave. People think America is not ready for a black president,” the Israeli-born designer said.

“I can’t stand Obama,” Braun says, but claims that it's not because the candidate is black. “That’s the only thing I like about him. He opens the door for other minorities.”

“He reminds me of Adolf Hitler,” Braun explained, adding he does not like the Illinois senator because “he is a Muslim” — a myth that Obama apparently cannot escape.

The designer has sold several other anti-Obama styles from his boutique, including shirts with slogans such as “Jews Against Obama,” “Obama = Hitler” and “Who Killed Obama?”

This is what I mean, people need to think about the political climate we live in. I and many people can dismiss this ignorance, but there are those, who now believe their feelings and agendas are validated by acts like this. I can't give any more of this ignorance my attention.

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YOU SAY SATIRE, I SAY STUPID

SATIRE: A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions

That's what most defendants of the most recent New Yorker magazine cover that has Barack Obama dressed in traditional Muslim garb giving his wife, Michelle, dressed like civil rights activist, Angela Davis, with rifle, bandelero and fatigues, the 'terroist fist bump' (as it was said by the responsible reporters at FOX). The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick seemed shocked by the backlash. “Our cover … combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are,” he said in a statement. I totally understand satire, because during the height of nastiness of the Democratic Primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama The New Yorker had a cover with the two candidates in bed at 3 AM (see photo), reaching for the phone. I am very surprised that tthere was no uproar about that cover.

I have no ill will towards, Mr. Remnick, I just believe that he wasn't thinking or he lives in a very insulated world, if he believes everyone would get the 'sly humor or satire' in the illustration, like the Central Park West crowd would. Mr. Remnick should have thought, that Senator Obama is the first black presidential nominee in U.S. history. And with the title comes a lot of extraneous and redundant questioning that usually comes from those white working class voters, who are usually resistant to the idea of a black president no matter how qualified he is. Mr. Remnick should have thought that those same voters would not look at this cover fairly and impartially and say, "My God, this illustration of obvious distortions is such a witty play on the conservative media's utterly ridiculous perception of the Obamas." No Mr. Remnick should have thought these voters are going to say, "I told you that nigger was a Muslim. And his rebellious wife gave him that secret handshake the terroists use to signal they're blowing up stuff tonight. I'm telling you can't trust him in office." An exaggeration you say, but this is also a country that voted George W. Bush into a second term (after a horrible first one), because "a wartime president needs to have the chance to complete the war he started (and look where that got us). In the over forty something elections for the Preseident of the United States not one nominee, except Barack Obama, has been steadily questioned about his religious creed and 'who he really is". We are four months away from this election and live in an instant information society. There is no God forsaken reason to not know the basics about Barack Obama. If a person says, "I don't know who he is", at this point, it's only code for 'I don't know if I can vote for a black person." I am not for censoring, but I am for thinking. If a mocking picture of John McCain as Father Time was on their cover-- oh wait, he is Father Time. M point is people can get over the mocking of age, most can see the absurdity and move on. But to mock Obama's loyalty to the country, which is what that traditional Muslim garb does and so does Michelle's AK-47. Not to mention the infamous 'fist bump', which in most black circles and neighborhoods is called 'giving each other a pound' as it was in the early ninties, when it started. But now due to conservative media ignorance and just plain old being late and corny, 'giving a pound has been turned into covert communication for Middle Eastern terrorists, who want their virgins now. Word to the wise and not so wise (see FOX channel), if you do not totally understand a cultural thing, do not comment on it,as though you do (again see FOX News).

No Mr. Remnick, I understand satire and I don't believe Barack is to be covered in teflon, but I expect you to not bet on the masses his country of being able to decipher things such as your cover without being spoonfed. No, I am not asking you to not be funny. No, I am not asking you to play into partisan politics. No, I am asking you to realize the politcal landscape for which we are on right now and not play into the ignorant voter's worst fears. Because those fears are flimsily, premised, in not the facts, but what some people want to believe. Now I think I'll go to the gym and scare all the white people, who live in fear.

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THE "NUTS" ARE IN HIS MOUTH

"The question is moot."
"Hymietown"
"I will not eat green eggs and ham."

Quotes from the Reverend Jesse Jackson in his illustrious public speaking career.

The Reverend Jesse "What Does He Put On His W-2?" Jackson put metaphorical "nuts" and his foot in his mouth yesterday. During a break on an appearance on FOX News' The O'Reilly Report, Rev. Jesse made the comments, "Barack is talking down to black folks on faith-based initiatives... I want to cut his nuts off." First, I must comment that Jesse was angry that Obama commented to a black church on Father's Day, on how we have young men creating babies and not taking care of them. Well, Jesse, has taken this wrong as he usually does. Because it's true. Jesse wants Obama to state what his administration will do to help correct this problem. Jesse needs to get off the "help me" bandwagon. I would never say that it's not the government's responsibility to not help in some way, but it can't help out totally. There has to be a point when humans take some responsibilty to for their actions. I said HUMANS because Jackson doesn't realize that though Barack Obama was talking to a black church, he was talking to the country of young men of all ethnicities. Though black men are disproportiantely fathering babies out-of-wedlock, numbers wise there are more white men doing this and more white babies being taken care of by the American government. Jesse Jackson has yet to realize that Barack Obama is running for president of the United States of America, not the United States of Black America. If Jesse realized that in 1984 he may have won more than the state of South Carolina.

Since, his comments, Jackson has apologized. I just believe that threatening to castrate the possible future president is really going to hurt Jesse's cut of the money for his church. I mean can you imagine the deacons and the head of the ladies auxiliary, Miss Coleen, waiting in Jesse's office to "talk" to him. "We could've finally marked off that damn building fund sign out front and you go threatening possibly the first black president. Dr. King and your out-of-wedlock daughter are just beaming with pride about this one, Rhyme-master."

I wonder, how a man, who has spent years in the limelight and knows what a 'hot mic' is, makes such a mistake. Was it his way of passively aggressively speaking to Barack about faith based initiatives? Was it Jesse's dumb ass way of trying to stay relevant in a world, where his rhymes don't work like they did back in the day? Was it the old guard showing that he lost his edge? Was it Jesse's crafty way of getting those tough-to-crack, "blue collar, working white voters" to side with Obama through their ongoing detest of Jackson? Nah, Jesse isn't that smart. The be quite honest, the question may never be answered. But I can say this, at this moment in time, Jesse's life of civil rights fighting, presidency running, daredevil linguistics, hostage negotiating and Dr. Suess reciting has reduced his final epitath to thewo rds, "cut his nuts off". And in turn, he has cut off the nuts of his political legacy.

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UNCLE JESSE HAS PASSED ON

Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms, a leading conservative from North Carolina who served five terms in the Senate before retiring in 2003, has died, CNN said. He was 86. Helms, a blunt-talking product of the Old South, was known as "Senator No" for opposing just about anything that obstructed his conservative view of the world.

There are those, who may disagree, but Jesse clearly was not a fan of any person, place or thing of color (i.e. - see racist), as shown in his views or votes in the senate. In 1990 former Charlotte Mayor and African American, Harvey Gannt ran against Helms for his senatorial seat. Gannt asked basketball superstar and sneaker shill, Michael "Air" Jordan, at the height of his popularity for an endorsement. In which Jordan remained neutraly, by stating, "Republicans buy sneakers too." After realizing the err of his statement he stated, "if he had had more time review Gannt's policies, he may have endorsed him". If you couldn't endorse Gannt's policies, you could have opposed Helms' policies. Policies that probably would have had policies that would've kept people like Jordan (see black) impoverished and disenfranchised. But I digress, this is about the late Senator Helms, whose conservative views have done so much to slow down racial progress in America. So to Jesse, we bid you farewell.

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