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Yes,
just like reality t. v., except this was LIFE. -- Miriam
Nice poem Rudy- have you
heard this song about N.O.? http://www.hurricanesong.com
-- Kam
yeah, the brother gets a lot out of that one
page. I think I like Legendary KO's George
Bush Doesn't Care. It's far less sentimental, pathetic.
KO's work carries force and power, attitude and action. His is
the spunky voice of the poor. Our work's got to be fully
charged, capable of moving mountains, should be greater in
capacity and courage than bone-shearing bullets. KO does
this.
I ain't no poet, lyricist--but I'm trying to do what so
many are not doing, what I think poets and writers should
be doing in these times, to see and move people to action,
rather than pity and excuses. Maybe that's too much to ask of a
poem or a song or of poets and writers. Some may call it social
realism, propaganda. Art has a social utility, in any event.
I'm quite amazed by the invective and satire of Ibo
journalists. They cut up power elites like razors the
flesh, or Muhammad Ali's left jabs, looking good and staying
within the rules, at the same time. Check out A
Mother Like Stella Obasanjo and Baroness Lynda Chalker.
We could learn a lot from them in dealing with our
power elites, artfully. But we still into Jet and Ebony celebration
of individual accomplishments. We need to liberate that praise
mode.
We still counting rocks and square feet, the brightness of
glamour, living vicariously, while the people go to hell in a
hand basket. We must take our stand outside of the
status quo -- Rudy
No one
ever accused me of handling black elites with kid gloves. I've
challenged Mike Tyson to a fight and ripped everybody to Condi
to Colin Powell to Michael Jackson, see my latest attached. --Kam
You certainly trash MJ. But it seems to me
he's an easy mark, now. He's on a downhill slide. What you
expose is a lot of personal garbage of the socially ill. The Ibo
journalist chose persons that could really threaten him, even
have him killed. Maybe "power elites" rather than
"black celebrity elites," on their way down, is what
I'm getting at.
The Ibo journalist is a tightrope walker, staying
just within the rules of free speech. He criticizes the
President's deceased wife of corruption, only a month after her
death. That's real balls, it seems to me, ain't afraid to lose
them kind of attitude -- Rudy
How about my calling for Bush's impeachment
before his first inauguration? – Kam
How about ragging continually the
incompetence and lap-doggishness of the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC), black mayors, black state politicians that work
against livable wages and dignity for the poor? Forget
about their personal habits. How about black demagogues that
sell out to union czars and corporate corruption? How about
black intellectuals who spend most of their time teaching rich
white kids, and ain't got no time for the poor? There are many
targets you could choose that might put you in real danger.
Let's not join the frenzy. There's more to do than be cute.
The call for impeachment is provocative, but it's
not programmatic. I'd prefer you call for the impeachment of the
CBC, its dissolution, as a waste of taxpayer money. -- Rudy * *
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For
Tookie
posted 27 November 2005 / updated 24
February 2008 |
