"If selling fiction is good enough for our military then it's good enough for NASCAR" - The Colbert "Word" is less about NASCAR and more about Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman and the fact that the military lied about their stories.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." - Below is Jessica Lynch speaking to the Committee. You can watch Pat Tillman's brother Kevin speaking about this here.

It's been four years since Bush announced that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended", however everyday in the news we still hear of violence in Iraq. It is OK for you to wonder what the daily struggle must be like in Baghdad. For that reason a group of Iraqi's have set up a video blog that documents the daily struggles of young Iraqi's. Below are the two latest webisodes of "Hometown Baghdad". (The second is a little graphic, so finish your sandwich.)

If you find these interesting by all means visit their website and check out the 20 other episodes they have online.

Hometownbaghdad.com

An ongoing documentary web series following the lives of a few Iraqi 20-somethings trying to survive in Baghdad. The brave Iraqi subjects and crew risked their lives every time they turned on a camera to make this series. They want to show the world what life is like when your hometown is a war-zone.

Mike Gravel a Democratic candidate for President says that he would legalize Marijuana. He makes that very clear at around the five minute mark of this CSPAN call in show. I understand the idea is a long shot, but at least one politician is putting it out there. Prisons are full of American Marijuana users and maybe also Canadians soon. This clip is the second part of four from his May 1st appearance on CSPAN. The full program can be watched here.

On May 2nd Mike appeared on the Colbert Report... looking for a bump.