Muslim punk

Blue Triangle Network, 3rd I NY, and Queens Museum of Art Present   VOICES RISING: the 3rd National Day of Solidarity  with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants   Free shuttle bus to the Queens Museum will be available from Jackson Heights.  Bus will leave at 1:20 sharp, in front of Eagle Theater, on 37th Road , between 73rd  Street and Broadway.    

So, our friends over at Muslim WakeUp! have instituted a new activity, a WakeUp! Call. Their first one is directed to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). ISNA is supporting a temperance society that believes the only way to salvation is through Jesus and all immigration should be stopped lest the hordes run us over. But the good news is, they will bring back prohibition. Didn’t we learn anything from the 2000 election? A single issue, at the ignorance [yes, I know it’s not the correct use of the word, but it really is a willful ignorance] of all…

I will be honest, I did not see Condi Rice’s testimony to the 9/11 commission yesterday. I have been reading commentaries, conservative and liberal, and the news doesn’t appear to be good. The reasoned right won’t muster a strong defense, and in some cases are actually questioning (link via TPM) what new information the testimony gave. The left of course is having a field day. If you read the conservative article above, and the following Boston Globe op-ed – especially the last paragraph – the testimony seemed to be dependent on people not having any sort of memory. Bush is…