Canada’s No-Fly List: Too Guilty to Fly, Too Innocent to Charge?
Interesting read from Canadia. Perhaps they’re not as enlightened as I thought. Technorati Tags: Canada, no-fly list, war on terror[ism][ists]
Category: Politics
Keith Ellison
I think it’s cool that he’s Muslim. I think the bigger a deal we make of it, the more he gets marginalized, and the more we get marginalized. He’s an American. He’s an elected representative. For some good background pieces on what I“m babbling about see these three pieces (1, 2, 3) Technorati Tags: Islam in America, Keith Ellison
Who is the Enemy?
MUSLIMS! MUSLIMS! specifically AMERICAN MUSLIMS! See this post by Ali Eteraz. I love his commentary on CAIR. I must say, I don’t know what worse, that he reads LGF, or that he’s giving space to mention CAIR. h/t Brian Technorati Tags: CAIR
One down, Cheney to go
They say that when you kill the head vampire, the others die as well. Don’t let the door smack you on the ass on the way out.
VOTE. PLEASE.
I have been following this election season for well over the past six months. I cannot believe that anyone with half a brain would want to return the Republican majority back to Congress. I am not an ideologue and choose candidates based on their policies and character. However, this current Congress has proven to be broken and in need of putting down. From Jack Abrahmoff to gift wrapping the Constitution for the Executive branch to blow their noses on, the Republican party has shown that fear and corruption are their raison d’etre. Rolling Stone has a great article “THE LOW…
Tempting Faith
For those of you haven’t heard yet, a new book is coming out Monday called Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction. Written by David Kuo, who was a well-placed person in the Office of Faith Based initiatives, it details how the Bush administration used faith to further a political agenda. Via Street Prophets, I found this interview hosted on Crooks and Liars. To me the most pertinent passage is: One official who rated grant applications told Kuo, “ when I saw one of those non-Christian groups in the set I was reviewing, I just stopped looking at them…
Religion Baiting
Nice piece over at TPMCafe on the new Muslim baiting happening in American politics. I don’t think it’s so new as we got a taste of some of this with Hillary Clinton’s first Senate campaign, and her “associates” were scrutinized for colored and/or non-Christian. Technorati Tags: Muslim baiting
Muslims don’t hate Macs
Via Jason O’Grady, I see that MEMRI is up to their usual business of inflaming anti-Arab feelings (for some background see these posts, here, here, here, and here.) Now, I have no reason to think that MEMRI is making up this posting, that’s not their MO, they cherry-pick inflammatory texts to translate. It is unfortunate that there is no further information as where the text they are translating came from, but I am willing to take it at face value. The material if factually inaccurate (the cube has already been built, the store has been open for several months, there…
Interfaith Alliance – Free Speech – Press Release
The Interfaith Alliance For Immediate Release September 26, 2006 Contact: William Blake, (202) 639-6370, ext. 113 (w), (202) 680-8765 (c) House Vote Reduces First Amendment to Second Class Status The Interfaith Alliance Denounces Bill to Limit Religious Freedom (Washington, D.C.) Today the House of Representatives scheduled a vote on H.R. 2679, the “Public Expression of Religion Act.” The bill would eliminate damages and awards of attorneys’ fees for individuals or groups in successful cases brought to ensure their constitutional rights under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This bill would limit long-standing remedies available under…
Audio Response to Pat Robertson
Check it out here. (It is my response.) Technorati Tags: inter-faith, politics