November 5, 2008
November 4, 2008
FOX News Parties Like It's 1991
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"blah, blah, blah..."Refusing to hide their pathetic desperation, FOX ran another vacuous story about Rashid Khalidi. This time, they cleverly confused the tense in the headline to mislead potential readers into thinking it may actually be a relevant story. The headline, "Khalidi Praises Palestini...
go to article »November 2, 2008
Breaking: Professor Khalidi Goes Out for Groceries
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Fox News continues its hard-hitting coverage of the Rashid Khalidi story with this report showing that the Columbia professor actually goes out for groceries, and in fact, takes the elevator in his apartment building. Fox deserves credit for going after a story everyone else thinks is irrelevant bul...
go to article »November 1, 2008
A Diasporic Split?
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I wonder if they make Obama kufi's too?In an interesting New York Review of Books article about a proponent of Yiddish language preservation in America, Harold Bloom shared an interesting observation made by a leading intellectual inspiration for the Neo-Conservatives:Leo Strauss provocatively obser...
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In Defense of Rashid Khalidi
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Besides the obvious point that the Rashid Khalidi-Obama connection is a complete non-story, it also reeks of the ugliness of political desperation: hate-mongering. Arab-bashing, to borrow liberally from the saying about anti-Semitism, is the ideology of scoundrels. How easily talking heads readily...
go to article »October 31, 2008
Yalla, Hold Your Nose and Vote
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In response to the compelling posts by Maytha, QuiQui and Nadine, I offer my view on the question of should we vote. I personally get queasy from righteous incantations about one's duty to vote. There is no obligation to vote when the system is rigged to produce limited results. A strained politi...
go to article »October 30, 2008
Obama to Arab-Americans: I Want Your Vote
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L0ok into his eyes! He is channeling the magically seductive powers of his teleprompter to win your Oriental affections...A guest post from Nadine reminds us why we should vote next week:10 reasons to for us to Vote.10- Do you complain about our national and international policies? If you don't vote...
go to article »October 28, 2008
Club-Hoppers for Obama
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Two musical tributes... turn up your crappy computer speakers.[lyrics translated here]McCain needs to respond with a Scottish kilt-clad bagpipe orchestra....
go to article »October 20, 2008
Fareed Zakaria's Watered Down Racial Politics or Textual Diarrhea
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"Excuse me, do you vork here? I need more ice for my drink..."Fareed Zakaria gets mushy on dat ass, or should I say from dat ass. The good Muslim and editor of Newsweek endorsed Barack Obama, citing his consistency, show of knowledge and policymaking wisdom, and the excellent campaign he is running...
go to article »October 16, 2008
Guest Post: Why Arab-Americans Should Vote
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From Nadine Wahab who's working valiantly to GOATV - Get Out the Arab Vote, with AAI. That is it. I am can't take it anymore. When that sweet old woman, obviously educated by the likes of pipes and limbaugh, spewed the ugliest form of racism in her 'accusation' that Obama was (dare I say it) 'an Ar...
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