I feel like quickly sharing a couple of quick items which have been on my mind rather than doing extended blogging on any one of them.
1. I don't think any reasonable person believes for a second that
Obama believes that the U.S. government invented HIV/AIDS in a laboratory so why would it even matter if his ex-pastor believes it?
2. Similarly,
Obama clearly doesn't believe that bombing government buildings is an acceptable way to change government policy and the Weatherman were from over 40 years ago so why is Ayers an issue today?
3. Maybe its just me, but on my planet Hillary Clinton's comment that "Sen.
Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again" is orders of magnitude more offensive than the "bitter" comment and may even be the biggest gaffe made by a candidate in the election so far.
4. I recently bought the Pitch Black trilogy on DVD (see
islamo-futurism?) Other than the Dune books, it is the only non-trivial portrayal of Muslims in the future of which I'm aware. Also Vin Diesel is kind of
badass.
InshaAllah, I'll
start watching the first one this Sunday afternoon.
5. Finally, check out
Third Resurrection. I updated it yesterday. Recently I've only been able to add entries in spurts. It was gratifying to see that
Blackamerican Muslim
bloggers are talking about issues related to "Third Resurrection" (in the loose sense of the blog). But I do kind of wish that members would add posts on their own (hint, hint) Still, I'm glad that the bloggers out there are dealing with serious , meaningful topics.
