Greensboro religious leaders unite to support immigration reform

Numerous Greensboro clergy gathered at Temple Emanuel this afternoon to speak in support of comprehensive immigration reform at the national level. Local non-profit FaithAction International House organized the press conference to show Senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr the unified sentiment among various faith communities across the city.

Rev. David Fraccaro, FaithAction's executive director, predicted that the North Carolina senators will cast two of more decisive votes when Senate addresses the reform bill in June.

FaithAction staff members Ghaisha Yahaha-Mohammed and Endy Mendez (l-r) share their experiences since immigrating.

Rabbi Fred Guttman of Temple Emanuel

Rev. Jeff Paschal of Guilford Park Presbyterian Church

Rev. Clarence J. Shuford of St. Philip African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Pastors Raul Landa and Jonathan Lewis of Christ Wesleyan Church

Minister Wesley Morris and Rev. Dr. Nelson Johnson of Faith Community Church

After speaking, each cleric signed the FaithAction poster, which will be mailed to Sen. Hagan and Sen. Burr on Friday.

A response to the "savage" Jewish ads

Yom Kippur, as I wrote in a recent article, is a Jewish holiday to reflect on how we can be better people, making up for our mistakes if possible and moving forward into the Jewish new year with a better sense of how we can improve.

The picture below (which according to Facebook was taken at the 49th St. station) is of one Jew's response to the incredibly racist, colonialist and anti-Muslim ad that has been placed in New York train stations. Regardless of your views on Israel, the language of the ad is offensive and antithetical to what Judaism is supposed to be about.

As the note left next to it says, there is significant overlap between Judaism and Islam (and of course, Christianity) and the tremendous ignorance and racism displayed in the ad is frightening. It should never be tolerated, and especially in this time of Yom Kippur, the people behind this ad need to be doing some soul searching about how they could possibly justify such dehumanizing and sickening rhetoric. Our Jewish holidays and traditions teach us to remember our historical oppression and to always be aware of the oppression of others, not to diminish the humanity of other people by perpetuating the colonialism that was once done to us.

Photo courtesy of New Orleans-based journalist Jordan Flaherty, who reposted it from Sareh Al-Zubaidy.

Ann Coulter gets her crazy on

Man, am I glad I decided to dump Ann Coulter.
Breakups are hard, sure, but when your ex starts spewing crazy like a Roman candle, the lunacy coming off her in waves, it makes things so much easier.

Ann believes we should all be Christian, and that Jews should convert as to make them "perfect." Or some such bullshit.
Oh, and the twat has a book out. I won't link to it. I'm through selling books for her.
Honestly, what do people see in her? I am not an easy man to offend, yet I recoil just about every time she opens her mouth. I don't even want to sleep with her. Anymore.
And yet this broad keeps getting TV gigs, public speaking engagements, book deals. She will not be denied.
Though this time she may have gone too far. Irregardless of what the Wikipedia says, I suspect there may be some members of the Tribe who wield some influence in television and publishing. Maybe they can smoke her out.