This luminous day is dedicated to Olodumare, who rules the invisible realm. We can buy songs of the Cuban orixás in historical recordings from the Smithsonian Institution, and find stories about them on Orishanet. And if YouTube supported WordPress, I would add videos of Ifa ceremonies in Nigeria right here.
Also on YouTube is a fascinating video of the October 4 disruption of a Minuteman‘s speech at Columbia University. What interests me here is that the aggressiveness of the disruption is seen as uncivil, whereas the Minuteman’s policy recommendations, and the activities of his group, are not.
People interested in the immigration debate may enjoy four articles from the August 28/September 4 Nation: White Heat, Nightly Nativism, Same Old Song, and Locked and Loaded. “Same Old Song” reminds us that the United States has been afraid of immigrants for quite some time. Benjamin Franklin, for instance, feared the influence of German culture, as it might taint our natural Englishness.
Before saying immigrants cost too much money, try to imagine the U.S. economy without immigrant labor. Before saying you are “not opposed to immigration, just to illegal immigration,” check out the options for legal immigration which actually exist now, and those which have been proposed.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Those minuteman don’t deserve to be linked. I think I read another of your entries stating that some one is asking you to talk about immigration. It like many subjects of seriousness requires lots of consideration.
Your new blog seems like it is having trouble getting started. In terms of area, wordpress feels like another country away from blogger. I hope more people find there way over here.
Do you think I should de-link them? WordPress, worlds away, I’m noticing too. I have considered going back for this reason. What I didn’t say before was, I was convinced to go to WordPress because I found all of these Bangladeshi (!) blogs in WordPress through Tasneem Khalil’s site, all of which looked beautiful … and the people are open source, LINUX types, which is attractive … and I said hey, I’m going to join! But it is truly another country.
Speaking of Tasneem Khalil, his blog has disappeared and I am somewhat concerned.
I guess if you keep them linked, people will see how nasty they are. I started reading some of that White Heat article and could not finish because the set up was too bias (in my opinion). I do not miss The Atlantic since my subscription ran out. I need to pay for The New Yorker, I have not received one in a week or so, so they must be holding the fact that I have not sent in my $30 against me. I keep getting sidetracked. I don’t know if you should move or not. It really should not make a difference. The distance is just an illusion. I know I am getting less comments since I am moderating, but so be it. I guess the extra hassle for some will weed out the superficial comments, or the, “I am just returning the favor” type comment. Of course I am veering all the comfort zone of my first community, the AOL community that I first had June 2004. They are all about playing nice, and not discussing anything that cannot be discussed at a Garden Party. I’m not real big on Garden Parties, it seems. When I click on the link you have for Tasneem Khalil it gives me a site. Does not look like a blog though.
FWIW, Prof Zero, I would have had to Google the Minutemen as I had no idea what/who they were, and I would have gone looking for them if you hadn’t linked. I think it’s generally ok if you link to somebody’s site in a post with a commentary–I don’t think any promotion is ever done there. It’s more when there is a link that stays on a page that makes me think the writer condones the content of the link.
All that said, at some point, you kind of have to trust that your readers will see these guys for the obvious asshats they are.
i still haven’t figured out how these folks think. i am so tired of the same ignorant ranting and behavior. these folks are just white supremecists wrapped up in a new name. same crap different era. welcome to america.
I started reading some of that White Heat article and could not finish because the set up was too bias (in my opinion).
Yes – it is sort of hard to take. I think what they are trying to do is show how varied and widespread the anti-immigrant movement is. But in general, I am getting tired of these news/analysis articles which lead in with the description of a single interviewee. It can be a good writing strategy, but it is becoming a formula.