Whether you agree or disagree with this woman, she strikes me as a fairly reasonable, passionate person.

Someone called an alert into the FBI expressing concern that she might be ready to cause destruction or harm to others or others' property. This evidently stemmed from a protest she was involved with against the occupation of Palestine.

She advocates a point of view that is unpopular politically; that is, a one-state solution for the Middle East. Be that as it may, it's still not a crime to speak one's beliefs peacefully.

Watch this video. I'm less bothered by the FBI questioning her than I am by the idea of someone reporting her to the FBI as a danger. As should we all be. If people start reporting others with differing views to the FBI as terrorists, the real terrorists win.

This is just so disgusting there are no words. From The Institute for Southern Studies online magazine Facing South 'The Gulf appears to be bleeding':

Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen of Alabama and volunteer pilot Tom Hutchings of SouthWings flew over the Gulf of Mexico on Friday to get a look at the massive oil slick spreading from the site of the BP disaster.

At nine miles out, they began to smell the oil. At 11 miles, they saw a visible sheen on the water. And at mile 87 off the Alabama coast, they reached ground zero of the disaster -- what Wathen described as a "red mass of floating goo" as far as the eye can see.

"The Gulf appears to be bleeding," he said.

"For the first time in my environmental career, I find myself using the word 'hopeless,'" Wathen continued. "We can't stop this. There's no way to prevent this from hitting our shorelines."

h/t Jed

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Dorsey Shaw asks this question--America Rising: Is This Viral Video Sensation Really Grassroots Or The GOP In Disguise? and offers some thoughts on why this was professionally done and has the GOP's fingerprints all over it.

#1 The Video Only Focuses on Democrats, Leftist and Liberals

Why This Is a GOP Fingerprint: Tea Party people hate all the bums in Washington, especially the Republicans who they feel have betrayed their conservative values.

#2 The Author Is Unknown

Another Republican Fingerprint?: Every single Tea Party person has a blog and a gun. They are not afraid of the Government. If any of them were to make a video that was bound to go viral, they would also have a T-shirt to sell you just in case you really liked the video and needed something other than a Sean Hannity / Glenn Beck concert hoodie to wear to the next rally on the steps of Congress.

#3 It's Way Too Good

This Video Reeks of GOP DNA: The GOP still doesn't "get" the Internet, and if there's one thing the Internet prides itself on, it's sniffing out a phony. This video, though not broadcast quality, is a damn good piece of work that has perfect edits and music that sounds like it's a leftover from one of McCain's unused A/V hit pieces from '08. If the GOP operatives who created this video were really internet savvy, they would have used more familiar copyrighted material like a true guerilla YouTube auteur.

Take a look and judge for yourself but don't be surprised when it turns out a guy named Dick who's last name rhymes with Army is one of the persons responsible for this "grassroots" effort.

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This video titled America Rising: An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians originally appeared on You Tube and the video was pulled by the person who posted it and the account was shut down a week or so later. You can still see the cached page here.

Looks like they're already putting the fear mongering into high gear to get ready for the elections this year. My question is why didn't the person who produced this want their name attached to it? Badabing asked the same question in their diary at Daily KOS--Alan Grayson Eviscerates Republicans into Confetti - LOL.

November 15, 2008 C-SPAN

Live coverage from the 2008 Miami Book Fair International featured book talks by authors, interviews with authors this segment includes an International Panel: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State with Billy Collins, Art Spiegelman, Carl Hiaasen, Francine Prose, and Esmeralda Santiago