Alhamdulillah.

So, Alhamdulillah I just got word that my Moot Court brief will not be needing revision over Spring Break. Now though, I no longer have any excuses to justify not having started to pack for Louisiana!

BTW a few of us are trying something out. Bloggers gone wild? Your feedback would be appreciated.

Alhamdulillah for the victory in the Senate today! Major props to Muslim Advocates, MPAC and the ACLU amongst others. For those of you out there who don't vote, this should be taken as a sign that we, the electorate, actually do have some power.

Get it on . . .

. . . in the voting booth!

The Ingredients: Council on American Islamic Relations, Muslim American Society, the Leftie in me, my experiences as a Union organizer, my experience as a higher education advocate, those annoying campaign phone calls AND http://theballot.org/2006/ca.

The Product:
People
Governor: Peter Camejo (Green)
Lietenant Governor: Tom McClintock (Republican, I know can you believe it?)
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen (Democrat)
Controller: John Chiang (Democrat)
Treasurer: Bill Lockyer (Democrat)
Attorney General: Michael Wyman (Green)
Insurance Commissioner: Lary Cafiero (Green)
Member State Board of Equalization: Judy Chu (Democrat)
United States Senator: Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom)
United States Representative: Jim Brandt (Democrat)
Member of the State Assembly: Betty Karnette (Democrat)
State Measures
1A: NO
1B: NO
1C: YES
1D: YES
1E: YES
83: NO
84: YES
85: NO
86: YES
87: YES
88: NO
89: YES
90: NO

Make sure to get your sticker after voting? :-)

MPAC Condemns Israel

MPAC CONDEMNS ISRAEL'S VIOLATION OF AMERICAN LAW


(Los Angeles - 11/3/06) -- The Muslim Public Affairs Council today condemned the killing of two Palestinian women acting as human shields between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian men during a stand-off at a Gaza mosque overnight. More than 300 Palestinians have been killed in the last four months, at least half of them civilians, according to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem..

Israeli troops fired at a large crowd of unarmed Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip as the women approached a mosque to help Palestinian men holed up inside. Two women were killed and about 10 were injured, according to hospital workers.

SEE: "Gaza Gunmen Flee Behind Human Shield Protest" (MSNBC, 11/3/06)

"We cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the continuing Israeli military intrusion into the Palestinian territories," said MPAC Executive Director Salam Al-Marayati. "Innocent people continue to die, peaceful citizens are in direct danger, and the humanitarian situation keeps worsening as a result of the Israeli assault on the Palestinian people."

Each dollar used by the Israeli war machine to oppress Palestinian and Lebanese civilians is a violation of American law, namely the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, which disallows the U.S. from sending weapons to foreign countries if they are used against civilians.