Urban Studies
Doug Grow of the Star Tribune, on Minneapolis Mayoral candidate Farheen Hakeem and her dream:
Her dream is to bring together members of the gay and lesbian community with the Muslim community. "It's a difficult bridge to build," she admitted. "But just imagine if I can pull it off. We'd have George Bush's greatest nightmare. We'd have the terrorists and the perverts working together."
Imagine the synergy. Together, there's nothing they can't destroy! Maybe that can be the new slogan on the "Welcome to Minneapolis" signs on the highway.
It's been more than a decade since I lived in the City of the Lakes and it seems times have changed a bit. In my day, a coalition of gays, lesbians, and Muslims was the Saturday night floor show at the Leamington, not the critical mass needed for electoral victory.
Actually, it's the coveted demographic profile in Minneapolis AND it's a floor show. Hold on to your funny bones ...
But before the next political race, [Hakeem] plans to continue doing gigs. (Her next one is Tuesday night at Jitters in Minneapolis.)
As always at her gigs, terrorists and perverts get half price on purple hooters and kamikazees all night long. Tickets are going fast, don't you dare miss it!
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