Two years later, Ellison added the surname “Muhammed” to his repertoire, serving as a local Nation of Islam spokesman. During a brief controversy regarding Minnesota Initiative Against Racism official Joanne Jackson’s comment that “Jews are among the most racist white people [she] knew,” Ellison declared that “we stand by the truth contained in the remarks attributed to [Ms. Jackson], and by her right to express her views without sanction.”

Perhaps Louis Farrakhan, leader of the religious movement-cum-ship of fools called the Nation of Islam, was feeling like Charlie Sheen was cornering the market on tiger blood. Perhaps Farrakhan is really a locust-type creature that comes out every few years, makes a few annoying sounds, and goes back to sleep.

As yet another Middle East country falls to the spreading wave of protests and revolutions, here at home, malcontents are stirring up chaos, just as malcontents such as the Muslim Brotherhood stirred up the riots in Egypt.