Irony was lost on the organizers and most of the participants at yesterday's "Sanity" rally on the mall. In order to "get" irony, one must have an ability for introspection - a quality that does not emerge in abundance from the "hipsters" and nearly all white mass of cooler-than-you dudes and dudettes who demonstrated a cluelessness so profound, even liberal pundits didn't quote know what to make of the whole thing.That cluelessness extended to their embrace of the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens (now Yusaf Islam) who, back in the day when these sort of things actually mattered, supported the call of Ayatollah Khomenei for the death of "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie.Lefties and organizers of the rally are defending Yusaf Islam, saying that he has since said that he was "joking" about wanting to see Rushdie die and that his words were taken out of context.Here are his words - and context - during a 1989 panel discussion on...(Read Full Post)