"Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims."

At their last big DC rallies the Teabaggers railed against government programs in one breath and complained that Metro didn't law on enough subway trains for them.

Now their message is a little more refined: they're not racists, they just are scared of being with non-whites they aren't sure agree with their views:

We're but days away from Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin's August 28 "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial, when thousands of Tea Party activists and fellow conservatives will gather for a "non-political event that pays tribute to America's service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor."

Of course, with so many folks coming into town from all over the country, some for the first time, there's bound to be a bunch of questions about where to eat and stay in the District, how to get around, what to expect, and so on. TBD's Andrew Beaujon just tweeted a link to a Maine Tea Party website listing handy advice for those many activists coming to our fair city for the weekend.

Here it is, quoted verbatim for your reading pleasure.

DC's population includes refugees from every country, as the families of embassy staffs of third world countries tend to stay in DC whenever a revolution in their homeland means that anyone in their family would be in danger if they went back. Most taxi drivers and many waiters/waitresses (especially in local coffee shops like the Bread and Chocolate chain) are immigrants, frequently from east Africa or Arab countries. As a rule, African immigrants do not like for you to assume they are African Americans and especially do not like for you to guess they are from a neighboring country (e.g. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia) with whom they may have political or military tensions. It's rare to meet anyone who gets really offended, but you can still be aware of the issue.

Many parts of DC are safe beyond the areas I will list here, but why chance it if you don't know where you are?

If you are on the subway stay on the Red line between Union Station and Shady Grove, Maryland. If you are on the Blue or Orange line do not go past Eastern Market (Capitol Hill) toward the Potomac Avenue stop and beyond; stay in NW DC and points in Virginia. Do not use the Green line or the Yellow line. These rules are even more important at night. There is of course nothing wrong with many other areas; but you don't know where you are, so you should not explore them.

Oh, but there's more. So much more...

If on foot or in a cab or bus, stay in Bethesda, Arlington (preferably north Arlington), Crystal City, Falls Church, Annandale, or Alexandria, or in DC only in northwest DC west (i.e. larger street numbers) of 14th or 16th streets, or if on Capitol Hill only in SE Capitol Hill (zip 20003) between 1st and 8th Streets, not farther out than 8th (e.g. 9th, 10th etc). (Or stay on the Mall and at the various monuments.) Again there are many other lovely places, from the Catholic University of America to Silver Spring, Maryland. But you don't know where you are so you cannot go, especially at night, unless you take me with you.