Did you know it was Islamofascism Awareness Week? And have you thought about what you're going to do to raise awareness about this concept the loss of which would be such a devastating blow to the vanity and intellectual pretensions of countless right-wing bloggers and editorialists throughout the English-speaking world?

Yes, it's Islamofascism Awareness Week, Oct. 22nd - 26th. So I'm afraid National Breast Cancer Awareness Month will have to step aside for a week. And, yes, perhaps needless to say this is yet another confection of David Horowitz.

In case you're not familiar with Horowitz, he's probably most charitably described as a rather entrepreneurial self-promotion artist, though perhaps more accurately as one of the great buffoons of the modern American soapbox. I should probably say, as a matter of disclosure, that I've had a couple run-ins with Horowitz, one in person. And he's probably one of only two people I met in Washington, or really in any of my dealings with people through TPM or any other professional writing I've done, who was just as nasty and whacked in person as anything you see on TV. It's no act.

Horowitz's basic MO is finding the silliest opponents he can find, goading them into a shouting match and then working himself into a frenzy about how the "left" is out to get him and then taking the moment of attention to shake the trees for some more right-wing money for his next show. Money, that is, for his Center, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, which I only found out today he has recently had renamed in honor of himself.

In any case, the promotional material for Islamofascism Awareness Week promises that the "nation will be rocked by the biggest conservative campus protest." And if you're on campus and want to get involved, definitely check out the Students Guide to Hosting Islamo-fascism Awareness Week.

Actually, in all seriousness, I strongly recommend that you take a few moments and check out one or more of the "feature presentations" listed on this page of Horowitz's "terrorism awareness project" website. Not because you'll be outraged or offended but because they are so clownish and ridiculousness that you may actually find them entertaining. I did. Take a look and tell me what you think. And do your part for Islamofascism Awareness Week!