I have not uttered a word on the cultural center in New York, for one thing I live in South Carolina, and like these other citizens of the United States what business of mine is it what they put in the old "Burlington Coat Factory Building" in Manhattan? It's not my business I will never go there in my lifetime, the last time I even visited New York City was in July 1974, and it was only due to my younger brother who was leaving La Guardia Airport on a trip to Europe on a Readers Digest youth trip my parents had laid out the cash for.
My younger brother flew from Los Angeles to New York to catch the tour plane, there was one problem, he left his packet with his funds, his passport, and since I was returning to Edgewood Arsenal Maryland for a temporary duty assignment I have written about in the past here on Daily Kos, as it put me in DC on the day Nixon resigned 9 August 1974.
The talking "exploding heads" of Faux news who decided to bash a prominent Bush point man on how to foster better relations and then traveled the Middle East with no less than Karen Hughes for President Bush in 2007 and the last time in Jan 2009 just before President Bush was leaving office.
But that did not stop "Momma Grizzly" and "Newt, I cheated on my wife to" while I was holding impeachment hearings on President Bill Clinton. From bashing the man that was paid to travel on behalf of the United States to promote good will between the United States and the Muslim countries.
Why let "facts" get in the way of the demonization of a cultural center that can NOT even be seen from "Ground Zero" label the Cordoba House as the Ground Zero Mosque just because it made a great rallying cry. Forget the Muslims who died on September 11, 2001, forget the first responders who either paid by the city and state of New York or the volunteers who came from out of the city and state to volunteer, to help in the rescue and recovery of the site.
These hate mongers have not bothered to learn the truth, and they will not let the truth stop them from pushing their hate nationwide. They would prefer to make the same mistakes we made as a nation in 1942 when we rounded up all Japanese Americans and gave them 2 choices either return to Japan despite the fact many of them had never been to Japan and were born Americans, or go into detention camps.
They were given just days to sell their homes, their cars and their personal belongings, it would not be until the Reagan Administration when Congress finally passed legislation compensating these Americans for their losses in the 1940s and I am sorry 20,000 each did not replace the losses many of them suffered. We did not lock up the German Americans when we declared was on Germany, why, was it because they were white and did not stick out like the Japanese did?
This nation has a long history of abusive behavior to people we decide not to like, and we decide to demonize and we carry it to far.
This is not just about the New York Mosque, as a nation we are fighting mosques being built in Temecula, Calif, in Tennessee, in Wisconsin we are fighting them nationwide, why? What happened to the freedom of religion? The 1st Amendment? Does it now only apply to people the Republican Party approves of? When did that rule get passed and why weren't the rest of the nation told about it.
Have they revoked the security clearances of all Muslim military members? Do we really want to go down this road? Is this national leadership from our political leaders? Will we elect Senators, Presidents, Congressman who take the position of denying rights of the Constitution to American citizens?
I for one am sadly disappointed in Senator Harry Reid for making the comment that the community center needs to be moved, WTF? If his cajones are that small he needs to step aside in January and let either Senator Durbin or Senator Schumer become the new Majority Leader of the new Congress. I understand that he is running scared of that ding bat Sharon Angle but if our national leader in the Senate is that scared of a nut job like "Angle" I don't want him as the Majority Leader I want someone who will kick McConnells butt, McCain's tired old azz, and show the nation David Vitters dirty diapers to hell with placating these bigoted people who will use any despicable act to push their silly agenda's foreward.
Harry it is time to stand up and kick azz, and if you can't stuff Sharon Angle I doubt your abilities any longer to lead the Democratic party and push the items President Obama and we Americans want accomplished, I hope you win re-election and then do the right thing and step aside and let a new majority Leader step forward one that will lead us into a better recovery. You have not accomplished much even with the large majorities you were handed in 2008.
PS That school teacher in Alaska was right last week Sarah was the worst Governor in history, even worse then Mark "Hiking the Appalachian Trail" Sanford at least he didn't quit halfway thru his term, at least he stuck it out despite his embarrassment, he didn't run to faux and become a "personality" and an over paid talking head. The really sad part is no one can tell is it Tina Fey or is it Sarah Palin they are both entertainment. I like Tina Fey I don't like Sarah Palin and he trailer trash family, you can take people out of the trailer but you can't change their behavior.