Posted on 07/09/2010 3:54:15 PM PDT by NCjim
New York politicians are bending over backwards and violating protocol to build a mega mosque at Ground Zero. In warped speed they are ramming it through, removing every obstacle to expedite the process and erect a triumphal mosque at Ground Zero in time for it to meet its stated opening date, the tenth anniversary of September 11. Why? Would they do this for a church? A synagogue? This is an outrage.
Wednesday night, on less than a week and a half’s notice (at a time when most people who care are not even around), the Lower Manhattan Community Board 1 (LMCB) Landmark Commission (LMCBLC) held a meeting to consider the landmark status of 45-47 Park Place (the site of the proposed 911 mega-mosque). Refusing to wait until the entire board could meet, seven board members voted to deny landmark status to the Burlington Coat Factory building, removing another obstacle to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s supremacist, triumphal mosque.
Yet the historical significance of the property is clear: the famous architect Daniel D. Badger designed the building. A number of his buildings have already been given landmark status. The New York Times obituary (in the November 19, 1884 issue, p. 2) for Badger (1806-1884) called him “the pioneer of this country in the use of iron for building purposes.”
More importantly, his building has special historical significance because of 911. It was part of the attack. The landing gear of one the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center towers flew out to the Burlington Coat Factory building, and fell through the roof to the basement. The fact that the committee ignores that fact is outrageous, and disrespects the victims of 911.
The LMCBLC unanimously (with one recusal) voted Wednesday to recommend to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) that landmark status be denied. Yes, this ugly decision was unanimous. The one recusal came from a board member who admitted to being in bed with the owner (future financial gains implied). This was the same tool who during last month’s community board meeting was shilling for the mosque. Apparently, one of the owners of the property approached him and subsequently corresponded with him. He said he was recusing himself because although there was no “immediate” financial benefit to him, he thought it appropriate given potential conflicts of interest. The same member of the LMCBLC made reference to Kristallnacht, implying that opponents of the mosque are Nazis. Outrageous, I tell you.
If this abomination is built, we as Americans should defile it at every opportunity.
Check out the Santa Sophia in Constantinople.
That’s the one that caused a big stink when the Pope visited, and if I recall correctly Nancy Pelosi as well?
Why? A combo of self-hatred and America-hatred. Leftism in a nutshell.
I hope someone blows it to smithereens if it ever gets completed.
Hell, Obastard will make that his new “church”.
And don’t expect ANYONE in the current admin to stop them."
It’s pathetic. 9 years and nothing. Some of the biggest buildings in the world have been put up in less than 40 months..we won’t see anything until 2016 at the very least.
But of course!
Unions
Look for the label
Is this thing being built because it’ll make *them* like *us*? If so, it WON’T WORK! And to think they want it opened on 9/11. Too evil for words.
A liberal I know was in complete shock when he learned the DOJ was suing Arizona over its immigration policies.
It's not so much that most liberals are intentionally evil. They're just completely clueless or in denial.
How tall is the mosque planned to be?
Anybody know?
Any height over .0000000000000001mm is too high for me.
Let them go back to whence they came from and build their holy tower or place of worship.
Every time I think I’ve seen the worst the libs can do, I find out something that’s worse than the worst.
“I would check the bank accounts of the councilmembers for some very OILY money suddenly showing up from overseas...”
That would be my guess, I guess there are no real patriots left.
Another problem, is Islam is infiltrating our government.
“They are bowing down on the altar of Tolerance.....so anxious to appear “Good” and “Caring”....so sick.”
I don’t think so, I think there is more to it then that.
We are living in a twilight zone version of this country.
I don’t even recognize this country any more. The answers I get from folks trying to justify this administration’s actions/inaction comes from another planet. I swear I’m living a scene from the ‘Body Snatchers’! Where did the rational, reasonable people go?
Perhaps the Japanese would like to build a Shinto shrine right next to the sunken Arizona Memorial.
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