[Mr Ramsbotham]

If he builds a mosque, it might become a firetrap as well.

[org.whodat]

How in the hell can a good for nothing dead beat, that owns a couple of run down apartments on skid-row, qualify for a multimillion dollar investment. Stinks of a madoff rip off.

[Alberta's Child]

Not to defend this guy, but I have a simple question: If these buildings have been cited for fire violations for years (one report indicated that some violations dating back to the late 1990s still haven't been addressed), then why the hell doesn't the municipal government yank their certificates of occupancy and get everyone out of them instead of posting a "fire watch" in front of them?

My understanding is that one of the two buildings is vacant, but the other has 16 families living in it.

[Condor51]

While the imam behind the planned mosque near Ground Zero was jetting around the globe touting his project, a pair of dilapidated apartment buildings he owns in New Jersey fell into such disrepair that cops have to stand watch in the event of a fire.

ONE. I am NOT defending the flying Iman. BUT....

I have a long time friend who back in the mid 80's bought apartment buildings, not to 'flip', but as an investment. Well, these buildings were in less than stellar neighborhoods in Chicago. And with every new building he owned his COSTS rose on repairs by 10⁴. It got that he was losing money.

Later on I worked with a guy who would buy houses on 'contract'. He'd do some repairs then sell for a tiny profit and repeat. Eventually this 'Cost x 10⁴' happened to him too. His costs exceeded value and he was stuck with the contracts. These houses were in a suburb but also with less than stellar 'tenants'. Luckily he only had three houses and didn't lose 'too much' money.

People have to realize that things just don't 'break' by themselves. Not Sprinkler Pipes, Not Smoke Alarms, Not Wiring. Nor do Holes magically appear in walls and ceilings. Or storm doors and screens get ripped out by themselves. The fact of the matter is it's the PEOPLE who live in these buildings that turn them into Firetraps and 'slums'. Then they go cry that they live in a crappy place.

(I swear, these 'people' could have destroyed Hitler's Bunker in a week.)

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

They like to see buildings burn with Christians and Jews hanging out of the buildings, choosing to jump because a death by cracked head is less painful than a death by fire.

I will never forget 9/11 nor lessen my horror for it nor ever forgive anyone whose ideology accepts 9/11.