Posted on 08/19/2010 3:09:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A mosque near Ground Zero? Who's going to pay for it? Where are they getting the money?
This is the cry of the conspiracy theorists who claim that the mosque will be built with suspicious money, including charities possibly connected to terrorism. Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are intensely opposed to the mosque. They want it to be moved. I have a great idea. Why don't they find a new property and personally raise the money themselves to fund the $100 million community center? They could call the project The Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich Foundation for Religious Freedom. It has a nice ring to it. I think they should put their money where their mouths are. Nothing could be more patriotic or American; it's what this country is all about. It would take, especially with Palin's popular following, probably 20 minutes to collect the amount needed.
This still begs the question of whether there should be a mosque at all at Ground Zero. Will somebody please tell me exactly where Ground Zero is? I looked on the map of downtown Manhattan. There is a large semi square which is GZ itself. The proposed mosque is more than two blocks away. As has been pointed out there are several mosques near there, not to mention strip joints, etc. I would love it if those opposed to this mosque, including my colleague Charles Krauthammer, would take a red pencil and draw a line around what they believe to be "Ground Zero." Exactly how many blocks away from GZ can anything which offends those who want to protect the hallowed ground be allowed?
Should there be a committee to protect Ground Zero?
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America’s reputation rests on her moral authority, which under Obama is on a leave of absence.
Can you believe thes Christian hating Liberals all up to bat for terrorist muslims who hate America...Oh that explains it.
thanks to what islam considers amoral sluts like Sally Quinn- America has no reputation.
Except being the great Satan
bull dykey feminazi want to talk about liberty after she has done everything WRONG?!
Recited in a loud voice by the Muezzin facing the direction of the Ka'ba in the following words, which are said in the order mentioned:
"Allahu Akbar" - recited FOUR times.
Meaning, "Allah is Most Great."(four times)
"Ash-hadu an la ilaha ill-Allah" - recited TWO times.
Meaning, "I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah."(twice)
"Ash-hadu anna Muhammad-ar-Rasoolullah" - recited TWO times.
Meaning, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah."(recited twice)
"Hayya 'alas-Salah" - recited TWO times.
Meaning, "Come to prayer."(turning the face alone to the right and saying it twice)
"Hayya 'alal-falah" - recited TWO times.
Meaning, "Come to Success."(turning the face alone to the left and saying it twice)
"Allahu Akbar" - recited TWO times.
Meaning, "Allah is Most Great" (face back to front and saying it two times).
And not to be really cruel, just mentioning, as she is so known to do, isn't she the one that produced that odd kid that she and her dope husband encouraged to write a book? Bad move, guys. You should protect kids like that.
Remember, the 911 site also contained a Christian Church. The Muslims intend to build on the ruins of the Christian Church, as they do all over the world.
No one, including Newt or Gov. Palin has claimed they don't have a legal right to build there. They do.
But, a legal right and doing what is right can be different things. Abortion is wrong, but it is legal.
The location in question was damaged on 911 so, yes, I’d say it qualifies as ground zero.
Nine years in the World Trade Center is still a hole in the ground. The church near the site still can’t get permission to build. But they’ll have a thirteen story “muslim center” all ready to be inaugurated on the tenth year anniversary.
And they don’t understand why that would bother people.
So, now that I think about it , there are some positive aspects to Islam !
Will somebody please tell me exactly where Ground Zero is?
Here you go Sally. Draw a red line around the borders of the United States of America. Everything inside that line is Ground Zero.
Got it now?
Ground zero is any building that had bodies or plane parts on it.
Muck Fuslims!!!
Tell me, Sally, just who are we trying to convince?
An American developer goes to Hiroshima, Japan and buys land at the detonation site. He plans to build a McDonalds, a Wal-Mart, and a 10,000 seat church facility to house a church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Do our liberal friends defend his right to build and embrace his "outreach" program?
How much longer are we going to be hit over the head that this building of the mosque is “religious freedom”?
Quinn is the third wife of Benjamin C. Bradlee, her former boss at theWashington Post. Ben Bradlee became famous during coverage of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
A Savannah, Georgia native and Smith College graduate, Quinn began at the Washington Post with very little experience: reportedly called by Ben Bradlee after a report of her pajama party in celebration of the election to Congress of Barry Goldwater, Jr., the job interview included the following exchange.
“Can you show me something you’ve written?” asked Managing Editor Benjamin Bradlee. “I’ve never written anything,” admitted Quinn. Pause. “Well,” said Bradlee, “nobody’s perfect.”
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influential members of the Washington political establishment expressed their displeasure with President Clinton for sullying Washington D.C., which they refer to as their “village”, “town” or “community.” In the liberal blogosphere, “The Village” is recognized as satirical shorthand. Digby explains:
Greg [Sargent] is right that [”The Village”] stems from the notorious Sally Quinn article about the Clintons. But it’s more than that. It’s shorthand for the permanent DC ruling class who have managed to convince themselves that they are simple, puritanical, bourgeois burghers and farmers, even though they are actually celebrity millionaires influencing the most powerful government on earth. It’s about their phoniness, their pretense of speaking for “average Americans” when it’s clear they haven’t the vaguest clue even about the average Americans who work in their local Starbucks or drive their cabs. It’s about their intolerable sanctimony and hypocritical provincialism, pretending to be shocked about things they all do, creating social rules for others which they themselves ignore.
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In June 2008, the Catholic League issued a press release highly critical of Quinn for receiving communion at the funeral mass for journalist Tim Russert. In an On Faith blog posting on the Washington Post website, Quinn—who is not a Catholic—wrote that she was “determined to take [communion] for Tim, transubstantiation notwithstanding” and that she “had a slightly nauseated sensation” after taking it. Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded that “Quinn’s statement not only reeks of narcissism, it shows a profound disrespect for Catholics and the beliefs they hold dear.” Since the incident, Quinn’s judgment as moderator of On Faith has come under question by media commentators including columnist Ramesh Ponnuru, who wrote that “if [Quinn] does not understand the affront she gave then perhaps regularly blogging about religion for a major news outlet is not the right job for her.”
Ms Quinn should read the news lately, moslem women buried to their chests, then stoned for any stupid reason under the sun. Perhaps one of the latest burkas for a hot summer day would enlighten her too.
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