With a number of Republicans hoping to make political hay out of President Obama’s brief expression of conditional support for the so-called Ground Zero Mosque, Democratic leaders are looking to jump on the bandwagon as well, publicly condemning the construction of the community center on “hallowed ground.”
Top Democrat Howard Dean condemned the mosque as a “real affront,” joining Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV), who condemned it yesterday. Dean said he was open to the idea of the mosque being opened somewhere else.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D – CA) went a step further, demanding Congress investigate the community center and who was funding it. She added that while freedom of religion is a “constitutional right,” that did not mean locals couldn’t block the construction of religious sites on private land. She also called for a secondary investigation of the people criticizing the mosque, presumably not including herself.
Still, it does not appear that local governments have generally claimed the right to forbid the construction of religious buildings, nor has Congress made it a habit of holding investigations into the construction of religious institutions.
Former speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, had also come out angrily against the plan, comparing the construction of a community center two blocks from Ground Zero to allowing Nazis to put signs in front of the Holocaust Museum.
With the massive upswell of opposition to the mosque, many are now predicting it will never be built, with officials saying the group likely doesn’t have enough lobbyists to make the construction happen, something they say is obligatory for any construction in Manhattan.
This is just more proof that Democrats and Republicans are different sides of the same turd. Members of Congress are the last people on earth to call for an investigation into the funding of the Muslim Community Center. I wonder what careful scrutiny of the campaign funding of members of Congress would reveal. Better yet, what would an audit of the personal finances of members of Congress reveal? If any of these actions were ever taken, I bet Charlie Rangel would come out looking like an choir boy when compared to the underhanded dealings of other members of Congress. Those who live in glass houses should not being throwing stones.
What would Dr. Martin Luther King's reaction to this display of united racism and bigotry be?
Would these racist and bigots be welcomed to give fake speeches on Dr. Martin Luther King's Day?
In a complex society ,opportunities are also complex and could be discerend with complex plays of moral niceties.It is easy to miss the similarity to the redainess of the maority to accecpt the Nazi philosophy of assuming guilt by association. The atrocious virulence against muslim mosques from NY to CA and from IL to TX show that the brownshirts are using the emotion of the disaffected people against one weak ethnic group. If the 911 memory were so sacred,at least these peopel should have questioned the discrepancies in 911 investigations ,omissions,and conclusion itself longtime ago by doing somethig about it.
Is it a coincidence that "Influential Mosque Opponent [Sothern Baptist Leader] Promotes Religious Freedom Abroad For U.S. Government" ( TPM) when governemnet promotes freedom abroad and eviseceartes basic human rights at home or when moralist cry over past exploitation and pillage and lootings while commits same at presnet against another ethnic group or nationalitity abroad?
These are the seigns of "end times" for the initiated but for the more mundane crowd , it is a sign of degeneration to the core.
Anyone need further proof that the American Experiment is over?
Predicable Cowardly Democrats. The same ones that were afraid not to fund the illegal wars. Now they join forces with the bigoted right wing nuts.
Howard Dean? Dean needs to shut his yip and crawl back inside the servile hole he's been hiding out in since he got the soft boot from DNC. Muslims would like to build an Islamic center on their property and THAT is absolutely no one's freaking business. First Amendment stuff and you know, trivalities like that.
If this were a synagogue or cathedral or Mormon temple well, nobody would say word one about it's construction. Yeah, there's just about no bias or bigotry connected to this issue. Oh hell no. However, it certainly has brought the demagogues out in full frontal frothing about America's very first Amendment right.
Hey Dr. Howard 'duck' Dean? Quack, you bombastic poltroon!
maybe they can pass some legislation making it legal to smash in the store fronts of muslem owned businesses.
Sieg heil mein fuhrer!
For those who insist that no Mosque be built near the World Trade Towers because Muslims supposedly were involved in that terror attack, do they also feel that Christian churches should be forbidden near Federal Buildings, since a Christian was convicted of blowing up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?
Can muslim now think outside the box?
Can they do something much more positive than squirming about their identities and apolozing about their religion?
they can vote third party candidate to bring pressure on the these Nazi politicians like Newt,King,Roth-Illenea,Howard dean.
Are mosques near ground zero really more offensive than US military bases in Iraq? Only in America could such a bogus, simplistic argument engage the entire nation–as we are bombing and destroying at least two Muslim countries. America is an affront to humanity and decency, and religious intolerance is just the tip of the iceberg. Quite frankly, we think our dirty deeds are just fine, but those other guys had better show some "consideration for our hurt feelings."
This is a predictable consequence of the "War on Terror." Since the untimely demise of Communism, we need a new Enemy, one that will not suddenly disappear and leave us in the lurch. Islam fills that need nicely. The enemy is supposed to be just "radical Islam" or "Islamic Terrorists," but this will eventually degenerate into a war against all Muslims, since they are easy to identify.
The "Cordoba" front needs to be investigated. They aren't from the community which has largely distanced itself from this debate. Muslims aret wary enough of the negative sentiments towards them. They wouldn't dream antagonizing the general public further.
This is a classic paid-for marketing stunt by the Israeli PR machine. They always gain from creating a schism from maligning muslims. Once that is achieved, killing aid workers in international waters doesn't seem like that big a crime to the servile nationals in the USA.
I am sure they want to cover up their deliquency to tell the truth about 911 and who was behind it. Muslims in their whole history never committed atrocities against innocent human being. Look at Muslim countries where Christians can build their churches and practice their religion freely. These thugs in both houses who sold their sould to Saturnical elits for pennys and left their people homeless with their savings & social security bank rupted. The Mosque is not big issue. Muslims can pray anywhere. But the day will come when God sends his destruction upon these thugs who are spreading corruption and spelling innocent blood on this earth.
Condemn those Dem.
Charles
Augusts, you are one sick m-f. Only a real neocon could take stopping a property owner from building a community center (even when the local community supports it) as a victory for "liberty."
<wharrgarrbl>
Durn soshalist mooslimb kenyun ruint everythang! Lynch em bah Gawd!
</wharrgarrbl>
Seriously, though. If the USG finds some way to torpedo the cordoba center, it's going to set a dangerous precedent. How many armies of lawyers will be salivating over the prospects of a giant nationwide derpfest? Every wingnut and his mother will start going after whatever religiously themed building irritates them.
the bill of right was written by the man who said "all man are created equal " except those
who work on my plantation.hypocracy the funding father's fundation
Where was the outrage against altar boys after Oklahoma City? Tim McVeigh was a catholic altar boy. Every decade the american sheeple get a new bookey man!