Concerning this article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38616979
Do people care about philosophical consistency these days? Timothy McVeigh was Catholic. There is a Catholic Church half a mile from the Murrah building. If you oppose the mosque in New York City why wouldn’t you oppose the Catholic Church in Oklahoma City? …unless there is something else at work here like racism…if you are a racist admit it…why play games around the issue? …same with the immigration issue…at least liberals have an ideology they can be straight about!
I guess if you love Ayn Rand, Absolute EGO, Darwinian politics/marketplace/ideas then might makes right. The rich, the powerful and big business are the real things and sophistry is the tool to get the masses to vote for you. Get your guns out folks. Evolution, climate change and Einstein (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/conservapedia_founder_takes_on_the_notorious_liber.php) are all liberal plots to keep folks from reading the Bible. We are putting the petal to the metal and going in full reverse to the dark ages. At least they knew how to treat the powerful!
– Thank You Rachel Maddow!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#38650984
The constitution protects the right for building a mosque in New York City and for buring the Koran in Florida. Almost everyone including President Obama has affirmed that right. The “wisdom” of the decision has also been brought into question by President Obama and others. This is not a contradictory statement. You can have the right and still not make a wise decision. It is not wise to tell the world that the US is against Islam when we have young people in Islamic regions of conflict. Radicals in this country that oppose building mosques or support burning the Koran are acting foolishly and anti-American. You cannot say that you support our troops if you are endangering their lives. Too bad we can’t get the radicals here and the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan together so they can “share the love”.
I love to see Republicans get all touchy, feely when they are talking about the victims of 911 and the proposed mosque in New York City. What about the victims of the war their party started in Iraq and Afghanistan? Where was all their gushing when the body bags of our children were coming home from those countries? What about the cost of our military lives? They love emotional grand standing but have no problem opposing the very mission we embarked on in Iraq and Afghanistan WHILE our kids are over there. We went there to tell them that freedom is better than oppression, equality is better than bigotry, and the US is an ally of peaceful Muslims EXCEPT when they build a mosque in New York City…
President Bush told the world we were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for freedom and democracy. Al Qaeda tells the people in Iraq and Afghanistan that the US is really fighting against Islam. Our troops are in harm’s way, telling Muslims that the US believes in freedom of religion and is not opposed to Islam. Yet, Americans in large numbers are telling the world that they are opposed to the mosques in New York and other places in the US. Do these people support our troops or not? If they do why are they endangering our troop’s lives by calling them liars while they are in an active war zone?
The 2 sites are 1/3 of a mile apart. What is the politically correct distance that would not violate the Republican’s sensibilities? 1/2, 1, 10, 100 miles?