So, a chronology of when stuff appeared is partisan, but the junk you post about the "decline" of Obama is OK? Got it.
Haaretz is reporting that the Cordoba House will not be built at the controversial location: [rquoter]Sources in New York said on Monday that Muslim religious and business leaders will announce plans to abandon the project in the next few days.[/rquoter]
Remember when the NRA went to Columbine to have a rally after the massacre there? Kinda like that, only with god instead of guns.
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Breaking: Halal food carts spotted ON Ground Zero! A reader writes in to sound the alarm about another sacrilege that we've all somehow overlooked: Obviously there's an enormous difference between a food cart and a huge cultural center and mosque. And by quoting this email I don't mean to be flip. But nonetheless, this reader is getting at an important point. Much of the debate over the Islamic center quite properly focuses on Constitutional rights, religious freedom and so on. But what's less remarked on, as this reader points out, is that Muslims are already part of the fabric of New York City, particularly in lower Manhattan. Their activities are interwoven with the city's economy. Non-Muslims of all religions and nationalities rely on the services they provide, whether they are running Halal carts or driving taxis. The planned Islamic center, presumably, would serve those Muslims, too. I don't think many New Yorkers, if asked, would object to the center if it were understood to serve people they rely on each day to make their work lives more tolerable. This is, I think, a different way to understand the project: It would be another strand of a thread whose color already is deeply interwoven into the fabric of Lower Manhattan. Many of the Muslims who would use the center are Muslim New Yorkers. The center would serve New Yorkers, which is to say it would serve Americans.
did you write the part that's not in the "quote" tag? it's not entirely clear. i'm guessing not, since it's about 500 words longer than anything you've ever "written" on this board.
Conservative Civil Rights Commission Asks Congress For Permission to Sue DOJ During a heated hearing on Friday, the conservative majority of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights approved a motion asking Congress to give it permission to sue the Justice Department if the department does not cooperate with USCCR subpoenas, including those in its probe of the handling of a civil case against members of the New Black Panther Party.
