"Larry" wrote in message
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Harry wrote:
....for the asshat conservatives who are so upset by the plans to build a
mosque a few blocks from the site of the 9-11 attacks in New York City...

One wonders if they are aware of the fact or care that after 9-11, a
mosque was built and dedicated inside the Pentagon, the Washington,
D.C.'s 9-11 attack site. Oh...and I sort of recall that the Marines were
at least partially responsible for its construction and dedication there.

Any asshats here who want to complain about the mosque at the Pentagon's
ground zero?

Ferris? Ferris Bueller? SW Tom?



Harry Reid is seeing the light....

Reid against plan to build mosque near ground zero
http://my.earthlink.net/article/pho?guid=20100816/8aab82b3-42b6-4433-b339-12aecad80667&article_path=/article/top&article_guid=20100816/8aab82b3-42b6-4433-b339-12aecad80667
The site of a proposed mosque on Park Place is seen in lower Manhattan in
New York, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010.
PHILIP ELLIOTT
From Associated Press
August 16, 2010 4:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat on Monday came out against
plans to build a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
moving away from President Barack Obama on the controversial election-year
issue.

Locked in a tight race, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid became the highest profile
Democrat to respond to Obama, who last week backed the right for the
developers to build a mosque near ground zero. Since his comments Friday,
the Democratic president and his aides have worked to explain the
statement, which drew criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike.

"The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," said Jim Manley, a
Reid spokesman. "Senator Reid respects that, but thinks that the mosque
should be built some place else."

Critics have said the location of the mosque is insensitive because the
terrorists who struck were Islamic extremists. The plans call for a $100
million Islamic center two blocks from where almost 3,000 people perished
when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers on
Sept. 11, 2001.

Reid is in a close campaign for re-election. A spokesman for Republican
Sharron Angle, Reid's opponent, said Muslims have the right to worship
anywhere, but Obama's support for construction of the mosque at ground
zero "ignored the wishes of the American people, this time at the expense
of victims of 9/11 and their families."

Spokesman Jarrod Agen argued that the families consider the mosque at the
World Trade Center site to be an "affront to the memories of their loved
ones." He called on Reid to respond to Obama's comments.


On Friday, Obama used an annual dinner at the White House celebrating the
Islamic holy month of Ramadan to weigh in on a controversy that grabbed
New York and the nation.

"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same
right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama
said.

"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community
center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local
laws and ordinances," he said.

While insisting that the place where the twin towers once stood was indeed
"hallowed ground," Obama said that the proper way to honor it was to apply
American values at the nearby property.

In days since, White House aides have worked to dampen the political power
behind the president's words.

"I can't speak to the politics of what the Republicans are doing," deputy
press secretary Bill Burton told reporters traveling with Obama to
Wisconsin on Monday.

But he said Obama "felt it was his obligation as president to address
this."




And, it's your obligation as class clown to continue to make a moron out of
yourself.