nothing needs to be balanced. they are a couple blocks away. there are thousands of offices and businesses within that radius. churches, stores gyms, you name it. the existence of a mosque is not particularly noteworthy. it isnt like they are building across the street with a statue of bin laden. maybe if they did that, this would be a discussion worth having, because of the violence and disturbance of the peace that would cause. i would side with the muslims on that one too, though.
you would have to close some seriously historic churches, including trinity church where alexander hamilton is buried.
i didn't realize there were that many churches around there. Ok so how about making every building drape American flags all over their Eastern walls?
thats what i think people dont get about new york. it is densely packed. name anything, there are 20 of them within two blocks. there are 171 starbucks locations in manhattan (seriously). i can think of four mcdonalds locations near ground zero. so the existence of a church or a mosque within a couple blocks of anything is expected and relatively inconsequential. i live near a mosque, actually i live near 3 mosques. everyone i know lives near one or more. we also live near 5 churches, a shoe repair place, 10 different laundromats and 16 bodegas. a mosque is one of thousands of places in every neighborhood.
Never heard that term. I assume you mean the following, from wiki: Convenience store, as known in some American cities such as Boston and New York Its also the danish term for a small bar, a Spanish term for a winery, or a type of bagpipes common to southern France. I ruled that last one out myself.
Email I received today. Fitting: Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America 's story." AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RESPONSE: Dear Mr. Obama: Were those Muslims that were in America when the Pilgrims first landed? Funny, I thought they were Native American Indians. Were those Muslims that celebrated the first Thanksgiving day? Sorry again, those were Pilgrims and Native American Indians. Can you show me one Muslim signature on the United States Constitution? Declaration of Independence ? Bill of Rights? Didn't think so. Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom from England ? No. Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to free the slaves in America ? No, they did not. In fact, Muslims to this day are still the largest traffickers in human slavery. Your own half brother, a devout Muslim, still advocates slavery himself, even though Muslims of Arabic descent refer to black Muslims as "pug nosed slaves." Says a lot of what the Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich Islamic heritage," doesn't it Mr. Obama? Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights era of this country? Not present. There are no pictures or media accounts of Muslims walking side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. or helping to advance the cause of Civil Rights. Where were Muslims during this country's Woman's Suffrage era? Again, not present. In fact, devout Muslims demand that women are subservient to men in the Islamic culture. So much so, that often they are beaten for not wearing the 'hajib' or for talking to a man who is not a direct family member or their husband. Yep, the Muslims are all for women's rights, aren't they? Where were Muslims during World War II? They were aligned with Adolf Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops and accepted support from the Nazi's in killing Jews. Finally, Mr Obama, where were Muslims on Sept. 11th, 2001? If they weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center , the Pentagon or a field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people on our own soil, they were rejoicing in the Middle East . No one can dispute the pictures shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other cable news networks that day. Strangely, the very "moderate" Muslims who's asses you bent over backwards to kiss in Cairo , Egypt on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11. To many Americans, their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day. And THAT, Mr. Obama, is the "rich heritage" Muslims have here in America . Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the Barbary Pirates. They were Muslim. And now we can add November 5, 2009 - the slaughter of American soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a doctor and a psychiatrist who was supposed to be counseling soldiers returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan . That, Mr. Obama is the "Muslim heritage" in America. Muslim heritage, my ass.
