Fox is giving aid and comfort to the enemy; don't we call that treason? Op-Ed Columnist – How Fox Betrayed Petraeus – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com
A devastating column which kills, burns and scatters the ashes at sea of any idea that there can be another site in Lower Manhattan for the Young Men's Islamic Association.
Money quotes:
"'There are a lot of developers and a lot of agencies that know a lot about downtown,' said Paterson, who indicated he was looking for 'surplus property or land transfers or title changes that would ameliorate this situation.' It's an interesting idea, except for one problem – there aren't any properties like that. A half-dozen sources who make their living worrying about downtown real estate – in government and in the private sector – say they know of no other suitable space. More telling is that none of them has heard even a whisper of a rumor that Paterson, or anyone on his behalf, has started looking. 'I don't think there's anything there,' said one of them. 'I think this is just an idea of the governor's. Nothing more.'"
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"Still, let's imagine the governor could find another spot, one he could have some influence over. For example, the MTA owns the cash-cow parking garage over the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, but has in the past been curious about building a tower over the site. Since Albany regularly has its way with the MTA, suppose it master-planned a new office or apartment building there, setting aside space for Park51 as a community benefit. Suppose it found a lender willing to build a tower in a still-shaky market. Suppose it even won approval from multiple layers of government. Suppose Park51 decided to bow to the pressure to move, despite their constitutional right to stay there. That pipe dream would end up with an Islamic community center five blocks from Ground Zero. Does Paterson really think that would be enough to satisfy the critics?" Gov. Paterson's 'plan' for new site for mosque near ground zero not anchored in reality www.nydailynews.com
Michael Goodwin, winner of the Coney Island Whitefish Award:
Goodwin's complete and totally despicability is exemplified by the joke which begins this column: "I just applied for a building permit for a new house. It was going to be 100 ft tall and 400 ft wide with 9 turrets at various heights and windows all over the place and a loud outside entertainment sound system. It would have parking for 200 old cars and I was going to paint it snot green with pink trim. The City Council told me to f- -k off. So I sent in the application again, but this time I called it a mosque. Work starts on Monday."
Unlike his colleague, Andrea Peyser, there is no evidence that Goodwin is mentally retarded, so therefore he must realize that the NYC Council had no right of approval over the Young Men's Islamic Association proposed to be located at the Holy Mother Coat Factory. Unlike the atrocity proposed in this joke, the so-called "Mosque" is an as of right facility.
Further, Goodwin must realize that the proponents of this facility asked for and received no special treatment (at least so far). In fact, as Goodwin surely knows, it is only the opponents of this facility who've called for special treatment, sometimes benign (government provided land somewhere else) and sometimes malignant (misuse of eminent domain and land use, landmarking and public utility laws, to be applied differently than to any other landholder, in order to stop the project).
[IN ADDITION, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT GOODWIN'S WIFE USED TO CHAIR THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSIION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. It is indisputable that he does not know better ]
Since Goodwin knows the joke is the exact opposite of the truth, one would think he'd correct this big lie instead of celebrating it.
One would think wrong.
I have a joke too:
Q: What's the difference between Michael Goodwin and a scumbag?
A: The bag. Goodwin: Momentum growing to move the Ground Zero mosque – NYPOST.com www.nypost.com
The seeming glee that opponents of the Young Men's Islamic Association proposed for the Holy Mother Coat Factory show every time a Muslim opposes the facility puzzles me; does not this very disunity give lie to their efforts to paint all Muslims with the same brush? As any rate, though I'm no prude, I think I'll give more credence to the views of the guy who proclaimed himself a Jew at Daniel Pearl's funeral than I would to those of the chick who likes poll dancing (even if I'd rather watch her dance than him speak). Miss USA Rima Fakih, a Muslim, says she's against the proposed Ground Zero mosque – NYPOST.com www.nypost.com
If anyone can read this article and still attack Rauf, they are either an Al-Qaedist, a bigot or an opportunistic dirt bag (or possibility some combination of the foregoing).Feisal Abdul Rauf’s Balancing Act in Mosque Furor – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com
Must say that while I do not agree with every single solitary word posted here by this Upstate conservative Catholic commentator, this post ended on a lovely note:
"…a confident city and civilization would rebuild the urban fabric where the World Trade Center stood, memorializing the heroism of the firemen and cops and the loss of their fellow New Yorkers, not swaddling the whole area in piety. New York is strongly connected to the whole world, where most of the victims of Islamist murderers are not Christians or Jews (although there have been many) but their fellow Muslims. The fanatics attack civilians in mosques. They target co-religionists who line up to join the army or police and are vital allies of U.S. soldiers now at war. Those allies are not included in the murderers' version of civilization, but we need them in ours. If, as it would appear, Feisal Abdul Rauf is one of those reasonable men, it is counterproductive to alienate him and his fellow believers, and better to find common ground." PlanetAlbany: Let mosques be planetalbany.typepad.com
Al Qaeda: "Stop a Mosque? Make my Day!" Anti-Islam Protest in U.S. Bolsters Extremists, Experts Say – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com
Q: When will the Arab/Moslem world stop treating Palestinians as their Jews?
A: When some Kurds move into the neighborhood (I knew you thought I was going to say Jews, but they kicked THEM out in 48). No peace until Arabs truly accept Palestinian refugees–Benny Avni – YPOST.com www.nypost.com
Satmar burning garbage? Well, at least they're leaving the Israeli flag alone Kiryas Joel, NY – Community Disputes Turn to Garbage Wars — VosIzNeias.com www.vosizneias.com
Basil Smikle is an Anti-Establishment Candidate in the Same Manner in Which Shelly Silver is a Muslim Key Harlem Democratic club backs charter-school proponent Basil Smikle in race against incumbent Sen www.nypost.com
Despite the cries of the charter school crowd, it does appear that State Senator Shirley Huntley does favor government funding for privately run educational groups, as long as they do it in the privacy of her home. State-funded group shares same address as Queens Sen. Shirley Huntley www.nydailynews.com
I do think Rice's record of non-voting is worthy of derision; but no more so than, say, a hit and run accident. Call this a hit and run endorsement. Editorial – Democratic Choice for New York Attorney General – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com
Saujani's mindset is exemplified by the rachmonis she has for her friends laid off from law firms and media companies. In another article Saujani proposes to help such people start their own businesses by calling for creation of a “national innovation bank” to provide initial seed funding to start-up companies (disregarding the fact that the marketplace probably does a better job at picking winners and losers, but, after all, these people are her friends and went to The Right Schools, so they are surely already winners, even despite the temporary setbacks they've suffered). ‘What is it that you need to start your next company?’ says Saujani, "It’s that first $50,000 or $100,000 they need.”
But don't worry, she's not forgotten those out-of-work construction workers in their 50s; “We help them take a course at community college to learn how to do solar panel installation and get a better paying job. You should be able to get a loan from the Department of Labor to do that.”
Let them eat Solar Panels! The underdog – NYPOST.com www.nypost.com