Comments on: Are the mosque sponsors about to back down?

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:15:21 +0000

Also Giulliani refused a bunch of millions from the Saudi oil rich back in 2001. What a difference NYC got between Giulliani and Bloomberg.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:12:23 +0000

Muslims build mosques at important battle sites. The landing gear of one plane went thru the roof there. We could sell that landing gear to them for 100 million $. The oil rich Saudis will afford whatever this mosque costs. With the liberal politicians of NY, it’s a done deal.

By: Wolla Dalbo

Wolla Dalbo — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:43:06 +0000

P.S.–I would suspect that after this fiasco, the percentage of those Americans who think Obama is a Muslim, recently pegged in a March 2010 Harris poll at somewhere around 30% of the 2,300 or so polled, is going to dramatically increase, and justifiably and rightly so.

In my view, given the evidence, he is, indeed, a crypto=Muslim, and becoming less “crypto” by the day.

By: Wolla Dalbo

Wolla Dalbo — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:33:30 +0000

Actually, I just hope that Muslims keep trying to build their “Triumphal Mosque of the Nineteen Martyrs” and keep the controversy boiling, because the controversy about this Mosque is an enormous “teaching moment”–(hate that phrase, but it is true) in which lots of clueless “unbelievers” here in America get to be exposed (perhaps for the first time) to all sorts of historical information, quotations, various arguments, and other information about Islam and Muslims that they might not otherwise see, and because the argument here is intuitively understood and pretty clear to all, and it is very hard to effectively spin it, because it is simply not about “can they” build but about “should they” build, very close to what even President Obama conceded in his White House Iftar speech, was the “hallowed ground” of the main 9/11 site.

By: gs

gs — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:13:21 +0000

Indeed, Walter in Texas, I once sent a Haaretz link to two friends who spent time in Israel and continue to follow developments there. They responded that it’s a dubious source which they don’t take very seriously.

By: Walter in Texas

Walter in Texas — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:02:49 +0000

News of the “backdown” appeared first in Haaretz, not exactly a paragon of reliability or good sense. Just saying.

Could be so, but I’m waiting to bet the farm on it. As far as it goes, there seems no downside to the jihadis and their friends in doubling down and demanding that the filthy infidels let them do their little victory dance. Heads, they get their victory marker on Ground Zero; tails, they get to squeal like little piggies about how intolerant and nasty we are. Win-win for them.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:25:05 +0000

Well, well. Now Roger Simon is saying it’s possible Obama may resign before his first term is over.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41134.html

In Peter Ferrara’s column on the same subject, he said Obama would be forced to resign because Democrats, not Republicans and Independents, turn on him and effectively force him out. While one can dismiss Ferrara’s prediction as Republican rabble rousing, nobody is going to accuse Roger Simon of being Republican.

Bobby Gibbs scolding the “Professional Left” because they are too critical of Obama suggests the White House is feeling the pressure. Ruth Marcus called the left bloggers deranged. Pat Cadell said while commenting on the GZ mosque fiasco that the Democratic Party is on the verge of blowing up.

It’s getting interesting.

By: armchair pessimist

armchair pessimist — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:22:02 +0000

On the principle that the gods make mad whom they want to destroy, I hope they don’t back down.

Recently we here discussed a letter to the WaPo by disillusioned blue collar worker, and went back on forth as to whether we should reach out to the union rank and file or not. We have a great deal to say to them, starting with why they should not build this obscenity. If such conversations develop and are fruitful, I might even write a brief thank you note to Iman What’shisface and his sidekick Daisy.

By: Bob From Virginia

Bob From Virginia — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:48:56 +0000

Who was it who said that just because a man is willing to die for something does not make it true.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:10:31 +0000

Maybe they want to stand on principle?

The point is: what is the principle? Principles come in two flavors.