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The killing of Usama Bin Ladan is a joyous event. Justice has been delivered thanks to the efforts of the finest military in the world. How did we finally get to the most wanted man in the world? Torture.
I recently heard some CNN talking heads using the fact that strip clubs are on the same street as the proposed Ground Zero Mosque as some sort of defense for the building of the mosque. “How can they call this street hallowed ground? Why aren’t tea partiers complaining about that?” Well, for starters, strippers didn’t bring down the towers. I think that obvious fact is something even a CNN anchor can understand. But let me use pictures to help the most weak minded liberals understand why we consider the proposed mosque a slap in the face to Americans.
The address of the most is 45-51 Park Place. Take a look at the image below to see where a piece of landing gear and fuselage landed. Don’t tell me the former Burlington Coat Factory building is just another building. Say no to the mosque. There are plenty of empty buildings in Manhattan that could meet the needs of the developer. This is a victory mosque, plain and simple.
The al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is built on top of one of the holiest sites in Judaism, the Temple Mount. The former St. Sophia’s Basilica, once the world’s largest cathedral and orthodox patriarchal basilica, was torn down and replaced with the principal mosque of Istanbul. The Cordoba mosque in Spain was a former Christian cathedral. Muslims have engaged in this practice for centuries, symbolizing their victories over the infidels. (source)
Building a victory mosque over the blood of the victims is more than insulting.
[originally posted 9/11/06]
I am taken aback when I hear that someone can actually utter these words.
It sickens me to the core. Anyone that is shallow enough to say such a thing should be dropped off in Iran or Pakistan for just a few days to see what life is like for the people that are trying to kill us. If they manage to keep their heads connected to their bodies they might develop a newfound respect for and awareness of the country that allows them to live comfortably enough to be cl”9-11ueless about the realities around them.
I’m not talking about those who are trying to cope with 9/11, trying to ‘get over’ their grief. I’m talking about the clueless twentysomethings (and even thirtysomethings) that care more about the big game, or who’s banging who on Big Brother, than they do about the security of our country and their own damned future. Maybe it’s because I’m in Texas, and deep down inside many Texans couldn’t care less about what happens up there in <>Texas accent> Ne-ew Yark Citay . Maybe they would think differently of 9/11 if 3,000 people were killed 80 miles up the road in Austin instead of 1,600 miles up the road. I grew up about a 90 minute drive from New York City, maybe my subconsious homing beacon is getting the best of me.
I’ve also hear people say that George W. Bush and his administration are responsible for 9/11. In fact, CNN posted a poll on the topic. (source) Yeah right. Let’s do some simple math to clear this one up.
Question: How long did it take Al Qaeda to fund, plan and prepare for the 9/11 attacks?
Answer: Probably more than eight months. A few years sounds more accurate.
Does that sound reasonable? If so, move to round two. If not, I’m surprised you are smart enough to read in the first place.
Question: How long was Bush in office when the 9/11 attacks took place?
Answer: Eight months.
There is no way that the 9/11 attacks are due to GWB or his adminsitration. Yet, the CNN poll shows that the number of people that think Bush is responsible for 9/11 is actually increasing. True, polls don’t mean much and the political bias of CNN has been recognized for years, but the fact that this poll question even exists is scary to me. Then again, CNN recently asked its viewers who would win in a debate between George W and President Anamanapea from Iran. I guess I shoudn’t expect more than this from the Crappy News Network.”9
[originally posted 9/10/2006]
Senator Hutchison,
I recently visited Ground Zero for the first time since the 9/11 attacks. I was most affected not by the lack of the towers but by the display of childrens paintings near the site. Two samples are included in this letter.
I wept out loud when I first saw these images. As a father of children aged three and six my job is to do everything humanly possible to protect my children from harm. The government is supposed to play the same role for its citizens. Failure to enforce current laws and thus allow, and even encourage, the open flow of illegal aliens from many nations into our country is a slap in the face to the founding fathers, our soldiers and our patriotic citizenry. Why isn’t our border being secured?
There WILL be another day like 9/11. To think that this is paranoia is blatant denial of an obvious truth. While officials meet to discuss what else citizens cannot carry onto a plane, people from middle-eastern countries that want to kill us (irregardless of our political affiliation) are entering our homeland unabated. They are planning their next attacks on our water supplies, sports arenas, shopping malls and office buildings.
How can you sleep at night knowing that when, not if, but WHEN the next disaster takes place that you have done nothing to make our nation safer? Do you realize the political, personal and legal wrath that awaits all currently elected politicians that will have American blood on their hands when the next 9/11 happens? I literally lose sleep thinking that there is NOTHING I can do as a citizen of a country whose government is supposedly OF the people, BY the people and FOR the people.
In March of this year you stated “We need to enhance security along the border and in the interior, but we also need comprehensive immigration reform.” Apparently it appears that the Senate views border security and amnesty as a single issue. This is NOT an immigration issue and should NOT be tied to amnesty or other Mexican-related topics. This is about NATIONAL SECURITY.
Why must bills be passed with strict dependencies on other topics? Current immigration laws are sufficient but our law keeping forces are not. On this you and your constituents agree. But, to ignore our porous border and suffer another attack while trying to figure out how to appease the Mexican population and those unpatriotic businesses that fuel the flow of illegal aliens would be analogous to a doctor ignoring a severed limb and trying to save the patient by offering him an aspirin and some water. The continuing flow of blood or illegal aliens will kill each victim.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE draft and pass legislation that secures our borders before we suffer the pain of another 9/11. It is not impossible, it is not difficult, and it is not a campaign issue. It is a matter of time, a matter of life and death. Let the citizens of other countries take a back seat for the time being and focus on the citizens that put you into office in the first place.
I just read an article by Stu Bykofsky at the Philadelphia News. The title: “To save America, we need another 9/11.”
Abrasive? C’mon… Stu is in friggin’ Philly.
Shocking? Perhaps.
Accurate? Damned straight.
Stu hit it out of the park, he hit the nail on the head, he <insert accuracy metaphor here>. I’ve been thinking the same thing for a couple of years. Americans these days are more concerned about the demise of a falling pop star or whether to choose Manning or Brady in their fantasy football draft than they are about whether or not Wall Street or the Pentagon get nuked.
Hell0? McFly? We are in the middle of a war!
While some politicians and energetic patriots (us loud talkers) are trying to secure our borders other Americans are getting their panties in a wad and are calling the efforts bigoted or racist. (Never mind the fact that 25% of those crossing our borders illegally are not even Latino.) While some are working to get our troops the equipment they need to fight and survive, others are forcing them to fight under ridiculous rules of engagement.
Political correctness. Catering to Islam. Arrogance. Conceit. Complacency. They are turning us into a sweet target… a fat, plump tomato at the peak of its ripeness. The longer the bad guys wait, the less we will care. Then it will happen. Maybe this time it will be a syncronized multi-city attack on our elementary schools. Maybe it will be a poisoned water supply in the heart of America. Maybe it will be the destruction of a nuclear reactor near a big city. I can think of dozens of ways to wreak havoc. But whatever they do, it will be effective, chaotic, and sadly, unexpected.
What happens next is easy to predict. Flags will get dusted off and propped up on cars and trucks. Politicians will call for togetherness while trying to avoid looking like opportunists. Passionate conservatives will gather up their ammunition and vow to secure their families and possessions. Passionate liberals will call for dialog and understanding. Some on the left will say that we deserve what we get, that we are the cause of the strife in the world. Some on the right will scream for a nuclear response. And a whole bunch of us will say “told you so.”
One thing is certain. When the next attack happens (and some think it will happen before the end of this year) there will be a significant rise in vigilantism and a serious increase in anti-Muslim sentiments. Local mosques will be destroyed; innocent Muslims will be killed by angry Americans frustrated that our leaders have been so incredibily ineffective for the past six years.
But for now we have to live with the stupidity of restrictions on liquid carry-on containers at airports and the need to remove our shoes before walking through a metal detector. We will have to live with the fact that we can’t offend Muslims by profiling. We will have to live with a wave of self-centered Latino pride that refuses to become American yet demands the rights of Americans. While Britain continues to capture terrorist thugs we will have to endure the mindless rantings of paranoid tinfoil hat wearers that refuse to even consider the benefits of increased video surveillance in our cities. No, no, no, we can’t piss off the ACLU or CAIR.
In other words, we will continue to live with our asses exposed to the world for anyone that hates us to kick us right where it counts. And I guess we will deserve it, but not because of our political views. We will deserve what we get because as a whole we are too damned worried about who Brittney is kissing or how much Lindsey Lohan had to drink. We are drunk on vapidity, and the only way to sober up is a nice warm cup of death at home.
