Maybe if NYC had gotten it's shit together and actually BUILT something at ground zero already....

[arbusto_baboso]

We wouldn't have to even debate whether or not a mosque should be built there.

I intend to use that meme to reply to all the righties who mention how "inappropriate" it is to have a mosque so near ground zero.

[Fleshdancer]

1. lol, good point.

Seriously though, what's the hold up on that?

[gratuitous]

2. Unlike launching elective invasions, building on holy ground is a serious undertaking

Everybody understands that!

[NC_Nurse]

3. Yep. It's been a cluster fuck from day one.

[sandnsea]

4. Huge embarrassment

Says volumes about what is wrong with this country.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. While it's true we have been saddled with an incompetent Republican....

.. mayor who has been unable to do pretty much anything right besides PR for the last ten years , it would be quite impossible for the city under any circumstance to have built on that site as it is privately owned.

Also... it is not at ground zero, but two blocks away.

edit to change "bedsides" to "besides";

Anyone else notice that bedbugs and Bloomberg seemed to get here at about the same time?

[CJCRANE]

6. But it wouldn't be "Ground Zero" any more

if there was new building there.

[librechik]

7. I like your spirit, but please, it's not "at" ground zero

you are feeding a myth with loose language like that.

Here's a thought I also liked from a couple of days ago on the forum: If there were a mosque in the WTC complex on 9/10/01, would there have ever been an attack there?

Tolerance expressed sincerely and early can avoid so much violence...

[DarkValkyrie]

8. Are they planning something

They've been saying there are plans, but is it because people don't want to forget or they just have no idea what they want to do?

[BlueJazz]

9. Really, The Empire State Building took 14 months. That's right...

...14 fucking months from ground breaking till completion and now we're almost 9 years into the 9/11 thing and they can't even agree on a plan. What a Joke!

[TransitJohn]

10. Anybody remember KO's Special Comment from down there about this very thing?

How many years ago was that? 5?

[Cronus Protagonist]

11. Dozens of people work there every day and have been since 9/11

Every time I go by on the subway I see all these people working... WTF are they doing? Nothing's getting built.

[asksam]

12. That's what you get when you elect a ReThug Mayor over and over again

n/t

[madinmaryland]

18. Sorry, but that's BS. Bloomberg is about as much of a repub as Guilliani is sane.

[Iggo]

13. LOL...no shit.

[mike r]

14. There will be a permanent structure there before the 9/11 centennial

[crazyjoe]

15. wear a cup

[madinmaryland]

16. BTW, Bloomberg was originally a Democrat who ran as a repub, because

the Democratic field was too crowded in 2000/2001. He eventually changed to Independent.

[madinmaryland]

17. Michael Bloomberg to endorse Joe Sestak in PA...

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100815_New_Yorks_Mayor_Bloomberg_endorsing_Sestak.html

[eleny]

19. Seriously, so long as it still looks so raw, it's an easy symbol to use to play on emotions

Not that we should get over 9/11 and forget the whole thing. But it doesn't look anything like the triumph of capitalism. Buildings that would make Ayn Rand proud.

So while the site remains like an open grave it can be used by the right wing at the drop of a hat. Forget that the republicans refused to fund health care for the selfless workers who sacrificed their health and lives to find people buried within the rubble. All that matters is how they can use anything and anybody to regain their momentum in the goal of dominating all three branches of government. Once they do that, their fascist goal will be achieved.