Boy, the outrage today from the Republican Right (oh, OK, the, "Tea Baggers", since they define the, Republican Party now) about the, "Mosque At Ground Zero"! You have wackaloons saying that it's an outrage! And other wackaloons saying that we should quit issuing building permits for ANY, Mosque in this country! Wow! Really?
The Muslim's are crazy, no doubt. But, in my opinion, so are the Catholics, the Greeks, the Jews, the Presbyterians, and, the Mormons! Especially, the Mormons! I married one, I know!
We should treat all religions the same in this country, according to our tax code. So does this mean that we, as you, "R's" suggest, stop the building of any houses of worship (would be, "War Ship" if you asked me)? I mean, you deny the Muslim's the right, but WHY only the Muslim's? Because they attacked us? Some of them did, but most of them didn't.
The Mormon's invaded Mexico in 1847, but the Mexicans didn't try to drive them out of their country.
Funny thing is, now that the Mexicans want it back? The Mormon's don't want to go, "home" to New York, or, Ohio, or, Missouri or any of the other places that drove THEM out. They want the Mexicans to go HOME! Go figure.
I saw a great bumper sticker today. "Religion: You can't have a war without one" and it's SO right!
So, if you've never been to, Manhattan Island, and most of you who are pissed off about this have NOT, I'm sure, it's a pretty POPULATED place. Two blocks on THIS island? Is like 40 blocks in Salt Lake City. The place they are going to build an, Islamic Cultural Center is two blocks from, "Ground Zero". That's a long way. It's a $4 cab ride.
I've been to, "Ground Zero". and it's still just a hole in the ground because no one can figure out WHAT to build there. Ten years after the event, it's still a hole in the ground.
The Muslim's have moved on, why haven't we?
Religion is bullshit. ALL of them. Yet we let it influence our thinking to the point that we can't see the good things some religions try to do, even when they are not ours.
ALL the bad shit in the world is caused by religion. ALL of it. BUT, sometimes, I believe, PEOPLE who ARE religious, try to do the right thing, motivated by their Religious beliefs. The Muslim's in New York want to build a cultural center to serve the WHOLE community. OK, let them do it. I still think they're crazy, but if they want to reach out to he community and try to do good things? OK. What's wrong with that?
It's too close to where a bad thing happened? Boy, I hope there are no Buddhist Church's on the island where, Pearl Harbor was. That would be bad. And we all know it's OK to hate the Buddhist's and Japanese these days.
Republicans need to look up, "hypocrisy". And while they're at it, "tyranny". And if they DO have books in their houses, which I doubt, find a copy of, The Constitution, and read the 14th Amendment. Because, as THEY say, it's, "Divinely inspired". And you wouldn't want to CHANGE that! Would you?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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