Gingrich: Forget Ground Zero -- They Can Build A Mosque Near Central Park Or Columbia Instead (VIDEO)

So when can we expect Newt to buy a building for these folks in a place he deems "appropriate"? Because unless he's planning on donating the real estate, he needs to STFU about who can build what on land they own.

Doesn't Newt Gingrich live in, like, Virginia or something?

It's Fear-mongering at it's finest. And really, I am tired of people saying how much it hurts the heartland. It's really a croc-o-shit. It was a tragedy that we lost human life, but this is the heart of a major city. The only people dictating what should go there is the city council, which has no issues with this building, and maybe the people of the state of New York.

All the other dumbasses need to get over themselves. They aren't that important and the world is still turning, not all muslims are extremist, just as not all christians are.

The fact that we keep hearing the dribble that they need to renounce the violence of others doesn't really play well either. All this is doing is questioning their citizenship and loyalty to the country which is even more disgusting coming from this group of un-american, self-righteous assholes.

Newt Who?

So, what's this company Newt runs?

http://www.healthtransformation.net/

Is he planning to mooch of the health care laws by finding ways to position himself better to suck of the govn't teat?

Let's see... what do Newt and Osama have in common?

Anybody?

My apartment near 14th street is hopelessly cluttered. I need to know where Newt will allow me to move the bookshelves.

And we are supposed to give a crap what a disgraced jackass from East Klan Georgia thinks about where the mosque should be built? We sure are glad that the Republicans are so open minded and so up on the Constitution.

Freedom of religion in America! (as long as you are a christian). I am praying to the zombie space-god for freedom FROM religion.

Don't these rethugs keep complaining about the Obama Admin over reaching? Don't they constantly complain about the feds? And here they are, butting their fat faces in NYC business. Sht the fuck up Palin & Newt and mind your own fucking business

I'm curious -- exactly how far from Ground Zero would the community center have to be to shut these people up? Would another couple of blocks do? Tribeca? Harlem? The Bronx?

To borrow from the famous Daily News headline from the '70s:

City to Newtie: Drop Dead!

(I mean that strictly metaphorically, of course. I'm not wishing death on anyone, especially not publicly.)

1. It is not a Mosque that is being built at/near the old Twin Towers site . . . It is a Community/cultural center focused on peaceful co-existence between all religions and designed to foster peace and understanding between people of all religions that happens to be being paid for by people of the Muslim faith.

2. The 09/11 Memorial is not a war memorial; it is the site of a horrific crime against all people that has been memorialized. To condemn the attempt of people to heal the wound inflicted is a disservice to people everywhere.

3. As a percentage of fatalities and injuries, more innocent U.S. Citizens of Muslim faith died and were injured in the 09/11 attacks than their percentage in the general population. The attacks were, also, a crime against peace-loving Muslims everywhere AND more especially here in the United States of America where we all enjoy freedom of religion. Their pain is no less real than that felt by the population-at-large and they have rights to the same freedoms earned through the expense of their blood as the rest of us.

4. The Torah teaches my tribe that we are to respect folk of all traditions because my people were once strangers in the land of Egypt . . . Unkind acts inspired by or inflicted because of xenophobia is not a Divine Commandment in any of the religions inspired by Abraham’s understanding of divine. This includes intentionally inflicted suicidal acts of mass murder AND protests inspired by the willfully imperfect understanding of the facts and other folk of differing traditions and backgrounds.

Here is an interesting take on the messaging failures made by supporters of the structure:

http://tellmeeverything.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/07/quick-take-not-thinking-of-a-mosque.html