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08-17-2010, 01:58 AM | #1 |
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TPM:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...ic.php?ref=fpb "There is no simple, singular 9/11 group who really should or could speak for all 9/11 family members," said Donna Marsh O'Connor of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a coalition of more than 250 families which recently endorsed the mosque. Since the endorsement, the membership numbers have grown, she said. O'Connor told TPM in an interview that it's unfair for groups like Debra Burlingame's 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America to act as if they are representing everyone who lost loved ones in the attacks. O'Connor's 29-year-old daughter Vanessa, pregnant at the time, was killed working on the 93rd floor of one of the twin towers. ... Burlingame has gotten the lion's share of the attention, in part because she's affiliated with Liz Cheney. Peter Gadiel's organization 9/11 Families for a Secure America also opposes the Islamic center. But, former TPMer Justin Elliott noted over at Salon that few of the people who originated the fight were actually affiliated with the 9/11 families. Of note in delving into the 9/11 families reaction to the Islamic center is the lack of press attention to the failure last month of a measure that would have provided for $7.4 billion in health care funding for emergency responders and others who were sickened by the World Trade Center dust. Just 12 Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the measure, which needed a two-thirds majority to pass. Rep. Anthony Weiner threw a fit on the House floor last month over this very issue, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) noted the lack of Republican support noted the same in his statement today that developers should just move the project. But for all the political griping over the mosque, you'd think there would be more fuss made over sick firefighters who need medical attention. |
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08-18-2010, 12:26 AM | #2 |
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This is really all BS. Just how far is far enough? A block further east is this mosque. This is "Hallowed_Ground."
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08-18-2010, 01:00 AM | #3 |
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08-18-2010, 08:41 PM | #4 |
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Who the he11 do these people are that they think they can dictate where the he11 this mosque should be! Its an insult to the victims of 9/11? So Muslim = Terrorist now? Is that the official new definition? There is even something going on in California where a preacher doesnt want a mosque built next to his church!? I swear some of these people make me ashamed to be an American and a Christian.
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