Obama Strongly Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site

[Perd Hapley]

Orrin Hatch is a RINO?

At least in a few things.  He's soft on illegal aliens and embryonic stem cell research.

He feels rather personally about the issue, RINO or not.  Mormons have had similar problems.

Then he should realize what a bone-head move this is for Muslims?

[longeyes]

Only WND readers use terms like that.

Didn't you get the memo?

Brush up your Shakespeare, start quoting him now...

[Marnoot]

Then he should realize what a bone-head move this is for Muslims?

That's my opinion. I don't think they should be legally prohibited from building there, but I think it's an incredibly stupid move on their part. Hatch is indeed a RINO on some issues, though not all. I wouldn't mind seeing him lose his next GOP nomination a la Sen. Bennett.

[MicroBalrog]

That's my opinion. I don't think they should be legally prohibited from building there, but I think it's an incredibly stupid move on their part.

And Marnoot ends the thread. :D

[roo_ster]

Ok, after consulting google maps, I have determined that NYC city blocks around WTC are not all that big.

"Smallish" is closer to reality.  Diminutive.  Petite, even.

Quantitatively, a block in that part of Manhattan means ~200 feet.

Take a gander for yourself:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=New+York,+NY&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.576045,102.832031&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=New+York&ll=40.71285,-74.010467&spn=0.003041,0.006276&z=18

And as a comparison, here is some downtown Witchita, Kansas:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=downtown&mrt=all&sll=37.684682,-97.335756&sspn=0.003176,0.006276&ie=UTF8&split=1&rq=1&ev=p&radius=0.21&hq=downtown&hnear=&ll=37.685327,-97.336614&spn=0.003175,0.006276&z=18

Same scale map as the NYC map. 

If anything, the downtown Witchita blocks look larger than those in NYC.  Maybe 225'-250'.

Well, CSD was right, the GZM is not in Kansas.

If it were, it would be farther away from Ground Zero(1).






(1) Assuming Ground Zero itself were also in downtown Witchita.  If the mosque in question were to actually build in downtown Witchita, I doubt there would be much furor over its proximity to WTC Ground Zero.  Google says it is a 1300mi trip from Witchita, Kansas; to NYC, NY.

Another helpful map: