Only A Few Blocks Could Make a Big Difference for the Ground Zero Mosque

In New York City everything changes within only a few blocks. For those that don't know the City, whole neighborhoods shift from block to block. It seems to this girl who grew up in the shadow of the twin towers that we've all been hoodwinked. Yet again the insidious spin doctors of the Right have stirred up "Islamophobia" around the world -- coined by Frank Rich in his New York Times Op Ed when he attempted to debunk all of the hoopla with the facts.

You'd think we might have figured this out a little sooner because once again we are ill prepared for the stealth swift boat attacks before an important election during the dog days of August. Yes, we know what the facts are or we could read Frank Rich's article that is exemplary among many in the ensuing media circus. The mosque is NOT a mosque, rather it is a community center modeled on the Jewish community centers throughout the nation. It is scheduled to be built NOT on sacred ground, but rather a vacant Burlington Coat Factory two blocks away. And the organizers are not partisan or violent religious zealots. They are esteemed members of the Muslim American community respected by all.

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