Who cares where they build a mosque. They could build it as a skyscraper on ground zero, and I don't think any of use could or should have a reason to complain as long as they owned or leased the land.

for the past few days i have had to field questions about this very subject.
i was taken aback at how many people bought into this non-issue.
because thats what it is...a non-issue that has been re-packaged to promote a political talking point.
so lets review those points:
1.what is being proposed is not a mosque but a community center.
2.the proposal is not at ground zero but 5 blocks away in an old burlington coat factory.
those two points alone should be sufficient to allow this non-story to be ignored as the political fodder it is,but that wont happen because:
people are too lazy or ignorant to look at the facts and ignore the hype and/or are too frightened of people named habib and mohamed.
a media created hysteria over a non-issue and it is working brilliantly to stir up those unwilling to think for themselves.
freedom of religion NOT freedom from any religion other than christianity.
i live in a country of dumb-asses.

I'd much rather see them build a Mother Goose museum of Fairy Tales. Ok. I guess it doesn't matter. Whether it is a Muslim center or a Christian center. It essentially serves the same purpose. The telling of fairy tales. It is up to the individual whether to take it as so-called truth or a bunch of screwball superstitions. So be it. This is a free country. They have the right to be stupid and ignorant if they want to. Let them build it.

Here's another pic based on the same idea, that I think draws a more, ahem, stark contrast:

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/14/the-cordoba-controversy-explained/