If This is an Example of the Kind of People Who Support the Ground Zero Then There is Even More Reason to Oppose It

When I saw this video at Don Surber's I almost stopped watching because I was so disgusted by the way the filthy mouthed "progressive" spoke to the Holocaust survivor.  I am glad I kept watching because seeing the old man raise his voice in song brought tears to my eyes.  God bless you, sir.

Take the "Hard Hat Pledge"

Imagine that your employment had been spotty, or non-existent, for months.  Chances are if you work in the construction industry you have been sitting on the sidelines for a very long time now.  So along comes a major building project that will take many, many months to complete and suddenly the possibility of working 10s and 12s (overtime) after scraping by could be a reality.  Would you turn that job, and fat paycheck, down?  If the "project" is the Ground Zero Mosque, you just might.

A growing number of New York construction workers are vowing not to work on the mosque planned near Ground Zero.

“It’s a very touchy thing because they want to do this on sacred ground,” said Dave Kaiser, 38, a blaster who is working to rebuild the World Trade Center site.

“I wouldn’t work there, especially after I found out about what the imam said about U.S. policy being responsible for 9/11,” Kaiser said.

The grass-roots movement is gaining momentum on the Internet. One construction worker created the “Hard Hat Pledge” on his blog and asked others to vow not to work on the project if it stays on Park Place.

“Thousands of people are signing up from all over the country,” said creator Andy Sullivan, a construction worker from Brooklyn. “People who sell glass, steel, lumber, insurance. They are all refusing to do work if they build there.”

“Hopefully, this will be a tool to get them to move it,” he said. “I got a problem with this ostentatious building looming over Ground Zero.”

It is easy to take stand when it doesn't cost anything but the men and women who take this pledge do so at great personal expense.  I am proud of each and every one of them.

More at Potluck.

Naw, That's Not Provocation

Thanks to Doug Ross for the photo.  If your blood hasn't reached the boiling point yet read Why Won't Bloomberg Let A Church Destroyed on 9/11 Rebuild?  at Potluck.

Obama Votes "Present", Again-Updated

During a Ramadan soiree hosted by our Won and only, Barry took it upon himself to say:

But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure.

Did I miss something?  Are Muslims being treated differently or unfairly in this country?  Apparently it is unfair to suggest that it might be unwise, as well as tasteless, insensitive and insulting to build a mega-mosque within sight of the ground where 3,000 Americans were murdered by radical Muslims.  So our beloved leader, during an iftar, took the opportunity to, no doubt with noble bow to Islam, say that sensitivity to Islam takes precedence over sensitivity to America's dead.  Until he didn't:

Already getting trounced in the polls, Democrats are reeling over the President’s decision to side with the Muslim Brotherhood over the American people by endorsing the Ground Zero mosque. So he’s trying to close Pandora’s Box.

Politico reports [and thanks to John Hinderaker at Powerline for pointing this out] that Obama is now seeking “to defuse the controversy” by explaining that he was merely talking about the mosque proponents’ legal right to build at the World Trade Center site. “I was not commenting and I will not comment,” he said, “on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there” (emphasis added).

Good luck with that one. Compounding insult with cynicism and cowardice is probably not a winning strategy.

So during his Ramadan dinner Barry was merely sucking up to the Muslims gathered for the feast but once the festivities ended Obama went to his fall back position of voting "present".  I wasn't aware that anyone was arguing that the Muslims don't have a legal right to build wherever they chose. At issue is whether they have a moral right to gloat within site of our national tragedy.

Update:

Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist, rivals for the US Senate race, have each weighed in on Obama's stance (non-stance?) on the Ground Zero Mosque:

First to Marco Rubio:

"We are a nation founded on strong principles of religious freedom. However, we cannot be blind to the pain 9/11 caused our nation and the families of the victims. It is divisive and disrespectful to build a mosque next to the site where 3,000 innocent people were murdered at the hands of Islamic extremism. I strongly disagree with President Obama and Charlie Crist."

And to Crist:

"I think he's right - yeah," Crist, who was elected governor as a Republican but is now running for Senate as an independent candidate, told CNN. "We are a country in my view that stands for freedom of religion. You know, respect for others. I know there are sensitivities and I understand that, but I think Mayor Bloomberg is right and I think the President is right."

Stay tuned-Crist will update, change and twist tweak his position as necessary.  Much like Obama is trying to do.

Dennis Miller: One Very Honest Man

File this one in the "I could not have said it better myself" file.  Dennis Miller doesn't pull any punches on the Ground Zero Mosque or Arizona's SB1070.  You have to love a man who says exactly what is on his mind without cloaking his thoughts in a bunch of PC BS.