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The First Amendment doesn't guarantee anyone the right to build a place of worship anywhere they choose. Cities have zoning laws. However, a city cannot change zoning laws just to prevent the building of a religious institution, otherwise they will be in violation of RLUIPA laws, which would put them at odds with the 1st and 14th Amendments. A close relative of mine, who happens to be a developer says you can't get a hotdog stand cleared and built in less than 2 years in a major city. So how did this building get fastracked through the process when Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed on 9/11 by the collapse of the Twin Towers, has spent nine years trying to get building permits to no avail? I'm not saying there's any impropriety going on but it does raise the question. Should they build the Mosque? It's there right to do so since they have been green lighted for construction. I guess that's entirely up to them, but don't expect much fanfare from the local unions who support the NYPD and the NYFD. My prediction is, it won't get built.

I doubt that you could have made Law Review at Harvard Law though . . . lord knows I couldn't. Being book smart and having a grasp on what works in the real world are two different things. I don't think anyone is challenging the former but the latter. In my experience the book smart/real world smart distinction is generally excuse making by those who didn't/couldn't do well in school. A simple statement that wasn't meant as a slight, but an observation in my experience dealing with kids straight out of college coming to work for me. Maybe you should switch to decaf or something.

Where is your basis for that statement? McVeigh was a vile human being and had a falling out with Catholicism long before the bombing. The only thing Koresh and McVeigh had in common was their belief in Anarchism. Koresh fancied himself a modern day Leo Tolstoy, the Russian Christian Anarchist, and used the Anarchist Cookbook as a guide to making incendiaries. While McVeigh openly rejected the book's racism, McVeigh's bible was The Turner Diaries which depicts violent revolution in the United States and leads to the overthrow of the U.S. Government. Photocopies of pages sixty-one and sixty-two of The Turner Diaries were found in an envelope inside McVeigh's car. These pages depicted a fictitious mortar attack upon the U.S. Capitol in Washington. McVeigh visited Waco during the standoff, where he spoke to a news reporter about his anger over what was happening there, which had everything to do with his personal war with the federal government and nothing to do with religious conviction. McVeigh composed two letters to the BATF, the first titled "Constitutional Defenders" and the second "ATF Read." He denounced government agents as "fascist tyrants" and "storm troopers" and warned: McVeigh said he began harboring anti-government feelings during the first Gulf War. In 1998, while in prison, McVeigh wrote an essay that criticized US foreign policy towards Iraq as being hypocritical: McVeigh claimed that the bombing was revenge for "what the U.S. government did at Waco and Ruby Ridge." Ruby Ridge was the site of a violent confrontation and siege in northern Idaho in 1992. It involved Randy Weaver his family, Weaver's friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the U.S. Marshall's Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation. After an investigation of the siege, which led to a FBI sniper brought up on charges of manslaughter and later dismissed under sovereign immunity, numerous wrongful death lawsuits settled out of court for millions against the federal government which subsequently led to the Rules of Engagement of federal agencies to be changed. However, the ROE would be disregarded again, leading to the Janet Reno cluster**** known as the Siege at Waco. Notwithstanding the government's wrongdoing in the incident, Koresh's culpability should not be disregarded either. Had he not set events in motion by simply just giving up to authorities and defend himself in a court of law, the useless slaughter of 80 people wouldn't have happened either.

^^^ QFT

It's about time! Have a happy life together!!!

I doubt that you could have made Law Review at Harvard Law though . . . lord knows I couldn't. Being book smart and having a grasp on what works in the real world are two different things. I don't think anyone is challenging the former but the latter.

Another sacrificial lamb to the wolves.....

Sarah Palin. Defender of America. By "defended", I think he meant "embarrassed". How freaking hard is it to get a commander in chief who can speak English properly? What is this making up words nonsense? "Got to celebrate it?" as a defense for not being able to express an intelligent thought? I give credit to Obama for that - he's a well-polished guy. As well polished as.... 57 states? Says breathalyzer instead of inhaler. The cops acted stupidly. I could go on and on with the Obamateurisms but what's the point? This is such a non-story.

If it isn't in the DNC talking points memo or on Media Matters for the day then it's a non-issue.

I was found in a dumpster and raised by carnival freaks. Thanks guys. Less than two months left until kickoff!!!!!! :throwdabones1:

I guess a homeless guy who reeks of Thunderbird and urine isn't really politically correct.

Most all the job gains have been in the public sector -- not the private sector, where economic wellness of the country is measured. Of those 600K jobs added, 400K have been hired as census workers who will be shed as the year progresses, and most of the rest are seasonal workers involved in public works projects. This article explains it better than I can....

Watched the USA vs. Ghana match and came away unimpressed. Talk about a total snoozefest. Ghana scores early on, then I get treated to 30 extra minutes of Ghana players flopping on the ground faking injuries, clearly to break any kind of momentum the USA team would mount to try to get the ball on the net. Well at least the media can put the "How soccer is catching on in the US" stories on mothballs for another four years, or since the same team has beaten us in consecutive Cups, they can print stories on how far US Soccer has fallen behind Ghana. Forgive me, but I think I'll take a pass next time.

a child that is pregnant? what is this, missouri? If it was Mizzou, a methlab would have to be mentioned somewhere in the post.

Congrats!!!

I understand his frustration with the State Department, but McChrystal should resign. There's a chain of command that needs to be respected, and in my opinion, whether he was right or wrong in his criticism is not the point. A line was crossed that should never be crossed.

The answer to this is very simple. The rest of the old Big 8 teams -- in their zeal to cut us off at the knees -- sided with the upstarts from the old SWC in voting. It's actually poetic justice they are now at the mercy of the Texas monster they created.

Nexus and I have been on about the CIC since the Nebraska-to-the-Big10 rumors started. The TV deal is nice, and we'll help the Big Ten in TV revenue, but frankly, Nebraska got BY FAR the better end of this deal. Rubbing elbows with Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and the rest, plus membership in the finest academic club available to public schools. Yeah, this is a pretty big deal. i don't know... that new big 12 tv deal looks pretty good. Beebe's only hope for this lucrative TV deal is that the schools other than Texass can't tell the difference between real currency and Monopoly money. That television contract won't be worth the paper it's written on once the Bevo Network goes online. Advertisers will not spend one red penny with the Big 12 on a television deal if there is a rival network in Texas offering the same product and competing for their viewers in the same market.

If you're going to kid havoc about not reading what you write, you may want to write a little more clearly in the first place so we don't have to interpret your post.

A parent shouldn't have to bury their children. This just senseless violence and very sad for the families.

Nuclear energy could be 100% safe and not one environmentalist would sign off on it. Besides the Obama administration and his party in Congress has made their views known on nuclear energy. Regarding Obama and Congress, that is incorrect. See here and here. Closing Yucca Mountain was nothing more than politics. As wrong as it appears to me to abandon the project it in no way shows that Obama or Congress is against nuclear power. It was just an attempt to keep Nevada voters in the fold. And the other isn't politics? What's a few billion to buy votes? They know their environmental lobby will stall these plants in courts for years to come just like always.

I-70 from Denver to Cove Fort, UT....it's one of the most scenic stretches in the US. As far as the interstate is concerned, it is as modern as any other in the US. Just remember to fill the tank in Grand Junction, CO before heading across Utah, because the services are next to nothing until you get to Richfield, UT about 230 miles. From there it should be about 290 miles to Las Vegas on I-70 & I-15. If that is too far the next stop would be a Mesquite, NV about 200 miles.

They call that gamesmanship. I call it get up you big wuss, people are watching you.