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Cordoba Victory Mosque: One Big Ass Mistake America

The Mad Iranian came to town and announced that the 9/11 attack was an inside job, perpetrated by the US government in order to support Israel and declare war on Arab countries. (Oh, yes, and the holocaust never happened. That certainly lent a note of credibility to his claim.)

On Friday, President Obama  called him out as the idiot he is on  BBC Persian TV:

 

In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Persian TV:

Q: If I could just begin with getting your reaction to the remarks Mr Ahmadinejad made yesterday, faulting America for 9/11.

A: Well, it was offensive. It was hateful. And particularly for him to make the statement here in Manhattan, just a little north of Ground Zero. Where families lost their loved ones. People of all faiths, all ethnicities who, you know, see this as the seminal tragedy of this generation.

For him to make a statement like that was inexcusable…

Yes, offensive. The remarks would have been offensive regardless of where they were made. But, as President Obama points out, because he came to Manhattan, “just a little north of Ground Zero. Where families lost their loved ones.”  moves them beyond offensive. It makes them aggressively  insulting.

It’s reassuring to hear that our President recognizes that this is indeed sacred ground. So what part of that great intellect of his cannot see that a mosque, a shrine to Islam – the religion of peace that brought us this wanton and heinous act of violence and destruction, is likewise inappropriate? What logic flaw is embedded in his ideology that leads him, and others like him, to disrespect the “seminal tragedy of this generation” by supporting the construction of a mosque here? A mosque originally named “Cordoba” – as symbol of Western defeat and submission.

Passive acceptance of an act which is - on its face -  so clearly intended as an effrontery is a mistake. One. Big. Ass. Mistake. America. 

Reality Bites: White House Edition

This is brilliant! I finally get it!

First, we elected some bad actors from various film genres to Congress:

Nancy Pelosi,

Henry Waxman,

Harry Reid,

and Barney Frank.

Then we elected a poseur as President,

with a fashion-icon trophy wife.

Next, we found a comedian for the Senate…

lined up  a few run-of-the-mill sidekicks,

and hired a life-long character actor as sidekick.

And now, today, we bring in a fake republican who plays a fake newsman on the Comedy Central Channel…

Stephen Colbert

to testify before the Congressional Judiciary Committee about illegal immigration and farm workers.

I finally get it!

WE’RE MAKING A REALITY TV SHOW!

• The only question remaining is, which one?

America's Toughest Jobs, American Idol, Hell's Kitchen, What Not to Wear, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Faking It, The Biggest Loser, Last Comic Standing?

Good guesses, all, but no. It’s a remake of an old favorite: Extreme Makeover: America

I believe we’re still working on the pilot, and reviews so far are mixed. So no word yet as to whether it will be picked up for next season. Decision to be announced this November.

As a footnote to this shameful show, brought to you by the Democrats, I must commend the behavior of Detroit’s own Democratic Congressman, John Conyers – something I thought I’d never have the occasion to do.

To his credit, in an attempt to maintain at least a semblance of respectability in his committee, he requested that Mr. Colbert  excuse himself from the hearing, which of course Mr. Colbert declined to do. After all, he’s auditioning for a sweet role.

The Incredible Lightness of Being Liberal

Mrs. P has done a fine job of covering the waterfront on the state of the arts in Detroit: From world-class city to single-class city, courtesy of Liberalism.

She maneuvers us through the city’s decline via Terry Teachout’s WSJ column on the impending strike by the Detroit Symphony and the perennial editorial feuding between the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press. The News is still nominally the conservative paper in town, and the Freep the liberal mouthpiece of the liberal media.

The News’ editor, Nolan Finley, as is the habit of conservatives, analyzes the situation based on the cold mean facts and concludes Detroit is “no longer a top 10 city by any measure.” To which anyone who’s been here within the past 15 years can only respond, “duh.”

Meanwhile, over at the reliably liberal Freep::

Brian Dickerson, the deputy editorial-page editor of the Detroit Free Press, reacted angrily in a column published last month to what he called the "elegiac resignation" of this editorial: "Some sneer that Detroit's unwashed masses can no longer discern the difference between a great orchestra and a mediocre one. . . ."

“Elegiac resignation” – what a snort! Is there anything more fun than reading these elitist snobs – who are the first to look down their noses at the unwashed masses -  pimp up the language? While still missing the point?

He can’t help himself, I suppose. Like the President, he’s a member of the self-congratulatory ‘can-do’ class: most of whom have never had to can anyone, nor do they seem to be able to do much of anything. But they think if you just BELIEVE, close your eyes and HOPE real hard, you can make CHANGE reality.

Good luck with that, my jocund little Pollyanna.

 

H/T Patum and Peperium

WELCOME RETRIEVER READERS. If you’re interested in reviewing further impacts of liberalism on Detroit, here’s a recent post: So Mr. President, who do you think destroyed Detroit? Plus there are more Detroit related posts in the sidebar under Dewey’s Motown Hits.

The recession is over! Long live the recession!

I think everybody is missing the point on the feel good story of the week: The longest recession since the end of WWII officially ended in June - of 2009!

Good news! That means that George W. Bush’s TARP bailout worked!

Yeah, I know. Too many exclamation points. Especially since everyone still feels like we’re in the middle of a very deep hole, the jobless rate hovers at 9.6%  headed for at least 10%, you can’t give a house away in most markets, and still foreclosures continue to pile up. You know what they say: if it looks like a duck… etc.

But here’s what everyone’s missing. If we’re still mired in deep economic woe, that can only mean one thing - the Obama fabu-losity, which gave us the trillion dollar stimu-losity,  well, didn’t. Stimulate us, that is.

So I’d like to personally welcome you all to the shiny new thing: the official Obama recession. The torch has been passed, and man, it sucks when even the Canucks are kicking your butt.

 

 From Hot Air via Hillbuzz: click to embiggen

 

The “we’re headed in the right direction”  summer of recovery is now officially over. Handing it back to you now, Barry,  for the fall mid-term results.