controversial mosque

Mosque at Ground Zero?

Does it really surprise anyone that putting a mosque at Ground Zero is going to be controversial? Really?

While we all believe in free expression of religion, it is simply unsettling that this mosque would be considered at this location. Recall that on 9/11/01, nineteen radical Muslims turned loaded passenger planes into missiles, crashing them all and killing thousands of innocents in the World Trade Centers alone.

For eight long years, the Greek Orthodox Christian church that stood in the shadow of the Towers has still not yet been approved to be rebuilt. However, this temple of Islam seems to be on the fast track, as of this writing.

To put this in context, it might be helpful to create some other inappropriate examples:

What if the Japanese wished to put a Japanese War Memorial honoring Admiral Yamamoto in the shadow of Pearl Harbor?

What if the United States wanted to place U.S. Atomic Bomb Memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

What if a white supremacist group wanted to place their meeting house next door to Abe Lincoln’s homestead?

No, these are not exactly the same. Most Muslims are clearly fine people. Many opposed the acts of these Muslim extremists. However, the association in the American psyche between Islam and 9/11 is just too strong to ignore.

While we may have the freedom to do something, it is not always prudent, helpful or proper. The Bible says it this way: “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient…” (I Corinthians 6:12- KJV).

In short, while this movement may indeed be legal, it is not helpful or expedient toward any worthwhile goal.

It does serve to make it clear that some Muslims will not act with any class, and some politicians like Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Barrack Hussein Obama, are completely out of touch with “we the people.”

What do you think?

GM to abandon taxpayers it hurt with defective products

Urgent Action Alert — Contact the White House THIS AFTERNOON to Protect Catastrophically Injured Victims of Defective GM Cars

Unless we act TODAY, the White House will allow General Motors to abandon over 300 consumers seriously hurt by defects in GM vehicles by extinguishing the company's responsibility for these victims. This is a cruel, immoral and un-American result because GM decided last Friday to take responsibility for injuries caused by vehicles in the future. But the company is washing their hands of consumers they have already hurt. PLEASE CALL OR FAX THE WHITE HOUSE TO STOP THIS TRAVESTY: PHONE: 202-456-1414. FAX: 202-456-2461.

What kind of company would abandon a catastrophically injured child, a woman paralyzed from the neck down, and hundreds of others who have been injured by defective GM cars?  How can our government leave these consumers with no protection -- especially when these are the same consumers who bailed out GM in the first place?  And who would want to buy a car from a company that treats consumers this way?
 
Time is running out.  On Tuesday, General Motors will attempt to officially leave these injured families behind in the bankruptcy process.  We must take action today to make sure that GM is responsible for the cars they have put on the road  -- as well as cars they build in the future.

The Obama Administration's "Auto Task-Force," which is lead by the Treasury Department, is directly responsible for this decision.  There are only a limited number of hours left in the bankruptcy process.  Contact them THIS AFTERNOON to make sure that they know Americans will not stand for leaving hundreds of injured families behind in the GM bankruptcy process.   Tell them we will not buy their cars until these families are protected.  And we will not stop speaking up until GM takes full responsibility for injuries caused by all GM cars.  PLEASE CALL OR FAX THE WHITE HOUSE TO STOP THIS TRAVESTY: PHONE: 202-456-1414. FAX: 202-456-2461.

Thank you,


Les Weisbrod
AAJ President