Tag Archives: 9/11

About That Hallowed Ground

Today’s NY Daily News points out that the “hallowed ground” surrounding the planned WTC memorial ain’t really all that hallowed, what with all the titty bars, dirty bookstores, betting parlors and liquor stores also within two or three blocks. Opponents of a proposed lower Manhattan mosque and community center speak in hushed tones about the sanctity of the “shadow of …

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MTA Caves On Anti-Mosque Ad Campaign

Wingnut Atlas Shrugged blogger Pamela Geller has forced NYC’s public transit authority to accept her bus ad campaign against the mosque near Ground Zero. The MTA initially forced Geller through several revisions of her image, asking her to remove the smoke, flames, and plane from the photo, saying that “images of 9/11 are too controversial” for city buses. Geller responded: …

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NY GOP Candidate For Gov: Vote For Me And I’ll Stop The Ground Zero Mosque

RELATED: The New York Times reports today that the GOP has launched anti-mosque campaigns around the country in an attempt to capitalize on the fervor about the Ground Zero mosque. In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds of protesters have turned out for a march and a county …

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NEW YORK: Pat Robertson Sues City To Stop The Ground Zero Mosque

Pat Robertson’s legal foundation filed a lawsuit in New York state court yesterday in an attempt to overturn the city’s approval of the plan to build a mosque on a site near Ground Zero. The American Center for Law and Justice says it filed a petition Wednesday challenging a city panel’s decision to let developers tear down a building to …

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NYC Commission Unanimously Refudiates Attempt To Block Ground Zero Mosque

By a 9-0 vote, moments ago the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee refused to grant landmark status to the former Burlington Coat Factory building where an Islamic group plans to build a 13-story mosque and welcome center. The vote clears the way for the developer the remove the building and proceed. The site is two blocks away from Ground …

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Rep. Peter King and Rep. Anthony Weiner Recap Their 9/11 Act Shouting Match

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FLORIDA: “No Homo Mayor” Church Plans “International Burn The Koran Day”

Gainesville’s Dove World Church, made famous last year for it’s “No Homo Mayor” campaign, is planning to burn Korans on September 11th. RELATED: You might recall this gem from one of Dove World’s pastors.

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Rep. Anthony Weiner Tears GOP A New One Over 9/11 Health Compensation Act

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Gingrich On The Ground Zero Mosque

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NEW YORK: GOP Launches Ad Campaign Against Ground Zero Mosque

The National Republican Trust PAC has created the below clip as part of their campaign to thwart the building of a mosque and Islamic welcome center near Ground Zero in Manhattan. A hearing held yesterday on the issue devolved into shouting, slurs, and the removal of some protesters.

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NEW YORK: Thousands Protest Proposed Mosque At Ground Zero

Led by Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller, a group called Stop The Islamization Of America staged a giant rally in downtown Manhattan yesterday in protest of the planned 13-story mosque and Islamic welcome center to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero. Gothamist reports: Michael Simons, 47, a retired Port Authority detective who for a time was buried in …

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Texas Radio Host: Bomb The Proposed Mosque At Ground Zero

Anybody know who this guy is?

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NEW YORK CITY: Plan For Mosque Near Ground Zero Rankles Many

A proposed 13-story mosque and Muslim visitors center to be built near the former World Trade Center site has many in the city taking sides. Last night a Manhattan community board endorsed the project over the loud protestations of 9/11 survivors and others. The 29-to-1 vote, with 10 abstentions, followed a four-hour back-and-forth between those who said the community center …

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PhoboQuotable – Rev. Dallas Henry

“On 9/11 terrorists turned planes into missiles. The next day the late Dr. Jerry Falwell said, ‘We’d better realize that God is removing His protective hand from this nation.’ And then he specifically cited our national sins of abortion and homosexuality. The liberal press absolutely crucified him. We rarely see such a vicious attack as he endured. But he was …

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The End Of Giuliani?

Rudy Giuliani’s claim that no domestic terrorism took place during the Dubya administration may have marked the end of his political career. So says Maddow. So say we all.

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Noun, Verb, 9/11….Uh, Wait

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Alan Grayon (D-FL) Rips GOP On Security

As the GOP and Dick Cheney rail against Obama over the Underwear Bomber, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) points out Dubya’s failings on 9/11.

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That Day

(This story makes its fifth and final annual appearance on JMG. I just wanted to run it once under a president other than Dubya.) Manhattan, September 11th, 2001 That day, I got to my office on 42nd Street at about 8:55am. About ten minutes later, I got a call from Thomas in Orlando. “Honey, you should look out your window …

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Remembering Mark Bingham

JMG reader Sean Chapin sends us his remembrance of Mark Bingham, the openly gay rugby player credited with helping foil the 9/11 hijackers of United 93, possibly saving the White House or the U.S. Capitol from the same fate as the World Trade Center. Bingham was memorably played by openly gay Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson in a movie recounting the …

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Tonight

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