In Saudi Arabia you cannot build a church, yes, that’s the difference between Saudi Arabia and America. It’s plain and simple. If you like a mosque or don’t like a mosque, you don’t have to go. There’s already a mosque down there within four blocks of the World Trade Center, there’s porno places, there’s fast food places, it’s a vibrant community, it’s New York.
– Michael Bloomberg (via soupsoup) Via SoupI am tired of people using what happened to my city as the basis for their hate. I am tired of people so fundamentally misinterpreting our Constitution and Bill of Rights. I am tired of people turning the word “Muslim” into the word “terrorist.”
We are coming dangerously close to a point in our history where those who died on D-Day and are buried in French soil at Normandy died for naught. Those men saved my dad. Those men defeated a tyrant. Those men died to ensure others could have the freedoms it is so often said we take for granted. It is our duty, our most important job as citizens, to make sure their sacrifice continues to be for the cause of freedom, justice and acceptance.
We need to take a stand. We need to stop this madness. I will fight to protect what America stands for at all costs. If I have to stand in front of that Mosque with a shotgun so young Muslim children can safely pray to their God, I will. We are allowing a scary and dangerous faction to control the course of our society. If it takes force to stop them, then this is what we must do. The stakes are too high. It is time rational people took a stand. It is time Americans took a stand.
–Evan’s Blog. Meh.: Re: The “Ground Zero” Mosque
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Via SoupI guess we’re going to start having to put people in time-out again like little kids. I think we all need to take a breather and chill out. Maybe the heat is just making people insane.
Publicis E-dologic figured out a way to embed user data in IDF bracelets, and thus allow people to “Like” real world objects, places and events spreading the word about it on their facebook accounts.
Person on Phone: “Well the dogs keep getting the newspaper”
Me: What kind of dogs do you have?
Yes, I did in fact ask that.
technipol: “There’s been some talk of whether Facebook needs a “thumbs down” option, but honestly that won’t be necessary. At least, not if the “Meh” button ever comes to fruition, since that’s how I feel about pretty much every newsfeed update. For now, though, it’s just a beautiful dream, like a world without FarmVille or Need Your Phone Number event invitations.”— Gizmodo
