SEXIST, RACIST, ANTI-GAY, IMPERIALIST, MILITARIST, ISLAMOPHOBIC AMERICA (WHICH ELECTED A BLACK PRESIDENT) OPPOSES THE MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO – AT 7:49 P.M. ET:  From CNN:

A proposed mosque to be built two blocks from the World Trade Center has little support nationwide, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests.

According to the new survey out Wednesday, nearly 70 percent of all Americans oppose the controversial plan to build the mosque just blocks away from the solemn site in lower Manhattan while just 29 percent favor the construction.

Broken down by party affiliation, 54 percent of Democrats oppose the plans while 82 percent of Republicans disapprove. Meanwhile, 70 percent of independents said they are against the proposal.

The poll also showed opposition did not vary widely by age.

"Support for the controversial project is slightly higher among younger Americans than older Americans, but even among those under the age of 50, six in ten oppose the plan," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

Plans to build the $100 million, 13-story 'Cordoba House' three blocks from the site of the attacks on September 11, 2001 have sparked an emotional debate throughout the city.

COMMENT:  We learned this week that the man behind the mosque has been selected by the U.S. State Department to be sent to the Middle East to represent multiculturalism in the United States, despite having said that 9-11 was partly America's fault, that Osama bin Laden was created in the U.S., and that he didn't know whether Hamas is a terrorist organization.  It would be nice if our own government would check in occasionally with the American people.

And, of course, the tone-deaf mayor of New York City, who is in his last term and doesn't seem to care about public opinion, says that those opposing the mosque should be "ashamed" of themselves.  So 70 percent of Americans should be ashamed of themselves.

We oppose the mosque because it is insensitive to the feelings of victims, and because we find offensive the statements of the man supervising it.  We also would like further information on who is financing it.  Are we terrible people?  I really don't think so.  I think we are people with common sense, people who understand what the word "human" is all about.

August 12, 2010