Update from yesterday

This is exactly what I'm talking about. You can't tell the conservatives from the liberals, the Democrats from the Republicans. More Government Intervention is the mantra of all.

Here's Nancy Pelosi:

"There is no question there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some. And I join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded," she said. "How is this being ginned up that here we are talking about Treasure Island, something we've been working on for decades, something of great interest to our community as we go forward to an election about the future of our country and two of the first three questions are about a zoning issue in New York City." (emphasis mine)

So 68% of the country wants the government to step in and stop the construction of a mosque, and the mosque supporters want the government to investigate the mosque opposition.

Kinda hard to tell much of a difference.

In related news, I learned here that the budget for this mosque is $100 Million dollars. $100 million? What kind of a crappy mosque is this supposed to be. In Brunei I went to a mosque where the bathroom alone cost over $100 million . I know they've got this recession on but do you expect any self-respecting Muslim to show up 6 times per day to pray at $100 million dump. I realize that most Americans only go to church a few times per year and we can get by with a facility that only cost $5-10 Million (as long as it has a gym...), but we ain't talking about most Americans. Think you can build this 24 carat gold mama for $100 million?

Not a chance.