Open Thread

By cobblehiller on August 19, 2010 3:22 PM

“By daveinbedstuy on August 19, 2010 3:15 PM

First of all, it’s NOT a mosque

thanks dibs,

you’ve just disarmed the
leftist “freedom of worship” debate.
If it’s not a mosque, then why
not do as the governor suggested and
move it to another site?

answer: it wouldn’t fit in with
the planned thumb in your eye impact
that the Imam is planning on.

here’s a nice step towards world unity,
lets have the Imam donate the 120million he
plans to get from various undisclosed sources
in the middle east, and have him rebuild
the 2000 year old Bhuddist statues that
the Taliban blew up in Afghanistan in 2003.

that would have a much greater impact on world unity
in my humble opinion.
that was a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

“Agreed. Just recognize that it’s harder for some people to do.”

Of course, Snappy. I don’t mean to preach at all, and everyone is different, but it’s just my advice. I don’t claim it to be easy and there are a ton of compromises involved, but no one said living in NYC was easy. It’s my belief that this constant struggle to live, work, be a better person, get more involved, etc etc is what makes the NYC energy that so many people comment on and love.

Doesn’t mean we all get there or get to the same place, but it’s a city teeming with life and in this country that’s become a pretty special thing. Having traveled quite a bit to many different cities around the world, I can say without a doubt that New Yorkers (more than anywhere else I’ve been) don’t seem to realize what a special city they live in. Interestingly enough, many of those people live in Brooklyn. Manhattanites seem to really dig NYC and it’s really the only thing I miss about it.

don’t listen to them ishtar, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a hater. they are actually worse for being such hater haters to begin with!

perky upbeat attitudes are for SMURFS!

*rob*

“I’m sure many folks see it that way, but alas I cannot relate as my people where chained up and shipped here like cheap lead-covered Chinese toys.”

Hey snapppy, certainly no place in the country or the Western world gets a pass on that… but you’d be interested to know that the only American executed for violating the slave trade laws was hung right here in NYC in 1862 (Nathaniel Gordon).

And New Orleans was a far more important destination for slavers than NYC… 2/3 or more of slaves came thru the Port of New Orleans, for obvious reasons.

lechacal,

I don’t know,
we’ve all seen or heard the story of crime happening right before our eyes and nobody does anything about it.

I have to admit, I believe I’m more attuned to crime as a result of living in a crime infested neighborhood for so many years.

My first instinct was to let it go since it appeared to be her father, but there was a gnawing in me that said;
“what if it wasn’t”.

…so what I did, was put my shoes on and followed them in my car.