"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."

09 August, 2010

Ya Gotta Love America....

In Sunday's Boston Globe, Laurie Goodstein describes how "Plans for new mosques drawing protests across the US". We're not talking about just Ground Zero, where Islamic extremists crashed two of four hijacked planes into the World Trade Centers on 9-11 and killed nearly 3,000 people. We're not talking about just the Bible-thumping South, where Christian conservatives mete out bigotry while quoting relevant scripture. No, this article cites California and Wisconsin, as well as Tennessee and NYC.


It always amazes me when American bigotry is on display. I give plenty of credit to Mrs. Goodstein for writing this article, but even the best reporters don't change the facts on the ground. Listen to this:

In late June, in Temecula, Calif., organizers with a local Tea Party group took dogs and picket signs to Friday prayers at a mosque that is seeking to build a new worship center on a vacant lot nearby.
 Dogs?! When's the last time you saw white people "protesting" a dark-skinned people with dogs? Oh right, here: