[Pokey78]

Steyn ping!

[lawgirl]

i heart mark steyn bump

[denydenydeny]

unsustainable sloth

LOL!

[TexanToTheCore]

I wonder if anyone has taken the trouble to calculate the total indebtedness of those cities that have hosted the Olymics over the last thirty years or so. It must be very large numbers indeed.

[Rummyfan]

By the time that Olympic mega-mosque is open for business, you'll be surprised how well it fits in.

Wow! Does anyone else notice the dreary albeit accurate future Mr Steyn has been predicting lately?

[RonDog]

"Forget Kyoto and the problem of "unsustainable growth";
the crisis that Britain and most of Europe faces is unsustainable sloth." - Mark Steyn

ping

[Billthedrill]

By the time that Olympic mega-mosque is open for business, you'll be surprised how well it fits in.

Just finished Theodore Dalrymple's Our Culture, What's Left Of It and this statement is more chilling than funny.

[Tallguy]

When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality.

I'll be borrowing this little nugget for my tagline! Take heed, Democrats.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Yet somehow the "Toxic Texan" (everybody) has managed to outperform Canada on almost every measure of eco-virtue.

Canadians are surprised that Americans are not nearly as in awe of Canada's moral stature as Canadians are.

[RonDog]

Meanwhile, Tablighi Jamaat, the Islamic missionary group, has announced plans to build a mosque next door to the new Olympic stadium.

The London Markaz will be the biggest house of worship in the United Kingdom - Mark Steyn

See also, from www.danielpipes.org/blog:

Weblog
The London Markaz
November 27, 2005

The London Markaz The Sunday Times (London) has an article today with an update on plans by Tablighi Jamaat to build a gigantic mosque complex, called the London Markaz, on a 10-acre site in Newham, a mere 500 yards from the site of the 2012 Olympic games. The Markaz' size and ambition are as noteworthy as Tablighi Jamaat's agenda is dubious.

The project's backers hope the mosque and its surrounding buildings would hold a total of 70,000 people, only 10,000 fewer than the Olympic stadium. Its futuristic design features wind turbines instead of the traditional minarets, while a translucent latticed roof would replace the domes seen on most mosques. The complex is designed to become the "Muslim quarter" for the Games, acting as a hub for Islamic competitors and spectators.

With a built area of 180,000m2, the site is 1km in length and sits on the banks of the Channelsea River in proximity to the London 2012 Olympic sites.

The east London complex would have by far the largest capacity of any religious building in Britain. The biggest at present is the Baitul Futuh in Morden, Surrey, which holds about 10,000 worshippers. Liverpool's Anglican cathedral, the largest Christian place of worship, has a capacity of 3,000.

The three-storey mosque will be designed to accommodate more than 40,000 worshippers. Its sweeping roof is intended to evoke tented cities. The complex would include a garden, school, library and accommodation for visiting worshippers. Islamic calligraphy would cover the walls and ceilings, the washing areas would have cascading water to mimic a stream, and the complex's buildings would be adapted to allow extra worshippers during festivals such as Eid, accommodating a further 30,000 visitors...

[Continental Soldier]

If hosting the Olympics causes great debt, why do cities compete to do so? Why do cities build huge stadia and develop equally huge support facilities, such as, restaurants, hotels and transportation systems? Cleary, somebody is making mega-bucks on the Olympics! The question is, why do local governments who have to sustain the debt climb so readily on-board? Who is making the huge profits? And why are citizens expected to pick up the debts?

[Gritty]

BTTT

[SuzyQue]

Even an all-star double bill comprising a joint Service of Apology to Saddam Hussein followed by Ordination of Multiple Gay Bishops in Long-Term Committed Relationships (Non-Practising or Otherwise, According to Taste) seems unlikely to fill the pews...

So sad........so true

[RichInOC]

Brutal. Just brutal.

When I grow up, I want to write like Mark Steyn.

P.S....I remember the Montreal Olympics, and I'm pretty sure early forties is not late middle age. Heck, I think I vaguely remember watching some of the Munich Olympics (the actual sporting events, I'm not sure I saw any of the troubles). I'd heard Montreal went in the hole for their games. I didn't realize it was thirty years deep.

[goldstategop]

To sum it up in one sentence: The Western Left is on a holiday from history. As Mark Steyn would say, treating the world as though 9/11 has never happened is an indication of how American and European leftists are semingly incapable of coming to grips with the challenges of this century. The construction of a new mosque in London is the least of the West's problems.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[hattend]

Excellent Steyn article...AGAIN!

[tonycavanagh]

All he ever does is make a living out of the sky is falling and preaching to the converted. I have yet to meet any opinion pundit left or right worth his weight in booze and dinner expenses. If he attempted to write a well thought out well reasoned article I may have found it easier to read.

But that sort of journalist no longer exists

[UnklGene]

As always, thanks, Pokey!

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Holy s***. What a monstrous security nightmare. Mega-mosque next to Olympic stadium? You could hide anything, or *anyone*, inside that mosque, and you'll bet the faithful will scream like stuck pigs (you should pardon the expression) if their "right to privacy" (or British equivalent) is not completely respected.

This is not just a publicity coup for the Islamists ("Hey, world, see our heap-big mosque right next to the Olympics!"). This is part of a Plan.

Frankly, this frightens me.