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Mayor to mosque foes: Shut up already!
ny post ^ | 8/7/2010 | BILL SANDERSON

Posted on 08/08/2010 6:02:22 AM PDT by tobyhill

Mayor Bloomberg won’t stop talking about the mosque near Ground Zero, harshly attacking opponents yesterday who “ought to be ashamed of themselves.”

Sounding more supportive of freedom of religion than freedom of speech, Bloomberg said, "I just don't think the government should tell people where they can pray and where they can build houses of worship.

"It is a shame that we even have to talk about this," the mayor added on his WOR radio broadcast.

The mayor ratcheted up his rhetoric against critics just days after defending the mosque in an impassioned speech on Governors Island, with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop.

Yesterday, Bloomberg said cops and firefighters who died on 9/11 didn't ask people in the World Trade Center, "Where do you pray?" as they tried to save their lives.

"Most of the [9/11 rescuers'] families that I've talked to, they say, 'Of course our loved ones gave their lives to protect the very freedoms that we're talking about here -- people being able to practice religion and say what they want to say and be in control of their own destiny,' " the mayor said.

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1 posted on 08/08/2010 6:02:23 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Typical out of touch filthy rich-guy Yankee bump. What is he today? An ‘R’, ‘I’ or ‘D’? I can’t keep up.


2 posted on 08/08/2010 6:05:38 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: tobyhill

The people of NY need to rise up and throw this anti - American bum out.

They need to chain themselves to the site if need be, have Bloomberg attempt to arrest the families of 911 victims if need be. Would the NYC cops do that?

Time for a SHOWDOWN!


3 posted on 08/08/2010 6:09:34 AM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: central_va

He’s a C (not Conservative)

But I can’t say what C stands for. :)


4 posted on 08/08/2010 6:09:51 AM PDT by NEW YORKCITYGOPMAN ('he who creates something worthwhile, never dies.'')
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To: tobyhill
When the Mayor speaks I just keep hearing "Shhhh...they're mad enough already...let's not make them madder. You saw what they did last time..."
5 posted on 08/08/2010 6:10:46 AM PDT by n230099
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To: tobyhill

Does anyone know if there is a recall provision in the NYC mayoral laws?


6 posted on 08/08/2010 6:11:20 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: tobyhill

Hopefully his last term as Mayor and with any luck when he leaves office he will dry up and blow away.


7 posted on 08/08/2010 6:13:09 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: tobyhill
so the first amendment rights of Muzzies are sacrosanct but not of Christians...

and the 2nd amendment is non existent.

got it..

Bloomberg you are one elitist, crony capitalist, POS little nebish of a turd....

8 posted on 08/08/2010 6:13:14 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: tobyhill

“I just don’t think the government should tell people where they can pray and where they can build houses of worship. “It is a shame that we even have to talk about this,”

.... but like all other mayors, they are quick to tell you where, and in what you can live, call your home


9 posted on 08/08/2010 6:13:16 AM PDT by SF_Redux
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To: NEW YORKCITYGOPMAN

But the whole pro-Mosque movement, Bloomberg, Cuomo, Manhattan Boro President Stringer are SO hateful of anyone who opposes the mosque.

It is almost unprecedent the venom the pro-mosque side has for the anti-mosque crowd.

Is there any chance that maybe Mike and other public officials have been told:

NO Mosque, more attacks on NYC.

Is the government maybe being blackmailed? Just a crazy thought I’ve had.


10 posted on 08/08/2010 6:14:00 AM PDT by NEW YORKCITYGOPMAN ('he who creates something worthwhile, never dies.'')
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To: tobyhill

If one considers the cult of islam to be a religion, he has a point. But no one in their right mind considers islam to be anything other than a murdering cult. This cult hands out death for improper behavior, leaving the cult, or even if one refuses to join the cult. The koranimals are all nuts. They are incompatible with the 21st century.


11 posted on 08/08/2010 6:14:24 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
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To: tobyhill

Send a message to Blooomberg at
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.bd08ee7c7c1ffec87c4b36d501c789a0/index.jsp?doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fmail%2Fhtml%2Fmayor.html


12 posted on 08/08/2010 6:15:52 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: ByteMercenary

This woman may know more about Islam than the Mayor!

http://books.google.com/books?id=pmmCnppIll0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=brigitte+gabriel&source=bl&ots=eRVETRW6o9&sig=P6ZZ864DO6SMnzigo-slVZ70X8s&hl=en&ei=MKxeTJv3OIP68Aa9xb25DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false


13 posted on 08/08/2010 6:17:26 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter -God's redemption)
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To: tobyhill
Bloomberg can say what he wants but the final say will come from the people, I suspect it will never be built.
15 posted on 08/08/2010 6:17:58 AM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: tobyhill

Le Roi Bloomberg tires of this peasant dissent. Enough Already - or off with your heads!


16 posted on 08/08/2010 6:18:48 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: tobyhill

Feel sorry for those from New York who did not vote for this arrogant a-hole.

For those who voted for your mayor, next time look beyond the end of your nose when voting.

Now suffer with this arrogant moron who also cares for America as much as his buddy, mac daddy “The Liar In-Chief”.


17 posted on 08/08/2010 6:20:40 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: ByteMercenary
The koranimals are all nuts. They are incompatible with the 21st century HUMANITY.

There. Fixed it!

18 posted on 08/08/2010 6:24:07 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Venturer

Can Rudy run again?


19 posted on 08/08/2010 6:25:14 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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To: tobyhill

Bloomie must have a personal financial interest in this.

It certainly isn’t the view of most people.


20 posted on 08/08/2010 6:28:00 AM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversdun)
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