This is Not the Freedom Tower: Money Trumps Patriotism in the Name Change to 1 WTC

New York Post ^ | March 27, 2009 | Tom Topousis

[Sergeant Tim]

The next time I see the the Port Authority Chairman (and I see him once a year), I am shaking his hand and saying, "Hello, Mr. A$$hat."

[Above My Pay Grade]

I think we should now start calling it the Tyranny Tower.

[a fool in paradise]

Can you see the Statue of French Generosity from it?

[a fool in paradise]

Eichman Towers II.< /Ward Churchhill >

[gondramB]

i don’t know - who is paying for it? If its private money they should name it so they can rent it and make a profit.

If its a government project without the intent to make a profit that’s different.

[floriduh voter]

Erasure of familiar names is to coax us into believing US is about sacrifice, not freedom. Anything free can't be good to a radical like puppet Obama. Rules for Radicals by Chicago's Saul Alinsky.

heil, obama?

[jiggyboy]

I like it. “Screw you, towelheads, we rebuilt the WTC.”

[TChris]

"I understand the decision from a marketing point of view. But it saddens me that it's no longer economically viable to declare who we are."

I don't understand it.

Freedom isn't marketable??? Are there too many potential customers out there saying, "Freedom? Oh no. None for me, thanks."

[Crush]

It shouldn’t matter what others are calling it - Americans should just call it the Freedom Tower anyways. That’s what I’ll do.

[TheConservativeParty]

Why don’t they just go all the way and call it “One World Order Tower?”.

[Notary Sojac]

Personally I like keeping the original name, shows we're carrying on unfazed.

What bothers me is that the first WTC was built in five years. Here it is over seven years on and everyone's still got their finger stuck in.....

[Notary Sojac]

I don't see any value in having things named "Freedom" in a country where there is less freedom every day. It's a little too Ingsoc for me.

For example, if the building was named "Hugo Chavez Tower" and I could take my Leatherman on an airline flight, on balance I'd call that a plus.

[WayneS]

“Their thumbs in their bums and their minds in neutral”...

...as my father used to (and occasionally still does) say.

[Never on my watch]

I lost interest in the project when they chose not to rebuild the towers bigger than before.

When the “arts and croissants” crowd got involved, the project became a politically correct endorsement of the hate America mindset.

And don't get me started on the Muslim crescent in Pennsylvania.

[raybbr]

I don’t see a problem with this.

[DBrow]

Obama’s Volunteered Slavery Act considers 9-11 to be a holiday on which we promise to devote hard work to our country.

Goes hand-in-hand with the renaming.

Gotta wonder who is moving in. Name it “Freedom” and “some” object, apparently international customers.

Name it the street address, though, and it gets “a warm reception”, so apparently someone is moving in, someone “international”. Almost like someone said, rename it and I’ll sign the contract.

Any clues, FReepers, who it might be?

Gorbachev Foundation, Soros, CAIR, OPEC, Organizing For America?

[Interesting Times]

Can you see the Statue of French Generosity from it?

Good line.

[Sergeant Tim]

I guess they will also rename this a 'Domestic Contingency Operation'

[raybbr]

...and I could take my Leatherman on an airline flight...

I agree. I hate that I can't take a pocket knife on board like I used to. It was the only form of self defense available and they took that away.