The Reichstag Fire propelled the National Socialists (Nazi party) into power in Germany in 1933. The Dumbos are attempting to repeat history with their "Gound-Zero Mosque" outrage. First, the proposed building near Ground Zero is not even an actual house of worship. It would be a community center — an "M" instead of a "Y." The "M" would contain a prayer room or chapel like many "Y's." Second, many other businesses operate in the same vicinity of Ground Zero: a strip-club, a betting parlor, and others that do not lend themselves to respectful silence. Finally, at another Ground Zero — the Pentagon — the restored portion that was struck by American Airlines Flight 77 contains a chapel that has been in place since 1970. Each week, it hosts a Catholic Mass, Protestant, Episcopal and Hindu services, a Church of Latter-day Saints Bible study, and a Jewish service and Torah study in addition to the Muslim prayers and service. All of these forms of worship occur at different times in the same room at another Gound Zero where more than 180 people died on 9/11/2001. So, the Dumbo-Nazi-Teabaggers can go to Hell (if there is one). In fact, when they open their Dumbo mouths, you can take the dirt road. If this is (fair & balanced) outrage, so be it.
[x Salon]
This Modern World — "Wingnut Escalation"
By Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins)
[Dan Perkins is an editorial cartoonist better known by the pen name "Tom Tomorrow". His weekly comic strip, "This Modern World," which comments on current events from a strong liberal perspective, appears regularly in approximately 150 papers across the U.S., as well as on Salon and Working for Change. The strip debuted in 1990 in SF Weekly.
Perkins, a long time resident of Brooklyn, New York, currently lives in Connecticut. He received the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism in both 1998 and 2002.
When he is not working on projects related to his comic strip, Perkins writes a daily political weblog, also entitled "This Modern World," which he began in December 2001.]
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