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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS The Honorable Andre Carson, United States Representative (Indiana 7th) The Honorable John Conyers, United States Representative (Michigan 14th) The Honorable Rush Holt, United States Representative (New Jersey 12th) COMMUNITY MEMBERS Ms. Saleha Abedin Mr. Ahmed Ahmed Dr. Akbar Ahmed, American University Mrs. Anila Ali, Council of Pakistan American Affairs Mr. Bill Aossey, Midamar Corporation Mrs. Fatema Bayat Mr. Salam Al Marayati, Muslim Public Affairs Council Rev. Chloe Breyer, Interfaith Center of New York Mr. Hasan Chandoo, Oppenheimer & Co. Ms. Sarah Darwish Dr. Mahmoud Eboo, Aga Khan Council of the United States Mr. Walter Edwards, Harlem Business Council Mrs. Sana Fadel Mr. Imad Hussain Mr. Hassan Jaber, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services Mr. Muhammad U. Khan Ms. Saaliha Khan Imam Mohamed Hag Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society Mrs. Shahnaz Masumi Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Islamic Society of North America Mr. Farooq Mitha Ms. Dalia Mogahed...

The project is a statement of Islamic conquest. This is Gingrich's position. "The ground zero mosque is a political statement of radical islamist triumph," Islamic supremacist thug/Ground Zero mosque developer: we ain't moving. Any mosque near Ground Zero is offensive. Responding yesterday to Obama's speech, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said, "[I]t's unwise … to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack." Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., says, "It is insensitive and uncaring for the Muslim community to build a mosque in the shadow of ground zero." Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, says, "It is divisive and disrespectful to build a mosque next to the site where 3,000 innocent people were murdered at the hands of Islamic extremism."

Muslims should never concede that the 9/11 attack on the NYC twin tower has to do any any thing near to Islam. Moving the cite is condemnation of Islam. Few people will not define Islam, same like crimes committed by Christians, Jews, Hindu or Buddhists can't define or condemn these religions. On the other hand if the city of NY is sincere to move the center then a new site located at corner interesection of major streets with ample parking area can be substiute. However,moving the mosque for sake of 9/11 is huge admission that Islam as a religion should be condemned for 9/11. Muslims should never agree to such proposition made by the fierce anti-Muslim fanatics be any religion they belong to. In the mean time 9/11 should be seen as a political terrorist act coated with veneer Islam without any authorization from the worl dover one billion Muslims.

Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors? A: According to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on "vacation." President Obama has spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" during his first year as president, according to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller. Knoller, who has covered every president since Gerald Ford and is known for keeping detailed records on presidential travel, counts the following among President Obama’s "vacations" in 2009: ■A four-day holiday weekend in Chicago in February where the president played some basketball and treated First Lady Michelle Obama to a Valentine’s Day dinner date. ■An eight-day stay with his family at a rented house on Martha’s Vineyard in August. ■ A trip out west to the U.S. states of Monta...

Who's to blame for 's mess? Schwarzenegger After more than six years of systematically gutting the California dream, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is now pushing the idea that he's not to blame for the wreckage — and the media seem to be swallowing it. The New York Times recently lionized him in its Week in Review, saying that his "accomplishments — particularly as a Republican in an ever-blue state — have been significant, largely bipartisan and likely to have a lasting impact on the state." As evidence to support its theory, the newspaper lauded his work on issues such as water and governmental reform. In truth, the governor's water "solutions" rely almost solely on building expensive dams rather than on water conservation. He is also the midwife of an unworkable water bond, another of his "give this to me or I won't sign the budget" ploys. The bond would shift the cost of private water benefits to the taxpaying public and, because of th...

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