****I have since found out the location of the proposed center/mosque is 2 blocks away in the old Burlington Coat Factory. And they purchased the building.

Oh, there is so much to say… The question is, should it be allowed that a mosque be built where the Twin Towers used to stand? Well, first I want to know what basis does this group get access to the Twin Towers land? Isn’t it privately owned or at least the city? Is it simply that this group petitioned Bloomberg?

The statement I hear about why a mosque there, is that they are trying to mend Muslim/West relations. I think the backlash has put to rest any illusions that a Mosque will not mend relations. But who buys that line any way? Are you telling me that is wouldn’t be a dream realized for Muslim extremists the world around to blow up our buildings (or anyone’s frankly) in order for a mosque to be built there. Talk about new motivation for terrorism. On just that fact alone and nothing else I say no! What message does that send? Don’t like something and want your stuff there? Then blow it up. Regardless of this group’s affiliation with terrorists or not. A mosque would be a pay off for such horrible acts.

Ugh!

The ruling is in on Prop 8! It has been overturned. It has been ruled unconstitutional. I have just read the conclusion page so far on the ruling and basically tradition can not be the basis for legislation. You can check out the whole ruling but it is 138 pages so you can use the Table of Contents to find the bits you want;). You can go to the bottom of the page and pick where you want to go. I have a feeling that we are going to see another piece of legislation soon, either legalizing gay marriage or banning it.

What do you think? Not just morally but legally? How do think this will effect California and the nation?

Iran has banned the mullet. Yup, the mullet. In a funny way, I could get behind that. No one needs a mullet and in fact, many need to not have a mullet;).

In all seriousness I am not really supporting Iran. As hideous as I may think it is, it is still your right to wear your hair as you would choose. The reason Iran has banned it is only to ban part of Western Civilization. The Iranians should have the right to look as ridiculous as you might want.

So a guy is riding his motorcycle, speeding and popping a wheelie. He gets cut off by an off duty State Police officer in a grey sedan who exits his car with his gun drawn. The off duty officer identified himself as “State Police” then the cyclist complied and totally accepted his ticket. Now the motorcyclist has a camera on his helmet and was filming the exchange. He then placed the video on YouTube. Now he is being charged with wiretapping because the officer didn’t know he was being taped.

Ok, how does someone who has a public job have an expectation of privacy when he is doing it? Not even getting to the issue of the legality of him cutting off a guy when he was off duty to ticket him. But did he have a right to privacy while ticketing this motorcyclist? Because the DA says the officer had an expectation the motorcyclist is being charged with a felony! Oh and Maryland (the state where this happened) has dashboard cameras in their police cars. They claim that they tell suspects when they are being filmed so it is totally different. And apparently this isn’t the first such case.

Don’t get me wrong. I am usually very supportive of the police but only when they respect our rights. Just because an officer is being embarrassed is not a reason to not allow something. This is freedom of, not speech but reality. This is a public position that takes place in public! He pulled this guy over to the side of the road in front of everyone. Where is the expectation of privacy there???

Oy!

(HT: Washington Post)

Yesterday was the 66th anniversary of D-Day. This may be news to President Obama because he didn’t do or say anything about it. Now, I understand that the anniversary isn’t a national holiday but there are some things I expect the President of the United States to remember. Presidents have addresses and do things to recognize all kinds of silly things. June 4th (2 days before the anniversary of D-Day) the President had a ceremony recognizing Utah’s Major League Soccer team for winning their Championship. While that is great, it may not be of the same national importance. Not to say the President did nothing yesterday… He went to Ford’s Theater for the filming of America Celebrates July 4th at Ford’s Theater.

I have to be honest, I saw this on Fox News at the gym and I thought they were kind of blowing things out of proportion. Surely, he did something just maybe not anything at the level Fox thought the President should do. Well, I came home and searched the White House site for something. A mention in a radio address, something. The only mention this year of D-Day on the White House site is how we won’t have a D-Day moment in Afghanistan and that was back in May.

I knew that President’s didn’t write there own speeches but I assumed they at least stood behind them. Last year President Obama said D-Day was important so we didn’t forget. Apparently that is until we do.

I think we can all agree that Greece is in a financial mess! They are out of money and that has sent them into chaos. With riots and violence and the like. But what I didn’t see coming are the plagues;). Traffic on a highway in Greece was stopped for 2 hours due to frogs. Lots and lots of frogs. Wasn’t that one of the plagues? What is next for Greece? Boils? The water turning to blood? It all seems a bit ominous;).

Britain has a new Prime Minister! Here Cameron makes his announcement. According to Hot Air, Cameron wants to draw closer to India and his Deputy, Clegg, isn’t to hot on the US. So this could be an interesting time period regarding our relationship with Britain.