Life Preservers

Dear Nancy Pelosi,

August 21, 2010 at 3:17 am 3 comments

Dear Nancy Pelosi.

 I oppose the Mosque. Let me help you investigate me. 

I am a proud member of the human race who remembers the brutal heartbreak of September 11.

I am a candid person who isn’t afraid to state aloud that Muslim Extremists are an enemy to America and all that we stand for as a county and an affront to every person who lived and died in defense of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

I am proud. I am not embarrassed to be an American. I appreciate my home, my job, my right to vote. I think the United States of America is the bee’s knees. I love this country.

I am not an idiot. I am aware that there are well-meaning and good-hearted Muslims in the world and in our country. (Uh, duh.) I am quite capable of comprehending that not not all Muslims practice their religion/way of life in the same way as those who infiltrated our country, abused our freedoms to gain homes and employment–and to learn how to fly airplanes. I have also managed to wrap my brain around the reality that a group of people—who would, if they could, worship at such a mosque—conceived (and celebrated!) a violent and horrible attack on thousands of innocent civilians.

Yes, I am intelligent enough to realize there is a lot of gray among the black and white in the world. But I am not so void of morality to know that there are still some things in this world that are black and white.

I am a well-mannered person who was raised on right and wrong, who was taught compassion and empathy, who knows that there are consequences to my actions and choices, who is cognizant of the effect my actions have on others.

The issue is not political. It is not financial. It is not legal. It is not about religious freedom. It is not about who’s going to win in November.

This is about common decency.

Would we put a military museum next to where the bomb hit in Hiroshima? Erect a Nazi shrine in the middle of Arlington? How about we put this mosque near that scarred wall of the Pentagon?

Forget political correctness. Grow a spine. 

If the Mosque builders truly cared about building bridges and making amends—as they claim—why take this on when nearly 70 percent of the people on the other side of that bridge don’t want it? The guy leading the project talks about it one way in front of Americans and another way in front of Muslims. (Hello? You can’t be that naive, can you?) He feigns indignation, saying he began this project by inquiring how people would feel about it, as if, just asking gives you the right to do anything you want—even if the answer you get is obviously, overwhelmingly, a resounding, appalled “No!”

Perhaps. Perhaps, cultural differences make it difficult for you to comprehend how offensive this is. But, you’re in America. You want to be part of it. Try understanding it and adapting to it even one-tenth as much as Americans try to understand and adapt to your way of life.

Ms. Pelosi, your investigation about me would also reveal that I am not a sheep. I don’t care if, to further your own agenda, you call me names or twist my words and deeds. I know what is in my heart.

I know right from wrong. Beneath the ridiculous charade of politics, in a straight line through your maneuverings, more valuable than the millions of dollars changing hands, behind the thick layers of lies (and makeup), the question of whether or not to build a Muslim shrine so near Ground Zero has a very simple answer.

That is my opinion. As an American, I can state this opinion. As an American, I can spend my money to protest. (Might as well spend it on something before all those new taxes that your buddy said my tax bracket wouldn’t see go into effect.) As an American, it is my right to rant a bit on a blog to ease the pain of knowing that such a ridiculous person as yourself holds a place of power in the country I love.

Perhaps, while launching an investigation (on the tax-payers’ dime) into the decent people who oppose this Mosque, you should investigate a little thing called the First Amendment.

God Bless America. In God we trust. E pluribus unum. You bitch.

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