More good news...

A local cretin blog is claiming the fire was set intentionally by Muslims to stir the pot.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/26/the-daily-show-mosque_n_695329....

This was one of the best Dailyshow interviews of all time.
Shows the teaparty for exactly what they are.

Even more good news: Shots fired.

Time for Bredesen, Ramsey, Corker, Alexander, and the House delegation to make a joint statement to condemn this bullshit, don't you think?

"We hope for the best, obviously, but this isn't hunting land. There's plenty of houses around here," he said. "To say we're nervous is a huge understatement. It's terrorism."

Exactly. This is terrorism and those fanning the fire should be held accountable.

"The children are traumatized," he said, noting they don't understand why people would try to keep them from worshiping freely.

"We're trying to give the children the message of don't hate anybody, love everybody," he said.

So pissed that this is happening.
Feels like the UU shooting all over again.
Time for everyone whose ever enjoyed that Lee Greenwood tune "Proud to be an American" to stand up and be counted. Are you free to be a Muslim in TN?

Bredesen urges religious tolerance in mosque dispute

Timothy McVeigh made me hate and fear Catholics. Surely to God and Katie Couric we've made sure that none of "those people" are practicing mass terrorist acts anywhere near a federal building these days.

Chattanooga Times Free Press:

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam won the GOP nomination. Asked for the mayor’s thoughts Monday in light of the Murfreesboro incident and Bredesen’s remarks, Haslam spokesman David Smith said via e-mail that “the mayor’s faith is very important to him, and he respects the right of others to practice their faith, so long as they are respectful of the communities in which they live and the laws of the land.”

Democratic nominee Mike McWherter, meanwhile, said in an e-mailed statement that “regardless of political or religious beliefs this hateful act of intolerance is not acceptable in Murfreesboro or anywhere else in the country. Furthermore, those individuals responsible for this cowardly act should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

All your interest & concern for religious freedom is admirable.

are so against the mosque being built in Murfreesboro is this:

What are you so afraid of?
Is your religion so weak that you think it will be overcome by a small minority of the residents of your town?
Is your faith so shallow that you must fear people who have lived among you for decades without doing a bit of harm simply because they wish to build a nicer place of worship for themselves?
Would you object as strenuously to another "fringe" religion like the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Mormon Church if they wished to build a house of worship in your town?
Do you fear the Hare Krishnas as much?
Would a Buddhist temple offend your sensibilities so?
What about a Shinto shrine?
What if the Spanish Inquisition showed up in town and wanted to open shop...would you protest them?

Remember...no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.