[the quicker it gets sorted out the better]

This situation with the NYC cabbie being stabbed because he was Muslim is crazy... What with all the brouhaha about the Ground Zero Mosque the past few weeks, feeling towards Muslims has been less than kind. I'd like to hear every side of the story-I certainly do not think we should defend the guy who did this, but I find it interesting that he works for a group that is FOR the Ground Zero mosque. The plot thickens...

Personally, even though it is not right *at* Ground Zero. I don't think they should build the mosque/community center there. Not because I have anything against Muslims(I don't-far from it!) but my taken on it is that even 9 years later it's an emotional thing for some people. I get that.I honestly do. But I think some of that is taken and used as rhetoric by various cable news networks(especially one that shares its name with a animal). That rhetoric is very popular(and taken as gospel) by people who watch that particular news network

That is why when they announce plans to build a mosque, it brings out the crazies..People who don't give a shit what goes on in their neighbourhood. " Oh no! A mosque is coming to town?We have to protest!". This isn't just in Red States, either. It's in places that would surprise you, like here in California.

There have also been incidents with people going in and defacing mosques. There have been several of them since the whole Ground Zero Mosque controversy(HA!) started. To me it's not really a controversy.Sure, I have an opinion about it,but it's not going to offend anyone. I get where the people who are in favour of the Mosque are coming from. I also understand why it might be a problem for some people(especially the families of people that died on 9/11). But(and this is going to piss people off,I know, but screw it), some of the comments from the families of the 9/11 victims, and other people that show up to protest are ridiculous. You can tell that that they have had extensive exposure to rhetoric from the news network that shares its name with an animal.

Time magazine's most recent issue had an article(and cover, on the subject "Is America Islamophobic?" I would have to say "Yes". The longer they take to figure out wether or not to build the mosque(or build it somewhere else) and with all the anti-Muslim feeling in the country right now, the more likely that there are going to be attacks, like what happened the other day. IMO, the news network that shall remain nameless has blood on their hands because of this cabbie getting attacked.

Source: http://piscesgal223.blogspot.com/2010/08/quicker-it-gets-sorted-out-better.html

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Mobile police now say dogs that attacked ponies were not pit bulls

By David Ferrara, Press-Register

A pack of dogs that attacked two miniature ponies owned by the Mobile Police Department were multiple mixed-breeds, not pit bulls, police said this afternoon.An officer on patrol heard yelping and found the ponies, Woggie and Little Joe, being attacked by at least six dogs at about 1:50 a.m. Tuesday morning just outside the department's barn at 1251 Virginia Street, according to police spokesman Christopher Levy.
The ponies were taken to a Highland Animal Hospital in Daphne, where they later died, according to Sgt. Eddie Carr, who heads the department's Mounted Unit.
Police caught three of the dogs, which were later euthanized, and set traps to catch the others.
The responding officer originally described the dogs as pit bulls, and police initially reported the incident as a pit bull attack.  However, a veterinarian who euthanized the dogs later said they were "very aggressive" mixed-breeds, according to Levy.
For much of the past year, aggressive dogs have killed at least eight cats kept around the stables, Carr said. Officers who work in the Mounted Unit have tried to keep the dogs away in the past.
Police believe that someone owns the dogs, and the owners could face criminal charges. Investigators were looking into tips this afternoon, Levy said.
Many in the department's Mounted Unit had become attached to the ponies, which stood no taller than 28 inches, Carr said.
"We considered them officers, because they became our friends," Carr said.
Little Joe, a 2-year-old named for Deputy Chief Joe Kennedy, and Woggie, a 3-year-old, were purchased for a minimal price about two years ago, Carr said. They ate only about 50-pounds of feed a month, and cost little to maintain.
Police had plans to use the ponies to help pull children with disabilities through a Mardi Gras parade next year, Carr added.
"We took good care of them," Carr said. "They were here for the public -- the kids especially. We were proud of these two fellas."

Source: http://pitowner.blogspot.com/2010/08/mobile-police-now-say-dogs-that.html

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