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| Michael Moore Raises $50,000+ for Ground Zero Mosque |
| 2010-09-20 |
| Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore says he has raised over $50,000 for the construction of a mosque and Muslim community center near Ground Zero. Moore made an appeal to his supporters on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 for donations to the construction project, pledging to match contributions up to $10,000. Less than 48 hours later, five times that amount had poured into the contribution coffers as hundreds of people from around the country heeded Moore’s call. "Times are tough economically, and supporting our Muslim brothers and sisters is not a popular thing to do right now," Moore said on his blog. "I am truly touched by your generosity — and people around the world will know that you, too, represent an America they rarely get to see." The proposed mosque, known as Park51, will include a swimming pool and a theater and is expected to cost more than $100 million. More than 70% of the American people oppose its construction. Moore on his blog took these people to task. "Blaming a whole group for the actions of just one of that group is anti-American," Moore wrote. "Timothy McVeigh was Catholic. Should Oklahoma City prohibit the building of a Catholic Church near the site of the former federal building that McVeigh blew up?" In a further attempt to add gas to the fire, Moore urged Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is spearheading the Park51 project, to build the new mosque not two blocks from Ground Zero but on Ground Zero. “I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on Ground Zero,” Moore said. The director rationalized this statement by insisting that Islam was "stolen" from the real Muslims at the Twin Towers, and it should be given back to them on the same spot. “There is a McDonald's two blocks from Ground Zero. Trust me, McDonald's has killed far more people than the terrorists,” Moore added. In his statements, Moore likened Mohammad Atta and the other 9/11 terrorists to the Catholics on the Supreme Court. He wrote: “Let's face it, all religions have their whackos. Catholics have O'Reilly, Gingrich, Hannity and Clarence Thomas - - in fact all five conservatives who dominate the Supreme Court are Catholic. Protestants have Pat Robertson and too many to list here. The Mormons have Glenn Beck. Jews have Crazy Eddie. But we don't judge whole religions on just the actions of their whackos. Unless they're Methodists.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #16 Someday, hopefully soon, the good Lord will see fit to have this disgusting pig suffer terminal cardiac arrest while straining on the commode, only to fall onto the cold tile and die awash in a sea of his own feces. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2010-09-20 23:05 |
| #15 Funny he should bring up McVeigh. Hey, Mike, check out this great movie idea! |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-09-20 21:54 |
| #14 $50,000? Apparently Michael forwent a couple meals |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-20 21:42 |
| #13 $50,000. Hundreds of people? In 48hours? Meh. How much did Ms. O'Donnell raise in 48 hours? Leftists are cheap. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-09-20 21:36 |
| #12 Documentary filmmaker Moore made an appeal to his supporters on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 for donations to the construction project, pledging Faced with such inhumane blackmail,less than 48 hours later, five times that amount had poured into the contribution coffers as |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-09-20 20:15 |
| #11 "Mr. Moore has a really skewed sense of morals." I must protest your statement, tw. You've assumed Moore has a sense of morals. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-20 19:45 |
| #10 Mr. Moore has a really skewed sense of morals. Comparing Crazy Eddie the salesman to Timothy McVeigh the terrorist? Wow. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-09-20 19:14 |
| #9 Paul D - he does think of them. He thinks they deserve what they got. |
| Posted by: Infidel 2010-09-20 19:01 |
| #8 The Worship House of Ramadamadingdong would like to invite our vast congregation to Michael Moore's house for a 5am service. Sunday morning, October 10. Bring your family and vuvuzelas, car horns and all sorts of loud instruments like drums and trumpets. Our Dear Lord commandeth worship in the form of making lots of loud loud noise in His Honour at 5am on Sundays and also on Mondays. Sometimes randomly at 5am midweek also. And if anybody says that Dear Lord did not command this they are lying and have offended the religion. They must be flogged maybe even executed. Dear Lord commands that we his faithful congregation must celebrate his creating the earth at Michael Moore's house. If he opposes our freedom to worship our Dear Lord as we see fit, he is un-American. Does anybody have Michael Moore's address? Dear Lord commands we also film our worship and put it on You Tube. |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-09-20 18:55 |
| #7 This fat fucker like Galloway is a traitor and should be done for treason. He wants the mosque built on Ground Zero the sick fuck.Think of the dead relatives before you open your big mouth dickhead! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-09-20 16:25 |
| #6 Ground Zero Mosque: "a rallying cry for extremists" -- Shaik Ubaid of the Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan New York I'm curious, how many of those donations that came in were from non-muslims? |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-09-20 16:00 |
| #5 The irony is that for maybe 50 bucks, some American soldier in Afghanistan could buy a rent-a-mob to loudly protest against Michael Moore, calling him a lot of funny names that would mean nothing to Afghans. "Pie To The Unbathed One" "Michael Moore Is A Fat Bastad(sic)" "Moore Pays Hobos For Massages" "Michael Moore Eats Puppy Sausage" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-09-20 15:52 |
| #4 "...Jews have Crazy Eddie" This was obscure enough to make me look it up. It is the name of an electronic's store in the New York City region in which one of the partners (whose name was Eddie Antar) was convicted of security violations in 1993 (the violations having been committed about a decade earlier). |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-09-20 15:32 |
| #3 "Blaming a whole group for the actions of just one of that group is anti-American," Moore wrote. So, why broad brush all white Americans for the actions of a few who had slaves, which was the going cultural institution through out the world at the time, and ignore the Americans that didn't and those who paid with their lives to be among the first in human history to destroy the institution? Or cripple generations of young whites who never had one thing to do with the segregation of their grandfathers? Seems you and your kind can never give up that little 'blame everyone' game. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-09-20 15:20 |
| #2 Fat bastard with ugly American syndrome. And ofcourse, he probably thinks he's ravishingly good looking, too. Thanks Michael, you're making the idea of skinny mail order husbands from Asia who can hardly speak English seem like an attractive option for this singleton. |
| Posted by: Private Eye 2010-09-20 14:34 |
| #1 Worthless addled gadfly who can't stay out the limelight. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-09-20 13:43 |