since we seem to have moved away from recovery in this thread, i sorta wanna back up a thought in btk's post about the mosque being a 'slap in the face'.

newt gingrich a week or so ago raised the point that there is a reason why the proposed mosque is to be called the cordoba initiative; and it goes way back to the Islamic invasion of the spanish city of cordoba in which they conquered the Spanish, sold them into slavery, and used cordoba as a base for slaver raids into other parts of Europe, and ruled by the sword of the caliph [who succeeded mohammed].

The mosque of cordoba was built on the site of a christian cathedral but was lost to a European invasion and then reconstructed as a cathedral. The conquest and reconquest has not been forgotten by islamists who have been waiting to restore the glory of their original invasion. choosing the name of cordoba initiative is in reality another act of hostility and is descriptive of the islamists intention to expand, invade and subjugate.

An article that can be found here: http://www.urbanelephants.com/index....e/64/2700.html that explains newt’s presentation much better that I did.

now this info freaked me out...to know that regardless of whatever reasons for building on this site get thrown around, the bottom line is that it is really an islamic effort to invade and show supremacy if not their intention to practice it.