Saturday, 9-11 and Bulldogs and other things

I just realized that I have not posted anything in a few days. I have been busy and have had some computer troubles. The laptop was sick. Its working now so we shall see.
Today obviously is 9-11. Far as I know there are no local activities to mark the date. Not sure what should be done, maybe nothing is fine.
Arkansas and Winfield football game was stopped by the storm last night, and will be finished this morning. Winfield is ahead, but maybe the Bulldogs will regroup?
Back to 9-11 again. The thing about burning qurans became a complete media circus. More than anything it shows the excess of American media and how ridiculous things can get. On again off again, on again, lets make a deal ,, no deal, deal on a gain ... sheesh.
The florida "pastor" got his 15 minutes of fame, will get a trip to New York and probably made a few thousand bucks on the side. P T Barnum would be proud.  Just saying, this had absolutely nothing to do with defending America, sticking up for our culture or standing up to Islam ... It had everything to do with a huge dog and pony show.
One point a poster made, which I thought was legit .. was that some time back muslims were  burning bibles in a Middle East Country and so forth, and there really was not much of a media storm.. Here it was just a pastor threatening too burn a quran and you saw what happened . BUT realize, it wasn't Muslims that were throwing a fit over it as much as it was our own media creating a crisis..
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Still, i think the florida pastor is more a charlatan and con man than a man of God. Yes, i guess I am judging him, but ... it is biblical to hold those who call themselves pastors up to a higher standard. It is writ that those who would be teachers are held to a higher standard by God even.  His threatened actions - let alone the dog and pony show - were not becoming of a Pastor - let alone a "regular" christian.

I wanted to also comment on the Mosque planned near Ground Zero in New York. It isn't exactly "next to" ground zero as some would have us believe. From what I have read, you would not be able to see it from ground zero because of other buildings and such.
Even so ... there is the issue of sensitivity. Moving it a few blocks further away would help and that should be a reasonable alternative.
I cannot help but think of the Confederate Flag. I never knew it was offensive to some black people until the late 90s. and thats even with growing up in the south. Dont know if yall remember the flap about it flying over the statehouse in south carolina for years. Actually it was put up there in the mid 60s but it took until the mid 90s for anyone to realize they were offended.
And to be truthful it was hard to see. If you didn't know it was the confederate flag, you probably would not have recognized it if you were casually walking down the street in front of it. I lived in the state capital from 1993 to 2003, and did not realize it was there until it was pointed out in about 1998.
BUT .. people are offended by it. I am not offended by it, but a lot of people apparently are, so I was in favor of taking it down just because of that. They put up a little monument to confederate soldiers on the grounds instead, so I thought that was a good compromise.
I see a strong parallel to the mosque.
I know the majority of Muslims are not terrorists and did not support 9-11, and do not want to make war on us. It is the radical fringe that does.
To compare the Confederate Flag analogy ... Most white people don't hate or even look down on black people, and remember the civil war mostly as just a piece of history. It is the radical fringe that is the problem.

Another fact that seems to be getting lost in all this. The person behind putting up the mosque does not yet have the money to build it. It might never happen at all. Still, I think moving it a bit further away would be a good compromise.