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Never Forget to Pimp Your Ride to the 9/11 Mosque Protest!
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 10, 2010
Modified Sep 10, 2010
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The protest against the Islamic community center and mosque planned for Lower Manhattan is expected to draw thousands of demonstrators from far and wide, and some of them are rolling up in style. According to one of the organizers of Saturday's Hate-In, "some of those getting ready to travel have been a bit busy after-work and into the wee hours of the AM…. painting MURALS on their CAR!" Will the leftard mosque-hugging Chamberlainian appeasers respond with airbrushed Olbermann portraits on their bicycles? Tune in Saturday to find out—but show up early, because this is going to be a complete clusterfuck, overseen by "an army of cops."
Yes, one unidentified official tells the Post, "There'll be an army of cops down there." Dueling rallies will square off on either side of Park Place, with a counter-protest organized by IAC Center kicking off at 1 p.m. with a march from the Brooklyn Bridge. Those demonstrators hope to convince America that it "is not Muslim people who are robbing our jobs and homes and closing schools and hospitals. It is the banks, corporations and the Pentagon." Good luck with that.
On the other side of the street, the lefties will be completely outnumbered by mosque opponents, whose rally begins at 3 :00 p.m. with a brief memorial service for the victims of the 9/11 attacks, featuring prayers by a Jew, a Greek Catholic, and an Evangelical. Then it's on to the ranting, which will be kicked off with a video message from Bush-era U.N. Ambassador John Bolton! Perhaps fearful that the protest might get just a tad ugly, one of the organizers, blogger Pamela Geller, is trying to steer protesters away from signs like this. She's encouraging her flock to simply carry American flags "to show they come in peace," she tells the Post. Yep, Old Glory: a universal symbol of peace since... oh, pick your date.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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