Ground Zero Mosque location – aerial map shows clearly it’s part of GZ site

From Eric Dondero:

Some on the Left, and even a number of Left Libertarians have tried to argue that the proposed Ground Zero Mosque is not at Ground Zero, at all, but "a few blocks away."

This from reporter Ben Smith of Politico this morning, about halfway through his piece, "GOP takes harsher stance toward Islam" (emphasis added):

But the attacks on what is now nationally known as the "Ground Zero mosque" —it is a few blocks north of the site — also stand in for a broader turn in the cultural politics of the right...

The property line for the Burlington Coat factory is 600 feet from the Ground Zero construction site.
The second photo shows a part of the landing gear from the first plane to hit the Twin Towers, that rammed through the roof of the Burlington Coat factory.

According to various dictionaries "a few" is undefined and inexact, but more than one. Moreover, numerous language experts at the UK's Yahoo Answers concur with the following:

* a couple is exactly two
* a few is three, rarely four
* several is at least three but small, not exceeding five

From the aerial photo, the area of destruction on 9/11 is one block away from Burlington. It is two blocks from the property line of the World Trade Center complex. Politico and others using the adjective "a few" to describe what is clearly one block, two if you count only the WTC complex, are making quite a stretch indeed.

Photo hat tips Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs, and KingShamus.

Related Posts

Comments are closed.