Memorial Taken Back - IFC Museum Out Of 9/11 Site (Wizbang)

Thank you Debra Burlingame, and everyone else at Take Back The Memorial who worked so hard to keep the focus of the memorials at ground zero on the victims of 9/11.

NEW YORK (AP) - Bowing to pressure from furious Sept. 11 families, Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday removed a proposed freedom museum from the space reserved for it at ground zero, saying the project had aroused "too much opposition, too much controversy."

...The decision followed months of acrimony over the International Freedom Center, with Sept. 11 families and politicians saying that the museum would overshadow and take space from a separate memorial devoted to the 2,749 World Trade Center dead and would dishonor them by fostering debate about the attacks and other world events.

"Freedom should unify us. This center has not," Pataki said. "Today there remains too much opposition, too much controversy over the programming of the IFC. ... We must move forward with our first priority, the creation of an inspiring memorial to pay tribute to our lost loved ones and tell their stories to the world."

Pataki said the Freedom Center cannot be part of a cultural building located near the proposed trade center memorial. But he left open the possibility that the center could find a home elsewhere on the 16-acre site.

Freedom Center officials, however, said in a statement that they do not believe there is a viable alternative location at the trade center site

All it was ever about for the IFC crew was ramming their world view down the throats of unsuspecting ground zero visitors. If they're not front and center they're not interested.

If the IFC was in such demand they'd be looking to build it somewhere else. They're not...

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Comments (24)

Wow...... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Justin | September 28, 2005 8:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Justin:

Wow...

Posted on September 28, 2005 20:37

The left's strategy is ofte... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Socratease | September 28, 2005 8:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Socratease:

The left's strategy is often to hijack moral authority they have no right to. Do you think gays really want to join in holy matrimony or be good Boy Scouts? Not really, it's more about arrogating the stature of these institutions -- stature that had been earned by others over generations. Same with the IFC, which wanted to advocate its multiculturalist agenda from the moral high ground of Ground Zero without the price paid by the victims who hallowed that place.

Posted on September 28, 2005 20:54

Thank you, Mr. Governor. No... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by smitty | September 28, 2005 9:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

smitty:

Thank you, Mr. Governor. Now let's sit back and enjoy the wailing and gnashing of teeth over at the NY Times and Village Voice.

Posted on September 28, 2005 21:52

Hallelujah! I feared the pu... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by AnonymousDrivel | September 28, 2005 10:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

AnonymousDrivel:

Hallelujah! I feared the public antagonism would have gone for naught. Democracy in action - what a pleasant surprise. G. Soros, M. Posner, A. Romero, and company get kicked to the curb... again.

Debra Burlingame and Take Back The Memorial should erect their own plaque as a tribute to their diligence (a public service) and to document further the concerted disingenuous efforts by those who really did not want to memorialize America's loss but did want to further a self-flagellating sideshow. Clearly, the IFC would not stand on its own and hijacking the WTC rebuild was the only way such a debacle would attract traffic or glance. Now, they will get neither. Hurrah!

Posted on September 28, 2005 22:15

How about we add to Saul Al... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by don surber | September 28, 2005 10:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

don surber:

How about we add to Saul Alinsky's tombstone an inscription in tribute to John Davison Rockefeller :)

Posted on September 28, 2005 22:16

Note that the AP article ha... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by mph | September 28, 2005 10:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mph:

Note that the AP article had not one word on why the IFC was so objectionable.

Posted on September 28, 2005 22:46

I can't help but compare De... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by Whippet | September 29, 2005 12:08 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Whippet:

I can't help but compare Debra Burlingame and Cindy Sheehan in the manner in which they have supported their lost family members.

One has immersed herself in the quiet work of fighting an injustice to all those murdered in New York, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania.

The other has aligned herself with people of the same ideology that Debra Burlingame is fighting against.

Cindy Sheehan is a puppet of the left and is making a fool of herself and dishonoring her son and all the other heroes in our military who fight for our freedoms while Debra Burlingame is honoring all those who were murdered.

What a contrast.

Posted on September 29, 2005 00:08

Good news.... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by Will Franklin | September 29, 2005 12:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Will Franklin:

Good news.

Posted on September 29, 2005 00:30

Thank goodness that common ... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by tongancat | September 29, 2005 8:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

tongancat:

Thank goodness that common sense has prevailed! Now, let's make sure they don't ruin the flight 93 memorial as well.

The AP won't report the negative facts about the IFC because that would prevent them from screaming about 'neocon censorship' in the near future! ha ha ha

Posted on September 29, 2005 08:26

WoW!Now we must do... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by Jewels | September 29, 2005 8:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jewels:

WoW!

Now we must do the dance of joy.

Man, it was like pulling teeth to get them to listen. Oi.

Posted on September 29, 2005 08:40

For some reason all I can h... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by epador | September 29, 2005 8:52 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

epador:

For some reason all I can hear is Richie Havens voice singing "Freedom, Freedom..."

Sounds like democracy and freedom can still prevail at times. What a concept!

Posted on September 29, 2005 08:52

I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THE C... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by oliver bush | September 29, 2005 9:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

oliver bush:

I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST. I KNEW THAT THE FAR-RIGHT DESPISED MUSEUMS (REMEMBER IRAQ'S IRREPLACEABLE ARTIFACTS?) AND OTHER INFORMATION OUTLETS (NYT OR CBS NEWS, ANYONE?), BUT I WOULD NEVER DREAM THAT YOU FOLKS WOULD BE VIRTUALLY HIGH-FIVING EACH OTHER ON THIS BLOG AFTER LITERALLY STOMPING OUT FREEDOM.

FREEDOM DIED YESTERDAY - IT WAS MERCILESSLY BLUDGEONED INTO OBLIVION BY THAT SWISHY BLUNT OBJECT, PATAKI. IT SEEMS DOUBLY CRUEL AND IRONIC THAT THIS ASSASINATION OF FREEDOM HAS OCCURED EXACTLY AT 9/11'S GROUND ZERO.

FOR SHAME.

--
OHB

o.h.bush@gmail.com

Posted on September 29, 2005 09:09

I don't get over here that ... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by Brian B | September 29, 2005 9:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Brian B:

I don't get over here that often, but is O.B.'s diatribe typical of the reaction from the left you get? My, my, my, I'm impressed. That someone could wedge so much hyperbole, so many straw men and non sequiturs, all into such a short post, apparently without even stopping to breathe, is truly... well, the mind boggles.

As an aside to Ollie, you might want to try switching to decaf. Some of it's quite good these days.

Posted on September 29, 2005 09:16

Reading o.b.'s other commen... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by meep | September 29, 2005 9:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

meep:

Reading o.b.'s other comments, I believe it's some kind of satire.

I wouldn't be quite sure, because I never visit Kos Kountry or Democratic Underground. Maybe an inmate has been set loose.

Posted on September 29, 2005 09:24

So the left wont get their ... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by spurwing plover | September 29, 2005 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

spurwing plover:

So the left wont get their way and thats becuase those who lost relitives in the 9-11 attack spoke uo and said NO too bad ANSWER but you might as well go back to the house of weirdos where you belong

Posted on September 29, 2005 09:54

O.B. build the museum if yo... (Below threshold)

16. Posted by a. moral | September 29, 2005 11:14 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

a. moral:

O.B. build the museum if you like. Just not on my brother's grave. Thanks for being such a class act (dripping w/sarcasm).

Posted on September 29, 2005 11:14

SO IT IS ONLY THE RELATIVES... (Below threshold)

17. Posted by oliver bush | September 29, 2005 11:18 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

SO IT IS ONLY THE RELATIVES OF THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE ACCIDENT AT THE WTC ON 9/11 WHO'S OPINIONS MATTER? DID GORGEOUS GEORGE PATAKI ASK MOHAMMED ATTA'S DAD IF HE WANTED THE IFC ON THAT SITE? DON'T BOTHER REPLYING. I ALREADY KNOW THE RACIST ANSWER. WHAT DISAPPOINTS ME THE MOST THOUGH IS MRS. CLINTON'S CAVING IN TO RIGHT-WING PRESSURE AND TAKING THE COWARD'S WAY OUT ON THIS ISSUE. WAS SHE BRIBED, DRUGGED, BRAINWASHED? LIKE IN THAT DOCUMENTARY FILM FROM THE SEVENTIES - A CLOCKWORK ORANGE?

AFTER THIS IFC QUAGMIRE, MY CONSCIENCE, SADLY WILL NOT PERMIT ME TO VOTE FOR SENATOR CLINTON. I SURE HOPE DENNIS KUCINICH RUNS AGAIN IN '08. IF NOT, I AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF INTELLIGENT PROGRESSIVES WILL BE FORCED TO FIND REFUGE IN CANADA. FOR REAL THIS TIME, I'M NOT JOKING AROUND.

Posted on September 29, 2005 11:18

For the first and probably ... (Below threshold)

18. Posted by Matt | September 29, 2005 11:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Matt:

For the first and probably last time ever, I'm glad Pataki plans on running for President. I doubt he'd ever have stepped up here otherwise.

Posted on September 29, 2005 11:20

please allow me to pay for ... (Below threshold)

19. Posted by cfomahm | September 29, 2005 12:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

cfomahm:

please allow me to pay for your ticket

Posted on September 29, 2005 12:21

OK, now I *KNOW* OB has to ... (Below threshold)

20. Posted by Brian B | September 29, 2005 1:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

OK, now I *KNOW* OB has to be a satire troll. No one could be that dim and actually string together a sentence.

Posted on September 29, 2005 13:13

I agree with Brian B. Okay... (Below threshold)

21. Posted by a. moral | September 29, 2005 1:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

I agree with Brian B. Okay OB, you have had your fun - move on.

Posted on September 29, 2005 13:24

OHB: You crack me up, dude!... (Below threshold)

22. Posted by Peter F. | September 29, 2005 4:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Peter F.:

OHB: You crack me up, dude! Thanks for the laughs!

This is really good news.

Posted on September 29, 2005 16:28

This is such good news! <br... (Below threshold)

23. Posted by ahriman | September 30, 2005 2:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

ahriman:

This is such good news!
To the good people who fought this appalling insult to those murdered in New York: Thank you!

Posted on September 30, 2005 02:38

I very much enjoyed Socrate... (Below threshold)

24. Posted by -keith in mtn. view | September 30, 2005 12:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

-keith in mtn. view:

I very much enjoyed Socratease's comment at the outset, and Whippet's observed comparison, but someone has clearly eaten two whole bowls of Fruit Loops, ACCIDENT ?? It was hardly an accident that the planes hit the towers, it was an on-purpose.

Posted on September 30, 2005 12:33

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