Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and philanthropist, and the current Mayor of New York City. He was listed as the eighth-richest American, with a net worth of US$16 Billion, in the Forbes 400 on Sept. 17, 2008, making him the richest resident of New York City, ahead of David H. Koch. He is the founder and 88% owner of Bloomberg L.P., a financial software services company. A lifelong Democrat before seeking elective office, Bloomberg switched... read more
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Author Of Controversial Book On Arabs In America Has High Praise For Bloomberg, Stringer
From New York Observer Dated 9 September 2010 Moustafa Bayoumi, who found himself in a little bit of controversy last week when his book about young Arabs in America, How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? was attacked in the right-wing blogosphere, had high praise yesterday for...
The Founding Fathers' First Amendment
From American Spectator Dated 9 September 2010 The same foolish and false interpretation of the First Amendment that protects a project like the Ground Zero mosque also protects the planned burning of the Koran. "In a strange way I'm here to defend his right...
Where St. Nicholas Once Stood
From American Spectator Dated 9 September 2010 With all the talk of building a mosque in the shadow of the World Trade Center, how many of you knew there was a church that once stood in the shadow of the World Trade Center? And how many of...
New York Fashion Week kicks off in new digs
From France 24 Dated 8 September 2010 New York's Spring-Summer 2011 Fashion Week kicked off Wednesday in new digs at the prestigious Lincoln Center.Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the event and temporarily renamed the city's number one subway route the "Fashion Line" in honor of the week...
Bloomberg: Florida pastor has right to burn holy book
From Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Dated 8 September 2010 NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday that a Florida minister's plan to burn the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11 is "distasteful," but that the minister has a right to do it.
Feisel Rauf Speaks
From Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish Dated 8 September 2010 As the far right seems to relish a clash of civilizations, his op-ed strikes me as so transparently constructive, so evidently in the interests not only of domestic peace but of strategic victory against Jihadist terror that I'm again at......
ThinkFast: September 8, 2010
From Think Progress Dated 8 September 2010 Speaking to a gathering of American Muslims last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the planned Quran burning as a “ disrespectful, disgraceful act .” Attorney General Eric Holder told a private gathering of religious leaders that...
Stopping US Muslim backlash
From Al Jazeera Dated 8 September 2010 Religious leaders - Muslim, Jewish, and Christian - met in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to denounce anti-Muslim bigotry. I took the Al Jazeera cameras to the National Press Club here in Washington to see more than 30 religious leaders in...
Hometown Heartbreak for NY Times: Mosque Opposition Spreads to Sophisticated New York City
From NewsBusters.org Dated 8 September 2010 Well fancy that: The New York Times has learned what Times Watch has been pointing out for weeks: Not even New Yorkers want a large mosque built two blocks from the site of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. New York...
Bloomberg: Builders 'Have the Right' to Islamic Center and Mosque Near Ground Zero
From ABC News Dated 8 September 2010 New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg disagrees with a Florida pastor's impending Koran-burning rally on the coming 9th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, calling the plan boneheaded and wrong. Even as he defended the pastor's right to carry out...
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