FAN: Moss at Ground Zero

There's been a ton of debate recently about potentially having moss at ground zero. Some folks are up in arms about it and some say that moss at ground zero proves how tolerant we can be. I thought it was time for Steel City Slant to weigh in on this subject.

I am firmly in the corner of Roberto "No Moss" Duran. I try to be an equal opportunist with horticulture but eff me moss is annoying. My yard has numerous mature trees providing plenty of summer shade, but it also provides optimal growing conditions for moss on my not so flat paver patio....and let me tell you something, moss is as slippery as owl shit when it's wet. Little patches of moss sprout up all the time on my patio. You know what I do to them? I kill those bastards. I don't use the wimpy "Round-Up" made for dandelions either. I use poison ivy and small brush killer. I don't use a single spray either. I apply the killing agent liberally. After I'm done with a round of moss killing, there's no doubt in my mind they'll dry up into a yellowish brown mess and turn to dust in a week which can easily be swept away.

I don't know why people think it's OK for moss to grow at ground zero. One summer I didn't keep the moss under control and it just spread and spread all over my property. I had a hell of a time beating it back once I realized what was going on. I think ground zero should be kept as sterile as possible. Heck, if moss starts growing there, you could have anti-moss types protesting every day. That would make it uncomfortable for folks who just want to go and pay their respects to the innocent people who lost their lives there that day. I used to walk to lunch down a street that had a Jewish business on one side and a Palestinian one on the other. For a year straight there were protesters on both sides of the street shouting and yelling insults back and forth at each other. We can't have that at ground zero.

The prediction I'll make is this, if moss starts growing there it won't be long before commercial weed control trucks start showing up trying to kill it. Is it idealistically wrong to not want moss at ground zero? Probably, yes. Do I want moss at ground zero? No. Hell no.

Islamic Militants Throw Like Little Girls

This is from a story posted today about an attack on the US Embassy in Syria:

[Witnesses also said the gunmen tried to throw hand grenades into the embassy compound, shouting "Allah Akbar!" or "God is great!" It was not clear if any of the grenades made it over the walls, which are about 8 feet high.]

My 7 year old daughter can make a basket on a 10 foot rim and these idiots can't toss a grenade over a wall? Here's a better question? Why do we need embassies at all? What purpose can they possibly serve in this crazy world? I'll tell you what, I wouldn't want to be one of the Marines stationed in a country that houses these flaming assholes. This is the age of technology. I'm sure our government can communicate with Syria without having a compound in the country. How can we trust their government to help protect our citizens? I think it's time to start closing them.

The Proof Is In The Pudding

This is from an AP story:

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.
Hezbollah guerrillas killed three Israeli soldiers and seized two more in a cross-border raid July 12, which sparked 34 days of fighting that ended Aug. 14. Five other Israeli soldiers were killed as they pursued the militants back into Lebanon.
"We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not," he said in an interview with Lebanon's New TV station.

Good. Good. Good. If you retaliate ten-fold when you are picked on, maybe you won't be picked on again in the future. A very logical conclusion if you ask me.