Submitted by Michael G. Leventhal, Mar 16, 2007 17:47

After spending my life here, few things surprise me about the hard left pathology of New York City government. On the other hand, I must say that taking taxpayer funds to create an Arabic speaking public school to disseminate Arab culture and invariably, Islam, is something that I thought only the bizarely "progressive" city administration of London would have the gall to do.

Lets temporarily set aside the First Amendment to our Constitution and its ban on government propagating one faith. Obviously, Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Levy (two Jews of very progressive bent) care naught of this "antiquated" document and prefer a more "new world" approach.

For over five years, real estate profiteers, hard left radicals and a feckless city administration have fought amongst themselves to turn a proposed World Trade Center monument to those murdered by fanatical Moslem religious bigots into a statement on the depravity of Western Civilization. The empty space in downtown Manhattan is a visual tribute to this infighting at the expense of the sane and caring citizens of New York City.

At the same time, these same left wing Western hating commercial and political interests lick their lips at political construction projects like a publicly funded Brooklyn Madras.

The Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci was correct when he said that violent revolution would not destroy Western values and democracy and the way to do it was to undermine their institutions themselves. It's interesting to see that people named Bloomberg and Levy are making this blueprint a reality in New York City. It almost makes me ashamed to be Jewish.

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