Tempest in an Islamic Teapot

So what ever happened to the "Great Ground Zero Mosque Controversy?" Other than the sound of crickets, I haven’t heard a peep about it from anybody in weeks.

You know, the Park51 Islamic Center, the proposed building a few New York blocks out of sight of Ground Zero (sandwiched between pawn shops and strip joints) that really wasn’t a mosque? The one that Sarah Palin tweeted that, if built, would “stab hearts?” The one that Rudolph Giuliani said would be “a desecration?” The one Charles Krauthammer likened both to a "commercial tower over Gettysburg" and a "German cultural center at Treblinka?" The one over which a nut job pastor in Florida threatened to burn Korans? The one over which Obama urged us not to forget the importance of religious freedom – and who was then promptly trashed by Jonah Goldberg for “polarizing” the issue and undermining “America's reputation around the world?” The one Texas Sen. John Cornyn said proved Obama is "disconnected from mainstream America" and that voters this fall would "render their verdict?"

Yeah, that Great Ground Zero Mosque Controversy. To paraphrase a quip from fivethirtyeight.com editor Nate Silver, can we start making fun of (and maybe tar and feather) the chattering class numskulls who said it would be a game-changing event? All opposed? The ayes have it.

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BONUS: How Islamophobic blogs and the Media manufactured the 'Ground Zero Mosque' controversy (From the good folks at FAIR, the national media watch group)