I don’t agree with Bloomberg on a lot of things, but I have to admire his firm stance on building Park51. Most politicians have been trying to placate the angry mobs through “compromise” (“Governor” Paterson keeps suggesting that the mosque be built somewhere else). Even Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (one of New York’s greasiest politicians) has flip-flopped, saying, “[The people behind Park51] should be cognizant of the feeling of others and try to find a location that doesn’t engender the deep feelings that currently exist about this site.”

Sorry, Sheldon, but the United States of America doesn’t negotiate with terrorists — and that’s exactly what I’d call anyone who victimizes American citizens through threats and intimidation.

Fun Fact: Silver’s district includes Ground Zero but not Park51. Yet another reason to stop calling it the mosque at Ground Zero — they’re not even in the same district!

“Several MTA board members demanded the agency include an option for a $130 monthly MetroCard in the latest round of fare-hike public hearings — though agency brass don’t endorse the idea. ‘About six board members were interested in it, not to say they’d vote for it,’ a board member said. ‘They’re interested in hearing the views of the public.’” Allow me.

The public hates the MTA. They are already paying too much for too little. You are all war criminals.

Case in point: “The antiquated LIRR switch system that caught fire and caused chaos on the railroad this week has been in operation since 1925 and was supposed to be replaced more than three years ago — but cost overruns of 167 percent made the upgrade yet another long-delayed MTA project… The original completion date was supposed to be June 2007, at a cost of of $16 million, budget documents shiw. That price is now up to $42 million.”

How much you wanna bet that the damage caused by the fire makes this cost at least another $40,000,000?

I think Michael Goodwin might be… um… “differently-abled.”

In the two-sentence Brake-able China, he writes, “Shhhhh — don’t tell New York, but China’s got the mother of all traffic jams, stretching 60 miles and lasting 10 days and counting. Let’s hope City Hall’s bicycle zealots don’t try to top it.” You really stuck it to those crazy bicycle zealots, Mike! They sure are crazy with their promotion of a safe, zero-pollution alternative to driving a car! Bicycles cause so many traffic jams! They’re so crazy!

And in his Bloomberg-bashing piece He still doesn’t get it, he asks, “What does 9/11 mean to [the developers of Park51]? Sadly, I think we’re starting to find out.”

Keep mongering that hate and fear, Mike!

According to Page Six (today on page 13), Heidi Montag wants to have her G-cup breast implants removed. “My boobs are crushing me. I have major anxiety about it,” she told Life & Style magazine. And if you do have surgery to remove them, what then?

“I won’t get anything done ever again.” Really? “At least not for a long time.” Touché.

Nathan Lee Parada, 31, tried to break into Paris Hilton’s home. He was brandishing two large kitchen knives.

Sadly, no one was hurt.

After a little more than three weeks, Lindsay Lohan is a free woman. Remember when the judge said she would serve her full 90-day sentence in rehab? Well, that isn’t the case.

Congratulations, Lindsay. Let’s see how long it takes you to fuck up again (I’m putting $5 on a December DUI).

That traffic jam in China is expected to last until “mid-September.”

Damn you, crazy bicycle zealots!

Crude oil dropped to $71.63/barrel.

The Yankees won, but so did Tampa Bay. We’re still tied for first.

Swisher fouled a ball off of his foot and left the game early.

I love my porcelain Yankees.

Simon Cowell’s hit UK show, The X Factor, has admitted to using Auto-Tune to make its contestants’ singing sound better (and, in some cases, worse). Cowell (the creator, judge and producer of the show claims he had no idea that Auto-Tune was being used.

I can’t wait for the American version!

Linda Stasi reviews the new Investigation Discovery series, Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?, calling it “fascinating, scary, nearly incomprehensible.”

She gives it… three stars.

Sorry for the brief post today, but my plate is full. And anyway, brevity is… supposed to represent wit.

Until tomorrow, I remain.