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The Freedom Tower was to replace the Twin Towers. Yet 8 years later there is nothing but a hole where the Twin Towers once stood. It would seem Americans would want this new tower to be built to show the world we won’t back down and we are a nation that is proud. The following is an excerpt from an interview with Glen Beck which was printed in Time Magazine, September 28, 2009. David Von Drehle was the interviewer.

“Let me tell you something. I believe that if it were up to you or me, just regular schmoes in America, the Freedom Tower would have been done years ago. And it wouldn’t have been the Freedom Towers; it would have been the Freedom Towers-because we would’ve built both of these towers back the way they were before! Except we would’ve built them stronger! We would’ve built them in a way that they would’ve resisted attack. And you know what? My guess is they would’ve been 25 stories taller, with a big fat COME AND TRY THAT AGAIN sign on top. We would’ve built it with our bare hands if we had to, because that’s what Americans do. When we fail, when we face a crisis, we pull ourselves up and make things better. I believe the only reason we haven’t built it isn’t because of Americans. It’s because we’re being held back. And who is holding us back? Politicians. Special interest groups. Political correctness. You name it-everybody but you.”

Very interesting concept. Why hasn’t the tower been built? What is going on that is taking so long to resurrect a building on that site? Who exactly is dragging his or her feet with this project? Is New York City to blame? The governor of New York? The major of New York? Or is this coming from Washington itself? What Beck said in that article made sense to me, but this does not. Why are we as a nation dragging our feet in creating the Freedom Tower?