Shysters have used it again and again. "Quick, look over there." Today the shysters are pointing to a proposed Islamic Center in New York. Whatever.... Shysters have used it again and again. "Quick, look over there." Today the shysters are pointing to a proposed Islamic Center in New York. Whatever you think of the New York City controversey, we found out this week that all the hoopla may be much ado about nothing. There's a difference between having the right or want to build a mosque and having the funding to build a mosque.

As we saw in yesterday's reports, The Cordoba Initiative hasn't begun fundraising yet for its $100 million goal, so there isn't much in the way of funds, foreign or domestic. The latest report, filed in 2008, says they have less than $20,000. There's also no blueprint, architect or engineer, or if you consider it an essential component, lobbyist.

It's another distraction to get you fired up and red-faced when you head to the polls. It's also creating scapegoats, like undocumented imigrants and gay marriages in San Francisco to keep your attention away from the doings in Washington and Corporate America.

When someone says "look over there," what the real message just might be "don't look at what I am doing here."