In the event you didn't tune in to the NBC Thanksgiving special "People of the Year" with Matt Lauer, you missed that distinction being bestowed upon (among others) Sharif El-Gamal, the developer behind the "Ground Zero mosque" in New York City. Appearing very comfortable answering a short series of softball questions from "Lauer the enabler," El Gamal wants us to believe that his intentions to build an iconic symbol of Islamic conquest are noble.