I am always amused at Commies who think they know why people are poor and attempt to rationalize their power mad scams of theft based upon people they know zero about

Why is person X poor

Person X is frequently poor because of poor lifestlye choices.

1) Person X is in the country illegally and is not supposed to be here. They are thrust into the sub economy and some of these jobs are not all menial. Furthermore the presence of illegal labor depresses wages and increases the cost of social services. Given the cost of education, it is more cost effective to give a family with two children a plane ticket home than to pay for educational costs.

Many illegal aliens do in fact earn a better living than commonly assumed and have enough money to send back home.

2) Failure to get a HS diploma

This restricts the available opportunities. When person X drops out of school this is an individual choice.

3) Substance Abuse

This is a lifestyle issue.

4) Having children out of wedlock.

Lifestyle issues.

5) Failure to relocate to where jobs are available or retrain.

Person X is in a factory that closed. Person X may have to relocate or retrain to do something else.

6) Untreated mental illness

This is not politically correct, but some of the poor do in fact suffer from mental illness and despite an army of civil servants remain untreated. Of course the notion that society could mandate treatment was fought by the far left who aided and abetted the plight of Billie Boggs. The notion that she should have been taken into a mental health facility against her will and medicated was fought by the far left.
After speaking in colleges, jobs in law firms Billie Boggs resumed being homeless.

7) Having more kids than one can afford and out of wedlock.

Lifestyle and choices

8) Failure

How low can the loonies of Iran go Trutherism

The looney in Iran is starting to sound much like an imbecile at Violent Hummingbird
and Ducky's commie pals. From the same loonies that brought you Holocaust denial comes trutherism. Maybe Ahmindejad really wants a job teaching in Depaul University.

Velma Hart and Obama Exasperation

Note that in the celebrated exchange between Hart and Obama the issue of out of control prices for higher education was discussed. The notion that those costs are out of control is the dirty secret Obama and his MSM allies want hidden from view. The idea that Universities can hire political hacks for absurd salaries and pass the bills for ever is beyond what Americans can afford. Obama is more interested in ensuring his Old Bolshevik buddies get absurd salaries for zero work at public expense.

Obama Fatigue

The nation is seems tired of a President who seems aloof and not capable of listening to the American people. The change that he has delivered has been a change for the worse. While he rails against corporations, the sector that is the most messed up and out of control is higher education. Costs are out of control and an inferrior product and feather bedding by his old Bolshevik allies have created a system where the costs are prohibitive.

The President pushed for a health care plan that the American People want repealed.
His position in congress will be somewhat weakened and the odds of an alteration to the monstrosity he created are slim.

The supporter who spoke of eating Franks and Beans spoke what many people feel. His response was precanned and aloof. Oddly, both Clinton and Obama have been trying oddly to co-opt the Tea Party stating the blame for the mess is tax and spend Republicans. This is a wasted attempt by Obama to attempt entryism into a movement his arrogance and catering to his allies in big education fueled.

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The life is cheap debacle

I am quite amused at the antics of politically correct foolishness largely by Commies and their Muslim allies over the life is cheap quote. The problem with Communism and Islamacism is that life is indeed cheap. Commies think nothing of sending large numbers of people to their deaths for their power mad cult dreams. Of course when the rest of us look at the mounting evidence the game becomes claim the crimes had nothing to do with Communism and blame an individual.

As far as Islam and taking lives for no discernable reason much of terrorism as we know it starts with Arab Communist movements like the PLO. Over time these communist groups spawned more religious rivals that think nothing of committing similar types of mayhem. The notion that the Arab commies are less violent than Islamacists is a leftist delusion.

Groups that will send children with plastic keys to heaven to clear minefields, shoot school kids in the back and smack fuel ladden planes into office buildings do indeed not respect human life.

The real reason for the over the top criticim ( odd considering the notorious bigotry
in the writtings of clown prof Walt) is that the professorsip is named after a Jewish supporter of Israel. This is little more than the Old Bolsheviks club in higher ed trading in populist antisemitism.

Approaching Halloween

I want to caution people of a terrible animal that walks the night called the Werecat.
The werecat is related to werewolves but is less dangerous than than its better known
cousin.

Signs that you may be a were cat

1) Do you have a desire to sleep more than 50% of the day and spend the remainder in pointless meanderings.
2) Do you have odd cravings for hideous foods like liverwurst, salted fish and so forth.
3) Do you spend your waking hours on the sofa
4) Do you go through large amounts of kitty litter without reason.

You may be the dreaded werecat and not even know it.

There is a cure for this disease. Try Dr. Beakerkin's elixir of life

1) Listen to or play any manly aggressive sport and indulge copious amounts of alcohol while doing so. Bowling while drinking is manly watching it on TV dosn't count.
2) Take your car on a drive in the wilds and listen to classic rock and surf music
3) Read Non fiction books and historical fiction books written by people hostile to communism.
4) Remember you are the top of the food chain. Eat the animals that eat the veggies and serve them with appropriate condiments, snack food and beer.
5) When all else fails crack a Mountain Dew and remember tomorrow is another day unless you are dead.

Back from the Car Show

I didn't find any surfer rock. However, Bobby Vinton, Johny Maestro and Dion and the Belmonts will upset Vegans and lawless types.

It is amusing to see many of the old car heads need walkers. In my day one was either a car head, jock, hippie, military type, dico, heavy metal, jock, nerd or young Republican. I was part of the last group where we were young GOP types telling the aging hippies that they were full of crap.

I guess that subculture never produced much memorabilia beyond some books, Family Ties and the impetus for FOX news.

Going to an Old Car Show

My father does enjoy the Old Car shows. I do enjoy them as well but for entirely the wrong reasons. Many of these car shows have the dreaded Dodge Dart which was a religious experience to those who drove in them. You thanked the Supreme Being that you arrived in one piece. I also enjoy seeing woodies which the under 25 set think of means erections.

Usually these shows have retro food and CDS. Last year I think I found Surf Instrumental Classics number 5 and the Best of Tony Orlando. I will see if they have any Surf CDS but other than Classic Rock it is far and away the next best driving music. If I were still in VT I would have long ago purchased a CD player fot the car.

I also like the retro lunch boxes. I am going to see if I can find the classic Hawaiian Punch model.

Communist Traitors Caught Passing Nuclear Secrets

Once again communist traitors were caught sending nuclear secrets to madman Hugo Chavez. The couple should be tried and spared the death penalty only if they fully co-operate and then agree to be denaturalized and deported.

It will be interesting to see how his US cabin boy Kappos spin Julius and Ethel Mach two.

My gifts

I want to pause before Yom Kippur to count my blessings. Many of us are hurting and I am uncharacteristically doing well in the Obama recession. I want to thank the guy upstairs for all my wonderful friends both in my personal life and the blogosphere. I want to thank my family and especially the Tranquil Sea for filling my life with love. I have never been happier than the moments I spend as a family. I want to thank the guy upstairs for providing me with wonderful work I love and the honor of serving the American people. I also want to thank the man upstairs for providing drummaster a chance to start a job I dreamed about.

As an officer we see so many fine moments in life that are beautiful and fade into our memory. Right before I left for the holiday one case that I really worked on for 4 months looks like it is coming home. I had to work with work with officers in three other offices to get the information. Oddly this case sits in my supervisors office for review of the applicants fate. I am 100% confident that a woman who has waited 12 years will be getting good news. My Vermont training literally saved the day for her. Sometimes getting the right officer makes a difference and in her case it did. I sometimes remember cases if they are good or if I have been able to fix ones that have been messed up for a decade or more. I will not forget this case.

Useless types talk about pushing paper. They talk of doodles and imbecilic foreign films as important. They do not grasp the research, legal debates, charisma and effort needed to serve the public. Lives and laws are more important than doodles. I thank the man upstairs that my life is not wasted in irrelevancy like teaching doodling.

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Northwest Passage Book 1

This is the best of Kenneth Roberts that I have read thus far. The main character in this book stands on his own better than in other Roberts book. A running theme in Roberts work is that the line of greatness and evil are blurred. Benedict Arnold was at times valiant, brilliant and traitorous. Famed generals are mere political hacks and office pettiness appears in Roberts work.

Major Rogers at times appears larger than life and at others ethically challenged. He does do a cameo in Oliver Wiswell albeit as a broken man. He was somewhat of a self promoter and a visionary.

I want to return to the subject of Eastern Indians. In the current era we have a naive view that they were angelic. They were often acted as mercenaries in their own interest. There were abductions and torture, but none of this justifies their extermination and dispossession. From the perspective of the settlers these are horrific crimes. The raid of Rogers was an act of retaliation for a series of brutal raids. Roberts does not gloss over the cruelties of war and a Ranger driven mad by bloodlust over a tortured brother becoming like a rabid dog is shown.

Book 2 which is the Carver Expedition was highly criticized.

Manyana

I will be taking off tomorrow. The Federal GVT is concerned that I have too much vacation time. The old administration was a pain complaining if I took a sick day. Fortunately the new administration is more sensible. The top executive stated that one can not have 350 hours of sick leave and be accused of abusing the system. That is why
when I had food poisoning the office wasn't busy and said have a nice day.

I will be going to Atlantic City with the Guyanese Church and the Tranquil Sea. I enjoy those trips and get to spend some time with the community. I will also be going
to a major community event in the next day or so. The host of that event told the Tranquil Sea to make sure I go. For some unknown reason I never get sick from the food at those parties but a home cooked bmeal .... I am probably the only person who likes the potato in the curried chicken more than the chicken itself.

The Sprite did manage to grab my spinach roll. I order her a kids meal and she ignores it and makes off with my spinach roll. It is a huge portion of spinach, garlic and a touch of onion in a flaky crust. I didn't say anything and she just smiled. The waitress brought over another one. It probably was better for her than the generic chicken fingers and steak fries anyway.

I am almost done with the first book of Northwest Passage. All I can say is it is Kenneth Roberts at his best. The second book which talks about the Carver Expedition
was not as highly rated. I have been to most of the locations in the book. The Upper Connecticut River and the White Mountains are a favorite place of mine. Some day I will go to the Kennebec with Drummaster. Now that he has a great new first job it is in the future. I worked many places but none as impressive as where he is now.

After I am finnished with all of Kenneth Roberts I will be reading some English translations of classic Polish Lit. I may also pause to read some classics. Those of you turned off by Last of the Mohicans, Johny Tremaine and Moby Dick can pass on those posts. I will be reading Lydia Bailey after Northwest Passage so there will be some discussion of the Haitian Revolution as seen by Roberts. Of course neither Ducky
nor Sonia is likely to have seen the Lydia Bailey movie.

I may even discuss was any movie better than the book at a later date.

The Truther Element in the Mosque Supporters

I did notice that there clearly were Truthers present in the demonstration to support the Mosque. This fact was neglected by the MSM who refuse to note that the non Muslim supporters are frequently communist agitators.

Imam Rauf talks about building bridges and has an unusual ally Faiz Khan Truther. Rauf refused to comment about his colleagues Truther rhetoric. No doubt Faiz Kahn will abuse the memory of the dead by spreading his bile at the Ground Zero Mosque. Once again I advise those to listen to his rants on the web and note the references to UPJ.

Once again I do not blame all Muslims for 9-11. Responsible members of the community like the folks at the CIP are quite different from the folks at CAIR. Once again the Marxist- Jihadi alliance of evil is quite evident in the ranks of Truthers who almost always are communists. Khan was very careful not to use the most typical code words for Jews most commonly observed in Truthers. Instead he talks of corporate conspiracies which has a rather odious obvious source.

One can read about the real Imam Rauf and his connections at the Center for Islamic Pluralisms website. The CIP does not mince words about Rauf and the Ground Zero Mosque. The CIP also never plays word games about terrorism being evil.

I want to point out that while Duncy is a commie he has never endorsed Trutherism. The Duck merely feigns ignorance about the overwhelming numbers of Truthers who just happen to be commies.

Interesting Letter

I read the letter of Noman Benotman from a link at Harry's Place. Had the folks in CAIR
displayed the frankness and candor of this correspondence the American Muslim community
would not be describing an atmosphere of hate.

The letter written is from a former fighter who spent time with Bin Ladden in Sudan and Afhanistan. It hits some of the same themes that the CIP has been saying for years
unequivocally. Terrorism hurts Islam far worse than bigots ever could.

What is perhaps more shocking is that Mullah Omar may not have known about 9-11 before it took place. Also there may have been those in Al Queda who wanted to avoid provoking the USA for fear it would respond aggressively. If this is true it is very interesting.

Amazing Reading Northwest Passage

I am about one third of the way done with Kenneth Roberts Northwest Passage. I have four smaller books left. I want to point out that the oft criticized second book is not as highly ranked by reviewers. One of the reasons I am really enjoying this book is that I am very familiar with the area described by Roberts. I visited the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont several times. The vivid landscape and foreboding doom shines through this book.

Those of you who are not familiar with Kenneth Roberts and enjoy Historical fiction should really give his works a try.

Onto Surf Music I will probably break the bank and reluctantly spend on an IPOD. This way I can take Surf Music with me to Guyana. I can also download classics like Pintor by the Pharoes without tracking down CDS.

I will be doing some events with the local Guyanese community very soon. I will be going on a Church trip to Atlantic City with the Tranquil Sea. I enjoy spending time with the community and raising money for charities in Guyana. I will be going to a 50th birthday party of a community leader who asked me to be there for my unusual sense of humor.

Onto a certain very bitter commentator. I may have been in very poor health recently. However, I have never been happier in my life. The love of the Tranquil Sea and having a wonderful six year old daughter has filled my life with joy a bitter crone like you can not fathom. The fact that my beloved and my daughter are darker than me is incidental. For the record my younger brother and father are also darker than me along with 99% of the planet. Rav Roov and has gone out of his way to arrange a meeting between his family and my new one. He is my brother and a true man of God in the most noble sense. There is a difference between a true person of God like my brother, Warren, Justin, TMW and AOW and a certain Dr of Divinity. A man of God knows his brother

Why I Suppack ort the CIP Salim Mansur and Stephen Schwatrz

There is an anger in the land aimed at the Muslim American community. Much of the blame is due to the media appointed Muslim Community leaders like the folks at CAIR.

America after 9-11 does not want to hear word games rationalizing terror. There is no excuse for the war crimes committed on that day and elsewhere. Radical Islam is really a political movement more closely related to Communism than to your average Church or normal mosque down the block. The media claims that the Imam of the Ground Zero Mosque is a Sufi except his credentials seem ambiguous to the folks at the CIP.

The folks at the CIP want good relations with the American people and grasp that Muslims should seek good relations with their neighbors. Placing a super sized foreign funny money mosque with a narcissistic charlatan sufi Imam with ethical judgment lapses is a very bad idea. There is no shortage of mosques in NYC. An offer to buy the property with a profit was generously provided by Donald "You Da Man" Trump and local government at all levels has stated a desire to resolve this amicably.

There is a rash of painful stories on TV of Muslims feeling frightened by the raw hatred they are seeing. Part of the blame is for local Muslims to get behind groups like the CIP instead of the CAIR clowns. The folks at CAIR are as unequivocal about telling Muslims to stop harassing Jews as they are at securing a peaceful atmosphere at home.

On the way back from my ill fated visit to the Tranquil Sea and the Sprite I passed by the end of the Ground zero mosque protest.

1) The Non Muslim supporters of the project were lilly white. Communists went out of there way to provoke the marchers. There were many Hispanics, Eastern Europeans, Hindus and immigrants from other places against the mosque.

2) Some of the signs were over the top such as the one calling Mohammad a pedophile.

3) There were no signs from the Muslims apologizing for 9-11 or stating Osama does not speak for me that I could see. If these people are sincere a statement like that would go much further than the sanctimonious bunk of bile pushed by the communist nuts who back this project.

4) I really did a number on two losers from the Neturai Karta who were there to support the mosque. They did not like being called inbred Kapos mamzer frauds who were paid to desecrate the Sabbath and perpetrated a fraud. I did so at close range and even their commie friends did not lift a finger. It was not my nicest moment but those traitors deserved much worse than that and a few people chanting "Am Yisroel Chai with their middle fingers raised".

Difficult Situation to Explain

My health has been poor over the last few days. My stomach and lungs have been giving me problems. Normally, I can handle the spiciest food with zero problem. Unfortunately,
I have gotten very ill from the Tranquil Sea's cooking. I went over yesterday and had a very small amount and had a relapse. I felt the searing pain right away.

It is very hard for me to explain to the Tranquil Sea that lets go out to eat when I have a difficult time with even the most basic of solid food. She worked so hard at preparing the meal that I felt guilty about saying no. I am now stuck in bed with pain that is off the chart and am in the bathroom every thirty minutes or so.

I love her so much, that it is hard to explain how sick I am. I certainly wouldn't want to worry her so. No matter what I will be there on Sunday with the Sprite. Words can not express my joy when my little Princess hugs me and says "I love my daddy". Even helping with the school work is a great joy. Rex the Maltese chases me to and fro and has the advantage of avoiding curry powder.

Curry has never bothered me before and I can usually eat the spiciest food with no problem.

Congrats to the Drummaster

The Drummaster will be working for a company I greatly respect and admire. It is the wish of every Uncle that their nieces and nephews exceed their old man. I am even more proud that he got the job on his own without asking me to pull strings.

I went to visit the beloved Sprite and the Tranquil Sea. My health has been crappy the last two weeks and I have been to work a total of one day. I had a wonderful tie with the Sprite whose love and smile makes my day. I really enjoy going out as a family more than anything in the world. Unfortunately, I had a relapse and am resting in bed.
My lungs and stomach are still bothering me and I still have to be careful with what I eat. Sadly the one small piece of curried chicken was enough to make me ill. I tried to
explain that I am not up to it. The Tranquil Sea was offended and I had a small piece
and now my stomach is shot. At least for now I can eat soft grains like plain rice and a broth.

Maybe Muslims Need to Talk To Their Own

We have grown accustomed to Muslims burning the flags. It is almost a routine story that has become a cliche. We have seen several Muslim Snuff films such as the Daniel Pearl tape. We have seen Muslims desecrating the bodies of the dead.

I am not in favor of burning any books. However, I am in favor of using volumes of Marx, Trotsky and so forth as toilet paper. If Muslims wish to live in the West it does not allow them to negate the free speech of others. Burning a Flag, Koran and so forth is a stupid thing to do. However, the First Amendment does allow for this sort of stupidity. If IQ and sanity requirements were added than people like Duckkky who have never had an intelligent comment would need to move to North Korea.

If Muslims wish to exist in Western Civilization than some norms can need to be expected. Muslims need to act as adults and not go postal at every stupid comment such as the idiocy after the Islamic riots after a quip about beauty pagents in Nigeria.

There are a few brave voices of reason like Wafa Sultan who has in no uncertain tones pointed at the snuff films made by radicals as being an abomination. Her voice is one of a handful that discusses the pathological elements within Islam without spin.

Smithereens

It is another 9-11 and every year I tell me story of an ordinary man in the vortex of the winds of history. I am not a hero just an ordinary man in the wrong place at the wrong time.

On September 11 the greatest war crime in the history of the USA was perpetrated by thugs clearly acting in the name of Islam. It was not the first time I went through this, but none of us took the 93 bombing seriously. If we want to be technical most of the key players from the earlier blast including Sheik Rahman were present at the trial of the killing of Meir Kahane.

The media has gone out of the way to portray previous acts of terrorism by Muslims as
the acts of insane lunatics. The notion that a group of people were planning war crimes against the American people was discounted. The 93 blast which I survived was portrayed as the work of Keystone Terrorists. Bill Clinton did not visit the site after 9-11. The matter was handled by domestic law enforcement and no serious attempt was made to get members of a wider network.

The media has run with this theme in a series of crime after crime. The killer of Ari Halberstam, The Beltway Snipers, The Ft Shrink, The Massacre at the El AL LA counter are all portrayed as mental defectives with no Islamic factor.

The media and the administration was seriously concerned with the anger of the American people after 9-11. A series of lies that Islam was the religion of Peace and that the religion was spread by trade. The administration made a series of gestures to so called moderates who were not moderate. The media let CAIR and other groups get away with BS and word games. The images of Arabs celebrating the deaths of Americans after 9-11 were quickly pulled off the air. Even the alleged moderate Ground Zero Mosque leader blamed the USA for promoting Bin Ladden. The leader of the Mosque conveniently repeated Communist Propaganda and forgot that our man in Afghanistan was killed on 9-10 by the butchers of Al Queda.

Communists were immediately starting Jewish conspiracy rumors at their rally in Union Square. While the stench of burning evil was in the air commies once again stabbed America on the Saturday after 9-11 when the city was still talking about 30,000 dead commies mocked the dead and blamed the Jews. I was at that rally and saw the entire spectacle.

None of us wanted to see innocent people beaten up and persecuted. However, the lies and distortion that Islam is peace and fake sanctimonious moderates is not what America deserved or wanted. The American people are fed up with the lies of the MSM and the government and slimy moderates who say one thing in English and another in Arabic. What the American people needed to see was a Muslim leader like Stephen Schwartz who states point blank in every language terrorism anywhere is wrong. Instead we got CAIR and rationalizations rather than an apology. Arab states continued the double game and allowed money to reach terrorists.

So now we come to the current era where Muslims feel that they have a right to place a Mosque on the site of the greatest war crime committed against the American people. This is not a mosque built by and for the local community. This is an oversized funny foreign money created abomination that is legal but in bad taste.
When those of us who live and work in the area point out a mosque built by and for the local community has existed in the area since 1970 with no fanfare or objections
the usual subjects yawn.

Donald Trump made a generous offer and the sleazy slumlord Imam says no. Governor Patterson offered to swap land and the Imam says no. The Imam has tied the fate of Islam in America to his oversized ego and claims if the mosque is not built there radicals will use it as an excuse to violence. America should not yield to threats from loonies who use every excuse to justify violence except Miracle Whip shortages
in their criminal quest.

Part of me just feels that other than the folks at the CIP that the American people are being played in a game of good cop bad cop by the Islamic community leaders. Yield to every outrageous demand or we can't be responsible for the radicals whom we rationalize and play word games with.

I want to point out that I disagree with those who support the project but want to separate Michael Bloomberg who talks of America being true to its values and grasps the real objections of many who grasps that legal is not always in good taste or optimal. I will contrast this with the sanctimonious communist Duck, who will side with any and every enemy of the American people. I will contrast this with some condescending types at large blogs who regularly portray Americans as backwards and bigoted and get postal when called on their hypocrisy. I did apologize for the personal dimension. However, persons that regularly insult the American people as a backwards bigoted mob really need to look at their tone.

We will likely lose this battle but the big one is in November. It is time to end the funny money game with overseas money going to American religious and educational institutions. No more paid professorships for bug eyed loonies, no more mosques built by questionable sources and close scrutiny of religious workers.

Oddly, a weakened Obama might have to learn to work with others and attempt to be Presidential. If the losses are severe look for Biden to be a scapegoat and Hillary to be elevated to VP to keep her from jumping ship.

Next year it will be ten years. I never want to go through anything like 9-11 again.
Two times is enough.

I will be spending the day with loved ones. I really should remain in bed until my strength is better. Unfortunately, the Sprite needs me and my priority is loved ones before protests. I have just started solid food and my ribs were healed enough for a few good sneezes.

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Don't Ask Don't Tell Tossed

The Clinton Era policy was ruled Unconstitutional in a Court ruling in California. It would be better if a smarter policy was constructed Don't Care act with dignity. The truth is that most people don't care who is not gay. Just comport yourself with dignity and decorum.

In truth the issues of gender and preference in the work place are more confused and convoluted than ever. Women are granted very wide latitude in dress code. In my office men are required to wear a tie five days a week even when the heat index is over 100 and no visitors are present. Men have complained with some legitimacy that women can go to work in a sundress, but we can not remove our ties ever. Now if a man decided to wear a sundress he would not be acting with professionalism.

Many jobs do indeed have restrictions that can result in termination over matters in our private lives that have nothing to do with our jobs. In theory a person moonlighting as a WWE Wrestler, an arrest for DWI or a public scandal could result in termination of federal employment. Now if Bob is living with a same sex partner it isn't my business and I do not care. Similarly, if person X is committing adultery with a non coworker it is not my business. However, if the person is a coworker than serious legal issues may have been violated. There are those that would argue that a coworker moonlighting as Siegfried the Shmendrick in the WWE would create integrity issues, but I see this as low brow comedy.

In truth the atmosphere towards gays is often very lacking. People should get severely disciplined for using racial, ethnic or homophobic slurs. However, in reality only the dreaded N word is enforced. People who would end a career over an imagined slight will use the F term for gays and brag of their "gaydar" without a reservation. As a person who worked in the fashion industry for decades I am rather amused by people who claim that one can tell a persons preference by vocation. I endured this in Vermont with a nutty local who insisted because of my prior vocation, interests in art and theater as well and having lived in Soho deduced that I must be gay. A horrified HR person had a long talk with the person. I explained that as a NYC resident being gay is not a big deal.

I do not like the presence of laws that encourage otherwise law abiding citizens to break the law. Some of the worst asylum cases one sees are issues where people face abuse because of who they are. I would be much happier to live in a world where there would be no need for Lambda legal, but sadly there is. One of the oddities in the VAWA act is that it provides protections for heterosexuals, but none for gays. A very respected senior official said "abuse is abuse and someday I hope the law changes". I agree with her 100 percent.

The truth is that a coworker who is gay does not impact my job in any way. I will contrast this with enduring a coworker who is a vegan who calls my diet " the toe tag diet". I have been off full calorie soda for about five years. One of the oddities is that after this new sickness it appears that I can no longer handle carbonated beverages without horrible pain. I got a lecture about Hawaiian Punch but as I have great difficulty with solid food at the moment it is no big deal. The soup in the cafeteria was unfit for human consumption even by my low standards. However, I got a long lecture about Hawaiian Punch, Gator Aide and everything else. I am somewhat better and can eat 90% food that is scratchy like potato chips and nuts are still too painful.

We make all types of reasonable accommodations in the work place. I doubt that any of us would object to Kosher, Halal or Vegetarian meals at a party. None of us object to religious head coverings, facial hair in accordance with religious beliefs, appropriate alterations of dress policy. Do note I am not allowed to wear sunglasses while addressing the public. Similarly a person wishing to interact with the public while wearing a burkha would create similar issues. Now I do grasp that the military is a different situation, but the matter should only be addressed if problems arise. In a normal job gays require zero reasonable accommodations.

We will probably be a better society when we move to "Don't care and show some class".

The Odd Couple

The mighty Beakerkin Art players presents a spoof of the noted play and TV show.

Intro

On November 13 Felix Poultry was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife, neighbors and community. Deep down the Duck thought he was right. But someday he knew he would move back in with her when the settlement money ran out. With nowhere else to go he appeared at the home of his childhood friend Oscar Beakerkin. Several years earlier Beakerkin's wife threw him out requesting that he never return. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?

Beakerkin: Will you stop crying about your wife?
Poultry: Who is crying about the divorce look at this mess. You have a pile of Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin books. Have you seen the food in the fridge there isn't anything that qualifies as plant food in the fridge.
Beakerkin: I believe in the food chain with me at the top. I eat the animals who eat the veggies and cut out the middleman.
Poultry: Typical Capitalist Officer devouring those ....
Beakerkin: Spare me the Marxist crap or I will have to play the best of Mark Levin CD. Besides tonight is poker night, the guys are coming over for some brews, fried chicken. It what us real men do to blow off steam. Why don't you run off to your cell meeting and plan your fruitopian revolution.
Poultry: Tonight is criticism night...
Beakerkin: Okay you are a snob and an imbecile. Now run along and let the real guys have some fun.
Poultry: Why do you think I am less manly than you.
Beakerkin: You teach doodling.
Poultry: Fine Art.
Beakerkin: Whatever. You don't exude manliness and machismo. Droning on about failed mendicant moron philosophers and obsessive bigotry aimed at Jews is not manly.
Make yourself useful get the door.
Poultry: Oh my God......
Mr B. : Beakerkin I know this place is a mess but now you let a Pinko from Union Square in.
Poultry: You don't mean to say we are going to be playing poker with the infamous enemy of the people Mr B. B-B-B but he is the man who stars in all of those films that make Rambo look like an amateur.
Beakerkin: Yeah those films are great.
Poultry: Can you at least have the decency to take off the gasmask when you drink the beer.
Mr B. In this appartment.
Poultry: He does have a point. But those films they inspire mindless patriotism...
Mr. B. : We have a cure for that.
Poultry: Stop it you brute this isn't gym class .....I'm too old for a wedgie...
Warren: Did I miss something whose the pinko
Beakerkin: That a childhood friend poultry. His wife tossed him out for being a commie.
Warren: Smart woman. How come the none of your comrades would take you in.
Poultry: God may forgive you brutes...ohmp..Aren't we too old for mindless violence
against political activists
Everyone: Nooo
Beakerkin: Meet my buddy Warren. He is a Vietnan era veteran who runs the best garage in the city.Poultry Don't say it don't think it or Mr. B will think of some new humiliation.
Pagan: I brought the deli from Katz's. Whose the Commie pantywaist.
Mr B: Some childhood friend of Beakerkin whose wife got tired of his Marxism.
Pagan: Obviously she was tired of waiting for her loser boy to get a job.
Poultry: I teach fine arts you Capatalist brutes. Is it my fault you clowns are to uncivilized to appreciate fine art.
Pagan: I am appreciating some of the fine art Sonia sent us.
Beakerkin: A drop dead gorgeous babe who enjoys porn we do and is sharper than a tack. They don't make them like that anymore.
Mr B: Hey let me look at those.
Poultry: Pornography is exploitation of women to suit the puerile interests of Capatalist jerks.
Beakerkin: Oh meet my friend Pagan Temple he owns Pagans Exotic meats. If it is legal and edible we sell it.
Pagan: Some would argue about the edible part. I got some rattlesnake meat prepared Texas style.
Poultry: You babrabarian trading the flesh..
Pagan: That's Pagan and smile when you say that.
Elmer: Hey guys the postman didn't ring. I see you wear Fruit of the Loom. What did you do to annoy Mr B.
Beakerkin: Never mind him he is just a childhood friend whose wife decided she can't put up with his communism.
Elmer: Guess she wanted a real man commies need not apply.
Beakerkin: This is Elmer retired navy man now working in the Post Office.
Poultry: You have a regular crime syndicate all you need is Hyman the Zionist hedge fund owner and you have a complete set of Capitalist Pigs.
Beakerkin: Poultry go to your room...
Poultry: Stop pelting me with chicken bones you are making a mess. Where is Che when I need him. It looks like a lynch mob retreat....

Malaria Belt

My trip to Guyana will be in late January. The work schedule of the Tranquil Sea is not as flexible as my work schedule. If I were in VT one could dip into Abenaki lore
( likely other tribes) and take a pouch of bear fat in grease form to ward off mosquitoes. Michner describes this in Journey and Roberts describes this in Northwest Passage. Prior to the trip I will get the required shots, pills and carry a months supply of lomatil. I plan on staying at the Hotel for security and safety reasons. The Hotel is equipped with protective bedding.

I will be far away from insane Chavez supporters who would look great stuffed in their peasant clothing in my den. I would feed them to the Black Caiman but as they are all drug abusing losers this would be a form of animal cruelty.

The Sanctimonious Imam

I would like America to thank Donald Trump for his generous offer to alleviate the abomination of the proposed Ground Zero Mousque. We have not been fans of Trump, but he has heard the voices of his fellow NYC residents and made a generous offer. Of course the founders of this project who claim that they would have gone elsewhere had they known about the public reaction is revealed to be empty words.

The new line of the Ground Zero Imam is "If we don't build this radicals will be empowered to attack America".

Excuse me but radicals look for any excuse ranging from when the Golden Girls are on the Tube to Eggo recipes to rationalize their war crimes. The nutty Imam is saying that Muslims are like spoiled children who will throw a temper tantrum if they have to move the mosque a few blocks.

As President Obama is useless the best hope is for Mayor Bloomberg to hold a summit.
Let the Imam meet with Pam Geller, Robert Spencer, the victims families, Governor Patterson, Donald Trump and come up with an alternative plan. Bloomberg is a capable leader and can hold a meeting in good faith.

The notion that the fate of Islam in America depends on placing a foreign funded mosque in an offensive location to Americans is sanctimonious. The nutty Imam forgets that a new congress will examine funny money for religious institutions and prevent future projects.

Win a Battle loose a war.

Moby Beakerkin

Even as the narco terrorist Marxist mess in Caracas deteriorates, Captain Ahab Poultry searches the sea for the his obsession Moby Beakerkin the great white Zionist Sperm Whale.

Crew: Captain Poultry the Marxist ship is sinking and we haven't had food other than cheap alcohol in months.
Captain Poultry: I am after the great white Zionist Sperm Whale Moby Beakerkin. He gave me wedgies in gym class, dated all the hot chicks and made fun of my doodling. He must die even if we all die. Marxists are used to death as we deal it in abundance.

Crew: There is Moby Beakerkin off with a bottle of Port and a Fat Burger Bag.
Captain Poultry: Deploy the harpoons we will kill the Zionist Whale.
Crew: If I didn't know better Moby Beakerin is laughing. This snow is a funny color.
Captain Poultry: You fools its no snow its garlic.
Crew: Swim for it its the theme from Jaws.
Captain Poulry: Damned Zionists and cheap unmotivated labor.

So ends the voyages of Captain Poultry.

In the next chapter of Beakerkin abuses the classics The Odd Couple Starring Oscar Beakerin and Felix Poultry.

From the Sick Bay

I am much improved and apple cider vinegar really does work.

I am not in favor of burning books. Burning the Koran is perfectly legal, but I have more class and better methods of getting heat. This is not really a good idea.

I am perplexed at the uproar in Germany over the Sarrazin book. I will wait until it becomes available in English to comment in depth. I will keep my eye out for it.

The Duck seems to be outraged over my nostalgia for the good old Wilsonian days where commies were tarred and feathered and made to ride the rails. In fact given that they are exponents of political criminality this treatment is an effective way to deal with those who exhort violent revolution.

Oliver Wiswell Final Review

One of the problems when you are a great author is that you compette against your previous works. Michener is measured against his own works. Oliver Wiswell is long
and better than is appreciated.

Roberts is predictable but that doesn't detract from the book. Far and away the most compelling charachter is Tom Buell whose oportunistic ways are never boring. Benedict Arnold makes a two cameos but the author shows him as unchanged.

Next up will be North by Northwest

Labor Day

Once upon a time the labor movement was a noble thing. They stuck to workers rights and avoided partisan politics beyond the work place. Unfortunately commies infiltrated the movement and reduced it to a joke.

My local does an excellent job fighting for the rights of our members. In many cases MGT does not follow its own rules and procedures. I am considered a hard core activist by management. Whenever a union was available at work I joined right away with one exception. My family did not want me being the shop steward in the garment business. I won that election almost unanimously as I voted against myself due to potential conflicts of interest. My job was turned into management formally and that was the first step into management one of many.

Sick Bay

I have been under the weather for the last week. I ate something that did not agree with me and it caused a series of violent complications. Of course I will blame the cucumber salad and not the oversized Keilbasa. Combined with the heatwave it was not pleasant and I went six days without sleeping. Yesterday I was so tired I fell asleep in the lawns and the niece threw a blanket over me. I slept for thirteen
hours. Iwoke up got a glass of water and have been alternating between a few moments of work and naps for the last five hours.

Lefties behaving badly

What type of person jumps out of a 39 story building and screws up their own suicide?
The jumper in question was an English major who was likely exposed to years of incompetent Old Boshevik Club hacks. The jumpee was depressed that he could not find a job in publishing and was working in a coffee shop. Apparently, Mother Jones and High Times have no openings at the moment.

The owner of the car was much more congenial than most of us. He borrowed his wife's car and likely will be on the couch for a month if he is lucky. It is a good thing the episode is in the paper as this would probably earn a wooden shampoo ( NY slang for beat down with a nightstick or broom handle) or a month of yeah sure from his wife.

The Duck is probably going to advise all future lefty jumpers to aim for gas guzzling vehicles like SUVs and Hummers. This seems in very poor taste as the person in question is likely mentally disturbed. If this idea catches on we could thin the herd of brain impaired lefties.

The Discovery Channel shooter was also a lefty.

Of course as lefties are criminal and screw ups by nature these stories should be expected.

Communist Criminal Castro Admits he discriminated against Gays

Communist criminal and thug Castro has admitted he discriminated against gays. In typical communist dementia he blames his crimes on the CIA. Sorry, but that reasoning does not work with anyone other than developmentally disabled political criminals like Duckkky.

Of course the time to try Castro for his crimes against humanity is running out. At least the world will be rid of this criminal shortly. Perhaps his buddy Chavez can build a shrine for idiots like the Duckkk to worship.

Maybe it is time for a parody of Poes Oblong Box with the Duck Dancing with Lenin's corpse as the ship sinks. Marxism is dead and its followers are imbecilles, criminals and buffoons. If you still believe in Marxism Paxil may be right for you ... Maybe we can have a Labor Day telethon to cure Marxism. Ducky here is a bigoted bird brain criminal devoid of social skills and independent thought for a small donation you could send him to North Korea...

This one is for Mac from Oliver Wiswell

The paradox of the American Revolution is well displayed by Roberts in his writings. Sometimes incompetents and morons and political hacks do find their ways into places
above their skill level. Rouges also find opportunity in political chaos.

Loyalists took many forms and some of them were wealthy land owners. However, Roberts in several places describes Scots as the key figures. Now there were many who were lured to Canada with promises of land grants for their services. However, more curious are the back woodsmen who had little to gain from the rule of another inbred idiotic useless English monarch.

Perhaps there is a large degree of truth to Macs claim that as a Mountain Man at the time of the Revolution one just highly likely to be a Scot in the first place. Some Scots did fight on the side of the Patriots as well. It should be noted that German, Dutch settlers did fight for the Patriots.

I have finnished the oft criticized third book of six in Oliver Wiswell. The criticism of this book is out of proportion. It is a transitional chapter and very important for the development of charachters in earlier chapters. Book two is masterful and Book four looks promising.

Why do they hate us

After 9-11 commies stood around in a self righteous furor and asked why do Muslims hate us. Of course they used this opportunity to stab America in the back once again and form and rationalize behavior that is barbaric.

Our response to the far left is.

You have earned the hatred of the American people and should really consider emigration. Your death cult values and amoral rationalizations are an affront to our American values.

The failure of the MSM

Of course the MSM sent its lackeys out to cover an alleged indecent of intolerance by the Mosque protesters. Yet a video of Commies agitating and exhorting violence in support of the mosque will not make the MSM. The Duck will feign ignorance that this is rhetorical violence. However, those of us familiar with commies grasp that they want Muslims to do their dirty work.

Sadly, I have a career and can not participate in a riot. It would be much more fun if commies would do their own dirty work and we could have Hard Hat Riots Act 2.

The video is more proof of why commies should not be allowed into any group even when they purport to agree. They are not discussing principles ala Bloomberg. They are trying to whip up a street fight and have Muslims do their dirty work.

Maybe when Obama is thrown out this country will get serious about political criminality from the left.

Didn't Intend to write this one

On 9-11 my city was attacked in the greatest war crime ever perpetrated against the American people. Close to 3000 people going to work were incinerated by criminals acting in the name of Islam. Now many Muslims and their far left allies point the fingers at various rationalizations. In fact Commies ( Yes this is your kind Ducky) were the first to invent antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming them Jooooos for 9-11.

The American people were fed a bunch of lies by an administration seriously scarred that lynchings of Muslims would take place. The well intentioned lies allowed Muslims to avoid scrutiny of their history. When a Muslim activists talks of American intolerance and historical crimes they are repeating material best suited for comedy clubs.

There is much furor about the intransigence of the founders of the Mosque to move this inflammatory and inappropriate structure. The leaders of this so called healing gestures rationalize the inexcusable war crimes on foreign policy and refuse to meet with opponents.

Let this be round one in a battle that ends here and now. Build the Mosque but demand legislation banning all foreign money from US tax exempt organizations. If Saudis wish to fund more mosques they can wait till there is a Chabad House and a Gay bar in Mecca. They can also get around this by becoming US Citizens subject to our tax laws.

The IRS brought down Al Capone and it can deal quite nicely with Saudi funny money.

Beck is right on this one.

The so called Civil Rights industry is part and parcel of the hard left Marxist goonery
in the USA. It has gone from something noble many of us could respect to a loathsome hate America borderline illegal embarassment. Notable frauds include Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the cast of CAIR and the embarrassment of La Razza.

Of course Commies like the Duck need a nation divided so they infiltrate these groups.

Lets Build a Gay Community Center next to the Ground Zero Mosque

The reality is that gays outnumber Muslims three to one. Unlike Muslims who are more apt to commit a hate crime than to be a victim of one gays in the area really do need a community center. The community center can also house Lamda Legal so that the victims of these hate crimes and gay immigrants from Jim Crow ethnically cleansed homophobic states can get legal services.

Let the arrogance of the ground zero mosque sponsors and supporters be heard in congress.

1) Elimination of foreign funding for tax exempt structures.
2) Denaturalization and deportation for immigrants found to have practiced polygamy.
3) Elimination of foreign subsidized professorships from countries that restrict the free practice of religion.
4) Foreign Students arrested for any reason including at political demonstrations get deported and barred from the USA for five years.
5) Students found to have collaborated with terrorists are barred from student loans, research grants and Federal Employment for life.

Schedule

My trip to Guyana has been moved back by the Tranquil Sea's employer. They are still very busy and late January is more likely.

I will be taking off Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur. I will make posts on both.

Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts is getting very interesting. If you can deal with the first 100 -150 pages it gets much better. Roberts is unique in that his supporting cast is much better than his main characters. In previous books Benedict Arnold steals the show when present. When he is away from the action Cap Huff the heroes best friend in the first book and a vital supporting role in the second makes reading a pleasure. In the second book Doc Means also provides much levity as well. The lead is really not interesting as his loyal friend the forever scheming jack of all trades Tom Buell. Any book that starts off with a tar and feathering can't be too bad. The author did serve in the American occupation of Siberia and was an arch foe of communism.

The Surf Rock bit is still going strong as I am enjoying the latest CD with the Super Stocks, Vulcanes and Eddie and the Showmen.

On the upcoming Labor Day Holiday please remember to spend some time with those looking for a job. Being unemployed in the summer is OK as you can go places. It gets much harder in the fall and winter is brutal. I plan on treating a few people who I know who are down on their luck to lunch.

Also remember the Mr Beamish food pyramid. Do not waste time with the veggies. Merely eat the animals who eat the veggies with barbecue sauce and a domestic brew.

More divided than ever

The far left dreamed of Obama as the messiah. We were all supposed to live in a post racial America where race is nothing more than shoe size. Of course this would be possible is we elected a man like JC Watts who respects our traditions and values and was a decent football player.

The problem with Obama is that he doesn't understand America because he is a product of an off the map planet far left Old Bolshevik Club. Obama's mother is not discussed much because her politics and bio are not mainstream. If fact she was a bug eyed far leftist who would be an embarrassment. His grandparents were also very far to the left but more grounded. Naming your daughter Stanley should have gotten them some sort of abuse, but when the daughter becomes a cartoon leftist the score is even.

Obama has a well known communist mentor in his youth. He passes from one elite private school to the next. We can not see his admission or grades so suspicion that he was socially promoted by fellow leftists and affirmative action is certainly warranted.

Obama has only looked bright by standing next to Joe Biden who is clearly a moron of unusual talent. Obama should have selected Col. Bernie Sanders and would look more intelligent and coherent than the clown from NYC who would be selling Jerry Springer CDS on the street if he remained in NYC.

Pretty much if you object to Obama's policy the left cries racism. If you want existing immigration laws enforced the left will cry racism. If you think placing a Mosque near a site of the greatest war crime in American history with fishy funding you are a racist. When you point out Muslims are not racial the left says "duhhhhhh I meant hominid er duhhh Claustrophobe err Islamohobe".

Of course when you point out to these dull leftists that running around talking about Joooish conspiracies to run DC or 9-11 conspiracy talk is highly bigoted they scream about McCarthyism and being silenced.

Obama has performed the following miracles

He has made me nostalgic for Bill Clintoon who at least had a clue how to govern and a few brain cells leftover from pot binges.

He has gotten more Jews to register Republican or identify as independents.

He has gotten Conservatives and Independents off the sofa and into the street protesting his warped policies.

He has even made many lefties miss George W Bush. They could complain about his every imagined action, but Obama shows what happens when mindless lefties get into power.

Beamish in 12

Jews leaving the Democratic Party

Obama has done the impossible. The NYT has reported that the numbers of Jewish Republicans and independents has grown. When I joined the GOP in 84 it was a very rare thing. However, the key to me was that not only were Democrats obstructionists in the Cold War some of the Democrats were actively seeking their victory. It is one thing to be against the US policy on Cuba, but at the time Democrats were holding Tea Parties for Castro.

As I have reported the local Young Republican club in NYC was almost one third Jewish.
Even Drummaster started college way on the left and has moved to the Center. He is not endanger of being a Mr. Beamish clone yet. However, he is seeking a career in law enforcement and is probably to my right.

The polls on Islam tired of media spin

Some recent polls have come out and show Americans have an unfavorable view of Islam.
Those on the far left have exacerbated the problems by rationalizing the familiar war crimes with excuses and trying to divert attention elsewhere. The Muslim Community in the USA with the exception of Stephen Schwartz has done an abysmal job of dealing with this issue. The primary reason is that many of the familiar groups are tied to suspect organizations.

Basically, the far left uses and stokes Islamo victimization. The bird brained commie Duck will talk of the handful of instances where an American goes postal and ignore or rationalize war crime after war crime. The attacks on 9-11 were war crimes against the American people.

Of course Schwartz is a man of integrity and free of terrorist ties and can state the obvious. TERRORISM HURTS MUSLIMS AND THE CAUSE OF ISLAM. Schwartz can say this without spin or word games because he gets no funding from dubious sources. Schwartz also knows that the alliance with the hate America far left has been disastrous on many levels for Muslims.

Of course the far left dominated media merely spins whatever it decides. So the desire to have Muslims build a Mosque away from the greatest war crime committed against the American people is bigotry. This is far left spin denying the reality that a Mosque has existed since 1970 two blocks away with no fanfare. Of course that one was paid for and built by the local community like every other house of worship in the area except for this new project which is the zenith of bad taste.

There is also something decidedly wrong with the use of foreign money to create tax exempt structures in NYC other than official diplomatic missions.

Wrong Arguments on the Ground Zero Mosque

First lets start off with some basics.

The local Muslim Community is served a few blocks away by a Mosque. The Mosque exists it was built and funded by locals to serve the needs of locals in the area. No other group has large sums of money being sent from overseas to build tax exempt structures.Much of the money does come from the exact same place as the 9-11 hijackers.

The notion that the area is Muslim free or that this project is an amusing lie by people prone to victimization.

Terrorism is a war crime and it is typically carried out in the name of Islam or Communism. While not all Muslims are terrorist many of their leaders parse words and rationalize war crimes elsewhere. It is rare that a Muslim leader comes out and states categorically that this type of barbaric activity is not in the interests of Islam.

There are people who defile the site of Ground Zero almost daily. They literally mock the dead on the site of the greatest war crime ever committed against the American people. There is a sizable contingent of commies ( Yes Ducky they are Commies with a few Anarchists) who pass out conspiracy literature on the site of Ground Zero. Usually these kooks and loons add the Ducks typical virulent anti Semitism. Of course the Duck wants us to ignore that the Obama administration appointed a 9-11 Truther Van Jones to a government position.

Are the critics of the Mosque demanding the closure of the Warren Street Mosque that predates 9-11 by decades? No. Would these same critics care if this facility were expanded? No Would this be an appropriate compromise suitable to all? Yes.

Common sense never prevails.

Mike Lupica A Clown that Needs to Stick to Sports

There are certain writers who really need to stick to what they do best. Mike Lupica was a decent but highly overated sports writer. He has decided he wants to be a political commentator. He has published a hatched job on Newt Gingrich and the Mosque protesters to ingratiate himself with the big media cocktail party set.

Lupica as usual goes off the deep end on Gingrich, Giuliani and Palin and spends little time on the subject. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed and needs to return to asking athletes idiotic questions in the shower room. FYI he was never quite as good as Bill Madden,Myers and does not deserve to be mentioned with Dick Young.

Lupica does not bother to tell the readers why he supports the Mosque. He does not address the critics of the project. To do so would require a first rate mind that Lupica does not posses. While we disagree with Michael Bloomberg, he has provided an articulate impassioned rationale that one can respect. Bloomberg, unlike Obama, has demonstrated leadership, competence and courage.

Lupica does not bother to state that this is not the case of local Muslims getting together and building a Mosque in their community. This is a foreign financed venture
from the exact same place where the majority of the 9-11 hijackers came from.

Lupica could have walked the area and noticed that around Church Street and Chambers
there are indeed many Muslim businesses. The businesses have been there for some time
and a Mosque located where the actual community is located to the North would make far more sense and raise zero objections.

Lupica does not bother to discuss the symbolism of placing a foreign sponsored mega mosque near the site of three war crime attacks that incinerated 2900 office workers in the name of Islam. This does not infer that all Muslims are guilty of 9-11, but that the project is in very questionable taste. The project is legal, but fails to show respect for the site and the survivors of 9-11.

The analogy of Pearl Harbor falls short. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a sneak attack on a military base. This is far different than slamming two planes into office buildings or blowing up a van in the basement parking lot. More people died at the WTC than died at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese are certainly classier and more considerate than to place a 13 story cultural center two blocks from the Arizona monument. The USA waited 65 years to participate in memorials for the atomic bomb
ceremonies in Japan.

Lupica demonstrates that he lacks the aptitude to do serious political analysis. He needs to return to the world of jock straps and shower rooms. Perhaps his publisher did not want to reduce the reputation of excellence in his sports section which is one of the reasons many people buy the NY Daily News.

More Mosque Madness

I want to stress that traditional Muslims do not recognize the Nation of Islam led by Louis Farrakhan. The Koran does not talk about space ships and the group is more of a satire than a cult.

Older NYC residents are aware of the history of Harlem's Mosque number 7. It was apparently bombed in the time of Malcolm X. There was a fatal standoff with NYPD in 1972 where a NYPD cop was killed.

This latest report comes from DNAinfo Manhattan Network on You Tube. Apparently, an NYPD detective was denied entry into the Mosque with his shield and gun. The Detective was performing community relations and investigating allegations of police brutality.

This is another case that illustrates the arrogance of certain religious leaders who think they are above the law. I have personally witnessed NYPD visiting Jewish Temples and Catholics and most Protestants can likely point to law enforcement officers in their congregation. As the Mosque is on the soil of NYC its law enforcement officers have a right to perform their duties. We can discuss the legality of sanctuary in another post.

The Mayor should demand an immediate apology from the Imam to the officer. Furthermore, if this policy remains unchanged the building should be padlocked as a public safety concern. Sorry, but inane religious cults ( Not Islamic) do not have the right to create their own laws in NYC, nor are they above the law.

Obama a Muslim??????

There has been much made in the news about where polls have stated that about one in five of us thinks Obama is a Muslim. Now if Americans feel that the wool has been pulled over their eyes by the MSM, this is likely due to the smoke and mirrors games played by the MSM. The more American people learn about Obama, the more of us want him sent packing in 2012.

The truth is the Obama has unprecedented secrecy that is unthinkable in this age of internet information over load. Where are his transcripts and University applications? Perhaps Obama doesn't want us to know he benefited from affirmative action multiple times. Of course his failure to produce even the simplest records has fueled the birther movement.

Obama is a beneficiary of the Old Bolshevik movement. His campaign was fond of pointing to his Kansas roots. This is quite amusing in that his mother was a freakazoid leftist further left than Castro and his Grandparents were just slightly more moderate. Obama was given Communist mentors sent to elite private schools likely
on the basis of scholarships that his grades did not earn. Obama likely continued to be rewarded for sucking up to Marxist throughout college and law school. Obama gave them a student who repeated what they wished to hear. Once out of college he fails to do real work becomes a "community organizer", attends a racist anti semitic communist church led by a crack pot pastor and spends his free time socializing with
communist terrorists and a far left Palestinian professor.

The media decided early on that Obama was their savior. They turned on Hillary who at least had some intelligence and lousy ideas. Obama was a stealth Marxist who was to deliver America to post racial America. Obama picked the second dumbest man in the Senate to make himself look brighter. He could have picked Bernie Sanders but his Marxist cover would have been blown.

Obama's two decades long membership in the racist Marxist antisemitic church is something far more odious than being Muslims or a visit to Bob Jones University. He was allowed to feign ignorance of the toxic hate and communist garbage spewed by Pastor Wright. In the case of the intellectually limited Obama, this might be true but not what you want in a President.

Once in office his Bolshevik minions wanted America to surrender in the war on terror and nationalize everything on the planet. Obama insisted on pushing an unwanted socialized health care debacle to please his faculty room allies. He passed more money for his Marxist henchmen in big academia and watched the economy burn.
The American people called out to him to respect American values and our founding documents and get the economy moving. Obama merely pushed idiotic cost ineffective green jobs and sent his henchmen out to cry racism at any criticism.

We seldom see the real Barak Obama and when America sees it he falls in the polls.
We saw his contempt for the American people in his infamous "God Gays and Guns" quote that could have been written by the bird brained Marxist Duck. We see it in his arrogant answer to Joe the Plumber. We see the real Obama in the choice of a Pastor that says "God Damned America" and accuses the US government of creating Aids. We see it in the snide remarks of his wife who says that "this is the first time she has been proud of America".

The reality of what Obama is and the vulgar views of his Pastor are far worse than traditional Islam.

Beakerkin an Indian????

I am usually amazed when people mistake me for a member of another group. For the record I remain a Jewish American patriot with roots in various Eastern European countries. We do not know or care what the ethnic composition of AOW, Mr Beamish, Brooke, TMW, Warren or other Americans are so I am perplexed as to why my roots are of such interest to others.

We had the unhinged one at Bad Eagle suggest I was a mulatto, Apache and employed by NYPD. There are light skinned Black people but in my case it would become comedic as I am whiter than the non White White Supremacists. For the record the late Northwind was a French and Abenaki woman.

Over time I have been confused for Polish, Russian, Ukranian by members of those groups in NYC. While I undoubtedly have some of that DNA I consider myself Jewish end of conversation. Those that emigrated from Europe considered themselves Jews and I respect their memory.

Onto more amusing things I have at various times been accused of being a Copt, Assyrian, Armenian and now an Indian by Muslims. It seems that the motion of a Jew speaking of Muslim history via these groups is so outlandish that in the minds of Muslims I must be an impostor.

My identity and thought remain American and I honor those sentiments with my devoted service to the American people. I do have a relationship with an Indo Guyanese woman that is likely headed to matrimony. I have a wonderful parental relationship with her six year old daughter who never knew her father. This does not make me Hindu or Guyanese. I do have a love for the wonderful Guyanese community. However, I have similar affection for the Philippine, Italian, Polish, Dominican, Cuban, Haitian, Egyptian Coptic, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Columbian communities as well. I am probably leaving out many of the communities where I have spent time. This versatility is what quite ordinary for NYC residents.

While commies like the Ducky talk of internationalism and treat the locals like domestic animals NYC types and real Christians like Junglemom, TMW and AOW live it each and every day. Our American DNA contains a bit of this and that we treasure our history and our American values.

Still on Schedule to go to DC on 9-12

I will likely meet with AOW in DC on 9-12. I did meet with Frogburger last year as well as TMW. I hope to run into Steve Harkonen and a few others there.

The last time I went to one of these events it was due to a mixture of curiosity and a desire to be with my friends. Long term readers grasp that I am not a Conservative, but am the rare patriotic liberal. My views are different from Conservatives whom I respect. I consider communism to be an abomination and folks like the Duck to be political criminals.

I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of finding anything more serious than AACORN Sucks and Birtherism. For the most part people welcomed me as a self identified Jew. I heard plenty of people wish that more of my kind would show. Some were surprised by my NYC accent and pleasantly surprised. Everyone was respectful and far from the cartoons presented in the MSM accounts.

Most of us agree that our nation is on the wrong track. Obama is an abomination who
treats Americans with contempt as he caters to his far left allies in faculty lounges and entertainment industry cocktail parties.

I still expect Hillary to jump ship if Obama drops another ten points. Hillary may be dreadful but would be an improvement over the arrogant condescending Obama and lobotomized Biden. Of course my dream ticket is still Rudy and JC Watts. That ticket would create a tidal wave that would sweep the Nation.

Taking our lives for granted

I stop and think of my own life and take things for granted. I took the Sprite to the Central Park Zoo. It was just too hot to go to the Bronx Zoo. It was her first trip to the zoo and a lot of firsts.

I was unaware that the Tranquil Sea had never been to a zoo or an Italian Restaurant.
Perhaps as a native NYC type sometimes I take things for granted.

The Sprite was drawn to the fountains of Columbus Circle. She had never seem them before. I was to find out later she had never seen a horse up close either. I did make a small mistake and should have brought a camera, not for me but for the Sprite. She did enjoy feeding goats and lambs at the Childrens zoo. We did look for an antisemitic Duck at the Zoo and did not find one.

The Sprite enjoyed a good meal at the Italian restaurant. I was shocked that apparently the Tranquil Sea has never eaten in an Italian restaurant.

We think of our own lives as typical, but in fact they are not. I was reminded of that in California when I ordered in Chinatown with zero difficulty while my peers could not get served. My life may not be as typical and average as I had assumed. Maybe nobody's life is in actuality.

Peru gets it right

Communist mercenary Lori Berenson will serve the remainder of her sentence. Her feigned ignorance and lack of remorse for her crimes were apparent well before a series of recent word games.

Communists seem to think that they can get involved in other countries civil wars and then hide behind their foreign citizenship. The actions of the Peruvian government were entirely humane given the seriousness of the offense.

On a human level my sympathies go out to Prof. Berenson who is a decent man. Unfortunately, his daughter is a political criminal who has not learned a thing in spite of her 15 years in jail.

Dr Laura on the N word

I want to point out that we do not use that word on this blog. I also want to point out that as Dr Laura has said it is frequently said by Blacks who also use the F word to describe gays. I also want to point out that Commies like Oliver Stone are free to spew Jewish conspiracies with impunity. Dr. Laura should immediately state she is a commie than no standards of behavior would apply.

We do not use epithets. When the Duck is described as a Commie this is a factual presentation of a political criminal.

Facts and Myths about the Mosque

There are hundreds of Mosques in NYC. The vast amount of NYC residents grasp the legality of building the Mosque at Park Place. That being said they want the project moved to another location. Muslims are quite adept at the crying game. The crimes of 9-11 were committed in the name of Islam. This does not infer that all Moslems are guilty, but they should grasp the rationale
of respecting the site.

There is a persecution complex in the Muslim community and the fault lies with the leaders of many organizations. Americans are sick of being lied to with such falsehoods as Islam is a religion of Peace, Jihad means inner struggle, Islam was spread by trade and so forth. Muslim leaders need to emulate the example of Stephen Schwartz and renounce terrorism everywhere without word games. They must say the same thing in English as in Arabic. Instead of crying victim at every issue the thought needs to be where do we go from here to a better future.

That being said the current mosque site is not the most conspicuous location. It is two blocks North and in the middle of the block. I work in the area and had to find it. It is not visible from the avenues and a compromise location further away would likely yield a more prominent location.

As far as the Ducks comments about Pam Geller and Robert Spencer I find his hypocrisy to be interesting. The president should not meet with them because it grants them legitimacy. This is the same person that demands Israel meet with the most retrograde of Arab terrorists who are dedicated to their elimination. This reveals the blatant hypocrisy and brain impaired bird brained logic of the Duck. Neither Geller not Spenser have ever committed terrorist acts against
Muslims. Furthermore, Obama has stated we should talk to the lunatic leaders of Iran without conditions. If the USA should talk to Iran than local Muslims can talk to Robert Spenser and Pam Geller.

This is not a center funded and financed by the local community. It is a project funded from abroad with very dubious financing. On some levels as this project is being largely funded from abroad the standard logic of the first the first amendment are not as readily defined. This is especially true when a large portion of the financing comes from a Jim Crow Apartheid State that does not permit other religions to build houses of worship on its soil.

Obama His Arrogancy

Obama seems to think he can lecture the world about its problems. He has been on record claiming we should talk to our enemies without conditions. We should engage Iran without conditions. The Israelis need to talk with people dedicated to their elimination.

Obama needs to practice what he preaches. Why should any foreign leaders listen to him if he can't even get Pam Geller and the Mosque Proponents into talks.

Those who scoff at the idea should know that if we make demands on foreign leaders to talk with criminal terrorists than Muslims can meet with Pam Geller, Robert Spencer and Newt Gingrich. If Obama wants to lead a small feat like this can be done. As for Muslims, Geller may have ruffled some feathers. However, just as Muslims claim the first amendment they can not silence those who disagree.

After Geller is done with this she needs to go to round two. Lets publish the names and faces of Commies mocking the dead at Ground Zero. The Mosque is a smaller battle and moving it or scaling down the size is a realistic outcome. However, no such deal should be made with commies
who need to be ridiculed for their spreading conspiracy theories at Ground Zero. Of course the Duck feigns ignorance about the activities of his comwads.

Lessons in Crying

I am totally amazed at the amount of crying by Muslims in the Ground Zero Mosque bit. I want to differentiate their critique from the Duck who is pretty much a political criminal dedicated to the destruction of the USA. The Duck seeks to rationalize any group that seeks his common goal the destruction of the USA. The Duck is so stupid that he fails to grasp that Ray is a Yeagley critic and sticks up for Obama. Any claim that the Duck is capable of higher thought is a delusion.

One discusses the Ground Zero Mosque and gets the following themes

1) US foreign policy brought on 9-11

No 9-11 was an inexcusable war crime committed against the USA in the name of Islam

2) The people of NYC are unreasonable.

No there are hundreds of mosques in NYC that operate in sizes ranging from small storefronts to large congregations that take up a whole city block.

3) Only Islam is judged as a criminal religion

No but with rare exceptions like Stephen Schwartz many Muslim leaders play rationalization word games. Schwartz rejects violence against civilians everywhere as hurting the cause of Islam. This stands in stark contrast to the folks at CAIR who are known for word games and their Marxist academic cheerleading squad.

4) But the USA destroys Mosques .....

Terrorists have blown up Mosques, Churches and Jewish houses of worship in places unrelated to conflicts. The attacks in Tunisa, Argentina and Mumbai targeted Jews who had zero to do with events in Israel.

The USA does not target mosques but if high profile terrorists enter mosques they should nor hesitate to blow it up. If a mosque permits an Al Queda type to enter or store weapons it is a target. Any blame falls upon the terrorists who grasp they are targets.

The Mosque Bit Shows Why Obama fails as a leader

I want to point to the difference between a real leader I disagree with Michael Bloomberg and an incompetent I agree with Barak Obama

Points one

The Mosque is 100% legal. It is not as bad as advertised as I actually went to the area and toured the site. It is in the middle of the block and 13 stories is smaller than the buildings in the area. Unlike many experts I work in the area and am familiar with the site in question.

Point Two

A Mosque so close to Ground Zero is in dreadful taste. It is an affront to many who consider the
area special.

Bloomberg is 100% correct in pointing out the above. For him it is unthinkable to violate the concept of religious freedom because many think this mosque is in very poor taste. Where Bloomberg goes off track is the flip comments he does not care how this project was funded. For him this is no different than a rich foreign investor buying a townhouse. The foreign investors will pay property tax unlike this house of worship. Moreover, NYC should know exactly who the funders of this project are and check for possible terror ties.

Obama takes a stand on principle, but then waffles at the reaction and concedes point two when
the public is furious. Of course Obama could ask the builders of the Mosque to understand the anger they are creating needlessly. Obama could demand the project be halted immediately pending an investigation of the funding. He could negotiate concessions about size of the project
or arrange a deal to move this project slightly North Of Chambers Street to a more suitable location for all.

Obama fails on all counts because he is a mindless University hack leftists and has never been able to much beyond slogans and had no real vision. He got elected by hiding who he is and was aided by a cabal of Journolist cronies.

Bloomberg is a decisive leader who built things. He is a man of convictions and action and a natural leader. I may disagree with his views but still respect him for standing on principle. Obama takes a stand looks at the polls and comments and runs for cover with a remark that tries to please everyone. Obama has no clue about leadership because he has no spine and has no
aptitude for leadership.

Of course if he wanted to show America he is a real leader he can come to NYC and rent Madison
Square Garden

1) Bring the Mosque builders, Mayor Bloomberg, David Patterson, Pam Geller, Robert Spencer, Newt Gingrich, Stephen Schwartz to a Kool-Aide summit. (Beer is Haram). All of the victims families are accommodated.

Place everyone together in MSG with mediocre food until a deal is reached.

While Obama is in NYC meddling he can praise Charley Rangel's service and ask him to retire.
He can also ask the Dolans to rid NYC of Isiah Thomas.

Off to enjoy another day in the Guyanese Community

I have spent the last few days enjoying time with the local Guyanese community. For me it is a relaxing experience. I get to tell jokes and interact with ordinary folks. I enjoy meeting electricians and mechanics and having a beer with friends. My relationship with a local woman is very accepted as I support the community in its charity work. Guyanese woman can be very charming and do chase bachelors over 40. Of course this would likely get me planted in a box by my current girlfriend.

I will not claim that the community is perfect. It is very different from my own where alcoholism is unknown or very rare. We have forgotten about enjoying life in a maze of never ending inane dysfunctional families and over reliance upon mental health care professionals.

My Guyana and a walk to the mosque.

I spent a wonderful evening in the Guyanese Community at a local party for a friend who insisted I visit. Much of the community is from a very small section called Berbice. Guyana is the one place where Christian, Hindu and Muslim get along in harmony and are married into each others family.In fact the MC stated that now they have to add the Jew to the list. It was a wonderful evening of great food, music and dance. As a bachelor I was not allowed to rest much when the dancing started.

I explained I love my Guyana Woman. Her beauty stirs my heart and her fire keeps me in line. In my culture if you mistreat a woman she sues you and leaves you no quarter. The Guyana woman merely kills you and leaves you in a box. Life is much simpler in the beloved Guyanese community.Love your wife and kids, work hard and enjoy life. Instead of going to a mental health provider life is summed up in one loving phrase "Get your shit together mon".

I wasn't there long when a very beautiful woman with Emerald Green Eyes asked me how the Tranquil Sea was doing. Astonished I was to learn that this was the niece of the Tranquil Sea.
One of the Tranquil Seas grandfathers was an Englishman with green eyes. You would not notice it as the Tranquil Sea is the classic Indian Beauty. The niece pointed to my Green Eyes and laughed and said it runs in the family. Alas her eyes were Emerald which is a far more exotic and breath taking color than my Blue/ Green cross color.

I love my adopted community and I very much am at home amongst the wonderful people from
Guyana. Guyana is the best that we can be if our hearts are pure and we toss all that old world crap out the window. My Guyana the beauty of the land is exceeded only by the beauty of its people. If the world could only be as wise and loving as my Guyana.

With Guyana in my heart I walked to the Ground Zero Mosque to separate fact from fiction. I breathe Americanism in my soul as I walk past the familiar where I had been on that day. Memories of the day came to my head as I remembered things best forgotten but they are stuck
with me for the remainder of my days. The truth is that the Mosque is a horrid idea as it is two blocks North. Yet it is in a tucked away in a place in a block far from a corner. One would have to look for it even if it were to be 13 stories it would still not stand out. On that side block my memories were not of 9-11, as the site is next to an imitation "Red Neck bar that fellow officers hold parties in.

Maybe if Michael Bloomberg ditched the disdain about the funding he would have been a bit more right than some of us give him credit for. Maybe if the folks who sponsored this and wanted to claim it as an interfaith place called it Guyana House instead of a place they colonized and invaded. This is not likely the great monster conceived by many as you will have to look for it. As far as desecrating Ground Zero Commie Conspiracy Kooks do it all the time by spreading their mostly antisemitic lies on the site where so many died. Long ago I grasped that freedom of speech is my birthright as an American Citizen. As part of my birthright I must accept that some are evil and have no respect for the sacred ground where my country and city were attacked. Their right of free speech does not prevent me from heckling them as mental health defectives, political criminals, traitors and life's biggest losers. Of course the Duck will swear that he has nothing to do with the commies that spread their poison and make a mockery where so many died horribly and bravely.

Maybe we need to be reminded that Ground Zero belongs to all of us. Muslims should have built this mosque a few blocks North, but it could be far worse. There is an enclave about six blocks North where this would be more appropriate but it could be worse. It would be better if Commie
( Yes Ducky these are your comrades) wouldn't spread their poisonous bigoted traitorous lies and disrespect all that died on that day. Yet it reminds us of exactly who they are and why all of us should despise them and verbally smite them whenever they crawl out from under the rock.
Remember, that roaches and Commies run from the light.

The world would be a much better place if it were like my Guyana. The world would be a better
place if it emulated my beloved NYC. The world would be a better place if all of us lived with the spirit of founders in our souls. Who needs the EU where the Muslims can't find jobs get a welfare check and socialists indulge them with cries of "bad Jooo, Evil America". Unemployed people with too much free time are vulnerable to radical preachers of doom and frequently riot.

My beloved America your founding wisdom is the light of my day. My beloved NYC you are a model of how the world should be at its best. My Guyana your heart and ways of your wonderful
people are an example of what we can be if we toss Old World garbage aside and create new world wisdom.

The best argument the supporters of the mosque can ever make is the one they will never utter.
We need to be near the site of the greatest crime against America committed in our name to learn from the wisdom of America and the harmonious way NYC residents live each and every day. We need to learn from a people who cherish individual freedoms, live love and work together in harmony and have a professionally run city with a stellar work ethic. We can only dream of the freedom that allows us to build a Mosque so close to the site of a crime committed in our name while we create societies that refuse to allow other houses of worship to be built, prevent indigenous Christians from building new Churches and execute those who seek another path to God.

We will have to live with a mosque placed in a poor place yet the insult may not be to us as to the fools who acted in poor taste. Maybe if the fake redneck bar next door could turn it up a notch
ala Hogs & Heifers it would be priceless. Those who want to go to Cordoba House can do so but
I'll be next door listening to AC DC music, eating non Halal Kielbasa with a Budweiser in my hand
and American freedom in my soul, NYC wisdom in my soul and part of my heart to my adopted Guyana people.

The 911 Attack Ground Zero Mosque, Pearl Harbor

I want to talk about 9-11 and the Ground Zero Mosque and you.

9-11 was the worst atrocity ever committed against the American people. The Japanese attacked a military base and even the crimes of the Bataan Death March were committed in the context of a war. The perpetrators and those who died were military personnel with rare exceptions. 9-11 was an attack against office buildings in NYC. The use of civilian airliners to target office buildings was by design an attack against civilians. Unlike an attack by a nation, this attack was done in the name of Islam by war criminals.

The far left has spent decades rationalizing attacks against civilians with BS about oppression. Tossing Senior citizens in wheel chairs off of cruise ships and shooting school kids in the back at Beslan and in Israel are war crimes. There is no rationalization or spin for targeting civilians, despite the rationalizations of commies like poultry.

The crimes of 9-11 were committed in the name of Islam. That being said I do not hold all Muslims accountable for the actions done on that day by lunatics. It is a tribute to the American people that with the exception of a few unfortunate actions no large scale hate crimes took place.
For an example of the basest actions of how others deal with the similar situations one can see the brutal lynching of two Israeli soldiers in Ramallah in 2000. It is to Israel's credit that rather than level the area like in Chechnya or Sri Lanka it tried the perpetrators. Yet the far left in its blind hatred and bigotries hold certain nations to different standards.

The Muslim community with rare exception has done a miserable job in stating without word games that violence aimed and directed against civilians is always wrong. The rare outstanding voices in this area are Stephen Schwartz and individuals like the congenial Abu Farris of Progressive Islam. Most of the time we get spin and rationalizations about terrorism being justified in certain places like Israel.

The American people are fed up and annoyed with being lied to. Islam does not and never has meant peace. The term means submission to the will of God. Unlike the questioning of authority
in Judaism or in most Christianity, Islam is direct about adhering to power. Such a religion by nature of this difference would be much more vulnerable to power mad tyrants than a religion where people instinctively ask Why and by whose authority.

Jihad really has not meant inner struggle. Zhakhat is really not charity as it is done via coercion
but so is taxation. Islam in many cases was spread via the sword. The conquered people were subject to Jim Crow rules that were eased and tightened by whim of rulers. While those like the Duck shake their fist at European colonization of Muslims they ignore Muslim colonization. Usually the Duck will try to point the fingers and claim the abuse of Jews in Europe was worse.
One would deservedly get ridiculed by a person saying slavery in Haiti was worse than in the South. One does not rationalize one abuse claiming another was worse elsewhere.

9-11 to me is a personal story as I was there as well as for the previous attack. The media appointed the Jersey girls as the heirs to 9-11 because they attacked the GOP. Coulter's rebuke
of them echoed with many of us. Coulter was at the home of the great author Richard Poe on 9-11. Poe watched the events from Queens. The Jersey girls were not even present and no closer to the events than myself or Richard Poe. They have been well compensated and speak only for themselves like I do.

9-11 doesn't just belong to people like myself who were there. It belongs to all of us who watched in horror from Queens like Poe or NJ. It belongs to Americans who watched in horror at home.
It belongs to those who watched abroad with their hearts in the right places. Even our good friend and Feline Aficionado Jams ODonnel wrote a moving tribute to a victim.

I return back to the mosque near ground zero. This is no attempt to build bridges as the persons
responsible could have acceded to the wishes of those for whom Ground Zero is a special place and moved the project a few blocks North. The crimes were committed in the name of Islam and a mosque with very dubious funding is not building bridges in any definition. They are creating an insult to many on ground we consider to be special. 2900 of my fellow NYC residents were incinerated by crazed religious fanatics acting in the name of Islam. While I do not hold all Muslims responsible they should show more respect to the site.

I will turn to discussing some of the Mosque supporters.

1) Michael Bloomberg believes in his heart that the USA does not have the right to tell people where to build a house of worship. Had he remained on this point we could respect him as a man
of integrity we disagree with. He lost most of that integrity when he said flipantly that he is not interested in the funding.

The rest of the opposition will be dealt with accordingly

2) A Muslim from the UK that fails to grasp what is so special about Ground Zero and points out
it is just expensive real estate.

This is a person who doesn't grasp the seriousness of 9-11. This is not a person to be loathed or hated. We should convey what 9-11 means to us and leave it there.

3) Lefties like the Duck and Obnoxious EU types

The Duck fully grasps what 9-11 means to us. He is merely intent on sticking his middle finger up at patriots while trying to be a hero to his fellow Commies and EU arrogant condescending windbag counterparts. He deserves a cyber wedgie and whatever abuse Mr. B or Elmer decide is warranted.

Note some opposition from Europe falls closely into the acceptable disagreement type of Bloomberg. When one talks of values and liberty this is a quite different discussion than talking about GOP redneck values or Pam Geller is a jerk.

Workplace Violence Unions and Bullying

It seems as if in this bad economy not a day goes by where we fail to read of some case of a worker
going insane and shooting his coworkers. We have also witnessed dramatic quitting via a flaky airline employee. This is the Obama work place where the tough economy has made life more brutal than every before.

The unions have a fair share of the blame in this new era. At the top levels they are merely paper tigers for the Democrats. If you are lucky you will have a Union at the local level that cares about doing its job. The truth is that even with a good union the processes can be so drawn out that in some cases people can be terminated go through hearings for years before they are reinstated.

The truth is that there is a great deal of bullying in the American work place. A position of authority does not entitle one to abuse or berate employees. It does not also entitle one to abuse their authority and violate laws. Unlike most people I can report of this as a top manager and as an employee. One of my proudest achievements as a manager was I had zero complaints to HR
in five plus years. I got the job done and it was done via teamwork and commitment to the goal first with no larger agendas. I did not hide behind my desk as clerical workers are suited to that task. A managers job is to lead from the front and direct. Most of the time the workers would tell me to sit back, but it wasn't my style. When I suffered a kidney injury that style was altered by
a Dr. who ordered that I may lift nothing larger than a pen at work and a sandwich for lunch. It was hard not being able to do things at the front. The order came from HR stating that any worker who allowed me to lift would be suspended.

My workers had a loyalty to me due to the style. One worker made a dangerous error and accidentally dropped a cherry picker battery. The top boss lined up my workers and asked who did it. When nobody stepped forward I did. The top boss stated Mr. Beakerkin I know you are lying. You never ever get behind anything other than an automatic jack. I stated sir its because I do not know what I am doing and everyone including the top boss laughed. The top boss said I am giving the guilty party 24 hours to step forward or everyone gets suspended for one day without pay. The guilty party stepped forward and was told he was suspended for half a day.

How we manage our staff and deal with the public is a reflection of who we are. For me it is unfathomable to berate a person who made an error from trying too hard. Even when a mistake is made it is done gently and the procedures are discussed. For me it is unthinkable to treat someone unjustly because decency requires no less.

In the new work place bullying is worse than ever. The basic problem is managers are frequently
unaccountable for their actions and there is no review. An employee making an error does not entitle one to scream like a patient out of Bellvue. Nor does hyperscrutiny and proceduralism have any place in the work place.

HR departments are supposed to monitor this but they don't. More often then not they are chums with management and fail to act impartially.

The Obama administration has an unhealthy fixation on a health plan that was not desired by the American people. It has focused on fat cats in Suites and Wall Street while catering to its allies in big education, high ranking labor leaders, big media and the legal industry.

Much of the fault lies with the unions for not focusing on the work place and becoming a yes man
to whatever the big donkey says. Many of us can relate to being bullied at work and it is a very
nasty experience. Those of us who have careers have little choice but to put up with it for years.

Of course dealing with a very real issue and making HR departments accountable in the nasty new work place would be a step in the right direction. Much of HR is merely filling out forms and passing the buck. HR departments need to be accountable for maintaining integrity in the work place and need to be liable when they fail. HR needs to work with the Unions to solve these issues before expensive law suits and arbitration hearings.

Of course being bullied is not an excuse to commit work place violence. The shootings at the beer
distributor need to be investigated. The employee was on film stealing beer and this undercuts any claims of harassment that need to be examined.

Media morons

With great curiosity I read the headline Israeli serial killer in google. When I looked at the name and the town it was obvious that this was a Palestinian Christian. One again the media botched another one.