New Reading on Deck

Long term readers know of my respect for author Stephen Schwartz. He presents a type of Islam that is more in touch with the modern era. Schwartz fights the uphill fight against Wahabi nuts who make a mockery of his faith.

The new Schwartz book deals with Sufism. While we are familiar with the draconian absolutism from the Wahabi nuts it will be informative to learn about other views. Ultimately, radicalism fails due to its excesses and Islamic radicalism is not immune to history.

The Wisdom of Mr B

Mr B correctly points about the affluence of hippies. I am enjoying Flynn's Conservative History of the American Left. Flynn points out the Weathermen were actually 20 year olds still getting allowances from their parents as they were planning
revolution.

The spoiled children never grew up and went on to higher where they are still spoiled children.

Flynn's A Conservative History of The American Left

I skipped ahead to Flynn's chapters about the 1960's human garbage radical. Flynn correctly portrays them as infantile opportunists. Their often criminal conduct was not treated seriously enough by the police despite repeated provocations. The myth of the popular mass movement changing attitudes about the Vietnam war is also a farce. The protesters remained unpopular outside their drug numbed circles.

The sixties generation depended on the Vietnam War as a stage for their lawlessness and crass opportunism. Today anti-semitism is the glue that cements the far left's bong hit dreams. The left is quite clueless as to the symbolism of boycotting Jews. The parallels of boycotting Jews are up there with book and cross burning. It is hardly surprising that a political hack fake UCU mediocrity would use an article from David Duke's website. The grand alliance even demands the left be silent when Hammas butchers the lefts flunkies,Fattah. The grand alliance of the 60's left had the Black power clods who were in actuality a drug pushing street gang. In a similar manner the grand alliance had Black Power clods and the current version has Jihadis and Nazis.

The Harry's Place Saga Ends

Harry's Place is back on line. The UCU has a well deserved Black Eye for its Stalinist
abuse of power. In the end the pen proved mightier than the legal sword. The UCU's draconian abuse of power created free publicity.

The episode demonstrated that the inane libel laws of the UK need to be changed. This example was illustrated best by the David Irving/ Lipstadt trial. The laws prevent
accurate information from being published due to legal threats. Ultimately, this prevents sane political discourse and serves to protect people from malfeasance. The people of the UK need their own version of the First Amendment.

The UCU dimwits botched this episode and tossed the perpetrator under the bus. The cause of this is the harassment of those opposed to its insane obsession with Israel.
In the vacuum far left types become increasingly shrill and self righteous and compete with each other for who can sound the most bellicose. The fact that Boycotting Jews has a past as odious as book burning is lost on the Bolsheviks at the
UCU.

The episode also shows what happens to organizations once Marxists are permitted to
infiltrate and set the agenda. The job of a Union is to protect the rights of its workers. Harassing Jews and subjecting them to political litmus tests as a prerequisite of hire does not sound like a job of a Union. In fact it is something a responsible Union guards against. This is demonstrated at the Anglican Church where
far leftists unilaterally decided to set precedents without even considering the views of Churches in other regions. The job of a Church is to meet the spiritual needs of its congregation. Why does this Church need a commisioner of Social Justice?
Do sermons about recycling really belong in a Church? As the members die off or leave the Marxists remain clueless and ever more shrill.

The whole episode demonstrates that the person in question has a second rate mind and is probably a political hack appointment rather than a scholar. A scholar should be expected to know who David Duke is or at least notice the White power stuff on the page. Had this material come from the original site 9-11 conspiracies and alien abduction material should have given this so called scholar a clue. When her error
was noticed she should have stated "I made a serious error" and moved ahead. Instead the Marxist thugs attacked the free speech of the folks at Harry's Place and above all their readers for reporting the facts.

The ham handed tactics have damaged the career of this second rate political hack. A google search on the name of this dimwit shows scores of entries on using materials from a racist website.If this person was some type of scholar one seriously needs to
work to find out what subject she teaches. There are serious scholars and political hacks and it is becoming apparent which description describes this individual. Her career was damaged by her brazen malfeasance and stupid response, not by the post at Harry's Place.

Oddly Renegade Eye has now become a free speech advocate. He does not endorse this when Hugo closes down papers. He does link a blog that has been recognized by actual
Nazis for its anti semitic content. He encourages a person who claims Jews control America, Jews are Khazars, Jewish Americans are traitors and that Israel knew about 9-11 to participate in his site. Obviously, the message of the far left tolerating the most rabid expressions of antisemitism is lost on him. Like the folks at the UCU
the clueless Trotskyite continues to link a site that is even more anti semitic than
the fare posted by David Duke and Hammas.

The Issue Behind The Harry's Place Mess

The standard far left spin machine is desperately trying to defend what can not or should not be defended.

There is some partial truth in that any blog post can be taken in part or in full by another group. Yet common sense would indicate links from certain sites carry the stench of what they are. A University Faculty member should have the critical judgment to know who and what David Duke is.

I followed the link from the original Duke Post back to a clearly moonbatty site with
a range of conspiracies. The excuse that the original post was on another site and the article was written by a conspiracy nut at another crank site does not pass the credibility test.

This censorship will ultimately backfire and draw more publicity to the brain impaired malfeasance of the UCU hack whose malfeasance started this. I would not be surprised to see this story picked up by LGF, Free Republic among other sites.

Harry's Place and the inane Brittish Libel Laws

Those of us who enjoy blogging and high quality fare make Harry's Place a must read.
The blog is silenced due to the absurd libel laws of the UK and some buffoonery and malfeasance at UCU.

Harry's Place correctly reported that a left wing dolt posted material on her website that originated with David Duke. The facts are not in dispute. Harry's Place was correct to point out this embarrassing fact. Antisemitism is endemic on the so called far left and this point illustrates how far this has progressed.

The basic problem is that the UK needs a free speech law similar to our own First Amendment. With one frivolous complaint thousands of dedicated fans of a blog were deprived by the arrogant malfeasance of a thug at UCU. Rather than point the finger at the folks at Harry's Place, this person should have acknowledged a serious error and moved on. Thousands of dedicated readers are being inconvenienced because an egomaniac had her precious self righteous feelings hurt.

We support Harry's Place against far left abuse of the law.

The only relevant question is did this person link material from David Duke.

The Folks at Harry's Place Agree With The Beak

It has long been the contention that it is almost impossible to discern the far left
antisemitism from that of Neonazis. The latest example is a UCU professor who used
material from David Duke without knowing its odious source.

Many of you think I am joking about the comments at Ren's site strongly resembling those at Stormfront. The exception is when CB, the Farmer and Sonia comment on the most
outlandish of claims.

Ren even links and regularly hosts an actual Nazi whose site is featured by Stormfront.
It seems the grand alliance for communism now includes Nazis.

More Dishonesty From Ren

Newer readers to this blog may be puzzled by my odd relationship with the Duck. The Duck has his own code of honor that communists lack. He may say some odious things, yet
he will not knowingly say something he knows is false like the soulless Renegade Eye.

On the blog of Pagan Temple Renegade Eye proclaims Bill Ayers never was a communist.He does tell a partial truth that the members of the Weather Underground were spoiled brats.

The reality is that the crimes of the Weather Underground were committed in the name of Marx. The terrorists were trained by Cuban intelligence with aid from the North Vietnamese. This was reported in the New York Times in the 70's. What has been added through the Freedom of information act it has been learned that the Weathermen received training from the KGB.

There are times too much secrecy has hurt our country. Had the full extent of the ties of the Domestic terrorists been widely known it is unlikely that the American people would have allowed them to escape justice. However, the wall of ignorance allowed criminal terrorists to get jobs via the Old Bolshevik Network.

When the Soviet Union fell we missed a vital opportunity to use the information to
prosecute the traitors in our midst. The full extent of the crimes of the Weathermen
may become common knowledge. It would be ironic if the wrath of the American people
were to rise in anger, just not at the target they desired.

There is a profound difference between poultry and power mad soulless fundamentalist acolytes of the cult of class genocide and property theft.

Barak Obama and Weekend at Bernie's

The choice of Joe Biden as vice president is neither beneficial or wise. When has Biden
ever had an original thought. He is a party hack who seems to have substance only when
compared to empty rhetoric of Obama.At his best he is a poor Man's Al Gore minus the Little Lord Fauntleroy act, minus 30 IQ points and with zero Charisma.

While everyone talks about foreign policy what Obama lacks is someone with executive experience and an ability to think outside the box to solve real problems. A big city Mayor or a governor could have done that.

Obama could get the same results by nominating the corpse from the weekend at Bernie's
films.

Flynn's Best so Far A Tale of Leftism Worthy of Paul Harvey

The next part of Flynn's book deal with a lunatic Vermont Minister. The minister had
some rather offbeat ideas and moved from Town to Town looking for followers. He then
later founds a commune in New York. Among his wackier ideas were plural marriage where
sexual encounters are assigned by a committee. He also tried to have selective breeding with himself as the apex impregnating the most attractive younger women.

Unlike other disastrous communes this one produced products that people wanted. Eventually the commune tossed the wacky minister out and changed focus. They made high quality flatware with a name that should be familiar to some of you.

This improbable story is how the Oneida flatware company was formed.

More Stupidity From The Duck

The Duck stupidly assumes as a supporter of Israel I must support the Kibbutz mania.
I do not support any form of communism be it on a Kibbutz or via Hugo Chavez's insane asylum.

In fairness to the Kibbutznicks, Owenites and other fools these were exercises in idiocy carried out by people of their own free will. They did not force their stupidity
on others. As such one should not hold them in the same contempt as Marxists of all idiotic varieties or the even dumber anarchists.

A supporter of Israel is not bound to support every policy or concept in Israel. I certainly do not care for Israeli communists or Kahanists. Israeli communists like communists everywhere should be treated as a mental health issue.

Flynn's A Conservative History of The American Left part 2

Flynn moves on to discuss American followers of the French crank Fourier. Several communes started and all failed because the far left dreamers ignored human nature
while passing intellectual gas.

We see attempt after attempt by idiots with no concept of how agriculture works attempt this madness. A commune founded on a dairy farm with poor soil end up importing Milk.
Another one called Fruit land produces no fruit.

Flynn also describes Fourier's ego mania and imbecility Fourier claimed adoption of his system would alter the ecology of the planet. Oceans would desalt and the Siberian coast would be like Naples. This sounds on a par with the idiocies espoused by Al Gore.

Flynn's A Conservative History of The American Left

I have read the first two chapters. The first chapter deals with the religious left.
The chapter talks about the debacle of religious attempts at communism. We get several
examples of failures including the pilgrims abolition of private ownership of property.
There are some interesting paragraphs about the Shaker movement.

Chapter Two deals largely with the failure of Robert Owen. Owen unlike Marx, placed his
ideas into action and formed a commune called New Harmony. It failed miserably an Owen
like Communists was authoritarian.

The communities in both chapters fall apart because lefties fail to understand human nature.

"It's not that socialism inevitably leads to oppression. Socialism is oppression."

Adults Only Taboo XXXXX

Do Not Read Below this line if sexual talk offends you

Seriously

This is no joke

Do you really want to read this

Curious

I am starting to wonder what it is that defines us as heterosexual or gay. Every act committed by gays is also done by straight people as well. The only act that straight people perform that gays do not is conventional male to female heterosexual sex.

Thus am I defined as a straight person merely by my proclivity for the one act gays can not perform.

I think of the sum of those relationships that meant something in my life, and oddly what I remember is a feeling. I remember a closeness in and beyond the bedroom. Yes what went on in those private moments was a part of it. However, so were those moments of couple time like a walk/misadventure on a hiking trip or a drive in the countryside.

Is the sum of my relationship determined by that one act.

Am I missing something?For if this alone is the only act that gays can not perform
than does my proclivity for it define me? Is it just that simple or am I missing something.

Temper Temper

I want to point out the touchiness of certain bloggers. These bloggers are famous for
crying about any critical comment that they post. I can and have disagreed with Mr. Beamish, Nanc or AOW without them going postal. The over the top responses seem to indicate that there is perhaps more substance to my critique than either would admit publicly.

For people that cry about personal attacks this dynamic duo certainly engages in them
quite frequently. A response to criticizing an author of whose book they have not bothered to read is met with the standard "you are a liar". My response is to demonstrate how a personal attack should at least contain some originality. For example what was the last book you have read? Did it have a man in a yellow hat or an over sized red dog? My response at least was original, but being usual suspect number one deleted the whole exchange this is lost.

I will respond to the usual suspects. They know who they are without my saying so. Person A from moment one was always an imbecile. You can search his writings, which he deletes frequently, for intelligent content and you will find nothing. This person
demanded I drop a certain gas masked friend whom he calls evil and the house bigot.
In fact he states that there are many bigots here. He doesn't bother to name these bigots.

His greatest crime was claiming I write these posts to impress my "fundamentalist"
friends. Who these friends are he doesn't name? The positions on this blog are written because it is a representation of what I believe. Oddly, had this person half a brain, he would have seen similar discussions on MZ's site. Why would I dissent from MZ on this subject as far back as two years ago. Moreover, who was I trying to impress on that site?

This person literally reinvents himself every other week. Who knows what person we are dealing with this week or next. Perhaps he is going to be a New Age Folk Singer
next week or perhaps it will be a combination of tarot cards and rap music. While he has been all over the map and has become increasingly hateful I am still the same man. He was tolerable because he was a decent sort with a good sense of humor. He is
now neither a decent sort nor has he evidenced any sort of humor. It is very hard to
have a sense of humor and you are in a self righteous mania at the same time.

On to the last of the dynamic duo. It is with great reluctance that I even start this. I am well aware of words said in anger because a close friend is hurting over whatever ails him. I am also aware of a person desperately trying (not you) to regain credibility within his community by attacking innocent people and saying the most outlandish hateful comments about "fundies".

It is one thing for a TMW or even a Nanc to criticize the remarks about "radical Christians". It is quite another for a non practicing secular Jew to notice this theme. While I do not deny that some dreadful homophobic comments are made there is no mass movement by Brill Cream haired men high on the 700 club to herd gays by force
into NASCAR events, make them eat red meat and make them heterosexuals. There is no mass movement towards a Christian theocracy and this is Henny Penny. The sky is not falling.

Ironically, person A has criticized me in terms that some of his mutual friends have said to me in private. I could switch my name for his in his critique of me and produce identical comments. I honor the man who served his country and was a decent thoughtful person and someone I valued as a friend. His words do not bother me at all because I am aware of the desire and context to protect a friend. I would remind this person that sometimes we try too hard to protect our friends and there is truth to every one of my critiques and points. The truth is also said by a person who has similar training to his own. There are jobs that are best handled by professionals and if you are honestly interested in helping this person you should encourage this person to seek guidance and listen to that guidance.

Person B has reinvented himself several time. At one point he was a Catholic Priest.
Then he was unaffiliated and when we last met him he was claiming to be a messianic Jew. Oddly, I came to his defense, which he forgets, and thanked me at the time. I respect messianic Jews, I respect Christianity in general and I respect the right of gays to individual dignity. I do not respect liberation theology as it is an attempt by Marxists to subvert religious denominations. Oddly, my criticism of this malady is meaningless as the membership either dies or forms a cha cha line to a more traditional Church. When person B talks of "radical Christians" he is leaving out the
people who think the communist manifesto is a sacred text. I am neither the first nor
likely the last to Rowan Williams a Marxist. Moreover, one can take the time and read
the entire entries on "Liberation Theology, Social Justice" and Williams on Discover
The Network.

Person B has not even bothered to read this material and seems to think my critique
on this point is contrived out of thin air. In fact two Popes were quite clear about
liberation theology and agreed with my position. It is a fallacy to say Jesus cared about the poor so we will act in their name to liberate them from oppression. If you wish to serve the poor as a calling it is a noble thing. The poor suffer from many things lack of education, mental illness, substance abuse, domestic violence but they
are in no definition oppressed. A social worker who mistreats her charges is guilty of malfeasance, not oppression. In reality that social worker is likely a dedicated professional who has helped more people than bug eyed Marxist clerics running between protests, jet setting to every Marxist hot spot, cocktail parties and press interviews. The social worker has rules, procedures and works for the government. Sometimes the self righteous types who seek to exploit (not B) the poor for political
power deliberately exploit their needs.

I am no longer welcomed on their site, but this is merely stating something in public
that has been an unwritten policy for a while. Unlike this blog where we allow dissent that blog pays lip service to dissent. This blog has always allowed dissent
but we do not allow criminal threats or spam. The Duck comes here almost daily and is
almost never if ever censored.

Neither A nor B are banned from this site. They are free to comment if they so desire. I have no interest in A as a friend. It was his choice initially, but upon reflection I concur for reasons of my own. I still consider B a valued friend with whom I disagree even if he no longer describes me as such. I salute B for his service
to America and wish him well.

There will be no changes as a result of this parting of ways. The content of this blog is determined by the way I see things. It is apparent that those who claim the content of this blog is written to please "fundies or bigots" are projecting their
own foibles on me. The over the top shrill hateful rhetoric of A is clearly an attempt to regain credibility within the gay community. Then again when one is all over the map who knows what the real A is or will be next week. It is almost like watching Dr Who regenerate every two months.

This blog has been clear about our respect for religious people. If you look carefully you will even note that we do not say a word about Islam. It is quite possible to be a patriot and be concerned about your faith as Stephen Schwartz has clearly demonstrated. Schwartz literally places himself in danger for his convictions
and even when I disagree with him it is respect. The limits of religion in this country is when your religious practices violate the law, incite people to criminal acts or infringe upon someone else's liberty.

I believe gays and lesbians should be left alone as a matter of civil law. I also want freaks in black robes, like Bader Ginsberg, as far from religious terms as possible. All religious denominations have strict rules about marriage. Gays are entitled to civil unions that would carry the same legal benefits. This should not be available to heterosexual couples who may marry legally.

I have always been for humanizing both gays and so called "fundamentalist" Christians. One can only hate what one has dehumanized and pointless hate is something I have always been against.

Now B might point out that I hate liberals. This would be amusing if I were a conservative. I hate Utopians and given the crimes against humanity they have committed this is justified. Communism is a religion (Toynbee) that is deceptive in nature and deadly in practice. Communists will practice entryism and seek to subvert
and manipulate people. Liberation theology is an attempt by Communists to subvert religious institutions.

I respect genuine liberals who have the decency to step away from the communists. Freedomnow and Jams are examples of liberals I respect. Pro American social liberals
left the Democratic party long ago when the Harkin, Rangel and Gomer Kerry types started appeasing communists. In fact the Democratic party has allowed these same subversive types into the party. A quick check of the writtings of the Daily Kos crew, Moveon maniacs and Code Pinko cast congregate proves my point. Pro American liberals need to step away from the Marxists who write such wonders as "General Betrayus" or write Jewish conspiracies to blow up the WTC.

While I am still the same guy with the same positions the critics of this blog are always reinventing themselves. This also includes the person in Chicago who is a Kahanist, an ex Kahanist seeking truth, a born again Kahanist and now back on his way to being an ex Kahanist again. Who knows maybe next week he might be a retro beatnick. He has already started the dreadful Prozac poetry and all he needs is a goatee, bongos and some pot.

At least some of the cast remains stable.TMW, Nanc, Warren, AOW, Mr B and many others
are still the same. Sonia is still unclothed and even more anti communist than I. Pagan is still himself as is the ever decent Jams herding befuddled felines through
the seasons.

The Free Market

We live in a free society that allows first amendment rights for all including some really odious types like Norman Finkelstein, David Duke and the publications of forgeries such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or I Rigoberta. The beauty of living in our system is that nobody forces anyone to read any particular book unless it is in an academic situation.

Those on the left get bent out of shape by anything that doesn't march to their tune. We hear the familiar rants about Fox News, Limbaugh and whomever else. If you don't like something don't buy it, don't watch it or do not listen.

Jerome Corsi has said some fairly vile things in the past. This infers little or nothing on the material in the book. Some of this material is likely familiar to many of us. As far as the Barak Obama as a Muslim story it would likely be an improvement
over a racist/ Marxist church led by a crackpot. One can find decent Muslims who do not run around in a blather about AIDS conspiracies or saying "God Damn America".

Has anyone seen a single post about an anti Bush book at the Crank Files or AOW's site. What is it about those on the left that need to throw a temper tantrum about books they haven't read, radio shows they do not listen to or cable networks they don't watch? There is a wide assortment of choices and those on the left need to grow
up.

Question for all bibliophiles

Are some of you guilty of reading certain chapters of a book or reading it out of sequence?

Odious Letters Reveal Rowan Williams stance on Gays

I want to stress that the woman who revealed William's private correspondence violated a trust. Her motives are suspect, but now the information is out there it should be dealt with. If this was correspondence in a clinical setting this woman should lose her license.

There are people who have passionate beliefs that I disagree with. Usually, this is the case with a mysterious blogger from Texas whose positions of late need a score card.
Other than communists and Nazis, I respect passion for what one believes in. There is a
nobility in following one's passions. There is a difference between passion and hate as well.

The letters reveal the real Rowan Williams. His actions over the last few days can be viewed as cowardice or pragmatism. In my view, he should have fought for what he believed. Ultimately, his actions postponed a future split at best.

Idoitic Leftists Criticize Books They Have Not Read

We should be used to rabid leftists criticizing books they have not bothered to read.
The familiar attacks on any book by Couter are familar. One can get similar venom by bringing any David Horowitz book to a so called "Peace Protest".

Thus it is not surprising that increasingly rabid leftist Rob pronounces a verdict on a
book he hasn't bothered to read. Rob has decided without bothering to read Corsi's previous book that Corsi is a liar. Of course when I point that out Rob accuses me of making up facts.

Rob on his best days was never known for his intellect. He had a decent sense of humor
but as he goes further into mindless far leftism this is gone.

Now people who have read this blog know I am almost always reading something. You can find book reviews on this site. Sometimes I am guilty of reading a book out of Chapter sequence or just a chapter or two of special interest.

I pointed out to Rob his personal attack wasn't funny.

I asked Rob what was the last book he read. Did it have a man in a yellow hat or a big red dog. I should ave asked if it was a pop up book.

Not surprisingly Rob deleted the sequence. In addition to becoming as hateful as the so called "fundamentalists" he has apparently lost his sense of humor.

Did he bother to read Unfit for Command? Probably not, but that doesn't stop him from
pronouncing a verdict on a book he hasn't bothered to read.

Expecting too much from politicians

I was surprised by the amount of anger in my office for the foolishness of John Edwards
misdeeds. I never liked Edwards and always thought he was a ambulance chasing hack at best.

Edwards is still human, despite his monumental lapse in judgment with an airhead. He is not the first, nor will he be the last to fail. His real crime was failing while his wife was battling cancer.

If you are waiting for a human moment from Edwards where he accepts responsibility and understands the anger created by his actions forget it. Few humans have the class and the humanity too make a sincere statement from the heart.