The Jewish New Year

I have been moving my schedule around so I can take off for the Jewish New Year. On Friday I had to do all the yearly computer courses required in my profession. I took
four classes of EEO material, two on ethics, one on the Constitution, office safety, fire safety and Flu prevention. Luckily I took the computer safety course earlier and
one EEO class has to be taken every two years.

Tomorow I will go in at 5AM to do my monthly statistics. I have to fill out monthly
statistics, in addition to daily reports, local databases and national ones. Then the folks wonder why nothing gets done probably because we spend all day counting instead of working.

It has been over a year since I returned from Vermont. I miss Earl who is apparently either gone to the great beyond or has found a better food source than my frend Neil.
I enjoyed my trip across the country met interesting people. I went from coast to coast but missed out on Lee's Chicken. When most of my crew returned from the trip they were talking about Sea World or Disney. My favorite was still Fat Burger and Romano's Macaroni Grill.

The real highlight was spending veterans day with actual veterans at the Golden Coral. The restaurant wanted to comp us due to the nature of my work. I insisted on paying and many of the veterans shook the hands of my fellow officers. Three of us were actual veterans of the Navy.

My assignment has changed for the new year. Somehow, I was appointed to an elite squad. I did not expect or campaign for this type of unexpected honor. I did my best
and someone appreciated it. I never worked for honor or glory but for the American people. Hopefully I will return to ordinary work, but a stint of high profile cases is expected.

The years bring change and at these times it is good to reflect upon what has happened. I assumed that my career was largely over and I could glide off into anonymity. This assignment will likely land me on the path to an investigators slot
at some future date. I do not aspire to management a I have done that as a civilian.

I certainly miss my friends from Vermont and those from the road trip. I miss a couple of friends who do not come around like Florian, Kuhnkat, Esther, Bargholtz and
Justin. I am always greatful for those who are around and too numerous to mention and those I will meet in the new year.

In Vermont I did not socialize with the coworkers. Now I never eat lunch or go to the gym alone. My social calender is always full. Oddly women in NYC are much more aggressive than those in VT and they frequently ask you out.

I was lucky to get my last raise as a pay freeze and layoffs look imminent. I expect
the government to offer buyouts to the older workers first. Then all the recent hires
will go at a certain point. Government workers tend to return when the economy gets better. I am entirely sympathetic but having endured the inhuman process a break will come for those who persist.

I await my final adventure. Officers who reach the highest grade go for a two week training and are given the status as "journeymen". My paper should be delivered in either VA or TX. Either way it will be a road trip and likely my last adventure. I am on path to be appointed an there investigator at some point in the future so will be more at a future date.

Nobody knows what is in store for the future. When one door closes look for another to open.

I will return to normal posts after this moment of reflection tomorrow.

Stephen Schwartz the Other Islam Confused

I am reading the second chapter and it is somewhat confusing. Many of the Sufi orders appear to be humanistic blends of Islam and regional religions. We have a stereotype of the Pagan as inhuman and uncouth. However, this is inaccurate and while human sacrifice
was a real phenomena it did not produce endless jihad or mindless genocide ala communism or Nazism.

The question of what is Islam will be decided by Muslims themselves. The question of originalist is not a Muslim question itself but is something that crosses denominations. The mess at the Anglican church is also largely originalists vs Marxist hacks. This is seen in Judaism with Modern Orthodox vs the reform and some of the reform movement is Marxist.

Immigration declines

In some recent posts I noted the empty stores and for sale signs in the immigrant communities in NYC. The newspapers reported that immigrants are going home as the construction industry declines.

This is not necessarily a bad thing.

Not that Stupid

There is some talk about an Al Queda plan to interrupt the American election. Americans
are not Spaniards and any major attack would eliminate Barak Obama's chances in and potentially even swing states like NJ into the McCain column.

Time for Rangel to Go

Charles Rangel has always been a disgrace. The media has allowed him to get away with
remarks that should have killed any other politicians career. He is also directly responsible for inflicting Hillary Clinton on the people of New York.

Rangel now has serious ethical problems to go with his history of loopy remarks. He has
been caught not reporting income from a rental property in the Dominican Republic. This
is far more serious than Fossela's DWI and adultery.

Rangel has served for too long and is a walking example of everything that is wrong
with Congress.

Schwartz's The other Islam Chapter 1

Those of you looking for a humanistic cosmopolitan version of Islam should read this book. It is best understood by those who have a propensity toward the theological.

I have to admit that I am somewhat crossed up and confused with what the Turkish Alevis are. According to Schwartz they are sufis and fairly tolerant. Yet according to other sources they are a fused type of blended religion that is from the ancient Kurdish religion known as the Cult of Angels. Schwartz may be right as the Alevis of Turkey are
very dissimilar to the Alewites of Syria.

Even the Yezidi venerate a Sufi mystic but are clearly not Muslim. The question with blended religions like Santaria boils down to authenticity.

This is interesting reading to the theologically inclined.

The logical progression of terror

The last week served to remind us that terrorism is still here. We are far more apt to
encounter it in areas like Yemen and Pakistan. The reaction of the Pakistani government
will be interesting as its military has been reluctant to fight the extremists on its soil. The government of Yemen is a joke at best and can be expected to do little or nothing.

Muslims like the person who was here last week miss an important point. It is one thing
to be upset by foreign policy. However, that does not give one license to commit acts
of violence targeted at civilians. The Hotel that was blown up probably employed over 100 locals who are now unemployed. An extension of this illogic has Americans upset at Muslims attacking NYC nuking Mecca. Sorry, but as Schwartz notes terrorism is a disgrace and hurts Islam and there is no excuse or word games.

The reality is that the terrorist problem in the world has two causes Islam and Communism. Commies are quick to point out the odd abortion clinic bomber. However, Christians do not attempt to hide such criminals or make excuses for such behavior.
Commies do make excuses for the antics of Ayers, Chesimard and so forth and actively
aided them avoid justice. Furthermore when communist criminals are caught they mysteriously wind up with high paying jobs at an academic gulags.

Communists like Renegade Eye pretend that Bill Ayers was a spoiled child. He was a spoiled child who acted in the name of communism. Just as Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Trotsky and Jim Jones also committed their crimes in the name of communism. Similarly, Osama Bin Laden, Mougniyeh and others commit their brand of terrorism in the name of Islam. In the case of Fattah and perhaps one or two others one can have both causes acting in concert.

The problem with American Muslims is that the excuses need to stop. There is no excuse for 9-11, there is no excuse for Beslan, there is no excuse for terrorism. Amoral communists fail to differentiate between an attack like one at Beslan designed to kill children and the reactions caused by needless deaths due to populations allowing terrorists to act in their midst. Thus a marijuana Marxist like Graeme Striecher will point out the higher death tolls in Israeli responses to repeated provocations in a self righteous stupor. What the communists omit is that terrorists
purposely try to inflate these numbers by hiding in civilian areas. In actuality the Israeli response to the repeated provocations in Gaza has been muted. A Grozny type response is how a typical government deals with these provocations.

However, it should be noted that the Civil war between sides in Gaza has produced scores of atrocities without comment from Marijuana Marxists or the Toilet Trotskyite
from Minneapolis saying a word. I am watching the situation in Gaza carefully as a report on the situation there has the commies of Fattah now aligning with Al Queda backed elements in Gaza. The John Batchelor show generally has superior intelligence analysts. Commies are amoral and have a history of aligning with actual Nazis while pointing their finger at everyone else and calling them Nazis. This prospective alliance should come as no surprise to students of history.

Schwartz stands alone as a giant in his vision of a more rational type of Islam. Those who continue to dream of a global caliphate are madmen who endanger all of us with their blood lust. Those who believe utopia in this world is possible will rationalize all excesses to create it.

The ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY the MEANS.

What we learned in the NFL this week.

Teams are not as good or bad as we make them out to be, unless they are the Rams and they are close to being as bad as their record. Usually a good running game will cover up other weakness but Jackson has not gotten on track.

The Bengals played with nine men in the box to slow the Giants running game. Had they
been more creative Kevin Boss could have had a big game.

New England will regroup from their surprising loss. Other than their defensive line
the rest of their defense is a step slow and subpar. The exception is rookie LB Mayo.
The Dolphins will win around six games with a decent running game and a QB who doesn't make stupid mistakes.

We are also learning the value of experience in the QB position as Kerry Collins and Kurt Warner show they still have life. Collins will probably take the team further than Young. He somehow manages to get better production out of the WRs than Young.
Warner was always better than he was given credit for. Hopefully he is mentoring Lienart as he mentored Eli Manning in NYC

Stephen Schwartz the Other Islam the Introduction

When one reads anything produced by Schwartz one should bear in mind he is a professional writer who is dedicated to his on craft. His style is easy the reader even when you do not agree. Schwartz is a man of great passion and great integrity who should be respected even when one disagrees.

Schwartz is a Sufi Muslim and in this work his passion for his subject is quite evident. One gets to understand Schwartz as a person who is very sincere about his beliefs even if one disagrees. As a pragmatist I always have respected the peaceful practice of all religions. However, I am on a plane of existence that is somewhat below mysticism.

The thirty plus page introduction is highly entertaining and informative even though I disagree with the author on many points. Ultimately, his vision would lead to a better world but on a pragmatic level it is improbable.

Final Review For Flynn's Conservative Hstory of the American Left

The book is enjoyable and entertaining on many levels. The early sections on Owen and George are interesting. The basic problem with the left today is its myth making is mistaken for history. Commies pretend George was a kindred spirit, but George had a genuine disdain for Marx. The fable of commies and Anarchist leading labor is also debunked.

Note for Book Review Fans

We will be reviewing and discussing Stephen Schwartz's new book The Other Islam. It is important to note that I support the peaceful practice of all religions. Schwartz represents the Islam that we wish were the norm tolerant, cosmopolitan and appreciative of the larger culture.

I am still bothered by the words of Broken Mystic who fails to understand that 9-11 has nothing to do with US foreign policy. The fact that a group has a grievance does not excuse or rationalize a criminal act. A similar thought process would be that since a Muslim radical attacked the USA America has the right to nuke Mecca.

Americans wanted to hear American Muslims unequivocally denounce all terrorism. The folks at CAIR spun and played word games. Almost entirely alone Stephen Schwartz and the CIP stood out in denouncing terror without word games. Schwartz's honor, craftsmanship and skill as a writer and human are noted and surprisingly we even agree with him every now and then.

The folks at the local Borders assured me the book will be in next week.

The Good Part of Federal Employment

A coworker had a heart attack and has been out for a while. It appears unlikely she will be returning to work any time soon. The Federal government allows workers to transfer sick time to those in need. I started the drive and gave up 40 hours.

The move postpones her placement on disability by a week. Hopefully some of the workers will kick in a few days and we can stall this for a bit longer.

Communist Stupidity and waste of Art

In this chapter Flynn recounts the absurd era of communist goonery in the arts. Commies
had decided that art is a weapon and must serve their insane cult. While commies rail about black lists they do not acknowledge that party goons often dictated what artists
could write.

This episode illustrates why works by communists should be viewed with suspicion and why they should not be employed in education or government. A communist by nature is a herd animal whose fealty to a genocidal cult trumps all other factors. Communists have no loyalties except to the cult and there are numerous examples of betrayal of this country and others by communists. They can not be counted on to follow directions or to
maintain professional ethics and as such should be excluded from hire.

Rough times locally

Much of life is timing. People with my degree tended to walk into back office jobs in Wall Street. Unfortunately, right before I graduated a major crash in the market eliminated those jobs. Thus my career path took me to several jobs before a long stint in the fashion industry.

The crash was a temporary thing but time had closed the door in my face. A few years later the doors reopened but central casting wanted fresh graduates. I always wondered what my career would have been like with better timing. I looked at a few of my HS classmates who did well by signing on right after high school and worked their way up.I looked at college friends who graduated two years before and after me wondering where my skills and ability would have taken me.

Wall Street is a local industry in these parts. It is very hard to see good people lose their jobs. Many of them thought the good times would never end and had lifestyles that never accounted for this. I took a friend who has seen his hopes and dreams go up in smoke to lunch. The reality that some of these jobs may never return
has not hit my friend. I hope his marriage survives this but strains are natural.

I have been through the same thing as my friend. I worked hard for several companies
that closed. It is a hard thing to see as the company and coworkers become like family. I am starting to wonder if my current career is a divine blessing as I just am not equipped to handle what my friends are going through.

Flynn's A Conservative History of The American Left

I had read the roots of eugenics before in prior works of Flynn. Eugenics was another
really bad idea from the far left. It is important to note that Margaret Sanger did meet with the Klan. Communist fraud WEB Dubois was also in favor of this scam.

Eugenics fell into deserved disrepute with the advent of the Holocaust. Prior to that it was just another failed idea of the left. Of course there was a semi official junk science rationale that evolved into mass murder.

Science without morality can be quite deadly. The usual suspects appoint themselves God
and mankind must look out.

Beakerkin Goes to an Old Car Show

I went to the local used car show and was somewhat disappointed. There were plenty of vintage sports cars. However the cars that we drove every day do not seem to be there.
Preserved sports cars are fun to look at but where are the Dodge Darts or even a 1970's
Gran Fury.

I am amazed at how much simpler the engines were and one has space to work under the hood.

Part of me misses the open road adventures in VT. However, I am on schedule to be delivering a research paper in Dallas. I plan on driving that trip but it will be a GPS
adventure. I plan on finding Lees Chicken, Fatburgers and Luby's along with some minor trips along the way.

Another Blog Talk Radio interview

I will be doing another interview on blog talk radio. Those of you familiar with my previous appearances know that mostly I mix humor and the serious. AOW has generously
invited me to appear on an upcoming show.

Those of you who know me off line know the man behind the blog is the same as I am in real life. I serve with honor and live by one code "the ends do not justify the means". This is what separates true heroes from Minnesotan gassy Trotskyite sandwiches and jihadist lunatics.

Americans are a different breed of man famous for our can do spirit. This spirit is our natural state and born in our men like Ronald Reagan and our women such as Sarah Palin. We do not sit around in a gin induced stupor like the pompous useless leftist Eurotrash saloniastas or their traitorous Marxist epigones. The ends do not justify the means and their utopia will not come on my watch.

AOW will post the details and some of you will tune in. I do not carry the ratings draw of the person behind me, so the ratings will reflect the second guest.

Palin The Anti Hillary

Palin is the anti Hillary candidate who has changed the way in which women run for office.


1 Palin embodies the can do spirit that is uniquely American. She does not sit around focus groups to decide her vacation. Palin does not want your sypathy she wants the job done.

2 Palin arrived where she is independent of her husband. Her career is entirely her wn creation.

3 Palin balances her family life vs a career like many women who have multiple children.

4 Palin support is not limited by gender. She does need to divide people along gender
lines.

Kahanist Clowns, Mickey Marxists and Rubberoom Rejects

There are those among you who mistakenly think that the views of MZ are the authentic
and official viewpoint of the Jewish people. The views of MZ are not representative
of the Orthodox community. They are the views of a hateful crank, who Utopian idiocy is not reality based.

MZ now wonders if I am closet messianic. I would have become a Christian long ago if I felt that his inane hateful views were representative of my people. However, as a member of the Jewish community I am well aware how off the wall the views of MZ are. When I want a lecture about Judaism I need look no further than my younger brother the beloved Rav Roov whom I honor with every post. The Rav was known as Beaker for his resemblance to the beloved muppet. My pen name means relative of the Beaker whom I am very proud of even though we walk different paths.

MZ is what is known in our community as a baal teshuvah. He did not become religious until later in life. As such he often fails to get the substance of our religion wrong while screaming about the letter only when it suits his agenda. He is well aware that he lied when he falsely wondered if I was a closet Messianic Jew. However,
do not hold your breath for him to come over to this site or post an apology even as the religion he lectures the world about warrants it for the high holidays. For the record I do not consider being wrongly called a messianic Jew an insult. I do consider being called a Kahanist an insult.

What does the dullard MZ base his speculation that I am a closet Messianic Jew on? I admire and respect true Christians. I do not consider the Liberation theology crew to
be Christians. There is no basis for this claim and MZ has knowingly committed Lashon Hara oddly right before the high holidays because it suits his self centered agenda.

MZ was asked by Papa Frank to post what evidence he had that Yehudi was a Christian missionary posing as an Orthodox Jew. He has made the off the wall claim that Papa Frank was in cahoots with Yehudi. Do not wait for MZ to provide the proof of his wild
claims. If he had it he would have posted it just as he posted my name.

Judaism has always recognized free will and as an American I embrace the concept as well. If Yehudi has decided he has embraced Jesus as the messiah than so be it. In a classical sense aboriginal Christianity was very Judaic. This is hardly surprising as a classic belief in Christ would consider his life to be the fulfillment of the Judaic prophecies. Aboriginal Christians considered themselves Jews and prayed in the same houses of worship.

I am a proud member of Western Civilization. What we have built is a product of the life affirming message of Jesus. There are times that my people were not treated abysmally. However with the odd exception of Pat Buchanan when one encounters
an antisemite who quotes Jesus it is almost entirely due to the fealty of these lunatics to Marx. For a look at the role Christianity played in the development of the world we live in today read the Great Divide by Alvin Schmidt.

MZ talks of his pipe dream Torah state in the same manner Renegade Kidney talks about a Trotskyite paradise, both are about as real as Munchkin land. Rav Roov would never
dream of enforcing religious law with religious goon squads ala Saudi Arabia. MZ's religious goons need to keep the world safe from Onanism, miscegenation and those evil homos. Sorry, but the beloved Rav Roov and the majority of Orthodox do not endorse such lunacy that would surely cause the destruction of the State of Israel.

Desperation Time

A desperate Renegade Eye has started a false claim that yours truly is a messianic Jooooo. To his credit the usually unhinged Kahanist stooge MZ questions this idiocy.

This episode reveals some stupidity on the part of MZ. I am not familiar with the blogger that was banned but lets assume this charge is true that he is a messianic Jew.

This person has 100% supported the actual Jewish people and the State of Israel. MZ tolerates the communist fake Jooo who deliberately stokes populist Antisemitism in an
effort to boost the ranks of his Trotskyite cult. The comment section at his blogoften resembles the Protocols of the Elders of Zion a and the anti semitic sections of Stormfront. He currently is linked to a blog of an actual blogger whose Nazi like content is recognized by the folks at Stormfront LWB.This actual Nazi is encouraged and welcomed at his site without critical comment. Diverse bloggers such as Jams, Sonia, CB and many others have noticed and commented on the anti semitism of LWB. Ren also keeps an Islamocommunist antisemite on board MILF from Lebanon (pun intended) whose brain impairment is amusing.

The record indicates that Ren has claimed "Zionist do not care about Jews" and made some asinine comments about Zionists working with Nazis on Sonia's site. He ignores
the actual record of Communists alliances with Nazis such as the infamous Nazi-Soviet
pact to enslave the Baltics and Eastern Poland. Ren also rationalizes the extermination of Jews by Arab terrorists and fantasizes about a workers state replacing Israel. This idea would actually bring Peace to the region as neither Jew nor Arab would want to live in a Middle Eastern Cuba or North Korea. Ren has also ignored the anti semitism of his God the cokehead commie Hugo Chavez.

I do not condemn a persons right to see God as they choose. The original Christians were considered a Jewish sect and the classical interpretation of Jesus is the fulfillment of Judaic prophecies. I have never condemned messianic Jews as they routinely support Jews and Israel. They have chosen a different path but I recognize
freedom of thought. Likewise I have been on record supporting former friend Mecurial
Justin Morris who now oddly calls himself a messianic Jew.

There is something wrong with Kahanists when they castigate and expel a messianic Jew
while embracing a Communist Impostor who actively stokes the most rabid forms of anti
semitism. Communists cease to be Jews or Americans the second they sign onto the wacky Marxist cult. The religious dimensions of Marx have been recognized by many scholars notably Toynbee.

Onto the latest amusing claim by Renegade Eye who has in the past speculated I have committed murder or that a well known anti communist is a "Stalinist" ? This new claim is that yours truly is a closet "Messianic Jew". This claim is false and quite amusing to my family and friends. The beloved Rav Roov would term who is an actual practicing Orthodox Rabbi as well my brother would never describe me as such. Traditional Orthodox Jews (Not to be confused with hateful Kahanists) tend to be more optimistic about non practicing Jews who do not practice the faith and would use the term non observant. My brother does chide me in private but always gently and loving as a family member should.

I do not consider the term messianic Jew to be an insult as I know several who are decent people. However, I remain a traditional Jew who respects Christianity with the
exception of the "Liberation Theology" crew who are and remain communists.

Rare Post Beakerkin Admits He is Wrong

I want to say that in retrospect the selection of Palin is a stroke of genius. I really wanted to see JC Watts, Ridge or Jindal, but the base is energized. Most importantly the left has been revealed as hateful and the over the top reaction he cost Obama in the polls.

While Joe Biden adds nothing to an Obama ticket except mediocrity, Palin brings energy.