Friday, April 16, 2010

Russia is right

Actually, I would like to see more countries ban international adoptions. There are two types of adoptions. For the most part there are the orphan adoptions. These cases are very regulated and are usually real orphans going to deserving families. The process is long and costly and should be so. For the most part these are real families and genuine adoptions. Countries should do a much better job of regulating this area. Children do not come with warranties or a fresh leather smell.

The other type of adoption is almost always done by relatives to skirt immigration law. This should be discouraged unless the family can establish some compelling reason. This reason should have nothing to do with country conditions with the rare exception of persecuted religious or ethnic minorities. The excuse that conditions in country x by itself is not sufficient explanation.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The NYT discovers who the Tea Party Protesters Are

Of course had the folks at the NYT been at an actual protest the fact that the participants are more educated and wealthier than the general public would have been self evident.

Onto the poll itself the NYT tries to inject race into the story. Of course when the economy is in the toilet Black Americans suffer just as much if not more than the rest of us. The NYT also ignores the impact of regressive taxation like the beverage tax which is a direct assault by Marxists on poor families.

The rest of us who have been at actual Tea Party events knew this information.

Perhaps the NYT will ask Peace Protesters the following questions

1) How many times have you been arrested
2) Are you a communist, marxist, anarchist, green, jihadi or generic Jew hater?
3) When was the last time you did illegal drugs, had a shower or were gainfully employed?
4) Do you think a cabal of Jews blew up the WTC, runs the media and or the government?
5) Do you support Hugo Chavez?

Of course the criminal activity and obsessive Jew hatred at so called peace protests is readily apparent to people who have witnessed these events. Many of the participants actually do sound like "Bill & Ted" gone psychotic.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Arrogance from Albany

The ethically challenged Gov. of NY State has passed a beverage tax. Not satisfied with high alcohol, tobacco and energy taxes the far left Dems want to rob working families under the guise of curbing obesity. The most disgusting part of this diabolical plan is the plan to tax powdered drinks.
Is this idiotic out of touch political hack so clueless as to not be able to grasp that very poor people
use Tang, Ice Tea mixes and so forth to stretch limited food budgets.

The real solution is for all state employees making over 70,000 a year to get a 5% pay cut. The problem is not revenue it is expenditures. Also if certain departments are understaffed there should be immediate hires. Paying policemen and other law enforcement officers absurd amounts for overtime needs to end.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

America's Favorite Frenchman

The book I am reading is Forgotten Allies. It discusses the role of the Oneida Indians in the American Revolution. I am familiar with the Battle of Oriskany from reading a few books on the subject. Amazingly, according to the author 12% of the Colonial forces were Onieda Indians. While the large contingent of indians fought for Brandt under St. Ledger the contributions of the Onieda
seem to be downplayed in accounts of these campaigns.

The book starts with President Monroe hosting the last surviving American Revolutionary War General Lafayette. America did lavish a large sum of money on Lafayette and he named his son after George Washington.

The story starts with Lafayette on Tour of America greeted by an adoring nation. Lafayette stops in Oriskany NY to be greeted by crowds. The general is greeted by a few veterans that he recognized. However, Lafayette asks where are the Oneida. The requests stuns the locals and asks to meet with the Oneida. The locals find a handful of Oneidas in the area. Lafayette remembers two of them on sight Blatcop Tonyentagoyon and Henry Cornelius. He granted the Oneidas something he granted nobody else a private audience. The Oneida told them how they had lost much of their land and could not even hold a great hunt. Many were moving to Wisconsin. The Oneida had a special name for Lafayette Keyewalla or Great Warrior.

Over the next few days I will be discussing some of the material about the Oneida and the American Revolution. In an ideal world European Settlers kill each other and leave Indians in peace unfortunately this does not happen.

The rest is history.

Lack of manners

I usually do not stoop to deal with the type of comments offered up by Mark Winters. Regular readers know that I am not a TSA officer. I have friends who do that job. Of course long term readers know where "Officer Blowhard" works. Then again we have not heard what type of vocation Winters works. We do know that at various times Yeagley was an educator and social worker.

I am a mainstream NYC style Republican. My politics lean more towards Rudy than the current Mayor but either is more capable than Obama. The John Birch Society is a fringe movement that more mainstream types like William F Buckley had little time or interest in.

Onto the Cold War, my position is relenting and unyielding opposition to Marxism. Unlike Yeagley I do not work with or associate with Commies when expedient. There is no wavering in my stance unlike Yeagley who seems quite absurd as a born again Cold Warrior who frequently will work with AIM when it is expedient. Sorry, but any reading of this blog is quite clear on that subject.

On a larger note. We respect the loyalty you have for Yeagley. However, each of us have decided
to walk away for our own reasons. I can not talk for anyone other than myself. Yeagley knows where I can be found and has acceded to my wishes to promote my own vision. My request when I departed was for no further contact.

I will talk only of my own experiences. I did not nor would I ever sign onto any type of racialist hate site. I too granted and argued with Yeagley about the differences between attempting to preserve a culture and racial purity. I really did not read much beyond the Jewish sections and Heat. I would read the brilliant posts of the Editrix, Amil, Kidst, Mac and many others. Over time I noticed some nasty comments about race by Yeagley. I took his spin, but in light of the constant Obama as a Negro bit this became too much.

I tried to have an honest discussion with Yeagley about what being an American is all about. Each and every time the topic was brought up his rabid developmentally disabled mongrel Batty Ann would veer into an attack, Ray Friggon would wax off about conspiracy of the week and Yeagley would avoid the subject. It has become abundantly clear that his vision and mine are vastly different.

Now I have many friends with whom I disagree on many subjects. However, I will not debase myself and continue to be associated with a site whose racial commentary is vulgar and offensive to my view of Patriotism. If you like I encourage you to ask the Editrix, Mac, Ray, Gator, CM, TMW and Warren why they left Bad Eagle. Yeagley has no interest in the subject and has moved on and so should the rest of us.

If you wish to walk with Yeagley that is your choice. I respect your choice, but it is one that is not
for me.

Officer Blowhard left a higher paying job to serve the American people after a series of close encounters with death at the WTC. It was not enough to be a number on a ledger sheet. I was too old to go to Iraq and I wanted to change lives. I signed on to work with DHS. My job requires an oath to uphold the Constitution which I readily took even though I could have affirmed for religious reasons. My job is to serve the American people and this includes people of all races, religions and national origins. In doing my job I have to display the correct respect for people who are different. One must perform the task at hand while dealing with cultural issues respectfully. The notion that I would ever treat people adversely due to race, religion and so forth is abhorrent to Officer blowhard.

Officer Blowhard is a Native NYC resident and has lived there most of his life. As a fairly normal NYC resident he is adept and appreciates other cultures. He has had serious romances with women who were not from his culture and lives a very ordinary life. In NYC one lives and comes
into contact with a variety of people. This is not the case of some NYC types like Rav Roov who is more traditional. However, Rav Roov interacts and appreciates people from other cultures. He is sophisticated enough not to pass judgment on others while being faithful to his religious principles.

The choice of any person to stay or go at Bad Eagle is entirely up to their own personal convictions. As much as I respect the Editrix, my choice to leave was when I could no longer look at the really hateful comments and disdain for the American ideals and justify my continued presence. If you do not make similar observations we respect that. If over time you see it my way it would not shock me. Some of us took longer to notice but have left for similar reasons.

Officer Blowhard writes about many subjects. He would kindly appreciate it if you would leave the subject of Yeagley to posts dedicated to such topics like this one. I really do not wish to discuss this subject on other threads.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Benedict Arnold Revisited

For those of us that are familiar with this subject feel free to skip this post.

Benedict Arnold was perhaps the most capable military leader of the American Revolution. He was
very much an outsider and despite all of his brilliant achievements a clique of lesser talents seem to get all of the promotions and credit.

While his treason remains a fact so does the brilliant achievements. There might not have been a successful revolution without the efforts of Benedict Arnold. The time has come to take a more balanced look at his record in total. He did do the wrong thing, but we can not dismiss his achievements.

Simply Arnold stormed Fort Ticonderoga with the help of the Green Mountain Boys. Some of the Canons there end up breaking the siege of Boston. Arnold recognized the strategic value of the Champlain Corridor. He then leads a spectacular march across the wilds of Maine. One can fault him somewhat on the planning. Many of his men die or are weaken to where they can not fight.
They come much closer to taking Quebec than is commonly assumed.

The Brittish have to get the Colonialists out of Canada and spend time and effort there rather than in Boston. The Colonists gather strength and supplies and build armies. Arnold creates a mini Navy on Lake Champlain and thwarts a naval invasion down lake Champlain.

The next year Arnold relieves Fort Stanwix with some rather creative use of the mentally ill Hons Yost Schuyler. He rushes back to Saratoga and leads the toops getting wounded again in the pivotal battle of Saratoga.

Oddly Arnold's efforts impress the French who aid the Colonials. This is not exactly what Arnold desired. He isn't given proper credit or compensation. Some blame his much younger loyalist wife for the treason that followed.

I would like to think the tales of him regretting his treason on his death bed are true.

For those of you who prefer to read historical novels. He does make a brief appearance in Drums Along the Mohawk. If you can acquire the version with the literature professor's notes before and after they are well worth the extra money. I am trying to track down a more direct version in the Historical Novels of Kenneth Roberts. He is a portrayed in three books.

Been A Good Sport but now annoyed

Winters, I have defended our friendship. This is not Bad Eagle East Coast. Yeagley is a big boy and if he wanted to tangle with me I am not hiding. He was a former friend who failed his readers and his friends.

I don't know about you but I never signed onto a racial hate site. Had Yeagley been honest about his racial animus instead of hiding behind mock patriotism I might be more forgiving. I thought I was signing onto a Conservative site, not Stormfront lite.

While Yeagley can dismiss some dissent from non- Americans and that of the Communist Duck he loses in any tangle with me. Unlike Yeagley, who works with Communists when expedient I make their lives miserable. Unlike Yeagley I am trained in law and serve my country as an officer.

I am sorry for some of the sentiments said about Kidst, Amil and yourself as I consider all to be friends. That being said there is no rationalization for continued defense of Yeagley.

The way I see it is simple

1) He is a fake patriot and Christian
2) He is a racial arsonist
3) He is fairly homophobic
4) He is in no definition Conservative
5) He quotes books and articles he sometimes does not bother to read.

Those are the thoughts of an American patriot about a man I consider a disgrace. My thoughts were not influenced by the Editrix, Mac, Ray or anyone else.

Bad Eagle was a great idea. Unfortunately David Yeagley is a pathetic hate filled man who is deeply disturbed and not particularly bright. I don't know about you, but those of us who believed in the marketing of the idea have every right to be upset.

You want to post this rant on BE, be my guest.

The subject is closed.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Through a howling wilderness

This is a brilliant but short book. I describes a part of American History not often discussed in any lengths in our textbooks.

Benedict Arnold whose name is synonymous with treason is a complex person. He certainly was a man of great courage and charisma. Oddly he is everywhere mostly producing dramatic victories at Ticonderoga, Saratoga and after the Battle of Oriskany in the relief of Ft Stanwix.

Arnold had a brilliant idea. The problems were many. The landscape and timing of his invasion were not to his advantage. The route was unknown and Arnold did not rely upon Indian guides who could have gotten him through in one piece. The scouts that he selected hated Indians. Logistically the route was a nightmare. Even with space age plastic boats and more efficient foodstuffs this route would vex travelers today even with maps.

Arnold's treason should be tempered by his real feats. I too would like to believe in the tale that on his death bed he sought forgiveness for his treason.

The real face of treason should be Rosenbergs, Bill Ayers and Gomer Kerry. Unlike Arnold they
were neither brave and contributed zero to America while aiding a hostile foreign ideology.

At a certain point we will be discussing the Oneida and more of the self serving clown Trotsky who life of stupidity and criminality has been turned into a cartoon by his clown like disciples.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

The idiotic Duck

I was quite amused by the moronic water fowl's comment to the Editrix that I see everything through the prism of Israel. Of course saying this to a Jewish American is bigoted. He would never
make an absurd comment like this to Uptown Steve or posters from India.

The moronic Duck has yet to figure out that I am first and foremost a cold warrior. My relentless
opposition to Marxism in all its forms does not need a history lesson. I am also proud of the folks at Bababalu for their exposure of Marxist brutality and hypocrisy in Cuba and elsewhere.

The mindless Duck can not differentiate between a classic patriotic liberal and a Conservative. Mr. Beamish is your typical Conservative and I am somewhere more towards the center. While the Duck talks about workers he has not deduced that I am a union member and active in my union. My local fights for the rights of the workers and does what unions are supposed to do protect the rights of the workers and improve working conditions. Of course the Duck can lecture us about worker rights in Cuba or the Soviet Union or unions as adjuncts of a corrupt government.

The Duck is a walking example of the reflexive mindlessness of the left.

1) Cuba has great health care that placed AIDS patients in gulag lite, gays and political prisoners
in mental hospitals and practiced lobotomies long after it was abandoned in the West. One would wonder if some of the Duck's friends such as Ren availed themselves to socialized lobotomies.
2) Gitmo has better health care than Cuba and its prisoners can freely practice religion and read what they wish.
3) Cuba denied water to a political prisoner and tossed him into a freezing room to induce kidney
failure. Sorry, but this is more flagrant than panties on the heads of Muslims or water boarding.
4) Cuba houses cop killer Joanne Chesimard and other criminals.
5) Everyone in Cuba can read exactly what the government tells them to read.
6) The Duck talks about mafia prostitution in Cuba while ignoring his mostly Euro lefties flocking to Cuba and exploiting the locals. Prostitution is alive and well in Communist Cuba and its far left patrons are engaging in local Capitalism.
7) How long are commies going to blame Batista for the failed mess in Havana.
8) Cuban workers vote with their feet and leave and the only Americans who go the other way are criminals like convicted Communist Cop killer Chesimard.

The Duck supports a system that has in repeated applications maliciously starved people to death while railing about 50 kinds of Potato Chips think Utz with Crab seasoning. Gays are persecuted as policy in his sainted PA and communist countries.

Sorry but populist Jooo hatred does not qualify as original thought. Moreover, there are plenty of Hitler attacking Capitalism quotes on record. Nazis and Communists allied to divide Europe before Hitler turned on his Communist allies. The oft cited 20,000,000 dead includes 1,500,000
Jews that had zero to do with the Soviet War effort. Moreover this includes Hiwis and people who fought for the Nazis and were executed by Stalin. It is also not a virtue to get your own people killed by incompetence. Furthermore without Western aid the Soviets lose. Unlike the USA, UK and Germany they were incompetently fighting a single front war.

Who were the Hiwis and why did they fight for the Nazis has been reduced by some as simple Jooo haters. This does explain some cases, but the brutal crimes perpetrated by commies is responsible for the rest.

Nazism is a disgusting vile ideology. However, every single crime and criticism of Nazism is also applicable to Communism and to its corollary Islamo communism.

FYI Duncy when you talk of crimes committed by commies against Muslims you are in comedy mode. An apologist for a system that placed Muslims on cattle cars to Siberia to die talking about
Pseudostinians is comedic. If you think your 70% number is high try 90% of Jews killed in Poland and the Batic areas. Jews do not run around shooting school kids in the back or tossing seniors in wheel chairs off ocean liners.

The only good Marxism is that of the Marx Brothers. Chico Marx is greater philosopher than Karl. Get you tootsie fruitsie Ice Cream.

Friday, April 09, 2010

US Dennies Visas to Israeli Scientists

The idiotic Obama Administration has reached another low. The USA is now blocking Visas for Isreali Scientists working at Dimona seeking to further their education. The Obama administration
seems intent on catering to far leftists.

November is payback time.

Democrats who ran with Obama need to pay the price.

Thursday, April 08, 2010

Bruce Springsteen

This is an excellent example of a leftist self centered boor who the media portrays as a man of the people.

In general artists should just perform their craft as beyond their trade they are normally dullards and imbeciles. More often like Harold Pinter their political views are laughable to the level of cartoon network fare.

I personally stopped listening to his music after the 41 shots idiocy. The police in a tragic accident while looking for a rapist shot an illegal African Immigrant who misunderstood the situation or knowingly disobeyed an order from law enforcement to stop and produce ID. The situation was a tragic accident, and no real critic in their right mind thinks NYPD officers have nothing better to do with their time than to shoot street vendors.

In his arrogance as a celebrity, he is less obnoxious than Streisand whose music causes me to leave a room. It used to be funny, but when I lived with a socialite she used to brag of my distant blood ties to the boorish simpleton.

Of course Spingsteen has campaigned for Obama and deludes himself that he has moral vision.
Obviously his exwife whom he cheated on with a far less attractive no talented back up singer
would disagree. Starting an affair with a subordinate would get the average folk canned at work.
He did marry this woman to his credit. However, he does not respect her either as he was named
in a divorce suit for cheating with another mans wife.

Sorry, but this is another example of the far left saying do as I say not as I do.

On a different note it is time for the government to close the door on big education's abuse of our immigration system. Many of these students do not even bother to show up at the school they were supposed to attend. Many of these schools are second rate language training programs.
We predicted that Obama would throw pork to his University Bolshevik constituency. However,
costs of higher education are every bit out of control as obscene health care costs.

Just stupid

You are a diplomat from Qatar and you have been caught smoking in the bathroom of a plane .

1) Ask for a beer and a copy of Playboy to go with your cigarette?
2) Apologize and resume flying
3) Blame Phillip Morris
4) Make a joke about shoe bombing.

If you answered 4 you are officially an idiot. This diplomat who is very low ranking should be tossed out of the country. Terrorism is no longer a laughing matter.

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Commies want to ban coal

Of course with the latest mine accident commies like the Duck are all for pressing the buttons on restricting coal. Of course sane people want reasonable work place safety rules and pollution standards. This is not the goal of the Marxist left.

The goal of the Marxist left is to do anything to keep Oil Prices high and prop up Hugo. Hugo has persecuted all of the business and professional class so now it is a one trick pony.

The USA has abundant coal supplies and should utilize this resource. The technology to burn coal cleaner today exists. We get decent union jobs for Americans and less money for Narco Terrorists in Caracas and our friends the Saudis.

Now if communists looked at repeated deadly applications of their madness with the same level of scrutiny they want to subject the Coal Industry to they would have to ban themselves as inimical to human life.

Winters some basic rules

If you want to be Captain Spaulding or any other fictional person this is fine. However impersonating blogers like Mac or Dr Yeagley it ruins the integrity of the site. I appreciate satire and one liners with the best however there are limits.

Tiki Barber Low Life and Clown

Older readers who read this blog know I am a fan of the Giants. One player has managed to annoy the fans every time he is in the news. Tiki Barber played the media for fools with the great guy bit.
His fumbling problems cost the Giants two whole seasons. Jim Fassel's refusal to deal with the problem and mistreatment of Ron Dayne cost him his career.

Tiki would do his crying bit on the sidelines week after week. The media ate it up as he blamed everyone around him and claimed "I am trying". Week after week the media kept pushing the Tiki tears bit and the fans started to get sick of it.

Of course the new coach let Tiki know if the fumbling continued he was out. Tiki largely solved the problems and had much better season. He responded to his coach by announcing he was retired in the middle of the season creating a distraction. He then joined the media and stabbed his former coach and QB in the back. Of course once this disgrace was gone the Giants won the Superbowl.

The fans have not forgiven him. He was loudly booed in a recent appearance in Giants Stadium.
His media pals did the poor Tiki bit. Instead he should have apologized for acting like a jerk to those fans. His media career died as America found out what Giant fans knew earlier Tiki is a self centered jerk. He is not charming like Michael Strahan or modest like Phil Simms or Merlin Olsen. He isn't even particularly knowledgeable like Chris Collinsworth, Dan Dierdorf or Ron Jaworski. About the only thing nice we can say is he is more eloquent than Troy Aikman who needs to get off TV.

Tiki abandoned his model wife while she was eight months pregnant for a skank that does not even look as good as his wife. He is lower than John Edwards and really needs to disappear. Tiki
being Tiki will cry and blame everyone else and his media buddies will try to put some spin on this.

Been there done that.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Taking a break from the political to discuss other topics

I will be continuing to discuss Through the Howling Wilderness over the next few days. I also will be discussing the history of the Oneida and the shameful way America treated its allies. I have read
several accounts of the Battle of Oriskany. Most of them deal with the Oneidas tangentially. They were key participants in the battle.

I will be doing some posts on Forgotten Allies by Glatthaar and Martin at some point. I will also be picking up the biography of Joseph Brandt and a book or two on the French and Indian War.

Monday, April 05, 2010

Amazing but Short Book

Through a Howling Wilderness is a short brisk journey into Benedict Arnold's invasion of Canada via Maine. Arnold was a man of brilliance and courage who unfortunately betrayed his country. In this day and age he would probably run for Senator in MA where this seems to have helped Gomer
Kerry.

The march through Maine is part of my readings on Maine history. I plan on traveling the route of
Arnold along the Kennebec River into Quebec City and the Plains of Abraham where the fate of Canada was decided.

Sunday, April 04, 2010

The Call Of Spring

I still have the call of spring in my blood from my time in Northern Vermont. On the first week of spring one takes their car out early into the morning into the unknown. I gather my LT jersey and a box of CDS and hit the road. The car drifts seamlessly across the landscape as exotic scenery passes by.

I can not grasp why but the urge to do this again has hit me strongly. Unfortunately, my nephew needs my car and I will have to settle for less. It has been five years since I went on vacation and my spirit could use some R&R.

I was planning to see route 210 in Maine, but by the time my nephew's classes are over it will be tourist season. I understand the economy is tough and he needs my car more than I do. I miss the days of taking out the car across the North seeking the unknown.

My passport should be there by then but the moment will have passed. It is more important to be a good relative. I will have to settle for adventure closer to home. I will be joining the Guyanese Church trip to Atlantic City. However, that is not exactly my type of fun as I enjoyed the old Atlantic City better. I miss the huge planters Peanut Shop and the amusement arcade and small aquariums.

Speaking of Uganda

I find it hard to believe people are still practicing human sacrafice in this day and age. In general the AP is fairly reliable. Of course the University Marxists seldom criticize anything other than Israel or America. If you get into any discussion of slavery in Africa you get long winded rationalizations that it is somehow different from slavery elsewhere.

It is hard to believe that these practices still exist.

Newsflash

Militia Leader was a Ron Paul fan. Those of you familiar with the presence of 9-11 Truthers supporting Paul need no further reading.

The militia kooks were more Bill Ayers than Bill Ayers. Maybe Ayers will reach out to them and offer to convert them to Communism. Maybe these militia men should apply for jobs as professors in Berkley or DePaul.

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Rowan Williams Clown

The never ending antics of the Marxist Clown Rowan Williams have come full circle. In a Church split by his dogmatic attachment to Marxism he questions if the Catholic Church has lost its authority due to the pedophilia scandals.

There was a problem in the Catholic Church. It was inexcusable, but being dealt with. One can readily find similar stories of abuse by public school teachers. However, the feeding frenzy in the media is absurd. The Church does great work for millions and is a credit to the community. I am amazed at the brilliant and dedicated work that goes on each and every day in my community.
Perhaps caring for the poor and troubled and providing some excellent legal services is lost on media Marxists.

Rowan Williams has suddenly gotten around to the plight of persecuted Christians. Of course he does not get around to explaining who is doing the persecution and why. If Christians are being persecuted in Egypt and Nigeria who is doing it? Perhaps it is martians??? Williams also should be asked why his peers are supportive of a movement that has historically persecuted Christians. What did Williams say or do for persecuted Christians in Cuba, China and the Soviet Union?

Williams is and always will be a Marxist Clown who is a disgrace to his Church. Perhaps Williams should dedicate himself to his actual Church instead of making a series of idiotic political statements that are often on a par with the worst of Hugo Chavez. If he were not Marxist he would be as lampooned as Pat Robertson. What ever ails Pat Robertson is not attributable to adding a genocidal manifesto to scripture.

Friday, April 02, 2010

Experts on America Not

I am quite amused at the antics of the so called experts on America at Harry's Place. It is abundantly clear that David T is at times off his rocker on certain subjects. He vastly overestimates his knowledge of America and at times is comedic.

There are those in Europe who feign to be experts in America. They read the NYT and make a few visits to NYC, Disney and LA and attend a few cocktail parties with the arts and croissant crowd and that is the extent of their knowledge.

In general the rants of these so called experts merely parrot our Europhile far left. This group tends to be a very small percentage of our population. It does not nor has ever represented the spirit of our country.

I do live in NYC and want to point out that the Editrix is largely correct that the issue with rude tourists is a matter of class. In my 43 years of life in a tourist center I have never encountered
a rude Japanese or Korean tourists. They ask questions and I am more than happy to direct them with a smile. In general most of the tourists are okay with the exception of some very boorish Europeans who are of the mindset of David T.

I spent three years in VT and was beloved by the locals. I never criticized the local culture or expressed an opinion on local Vermont issues. My point was that Vermonters themselves should decide their local concerns without nosy NYC types mixing in. I respected the local traditions of hunting, fishing, skiing and boating even though I rarely took part in any. I visited the local fairs and was a good sport if humor was directed my way. I do not claim to be an expert on VT, but enjoyed myself thoroughly.

I will contrast this with the highly obnoxious Euros that come to NYC. They come in and lecture
the locals about our elected leaders and local politics. I am sorry if you do not like Bush or our foreign policy, but we didn't ask for your opinion. To be blunt I really do not care who your leaders or policies are, nor do I care to visit your countries. I would rather see parts of my own
country that is much larger than your country. If I did visit, I certainly would show more manners than to start badgering the locals about their elected leaders, local media or foreign policy. The worst offenders far and away are foreign journalists.

As usual David T starts off with his latest rant about the Tea Party movement. He points out the irony of leaders of the movement being unemployed. He repeats familiar cliches about the Tea Party movement. One could and should ask similar questions about members of Code Pink, ANSWER and UPJ that seem to Jet set with no discernible employment and behave like a cross between Grateful Dead Fans and Neonazis. One could also add in plenty about taking grooming tips from homeless people. These quips are not based upon the NYT, but upon personal observation.

As for these arrogant remarks plenty of good people find themselves out of work. They do not want handouts or health care. They want jobs and they see an arrogant administration with a 24/7 mania about a health care program the American people do not want. They want the government to create policies that will foster job growth. Those that are unemployed include many people who were at jobs for more than a decade of all political leanings. The message of the Tea Party movement is get back to our basic traditions, smaller government, sane taxation and promote job growth.

David T's cohort Gene points out that the Obama stimulus plan saved jobs. This is a debatable
contention and folks like Mr. B would point out the pork and waste were not as advertised. How
this plan made matters better is a matter of speculation and conjecture. What is known is that the American people are growing increasingly angry and frustrated with Obama and find him arrogant and out of touch. Whether, it is fair to blame him for the mess is a different story. The American people in poll after poll are starting to react negatively. Of course David T repeats the NYT cliche about an inept candidate in MA. John Corzine in NJ was certainly not inept and well funded and was burned by Obama and the economy. The facts are independents and Regan Democrats are walking away from Obama.

I pointed out that the peace protests do resemble Nuremberg style rallies. Truthers, Conspiracy Kooks, Commies and antisemites are noticeable in seconds. One has to look hard to find similar types at a Tea Party event. I actually did go looking for such types at a huge DC rally and couldn't find them. I asked him how many Tea Party events in the USA has he personally gone to. The response was predictable in that he accused me of getting all my news from FOX. This is a worn cliche and in my case amusing as I get my news from Google News. I seldom watch TV
or have time to listen to talk radio. I have in the past, but commute in NYC and it is not cool to listen to talk radio on a head set on the bus home.

Unlike David T I have attended plenty of Tea Party events and plenty of Nuremberg style so called "peace protests". A simple look at the brilliant blog of friend Urban Infidel shows what is obvious upon any actual attendance of Tea Party events and so called "Peace Protests". Why would I need Fox News to tell me what any NYC type who has witnessed these events could describe in seconds.

David T is also a self described expert in our talk radio shows. How he managed to gain this expertise without bothering to listen to the shows over an extended period of time is unknown.
He might also be an expert on books he hasn't bothered to read as well and do some amusing card tricks to entertain guests. Three Card Monty would qualify as a job skill in this dreadful economy albeit an illegal one.

Another commenter posted links to pictures clearly pointing out deranged antisemitic peace protesters with hateful signs. He made a quip about guns and the alleged racial and homophobic epithets hurled at some very ethically challenged members of congress. Of course CNN reported the story, but no video footage was released in a town with more cameras than Dubai. Even if these episodes did occur they would be regrettable but no worse than the General Betrayus, Bush= Hitler, Antisemitic smears aimed at Joe Lieberman and so forth that we see with exponentially greater frequency from the far left.

David T seems to believe some anecdotes about Tea Party members with guns. I never saw any except for those on the law enforcement officers. If this was a reference to the militia story it would seem that these clowns were imitating Bill Ayers, Chesimard and blathering incoherently about revolution like some familiar cafeteria commissars or bathroom Bolsheviks. To paraphrase Ashton Kutscher "Dude where is the Marxism"? I also pointed out a google search of protester arrested shows one minor story about people possibly linked to Tea Parties and multiple examples of leftists in their natural environment, jail.

The story gets more bizarre as David T sees a sinister racist plot to disenfranchise blacks by not granting DC statehood. A fellow blogger pointed out the historical context of how the Federal District was created. Perhaps David T is unfamiliar with James Madison, George Washington and our history. He should also be aware that many states pay in more taxes than they pay out.
Historically NY and NJ subsidize states like New Mexico. DC is not underfunded in any description. As for ascribing political motives to the Republican effort to block statehood, one can argue that a move to alter our traditions was a brazen attempt by the left to grab an extra three seats. Interestingly David points out that more people live in DC than Wyoming. However if we were to look at land many of the leftist NE states are over represented with no land mass. For the record I oppose altering our traditions to reduce the number of states.

David T was unable to even discern who he was dealing with. Contrary to popular opinion I am a traditional liberal. If you want to meet a Conservative I know and am friendly with plenty. We have zero patience for communists, anarchists, theocrats, truthers and racial hygiene nuts but that was the position of traditional Democrats up until the 70's.

While we do appreciate opinions from abroad it would be nice if folks like David T would make a minimal effort to familiarize himself with the subject matter.

That being said we do appreciate and respect his other posts. He is clearly a bright person who just too often takes the NYT as gospel.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

News

We are not surprised by the Moscow Subway attacks. We have an army of people who apologize and make excuses for this type of behavior. The truth is Muslims are more prone to oppress others than be oppressed. Do we see Tibetans, Coptic Christians or residents of Cuba behave like this? Even Muslims themselves do not rationalize this type of behavior. The war on terror starts with their leftist enablers at home.

The mania about militias is out of control. I am glad the Obama administration caught some knuckleheads that were more industrious than their commie counterparts and talked about killing cops. Then again we have terrorists in higher ed who were quite friendly with Obama. Lets see we have a group of people screaming about revolution and venerating cop killers like Joanne Chesimard and Mummia. Sorry, but the hypocrisy of an administration who sees nothing wrong with Bil Ayers is mind boggling.

My passport should arrive in a few weeks and then it is off to Guyana in the fall. I will enjoy some time in the rain forest. I will see about mobile posting from the forest. I may apply to cross into Suriname. I will be accompanied by locals and some coworkers and it promises to be fun. There are plenty of sites to see and I have a few friends with family there. Maybe I will grab a fedora and the whip and look for commies on the border of Hugo's crack empire. I might go try my hand at some local fishing in the rivers. There are huge fresh water turtles in the local rivers.
One of my thrills from my trip to GA was seeing Aligator Snapping Turtles and huge softshelled turtles in their natural habitat. I do not think we will be anywhere near an area where I can see
fresh water stingrays or the huge six water fresh water fish of the arapimus family.

On the CD player I still have what is kindly referred to as Beach Bum music. I enjoy the Ventures and some of classic instrumentals from the 60's like Miserlou, Out of Limits, Because they Were Young and the Beatnik Fly.

I will be spending some time with the beloved Rav Roov and his family of Beaker kids. I hate Passover and can't wait for it to be over. I will be taking another trip with the Guyanese community to NJ. We raise money for the local house of worship and have a great time. Maybe, in May I can talk Drummaster into letting have my car and I will visit Bushkill Falls or head to the Finger Lakes. I would like to see Watkins Glenn, the Oriskany Battle field and Fort Stanwix.
I made a trip to Ticonderoga and Fort William Henry in my days in VT. I would like to see the Northeast Kingdom again.

I am amazed at the warped perception of Tea Party events by self proclaimed America experts
at Harry's Place. It is fairly obvious that the authors of the post never attended an event and their knowledge is limited to the NYT a couple of trips to NYC and LA and a few readings of left wing blogs. I never saw any guns at a Tea Party event except those of local law enforcement officers. The amount of people arrested at such events if very low and meaningless in any comparison to so called Peace protests.

Today's rant is about unemployed types at such events. Unfortunately, in the age of Obama this is a real problem. However, the dolts in the UK fail to grasp that the protesters want government to focus on job creation, not mindless attempts to nationalize health care. Furthermore, I have yet to see a similar depiction of unemployed Peace protesters. Few Tea Party types are like the Folks at Code Pinko, UPJ and ANSWER and are professional activists with no outside source of income. Moreover, the media seldom if ever mentions the so called
"peace protests" are communist led and organized. The Truthers, Jew Obsessed types and arrests at the peace protests are seldom discussed in the NYT.

I lived in VT for three years and would not describe myself as an expert on Vermont. I am curious how folks in the UK proclaim themselves expert on American politics and our local talk radio shows without similar exposure to the events in question. A few trips to LA, NYC and reading some articles in the NYT and Salon does not qualify one as an expert on anything American.

The ugly American has been replaced by the obnoxious Euro. The obnoxious Euro is an expert on everything and thinks they are the moral center of the planet.

FYI When I visit Guyana I will be polite and not comment about local traditions or politics. A good visitor does not abuse the hospitality of the nation he visits. I would remind Euros visiting the USA to follow the example of the Japanese tourists who visit and are beloved and polite.
Sorry, but I do not seek to emulate the EU. America has its own traditions and culture. If I get around to visiting I would also show more class than the Euros who visit America. I will not offer
any opinions on local subjects and will be polite at all times.

The Bigotry of the Sanctimonious Duck

Apparently, the Duck feels no shame in labeling Dr. Yeagley gay. If this behavior was done by a Conservative he would be screaming. Yeagley says he is not gay and the subject is irrelevant to his writings. He is a man of odious ideas and has a rather warped view of Americanism.

The Duck who screams about the rhetoric of conservatives thinks it is funny to call Yeagley gay. Thus we are supposed to be concerned about every imagined slight to the ethically challenged Barney Frank and laugh at baseless smears thrown at Yeagley.

The Ducks hysteria about gays does not include the Pseudostinians who persecute gays. Nor is the record of communism on gays something he should talk about. Even the folks at the 700 club never placed gays in prisons or mental hospitals like Communists have.

Communists are known for banning a language in several countries. It does not take a genius to figure out which language was banned. Hint it was not Arabic.

Stupid Militia Men Should Have Quoted Marx

There is only one thing worse than a criminal, stupid criminality. No doubt you have read the stories about the militia men. Had these idiots merely acted in the name of Marx they would be given high paying jobs in Universities. No doubt when Commie clown like Renegade Spleen talk about "revolution" or spin cop killers into political prisoners we are supposed to ignore the rhetoric.
Commies are violent and belong in prisons or mental hospitals.

Ibn Beakerkin

Onto the Couch Potato Sect

Remember to listen to Ali Limbali at noon. Avoid tofu at meals as it is haram. Sporting events are sacred to the Big man upstairs. We are referring to the almighty, not no neck Gomez.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Muslims exempted from Obama Care

I have to think that this is a joke. However, Sharia does prohibit insurance in most standard interpretations. Oddly, historically Islam gained many of its converts via similar avoidance of taxes.

I was thinking I could call myself Mustafa Salami Baloney of the couch potato sect of the faith.
We believe that the best place to practice the faith is on our sacred couch with any sporting event other than figure skating or gymnastics which are haram. As alcohol is forbidden we will serve carbonated beverages and Zionist National Cold Cuts with NY Deli Mustard. Infidel communists will be served Jim Jones Koolaide. They must pay members of the faith Zhakhat or
bring Mountain Dew or get wedgies.

Our Weekday sermons shall be led by Ali Limbali followed by Shah Hamurabi and Mahmoud Levant. Of course the morning shall be dedicated to readings of Ibn Beakerkin and Beamish.

Of course members of the Couch Potato Sect would probably earn some sort of Fatwa for blasphemy. However, exempting people from a major expense on the basis of their faith would call for some form of Civil Disobedience. Even Jihadis in their wildest dreams could not come up with a better tool to seek converts than the Obama administration if this is true.

Somehow, I think that this story combines some elements of truth and exaggeration.

Ibn Beakerkin

Random

I did participate in Passport week and should have my passport in a few weeks. For an extra 20 dollars there is a passport card for short trips to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Unfortunately, this card is not good for my trip to Guyana. In many ways the card is better because the information is scan able. Ideally, I would love to see these cards replace passports, but it will not happen.

I find it amusing in an era where the Obama administration is addressing don't ask don't tell that it has not addressed mistreatment of Jews in the armed forces. One can read some of these stories in the press. My family in the military are officers and have not experienced this, but they are high ranking officers. The stories that come out have dealt with new recruits.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

We may need the help of the Editrix

Anti Semitic Maoist Bore Norman Finkelstein had a speaking engagement before the Green party in Germany canceled. Thus far I have only seen this story in a single blog.

There is nothing Green in the commentary of Maoist clown Finklestein. This term is used to hide
his politics from his audience. He has created his own boutique Communist populist Jooo hatred industry catering to Commies, Nazis and Jihadis around the globe. Unlike his fellow moron antisemitic circus freak Kovel, he has not written a single word on green politics.

The Green party is the home of communist freaks. Instead of fetishistic idiocies about workers as a scam to seize power these loonies claim to be guardians of the planet. Given the actual record of communist countries on ecological issues this should be a comedic classic.

The Editrix has informed us of bizarre plans to abolish the age of sexual consent laws by the idiotic greens. I much prefer the common sense version that focuses on the age difference between the parties. In short an 18 year old with a fifteen year old is different than a 25 year old with the 15 year old. However, in general people below 18 should be with similarly messed up teens rather than adult predators.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Israel does not answer to USA

Sorry to break the news to left wing morons. The policies of Israel are determined by its elected
government, not by University Bolsheviks in Washington or mindless EU socialist parasites. The same dullards are quick to tell critics of the narco terrorist state of Venezuela that policies of a criminal regime are determined in Caracas not DC.

Of course the Obama administration remains silent about a criminal regime linked to drug trafficking, aid to FARC and the ETA and weapons dealing for Hezbollah. The administration remains silent about a corrupt representative in Harlem who has been in office almost as long as Castro. It does go postal when Israel builds home in a Jewish section of Jerusalem.

Payback is on the way in November. At this point any hope of a recovery is finnished. Too many people out of work while Commissar Obama fiddled with a health care plan the American people did not want. He will next try the same tactic to get immigration reform and amnesty for people who have violated the law.

Israel unlike the USA does not have a stagnant housing market. Of course only Arabs and their communist allies defend Judenfrei real estate in the modern era.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

There is an anger in this land

There is an anger in this land over the Obama administrations forcing a health care bill that is not wanted by the American people. There are death threats to congressmen and an over whelming anger at an arrogant administration that does not respect the will of the people, our traditions and the Constitution. There will be a series of lawsuits by the states.

The Obama administration is taking a gamble that explaining the bill will defuse some of the rage and anger that will cause his party to lose seats. Similarly, there will be a rush to do immigration reform now before a tidal wave hits in November.

The economy is a wreck and we have a tin eared clown whose sole constituency is University Marxists and the Bolshevik Big Media.

There will be payback in November. Don't get mad or break the law. Merely get even with politicians who stabbed the American people in the back to please University Marxists.

Medical Professionals should mobilize and strike. Let Obama and his Bolshevik buddies explain why your doctor doesn't like the plan.

Also those upset about my friend Sonia, let it be known her wanton ways have influenced the great American patriot to go topless. Mr. B decided to lose the sacred gas mask and some of us are wondering if he was inspired by Sonia.

Of course the above is not true. However, many of my peers who are serious bloggers have enjoyed the posts as Sonia's blog. Mr. Beamish, Mustang, Steve Harkonen, Jams, American Crusader and the Pagan Temple have been there at one point.

I also want to thank the Pagan for his pun in my response about not seeing the forest for the trees. He responded he isn't thinking about trees, his mind is on bush.

I am not a prude in any description. As a bachelor, I have dated women from many races and cultures. Those of you offended by miscegenation are in the wrong place. In my community the term implies to those who date non Jews. I do not lecture other people about their morality and find those who are offended by miscegenation to be unamerican. In the case of one minor pundit who is a product of miscegenation and then critical of it this rises to circus freak fare.

As for gays and lesbians, it is their lives. I like most consider it to be a private matter between consenting adults. I oppose job discrimination and have witnessed people say things about gays
that would get them fired if said about Blacks. There is never any excuse for using slurs about gays, just as we don't accept the N word we should certainly not call people Dykes and Faggots.
There are claims by certain women at work who would report you for the slightest bit of rhetoric
that they find sexist or racist to posses gaydar. Even more comedic are claims from others of this ilk that employment in certain vocations infers homosexuality. This is especially funny coming from someone who has never worked in the fashion industry lecturing a person who was there for over a decade. Some male models are gay, but there are plenty who are not. The fact is gays
work in almost every vocation and you probably run into them in your daily mundane life and it is no big deal.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Taking a day to enjoy life

I am taking a day off to enjoy life and spend quality time with the family. I look forward to enjoying time with the Sprite. It is near the end of a local Hindu holidays oddly as the Jewish holidays approach.

There are those who see the glass as half full and those who see it as empty. The truth is that all of this is meaningless. People will look around and see that their lives have been made worse since the dawn of Obama. The economy has never been worse and now he plans on similarly pushing immigration reform in before the midterm elections.

There will be a reaction and it will be swift. The Dems who voted for this will pay with their jobs.
Obama has one hope in 2012 and that is an economic rebound. Thus far it shows zero signs of happening. This bill will kill job growth dead in its tracks. The cost projections are from the same accountants who brought you Enron.

As for the hypocrites and dullards in the UK. The folks in the UK feign outrage about Israeli using UK passports to kill a terrorist. The UK is silent about folks using UK passports to commit
terrorist acts in Israel. In fact two members of the ISM did perpetuate this exact crime in Israel.
The ISM is the same group that brought you the Rachel Corrie pancake saga. As a commie aiding
and abetting terrorists in a conflict she had no business being in she deserved her fate. Unfortunately, it was an accident as the driver could not see the imbecile laying in front of a bulldozer. If anything the State of Israel should sue her family for damaging the bulldozer.

Has the UK done anything to the ISM for sending terrorists to Israel on UK passports to kill civilians? Does the ISM freely operate in the UK and organize in Universities with official sanction? Has the UK apologized for terrorist acts committed by its citizens using UK passports
to kill civilians? Does the UK allow an individual politician to openly fund a group that kills Jews
in places like Argentina?

While we admire the history of the UK and friends like Jams and Mark Alexander the place has
become a joke. The terrorist in question was killed with zero collateral damage. I would sooner the Americans kill members of Al Queda that way than with drones. Every nation has a right to
protect its citizens and this includes Israel. Had America acted in the Israeli manner after repeated War crimes by radical Islamic nuts we would not be in Afghanistan today. Instead commies and the far left pretend that when Muslims kill Jewish civilians it is rage. This is a demented Marxist logic.

Cubans, North Koreans and Chinese live under brutal police states. Do residents of these countries kill civilians with no logic. Christians and Hindus that live under Sharia are oppressed by Muslims do they smack planes into office buildings. Tibetians are oppressed by Chinese Communists who spit on real indigenous people while venerating contrived ones in Israel. I do not see Tibetians blowing up faculty lounges or any gathering of Commie apologists.

The above criticism does not infer that killing terrorists with drones something we disapprove of.
In fact the Obama administration has increased this activity. Unfortunately, innocent civilians do die in these attacks. Terrorists do deliberately hide amongst civilians and play media games such
as the circus in Quana with Mr. Green Helmet. The far left media allies of the terrorists are willing participants of this fraud. This is nothing new as while events at Mai Lai were well known
larger massacres by Communists such as the ones at Hue and torture of POW's was never discussed. Fake veterans like Gomer Kerry's accomplicel Al Hubard who never set foot in Vietnam, lied about his rank and suffered his back injuries playing sports in NJ were not discussed. Nor was repeated fake missions to Cambodia lifted from the film Apocalyse Now never examined in depth.

As for abusing passports the Israelis should be more creative and use the names of the passports
of members of far left groups like the ISM next time. Let the folks at Hezbollah wonder if Prof Finkelstein, Adam Shapiro and the Neturai Karta circus clowns are really double agents.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Beakerkin interviews all the readers

I am often sometimes surprised by the reaction of the readers to things I consider to be non issues.
When I created this blog I did expect that my unique views would attract some heat. I was prepared for some very nasty personal attacks from hard core Bolshevik worms. I was even somewhat prepared when my privacy was invaded by these same death cultists.

Over the last few days I have been taken back by the reactions to nudity, art and civilization. The questions come in terms of some of the reactions of Sonia. Not all blogging can be about politics and the routine. In fact many people prefer to read this site when we stick to interviewing.

With the reaction in mind I want to hold the first mass interview of the readers about some non traditional issues we seldom ever discuss. Anyone can take part in this unless your name is John Brown/LWB, Uptown Steve, Socrates, Eitan Divinsky or Gertrude Meyers.

1) What are your views on nudity?

It is a personal choice probably best done at home. There are people who seriously need to be clothed for aesthetic purposes like Lynne Stewart. Nudity is not very practical as where one puts keys, wallets and cell phones becomes a thought I would just rather not think about.

That being said I do not condemn the next persons choice.

2) What are your views on homosexuality in the opposite sex.

In my case I must be in the minority as I find that subject to be a bore. There are guys fascinated by watching this, but I am not one of them. I have known several lesbians and the ones I know are not people I want to see naked. Even if this were not the case it is not something that interests me at all.

In my case I really do not care who sleeps with whom as long as all parties are consenting adults.
It really is not my business who sleeps with whom and I have better things to do with my time.


3) What are your views on art and pornography?

I do enjoy a tasteful nude like the works of Renoir. The woman should be painted as a vibrant individual, not like the soulless representations of Degas. I am not bothered by classical sculpture
as it is a tasteful representation of the human form.

Pornography is something that should not be available to children. I find depictions of sex mixed with violence to be disgusting. Depictions of S & M and rape disgust me.

4) Sonia's view that free societies produce great pornography.

There may be some truth to this. However, whether this is cause and effect is unknown.

As for Communist puritans, prostitution is endemic in certain communist countries. Commies frequently rationalize Castro's abuse of Cuba with talk of prostitution. However, the practice continues today and rather than be "America's brothel" it is the folks at the EU who are doing the exploitation.

5) Can depictions of sex in mainstream films be boring?

The movie Eyes Wide Shut was a colossal bore. The movie Bolero was also a major bore. Showgirls was also a bore. Nudity and sex with a dreadful script really serves no purpose. If the
story line is good and the scene is filmed well it is interesting.

What makes the above films notable is they were all poorly written. If I want to see badly written dialogue and a lousy acting I can just buy any of the thousands of X rated titles. I do not
watch a film to see moronic stories and wooden acting. The film Eyes Wide Shut was a bore and Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise can not act even if their lives depended on it.

6) Should political considerations be used to censor certain works of literature? Would you want
to ban students from reading Mark Twain or Eugene O'Neil for using the N word or Dickens and Shakespeare for antisemitism?

I am rather amused at the infantile reactions from leftists. I did study Shakespeare, the Canterbury tales and Dickens in a Yeshiva. The notion that students could get a proper education without reading these texts was not considered. A small classroom discussion about
the literature reflecting the views of the society of the time was presented and the material was taught without any events. The antisemitic material is far worse than Twain's use of the N word in passing.

7) Should political movements control the arts.

No. This is also why commies like Arthur Miller can produce good works in the West, but their peers produce a series of flops under communism. Political censors and having to appease politicos produces bad results. Had Arthur Miller ever had to write the Crucible in the Soviet Union it would have been an inferior result.

Newsflash: Communist traitors unlike witches were real. Nobody suffered under McCarthyism
and if Miller wanted to see a real witch hunt he should have looked at the Slansky trial. Miller was not the sharpest tool in the shed. His IQ was higher than the reality impaired Pinter who never possessed a lucid moment in his wasted life.

8) Should Muslim students in public schools have to study art and the Holocaust?

Yes a basic education in the west would require some familiarity with art. The Holocaust as well
as the mass murders authored by Commies should be covered in a basic education. We also should cover Islamocolonialism and the mistreatment of minorities under Islamic rule.

If parents want to send their kids to private schools they may do so at their expense.

9) What are your views on homeschooling?

It should be allowed only if the students are tested with State wide regents to ensure that proficiency in certain subjects is met. If the students do not meet the standards they should be required to attend a formal school or get instruction from accredited educators.

10) Should Muslims be allowed to have religious courts in the USA or your country.

Only for those matters relating to their community like enforcing Halal laws and granting religious divorces. Family law should remain secular in its present form.

11) Would you be in favor of legalizing polygamy and polyandry?

No.

12) Should government offer services in every language?

No. The exception should be law enforcement and emergency health care. English proficiency should be required for getting a green card with the exceptions being children under ten and parents of United States Citizens over 70. If you can not speak the language you are not equipped for employment.

13) Should the government censor sermons?

Only if there is exhortation to criminal acts. If cleric A says kills the Jews, Gays or people wearing plaid this is criminal incitement. If cleric A says Jews are hell bound as unbelievers this is within the belief system of the Church.

14) Would you like UK type libel laws in your Country?

No. These laws are a mockery of free speech and allow David Irvings and George Galloway to extort their critics. It also needlessly restricts what books can be published.

15) Are you bothered by inter racial romance?

No, this is none of my business.The exception is Tyne Daly who needed to mention it in every sentence. Sorry but mentioning this over and over again says you are an imbecile.

16) Should Citizens who commit terrorism be executed for treason?

Yes. This is true of Bill Ayers comunists or Americans who act on behalf of Al Queda .

17) Should Americans who receive subsidized travel or compensation from hostile foreign governments be denaturalized?

People who receive subsidized travel from hostile foreign governments should be required to register as foreign agents. People who receive compensation from hostile foreign governments should also register as foreign agents. The exception being professionals such as attorneys who sometimes have to advise foreign governments.

In certain cases like those of Code Pink denaturalization and deportation for sending money to our enemies in Falujah is warranted.

18) Should the government tax junk food

No, I want the government out of my refrigerator.

19) Should the government tax gasoline

No this tax discriminates against rural Americans who operate farm machinery and drive longer
distances to work.

20) Should the states subsidize the arts?

No. It should help out some museums to create tourist attractions and sites for students to learn
but that is all.

21) Have you ever seen your local economy worse.
No

22) Has the Green movement killed jobs?
Yes. We should be drilling for oil everywhere.

23) Are you in favor of the death penalty for foreign terrorists?
Yes, but only after military trials.

24) Are you bothered by public displays of religion?
No. I enjoy a Christmas tree or two. I prefer less lighting than some for reasons of taste.

25) Would you boycott a film because of the political views of an actor?
I will not see a Sean Penn film. Communists should get the message that consumers have the right to object to their obnoxious views by staying home.


A Product of NYC

People forget that although I am a member of the GOP, I am a NYC Republican. While I am a patriot and a genuine Cold Warrior I am a social liberal. In essence the traditional liberals who took the Cold War seriously left the Democratic party after it was infiltrated by Commie stooge Michael
Harrington.

The fuss over the lack of attire of Sonia is something I take for granted. In New York City there are people from every nation, religion with varied interests and sexual proclivities. In a normal life one would expect to literally see and hear everything.

The initial comment about Sonia was from Mark Winters. Bad Eagle is pretty much a ghost town consisting of someone named Steve, Ray Figgon and Dr Yeagley. The fare is pretty boring and other than an odd post by Amil there is nothing there of note. The Doctor's mindless obsession with Blacks and Batty Ann's rabies act have killed what was a great community. Bad Eagle is now officially boring.

Personally, I am libertarian when it comes to dress. If you want to wear a Bhurkha than do so and remain at home. I will not sacrafice public safety for your views. If you want to drive a car or
get a passport than you have to play by the rules. As for Winters jibes at Schwartz, he has pointed out this is a fad and is more of a trend like wearing a Red Beret and pretending you are
Che, Curtis Sliwa or the Play Dough kid.

As for Nudism if people want to do it at home no problem. In public there are those who are not
mature enough to handle it. I remember taking the beloved Sprite to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and trying to nurture her love of fine art. As all little girls love the notion of being princesses I took her to the section of the museum where the castle front and Christmas decorations were. Even though I go to this museum dozens of times in a decade I had forgotten that we would pass by the Greek sculpture area. I was not there long before the Sprite cried out
"They are naked at the statues". I was mortified and laughing at the reaction of a six year old and sat at the nearest bench. We had a discussion of different cultures and that different cultures viewed Art and the human body differently. The Greeks viewed the body itself as an art form and their art was a reflection of that. She asked if she could draw this stuff. I told her that she is Guyanese and that it is not reflective of her culture or appropriate for young children.

In essence the conversation with Winters was similar. Being a man with ahem "standard" proclivities I appreciate the female form as a work of art. That being said I also am versed in the arts and can readily differentiate art from pornography. While I do have this cultural mindset I sometimes forget that others lack the depth and maturity to handle this.

CM was largely correct in saying boys will be boys.

What is amazing is that politically I am more similar to Sonia than to the Editrix. Sonia like myself is a Cold Warrior and her cure for Communism is letting its adherents live under it. She views militant Islam and its over bearing imposed morality as attempting to subtract from our traditional liberties such as freedom of expression. The Editrix sees militant Islam in a different
light as trying to impose their way of life upon us. There is certainly truth to both views and I grasp the seriousness.

Left out of the mix is something that is personal. However at a certain point the topic of normal religious views needs to be addressed. A traditional religion cherishes life and the thought of killing people going to work gratuitously is not religion as we know the term. I am familiar with the wonderful expressions of community support within the Judeo Christian framework. I am also becoming more familiar with similar efforts in the local Hindu community. When I see blood shed gratuitously for marketing purposes I see the hand of Marx, Trotsky, Robespierre among other nasty sorts. I do grasp that Islam does have a history of violence that predates all of the above. When we discuss this history and Jim Crow elements it is usually a Marxist mendicant who turns history and logic on its head and pretends Islamo Jim Crow, colonialism and slavery are somehow less odious than their Western versions. One does not rationalize the abuse of others by saying crimes committed elsewhere were worse.

Sonia and the Editrix are valued friends. I value them for their brilliance and thought provoking
writing. I will add that many people one would not expect to be fans of Sonia have spent some time there. The great Mr Beamish, Mustang, American Crusader and Steve Harkonen are all people who have left here and paid semi regular visits. As a NYC type we love our friends for who they are and wouldn't change a thing about them. Many times for reasons I can not fathom I have found myself defending CM, Justin and even my friendship with the Editrix. I love my friends as they are and wouldn't change a thing about them.

Mark Winters if you can read this you need to get more hip. Not all nudity is pornography and at a certain point Sonia is correct about artistic freedom and Capitalism. If all you see is nudity when you visit her site you are missing the point or thinking with the wrong head.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

I am not going to defend blogger friends

Over the last few days I have been amused at some of the attacks on my blogger friends. First of all I want to point out that the reason I decided walk away from Bad Eagle had nothing to do with
the attacks on Dr. Yeagley or the rabid ignorance of the low class Batty Ann.

The reason I left Bad Eagle had to do with the twisting and mockery of the concept of the United States. I love this country too much to have a clod like Dr. Yeagley twist patriotism into an odd series of racial hygiene Bantustans.

When I say that my love for this country and its founding ethos pervades my spirit, this is something I take seriously. The notion that any group would be made into second class citizens on the basis of race is offensive to my American values.

With great lack of amusement I have seen some people attack persons I respect from Sonia, Amil Imani, Kidst and yes Mark Winters. I want to point out that all of the above can defend themselves amply.

I do find it mildly amusing that Commies who revel in antisemitic bigotry and revere mendicant
war criminal psychoes as secular messiahs would point a finger at anyone, much less Yeagley.
A look at the blogs in question reveals comment sections that have posts that resemble Der Shturmer. Moreover, these blogs welcomed and were linked to a variety of people whose actions included criminal threats against children in the name of Marx.

I will also add that no matter how objectionable the views of Yeagley are he is still morally superior to those people who venerate Hugo Chavez and dead Communist Icons. Furthermore,
while one can read plenty of posts where I address and distance my views from his I have yet to see a single peep from the Marxists who welcome LWB/John Brown and do not say a single word about his bigoted comments. Moreover, people as diverse as Sonia, CB, Jams O'Donnel and even Eric "the Commie" Fink have objected to this fare frequently cited by Stormfront for its Nazi content.

Contrary to Communist delusions Nazism and Communism are rivals and not polar opposites.
Nazis and Commies were allies and divided Central Europe between them. The polar opposite of Nazism and Communism is Americanism with its focus on INDIVIDUAL rights and liberties and respect for PRIVATE property and ACHIEVEMENT.

Certain words are capitalized because Commies have less mental capacity than your typical post lobotomy patient.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

You knew this was comming claims that Tea Party Protesters used anti Black and Gay Slurs

The hyperventilating Bolshevik media has prominently published claims of alleged racial epithets
of Tea Party protesters in DC. Corrupt Castro fan Charlie Rangel who says nothing about a regime
that holds and kills Black political prisoners complains about the Tea Party crowd being racist. If Blacks wished to join the protest that is fine. I doubt that there would be a single boo if Prof Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams addressed the crowd.

The media does not bother to report people that say "Jews plotted the 9-11 attacks " "Into the ovens " at so called Peace protests. You can find plenty of anti-semitic signs at the so called "Peace" protests. The media was silent about anti semitic remarks made by professional communist imbecile Cindy Sheehan whose sons memory is being tarnished by her antics.

Of course there are zero allegations that any of the speakers used those words or photos of actual placards with the slurs in question. Barney Frank is another ethically challenged hack politician. No doubt his ethical lapses do not excuse anti gay bigotry. However, given the desperation of the sinking far left I question the accounts and the lack of recordings in a place filled with cameras.

I do not agree with racial epithets. However, there seems to be a one way standard. Lefties can call the President Chimpy and make every nasty comment about a GOP President. However, if one person in a crowd of thousands calls an ethically challenged politician a slur the media goes into mock outrage. Does the media say a peep when Commies slur Senator Lieberman?

More interestingly, how many protesters did the police have to arrest for lawlessness if any? How much property did the Tea Party crew damage. The likely answer to both questions is zero.
The folks on the ground know which groups are prone to bigotry and lawlessness.

Random

For those of you who have doubted me I have been off Bad Eagle for over a month. The Dr. has respected my wishes and has not contacted me. Our views of America are at odds and it is for the best that I depart.

Now for those of you who criticize my friendships with Amil, Kidst and Mark Winters. I am not a person prone to see the worst in people. I grant that there may be some validity to the criticisms but they are skilled enough to defend themselves.

Mark Winters, if you read this kindly write under your own name. You have always been able to defend yourself with a combination of caustic wit and facts. I do not always agree with you, but you have never needed to hide behind pen names like Daffy.

I was considering going overseas on vacation. Unfortunately, my job does require a security clearance and they do inquire about why you went abroad. I was thinking about visiting Israel or spending a week in Guyana but having to deal with the headaches is just not worth it. I may get
my car back and take a trip to Canton instead to see LT, Harry Carson and all the other greats of the NFL. I probably will visit a buddy in Cincinnati and look for a Lees Fried Chicken location.

I want to thank Ozzie Guillen. He may have a temper, but he speaks the truth about the mess created by Chavez. Crime is a problem according to Commies when it happens in NYC, Detroit and so forth. However, when it explodes in Caracas under Commie Hugos dicatorship of imbeciles they go into spin mode. In an ideal world apologists like Renagade Testicle are denaturalized and deported to Caracass. Commies are fond of the Chicken Hawk bit or telling real Joooos to emigrate to Israel. Those who advocate Communism for others need to live under it 24/7.

A typical example of comminist antisemitism was exhibited by Renagade Testicle on the site of Pagan Temple. Joooos have a second homeland in NYC. No doubt this unoriginal comment was ripped of from Gnome Chimpanzee a fellow communist with a similarly lack of IQ. No doubt if a comment were made about Blacks and Washington DC the folks would correctly be fitted for white sheets and outfitted with burning crosses. However, when you are a commie populist antisemitism is all that keeps the axis of evil together Commies, Nazis, Jihadis, Greens and anarchist clowns have little else in common.

An earthquake hit Gitmo. None of the facilities were damages. The internees have more rights, better health care and food than the sorounding Cuban populace. Of course people like Renagade
Testicle slander a murdered Cuban prisoner who was denied water and thrown naked into an air conditioned room. He wants us to be up in arms about panties on the heads of terrorists, but tries to divert attention from the murder and torture of a Black prisoner in Cuban jails.

Speaking of blacks in Cuba. When is Cuba going to extradite Joanne Chesimard cop killer and deranged communist criminal. Do not hold your breath for Obama to push this issue. He has never met a communist that has misbehaved in his Little Lord Fauntleroy Academic Old Bolshevik Boys Club life.

The UK has become a joke George Galloway Sues a Blogger

I want to point out that the insane libel laws are used by the far left to silence their critics. In the United States a politician would be flayed alive by the media for suing and attempting to silence their critics. Galloway is a public figure and it is really hard to damage a reputation that belongs in the sewer.

The libel laws of the UK have become a joke. Moreover, as the David Irving trial has shown books that are hardly available in the UK are the subject of lawsuits. Perhaps Alan Dershowitz can place an end to this by suing the UK favorite antisemite and Maoist Norman Finkelstein for claims he does not write his own books in the UK.

Of course Galloway should be heckled for many reasons. The whiny pissant seems to think the Mossad is targeting him for assassination. The Israelis have better things to do with their time than to deal with Boy George of the lazy chair brigade. Any comparison of Boy George and the lazy one is an insult to Boy George.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Is Turkey run by insane folks

The genocide denial bit of Turkey is a bit much. Germany to its credit has never denied or rationalized the Holocaust. Turkey needs to own up to its past and move forward. I want to add that Assyrian and Greek Christians were slaughtered as well.

To add insult to injury the comedy team in Turkey is talking about expelling Armenians from lands that they and not the Anatolian invaders are indigenous upon.

Who is running the show in Turkey??? Is this David Irving redux any way for a responsible government to behave.

Plenty of American leaders have acknowledged the wrongs against Native Americans and slavery.
Turkey needs to own up to its history.

The daily thread

At this point in time Obama's popularity is low and picking a fight with Israel will drive it lower.
The American people have come to see that "hope and change" really was nothing more than smoke and mirrors for a university Marxist who has a tin ear.

The economy is in the toilet and people are screaming do something to create jobs. Obama talks health care 24/7 and gays in the military. Finally a jobs gets to congress.

The truth is that Obama has lived a gifted life. He was elected by saying I am not Hillary and then with a series of bank failures vs McCain.

Either Obama moves to the center or he kills the Democratic Party. My bet is he does the latter as he is just stupid. Bill Clinton had a huge ego, but was smart enough to grasp that the real world is different from the faculty lounge and DC cocktail parties. After an initial move to the far left he governed from the center.

Onto the more practical, like many people of my group I grew up with tales about how bad the Czar was. However, I want to point out that the prisons and trials that war criminal opportunist
Trotsky and crew endured were benign compared to the hells they created for others. He is placed on welfare and allowed to marry. In his second stint in jail he gets conjugal visits from a trollop who is not his wife and fathers more dullards.

Trotsky claimed that the actions of the government excused his own criminality. However, he had nothing to do with the Jews who suffered pogroms. In fact the Jews in that region rejected
his madness for the far more popular Bund and Zionist movements he was against. As a populist
he merely ranted about the actions of the government to create a far worse one. There is nothing admirable in Trotsky's pathetic wasted life. His cult followers are incapable of looking at his actions rather than in his volumes of self serving writings. Trotskyites point out that he was a great speaker by that standard so was Hitler and we know about the actions of the latter. The ability to write well does not confer wisdom beyond that craft Harold Pinter and Noran Mailer could write well but were complete idiots beyond their craft.

The Duck whines that I focus on Trotsky's lack of any Jewish life. Trotsky was a hard core death cultist. His sole lust was for power by any means. When persecuting Jews is expedient he did so with expediency. He was factual when he quiped that he spent his life trying to get away from being Jewish. Commies also pretend that by venerating this war criminal that they are somehow
not antisemitic despite their monomania about Jews and Israel. While the Rosenbergs were committing treason Stalin was killing Jews by the score. Commies whines and railed about guilty traitors and never lifted a finger or said a word about Jews being butchered by Stalin. A typical example is the cowardice of Commie stooge Paul Robeson. Robeson met with a friend Feffer who
used hand motions to avoid the scores of Commie fink police to convey that he was going to be killed. Robeson never said a word at the time. The story was conveyed by his son and is typical
of communists.

Now one may get the impression that I do bash communists 24/7. The problem with the left in general is that liberals do not throw people who aid and abet communists out of their ranks. It is one thing to be against the embargo of Cuba, but it is another thing to host tea parties for Communist Tyrants like Daniel Ortega and Castro ala Charles Rangel. Gomer Kerry seems to be more concerned with representing Communists than with his constituency. A true liberal does not need to be told step away from the Commies. A classic liberal knows that Statism is totalitarianism and against American values. Our traditions include respect for private property,
individual rights and balanced power and all forms of Communism are anathema to American values.

Those who align with commies usually find themselves killed later. The sole exception is the Iranian revolution which was aided and abetted by Commies. Latter on they were killed after the clerics consolidated power. The truth is the clerics in Iran are truer to the legacy of Trotsky
than Commies admit. Exporting revolution to conquer the planet, obsessions about Zionism, the use of terror as a political tool and crushing all dissent outside of the recognized party seems familiar, been there done that.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Trotsky Mendicant and Welfare Recipient

Commies are very quick to say but .... the Czar to every one of their crimes. This is similar to how they are still blaming Batista for the depravity and crimes against humanity in Cuba today.

A look at the early life of so called revolutionary icon shows that he was a pampered brat in the mode of Bill Ayers. Far from being Jewish he was actually educated in Lutheran schools. His parents were assimilated and not practicing Jews in any definition. Commies frequently make contradicting claims they claim there is no ethnic component to Judaism and it is a mere religion
when convenient. They historically have practiced the reverse and labeled Jews a nationality on their own ID documents. This is a fact Communist loon Shlomo Sand conveniently omits in his diatribes about Israeli ID.

The big bad Czar catches Trotsky committing treason and sentences him to a stint in Siberia. He is allowed to marry his fellow traitor whom he courts while bullying her. He is given welfare by the Czar and fails as a bookkeeper. The brutal Czar allows him to publish some articles under a pseudonym in a Siberian paper. Meanwhile this attracts the attention of Death Cultists in Western Europe. They invite the imbecile Trotsky to write for them abroad. Unlike the Czar the commies did not make provisions for his wife and two daughters who are left behind in Siberia
on welfare.

Trotsky then takes the family funds and escapes to the West. He bad mouths those that help him along the way. He frequently hits the people along the way up for money. A typical example is going from a train station in a cab and stating I am Leon Trotsky and broke pay my cab fare.
He then finds his way to Lenin's side where he finds a new woman. He is careful to warn the woman he left on welfare with two daughters in Siberia "not to get mixed up with the Jewish Bund or Zionists".

Robert Service paints a wonderful picture of Trotsky who thus far is a worse house guest than Kato Kaelin and a worse husband than John Edwards. In short thus far he could write well albeit filled with self serving lapses and omissions and got good grades. I suppose a biographer could similarly say about a mass murderer like Pol Pot "he could make a great pot of coffee but..."

As we have said before Communists are not Jews, Americans or anything else. They are hard core death cultists who are far more fundamentalist in their beliefs than the folks at the 700 club. They are actually more bigoted than the racial power kooks they mock and frequently align with them when they are non-white.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Get a grip. Have some dignity.

The local papers in NYC ran a story about a nurse who was beaten in the bathroom by an enraged man who was upset that she refused to dance with him. As a guy the nature of our role
is we frequently get turned down for many reasons. This does not ever give one an excuse for violence, stalking or anything else.

The suspect was caught and hopefully justice will be served. However, this is NYC so expect a slap on the wrist.

In general when I was single, I had a rather clever way of weeding out the high maitenence types early. When asked I would promtly state I was a bus driver and this would get rid of snobs
early. One person found out about this trick and was very angry and confronted me. I pointed out that bus drivers in NYC earn more than social workers. Her actions told me right away that her personality and mine would clash. I did get a drink over the head for that remark, but it is better to get a drink over the head early than deal with a pain in the neck later.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Probably will get nailed with lightning bolts

I want to point out I am not surprised about Jihad Jane. Converts to a religion, change their faiths for many reason. Some like Stephen Schwartz were raised in families that had no faith. Others are troubled looking for all the answers from a pied piper.

When Stephen Schwartz practices his faith he does so as a man of arts, culture and firmly versed in our American Tradition. These converts like Jihad Jane and Richard Reid are troubled people and are using Islam as an answer for their failed lives and mental illness. Even the case of the Nigerian Bomber and Zazi show troubled people looking for answers.

Schwartz has written many articles on placing the wrong type of Imams in prison and the Army.
This may sound weird but the way we practice our faith is a reflection upon us. Junglemom, TMW and AOW are among many of the loving Christians who see a community type of Church serving for the sake of service. There are also the hateful political scammers who preach liberation theology or its racial corollaries like Pastor Wright. Much of the page one bashing of the Catholic Church scandals comes from political activists who are upset over this Pope's role in
eliminating the malady of Liberation Theology from his Church.

More important than the house of worship or lack of one is the lives we lead. There is no doubt Merlin Olsen and Rosey Grier were both men of faith who thought that violence never solved anything. Violence is to be used only to protect loved ones or to serve your country. In the case of Grier he probably did save Sirhan Sirhan's life. Luckily, for us because we as a society have been spared the never ending hateful conspiracy idiocy afterwards.

For many of us we ponder what it is to be a man or a woman. Yet in essence one never does know the real meaning until you are a parent or serve your community. Not everyone is cut out for these roles. Sadly, the mental health industry has become politicized and hurts as many people as it helps.

Maureen Dowd wrote a recent article where she expressed surprise that as a non Muslim she is not allowed into the holiest of places. The question is "where has she been and what has she been
reading for decades". This is common knowledge, yet one can see the criticism of these very policies from the pages of the Center for Islamic Pluralism.

Many of us see Islam as not being able to change. Yet Memri has translated a wide variety of articles critical of child brides. Perhaps twenty years ago this would have been unthinkable. The criticism comes not from fake Islamo Communist progressives, but from within Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Commies usually ignore these topics and lump it under cultural differences. I vividly recall a so called Socialist leader framing the topic of honor killing as the case of a Yezidi woman
who was killed for taking a Muslim husband. This sleight of hand trick with a problem that is almost entirely within the Muslim community is quite typical of Marxist duplicity. When asked about her knowledge of the Yezidi community it was nonexistent.

Much of our problem with Islam comes not from Muslims but from ourselves. It is entirely inapropriate to discriminate against people of any faith. However, when a coworker is justifying
suicide bombings this should have set off alarms. The Fort Hood shooter was aided by a system that encourages fear of being called a bigot. In the end the ultimate responsibility lies with the people who would not let him resign when it was obvious he was unfit for service. The educators
who allowed him to subvert class assignments into political diatribes unrelated to the topic need to also come under scrutiny. If a fundamentalist Christian went on an anti abortion tirade instead of their class assignment a predictable F would have been issued. While we should respect religion we should not fear common sense prudent judgment.

Much of our culture of fear is caused by the Marxist left. Sorry, but apologists for despotism and pointless death are the last persons who should be lecturing others about morality. The truth is while Schwartz and others work for a more positive world Communists are more apt to be rationalizing evil and fostering divisions. Communists are the enablers of terrorism and turn a blind eye to everything that they does not fit their agenda.

Schwartz as a man of arts and letters can talk at length about the humanities. He most likely would take a similar position to my own about reading the classics in the context of its time. I do remember reading the Merchants of Venice, Dickens and the Canterbury Tales in a Yeshiva. We joked with a Jewish teacher who was no Bolshevik about what seemed like being bombarded with the worst in English Lit. We were given a polite but serious discussion about history and lit
that was memorable. Sadly, when we hear calls to ban Mark Twain for the use of the N word it comes from the bug eyed far left. We seldom hear these same people make similar calls to ban Eugene O'Neil for the Emperor Jones which communist icon Paul Robeson uttering that same word multiple times.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

New York Times gets around to dubious trade schools

You have seen the commercials on TV. The trade school that promised a lucrative career. What they do not tell you is that many of these schools saddle the applicants with debt loads they can not pay and jobs that pay just above minimum wage. The ones in the culinary art area are far and away the most notorious.

The sad part is that these schools are feeding on people who are at rock bottom. Of guess who pays for these scams..... the tax payer via student loans. We need accountability in government and reform in all educational outlays.

I want to take the story of a childhood friend. I grew up with this friend and indeed he was a talented artist. He went to a State university and did get a fine arts degree with impressive grades.His degree qualified him to do nothing.

Unlike many fine arts students my friend is a gifted writer and has other skills. Still in twenty five years of moving from entry level job to job has gotten him nowhere. The liberal arts base provided no significant job skills.

The truth is that students are more employable after an acounting class than by reading Marx, Menchu and Chomsky. However, the folks at big education do not want to discuss the cushy jobs
and lousy product of our system.

The trade schools is a great start but what is a sociology major really equipped to do.

This was a question I had with an actual grad student and mounds of debt. He was a nice enough
sort who is lost in the train wreck of an economy. Of course the student had no idea, but none of us ever know what the future holds.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Requiem for a Giant among men

I want to say that in an era of self centered obnoxious papered criminal athletes a man like the late Merlin Olsen looms larger than ever. He was a great football player but humble and never needed to toot his own horn. He was tough on the field but gentle and personable off it.

He portrayed the gentle giant in the movie the Undefeated with John Wayne. He is playing with a bunch of children when Rock Hudson asks him to reluctantly fight someone from John Wayne's group. He was the kind and gentle neighbor on Little House on the Prarie. He was the person you wanted your son to emulate.

He was a very good sportscaster and never bored you with flash or self promotion. It was about love of the game and you felt honored to be listening to him.

Perhaps the only athlete we have in a similar class is his team mate Rosey Grier. Other than getting mixed up with Bobby Kennedy and needle point there is almost no athlete that has served America with as great an example as Merlin Olsen.

Merlin Olsen is in the Hall of Fame for his contributions on the field. He was even a better person
off the field than on it.

Real Immigration Reform

Obama is focused on health care to the exclusion of all other problems.

The truth is that it is way too easy to get into the USA. The student and exchange visitor route needs to be closed. A Mickey Mouse language institute can provide almost anyone on the planet with an F-1 visa. These students seldom learn anything, if they bother to attend and allow the holder to remain until another status can be found either a real or sham marriage.

Student visas are also a scam run by big education. Many so called students do not even show up at the Universities. If they do many take a few classes and sometimes remain for a decade before arranging a marriage of often dubious quality.

The USA should crack down on sham trade schools and require a $20,000 bond for students. We also should not admit students unless they are in a degree program that leads to a read job such as hard sciences, math, business, nursing and so forth. The portion of money returned should be divided by 20000. Zack is from Greece studying
accounting at Brooklyn College. He has 60 credits and a 3.0 GPA. Half of the sum should be returned. He falls in love with a local and decides to go to work. He has not completed the terms of his admission and would forfeit 10,000 dollars. If the couple has a child proven by DNA the balance can be returned to the female parent.

Oddly our President should be well aware of the deception of exchange students. His father was an exchange student who illegally married a local who was three months pregnant. The fact that he was already married abroad and technically practicing polygamy is seldom discussed.

Obama is very much a University Marxist and is beholden to big education. It is time escalating costs, sham degrees and loan programs are ended. Ultimately as the majority of students are subsidized by loans the tax payer should have a say in how these disgraceful institutions are run. Costs are out of control and lazy political hacks like Bill Ayers still do not even come close to working a 40 hour work week.

The B2 visitor visa route should also be closed. Person x comes from Canada and has remained in the USA for 15 years before deciding he wants to get married. He should pay a fine of 1000 dollars for each year he remained illegally. This amount can be waived if a DNA test can establish they have a child. Countries with high amounts of overstays should have to post a bond of up to $100,000 dollars. The countries with high overstay rates would pay higher fees. Enforcement would be similar to a jumping bail situation.

Don't hold your breath for this.