What You Won't Read About in the Most Recent Conflict
Today, the Israeli government released the names of the two other soldiers that were kidnapped by Hezbollah.
One of them is Ehud Goldwasser.
So? What is the significance?
Kinda translate the last name. What do you get? Goldwater.
And who was Goldwater? Why, he was the man who is probably most responsible for making the Republican party conservative!
Like Israel, too, he was militant. Which is one reason why he was so exciting. Like Israel, he was forced into militancy by the establishment (like Israel is today).
More interestingly, I think they are relatives. How, you might ask?
Well, distant, but relatives.
In the 1800's, a Polish, Jewish immigrant (probably speaking Yiddish) came to Arizona territory, named Goldwasser, also. Like many a Jew, he went into the business Jews were often very familiar with - retail. He opened up a department store - and a highly successful one, too.
This was Barry Goldwater's grandfather. Along the way, the last name was anglicized. And that is where Barry went to church - although there are few conservatives going to Anglican services today. Barry was half Jewish, the first person nominated by a major party to be so.
If we look at the kidnapped soldier, he has the same last name as Barry's grandfather. Which means he probably came from Poland, too.
Now, lets think about a few things. First, lets look at the last name of both. It means gold water. Is gold water a common, everyday item? Better yet, do you actually know a Goldwater? Unlike a Smith (meaning a blacksmith) or a Clark (coming from clerk, or cleric), this is not a common thing to call someone, and a person dealing in gold water engaged in an unusual profession (unlike a blacksmith, or a clerk, or a cleric, of whom everyone knew at least one). Due to it's lack of commonality, and the fact that there are relatively few Goldwaters (or Goldwassers), I think that we can reasonably assume that both of these individuals have a relatively recent common ancestor. My theory can be easily proven - or disproven - using a geneology chart. Geneology isn't hard anymore - I have traced my ancestery to the Caeser family - using a Norweigan geneology book and this very computer.
People with not-usual names - probably the majority of those whose families came from Europe - usually have some common ancestor. Especially for last names that are more than bisyllabic. Monosyllabic last names do not indicate anything - like Smith, or Lee, of Nguyen (if pronounced correctly, it's Wen). Think about this - the Roosevelt name. Even though there are lots of them, whether or not they are close to Teddy or FDR, they all come from the same ancestor who landed in New York in the 1660's. Despite being a Dutch name, this is one surname which is purely American in origin.
Thus, I think it is interesting that the conservative base, which owe thanks to Barry, now supports Israel. And in the process, one of his distant relatives was kidnapped.
This doesn't really indicate anything. Just the fact that I like to take two relatively insignificant facts and make some kind of connection (like announcing in Wikipedia that Calvin Coolidge is a bona-fide Adams).
In 1964, Democrats alleged that a "Goldwater" would start WWIII. Although they got the wrong "Goldwater," who knew that they could have been so right?
One of them is Ehud Goldwasser.
So? What is the significance?
Kinda translate the last name. What do you get? Goldwater.
And who was Goldwater? Why, he was the man who is probably most responsible for making the Republican party conservative!
Like Israel, too, he was militant. Which is one reason why he was so exciting. Like Israel, he was forced into militancy by the establishment (like Israel is today).
More interestingly, I think they are relatives. How, you might ask?
Well, distant, but relatives.
In the 1800's, a Polish, Jewish immigrant (probably speaking Yiddish) came to Arizona territory, named Goldwasser, also. Like many a Jew, he went into the business Jews were often very familiar with - retail. He opened up a department store - and a highly successful one, too.
This was Barry Goldwater's grandfather. Along the way, the last name was anglicized. And that is where Barry went to church - although there are few conservatives going to Anglican services today. Barry was half Jewish, the first person nominated by a major party to be so.
If we look at the kidnapped soldier, he has the same last name as Barry's grandfather. Which means he probably came from Poland, too.
Now, lets think about a few things. First, lets look at the last name of both. It means gold water. Is gold water a common, everyday item? Better yet, do you actually know a Goldwater? Unlike a Smith (meaning a blacksmith) or a Clark (coming from clerk, or cleric), this is not a common thing to call someone, and a person dealing in gold water engaged in an unusual profession (unlike a blacksmith, or a clerk, or a cleric, of whom everyone knew at least one). Due to it's lack of commonality, and the fact that there are relatively few Goldwaters (or Goldwassers), I think that we can reasonably assume that both of these individuals have a relatively recent common ancestor. My theory can be easily proven - or disproven - using a geneology chart. Geneology isn't hard anymore - I have traced my ancestery to the Caeser family - using a Norweigan geneology book and this very computer.
People with not-usual names - probably the majority of those whose families came from Europe - usually have some common ancestor. Especially for last names that are more than bisyllabic. Monosyllabic last names do not indicate anything - like Smith, or Lee, of Nguyen (if pronounced correctly, it's Wen). Think about this - the Roosevelt name. Even though there are lots of them, whether or not they are close to Teddy or FDR, they all come from the same ancestor who landed in New York in the 1660's. Despite being a Dutch name, this is one surname which is purely American in origin.
Thus, I think it is interesting that the conservative base, which owe thanks to Barry, now supports Israel. And in the process, one of his distant relatives was kidnapped.
This doesn't really indicate anything. Just the fact that I like to take two relatively insignificant facts and make some kind of connection (like announcing in Wikipedia that Calvin Coolidge is a bona-fide Adams).
In 1964, Democrats alleged that a "Goldwater" would start WWIII. Although they got the wrong "Goldwater," who knew that they could have been so right?
posted by EricMatthew at 11:03 PM
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