One Oar in the Water

New Blogging Home

2009-11-15T15:02:00.000-08:00

I have moved to a new blogging home over at the Ohio Freedom Alliance Network. The name's the same, One Oar in the Water, but the location is different.Blogging has become pretty tough to keep up with lately so I started to look for a collaborative site that I could contribute to, but not feel compelled to blog every day over and the Ohio Freedom Alliance Network offers this.There are a number of

Eustis Cop Zapped With Her Own TASER

2009-10-28T15:06:00.000-07:00

Eustis cop zapped with her own TASER; Daily CommercialA verbal confrontation turned violent outside a Eustis discount store Monday afternoon.According to Eustis police, at about 12:50 p.m. officer Theresa Graham was attacked outside the Dollar Tree store located at 324 Ardice Ave. and was forced to defend herself by shooting the suspect."Apparently he took the officer's TASER and tased her and

Use of Taser on Teen Under Review

2009-10-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

Use of Taser on teen under review: Omaha.comAn incident Monday night in which a Sarpy County sheriff's deputy used a Taser on a 16-year-old boy will be reviewed, authorities said this morning.“It will be reviewed and taken care of,” said Lt. Russ Zeeb. “It's premature for me to make any judgment at this time.”Such a review is standard practice, Zeeb said.Zeeb said deputies got a call about 7 p.m.

Robert Higgs Quote

2009-10-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

I haven't had the time to blog lately, but every now and then something hits the mark and you just want to scream at the top of your lungs...YES! And so it was with this quote from Robert Higgs that appeared in the header of a recent newsletter from The Future of Freedom Foundation.We live, as F. A. Hayek observed as long ago as 1935, not in a market system, but in a situation of interventionist

CDC Mixes H1N1, H5N1 Viruses in Tests

2009-09-18T13:20:00.000-07:00

More Deadly Swine Flu? CDC Mixes H1N1, H5N1 Viruses in Tests; The Wall Street JournalPublic-health officials are breathing a small sigh of relief that the H1N1 swine flu virus hasn’t mutated to become more deadly since emerging last spring. But what are the chances it will?To find out, scientists at the CDC recently launched experiments in the agency’s labs in which they infected ferrets with

Gibson Wets Pants

2009-09-17T14:28:00.000-07:00

Mainstream Media Fears Where Stories They Ignore May Lead; BigHollywood.ComYesterday the anchor of a major network (ABC) consciously chose to try and look like an imbecile rather than have to answer why he wasn’t covering what so far ranks as the biggest story/scandal of the year. And I say “try and look like an imbecile” because the ruse didn’t work. You, me and anyone with an IQ above room

Phillips (D-Athens) Votes for Pedophilia

2009-09-17T14:01:00.000-07:00

Sex/gender discrimination bill passes; The Daily Sentinel In a statement released yesterday, Gov. Ted Strickland said: “I applaud the leadership of House Speaker Armond Budish, Rep. Dan Stewart and Rep. Ross McGregor, as well as the bipartisan group of House members who today affirmed that Ohio is a welcoming and inclusive state. This legislation will help attract and retain the talent Ohio

Health-Care Reform and the Constitution

2009-09-17T13:52:00.000-07:00

Health-Care Reform and the Constitution; WSJ; By ANDREW P. NAPOLITANOLast week, I asked South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, where in the Constitution it authorizes the federal government to regulate the delivery of health care. He replied: "There's nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government has anything to do

5 Republicans Joined the Democrats in Passing HB 176

2009-09-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

Right Ohio has the latest on HB 176:5 Republicans joined the Democrats in passing legislation which prohibits employers and property owners, who have a moral objection to homosexuality, from hiring/renting to whom they wish. The vote was 53-39. The 5 Republicans who pandered to the sodomite lobby are: Terry Blair of the 38th District Peggy Lehner of the 37th District Matt Dolan of the 98th

Joe Wilson and the Cult of Personality

2009-09-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

From Wikipedia:Generally, personality cults are most common in regimes with totalitarian systems of government, that seek to radically alter or transform society according to (supposedly) revolutionary new ideas. Often, a single leader becomes associated with this revolutionary transformation, and comes to be treated as a benevolent "guide" for the nation, without whom the transformation to a