Sunday, November 15, 2009

New Blogging Home

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

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Eustis Cop Zapped With Her Own TASER

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

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.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Robert Higgs Quote

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

Friday, September 18, 2009

CDC Mixes H1N1, H5N1 Viruses in Tests

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

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Gibson Wets Pants

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

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