Monthly Archives: April 2005

The Pendulum Swings

By Bob

29 April, 2005

This story just moved me. I’ve asked in the past what changed in our society. When a mass shooting takes place, and people talk about how available guns are now, and how cheap life if, I point out that guns are harder to get through legal channels now than they’ve ever been in our...
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In Review: A Voice for the Dead

By Bob

29 April, 2005

A Voice for the Dead: A Forensic Investigator’s Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave, James E. Starrs ISBN: 0399152253; 304 pages; Putnam Adult (February 17, 2005) Professor James Starrs is a Professor of Law as well as Professor of Forensic Science at the George Washington University, Washington DC. His work Scientific Evidence in...
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Paternity Fraud

By Bob

27 April, 2005

Florida is about to revamp their paternity law. This article talks about the changes. As I understand it, if a man shows through DNA testing that he can not be the father of a particular child, even though he might be named on the birth certificate, he is no longer financially responsible for the...
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Update: Officially Sanctioned Identity Theft

By Bob

27 April, 2005

The Columbus Dispatch reports today that the Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating the actions of the Ohio Investigative Unit, the Troy Police Department, and even Miami County Prosecutor Gary Nasal regarding the use of Haley Dawson’s driver license in an investigation. One of OHP’s duties is investigating possible criminal acts by state agencies. The...
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Issue 31- SWCS Levy

By Bob

20 April, 2005

Issue 31 is the proposed property tax levy for the South Western City School District. It’s a touchy issue around here. It’s a 9.7 mil proposal, which will add $297 per $100,000 of value. For me, that’s almost $1800. I can’t afford it. Add to it that this is the 3rd time in 7...
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In Review: Masters of Chaos

By Bob

16 April, 2005

Masters of Chaos, Linda Robinson ISBN: 1586482491; 388 pages; Publisher: Public Affairs (October 30, 2004) Many books talk about what the U.S. Army Special Forces do, but few detail how they do it. Their mission certainly includes direct combat operations, but their primary mission is unconventional warfare, which revolves around teaching guerrillas or insurgents...
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The Chicken or the Egg?

By Bob

13 April, 2005

Which came first? Jobs that don’t pay enough to live on, or the workers to do them? Open immigration proponents say that illegal aliens do the jobs that most Americans donâ€™t want to do, because of the low wages attached to those jobs. They claim that if the illegal aliens werenâ€™t doing those jobs,...
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Officially Sanctioned Identity Theft

By Bob

11 April, 2005

This is simply unbelievable. To summarize, Miami County, Ohio prosecutors and Ohio liquor-control investigators decided to investigate a strip club. To infiltrate, they used a a 22-year-old University of Dayton criminal justice major, who was also an intern with the U.S. Marshals Service and in a security post with the NASA Glenn Research Center...
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Nothing Difficult is Ever Easy

By Bob

10 April, 2005

Yes, I know I havenâ€™t been writing here as much as I probably should. But Iâ€™ve been productive in the other writing arena, at least up until today. 2,500 words since the first of April, and thatâ€™s better than half of what I wrote during the entire month of March, (4,500) so Iâ€™m getting...
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Words From Global Affairs

By Bob

7 April, 2005

GA is a forum I frequent. I’ve learned a lot there in the six months or so since I’ve joined. There are some great folks there, from all over the world. One of them goes by the handle ShinyTop, and he wrote this today: I have heard or read one too many times about...
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