Arkansas Legislature advances bill for AEDs in high schools.
ATF agents have processed 300 leads in the investigation of the car bombing of a West Memphis doctor, but still have no suspects. A $50,000 reward has been offered.
Fox 16 reported tonight about a landslide that has developed in the backyard of a Little Rock residence. The residence is located near a mall development. The city of Little Rock has plans in place in the event that the hill side gives way.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The youngest emergency manager
A 4 year old is credited with saving his mothers life by dialing 911 when she collapsed on the floor. You can listen to the 911 call here
Obama names FEMA Chief
Fox News is reporting that President Obama has named Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate as the new head of FEMA. Fugate has directed the responses to eight hurricanes during his time as Florida's EM head. He seems to be a respectable pick.
Wanna buy a boat?
The US Navy is trying to get rid of a pair of boats. I wish I had the money for the Sea Scout. I saw this boat on the Discovery Channel several years ago. Amazing boat. Stealth technology.
Igor Panarin is calling for the fall of the United States. Same as he's done since the 70s.
Legislative Roundup
There are several items on the legislative agenda pertaining to firearms.
HB 1237 still sits in the Senate Judiciary Committee. I doubt it will get passed. A significant amount of controversy has developed over the ability for CC permit holders to carry into church.
HB 1097 never left the House Judiciary committee. I expect it will die there.
New legislation, SB 768, proposed by Taylor, proposed to remove the ability of a local unit of government to regulate firearms following the proclamation by the governor of a state of emergency. It's on the agenda for debate today. Whether or not they actually get to it....
HB 1237 still sits in the Senate Judiciary Committee. I doubt it will get passed. A significant amount of controversy has developed over the ability for CC permit holders to carry into church.
HB 1097 never left the House Judiciary committee. I expect it will die there.
New legislation, SB 768, proposed by Taylor, proposed to remove the ability of a local unit of government to regulate firearms following the proclamation by the governor of a state of emergency. It's on the agenda for debate today. Whether or not they actually get to it....
The Balance of Power
I feel better about my country today. It's not that anything in America has particularly gotten any better, it's just that my perspective has changed. I fell victim to what I think might happen to a lot of people in this country: I lost my historical perspective.
America is a young country. It's always had a balance of outright hubris and a feeling of paranoia or panic. This makes sense for an adolescent trying to find it's place in the world doesn't it?
A few days ago, President Barack Obama announced that he might be willing to cancel the missile defense program in exchange for the Russian's help in containing the development of Iran's nuclear program.
At first, I was willing to throw rocks at Obama for even thinking about canceling the missile defense program. I have a special place in my heart for a national missile defense program. President Ronald Reagan announced the program on the day that I was born. I don't know if there is a coincidence, but in any case, I have always been fascinated behind the technology of missile defense. Not to mention the feeling one gets by watching a giant rocket in a contained skyward explosion. Sheer power. Grunt.
Obama's willingness to seek help from the Russians is simply an effort to seek a restoration of the balance of power that existed in the Middle East during the Cold War. Hear me out. During the Cold War, the thought of the emergence of a regional power in the middle east was always prevented because the Soviets and the Americans would have immediately exchanged blows in response. No one dared moved in the middle east during the Cold War.
Problems in Afghanistan began when the Americans tried to subvert the Soviets by funding a resistance effort in the country. When the Soviet Union fell, the forces that had been trained in the American military way of covert intelligence gathering, equipped with American military arms and equipment turned against the United States. Surprise.
Although the Soviets were the military enemy at the time, they served to counter the development of any regional power. There may have been individual military engagements since then, but there has not been a development of a regional power.
Even if Iran develops the capability for nuclear weapons (Indeed, many say it already has them) it is not likely that a regional power will develop. The United States holds the keys to far too many players in the region.
The strategy of the United States is not to win wars, but to serve as the disrupting force to anything that counters the power of the US.
I have the full confidence that the United States can counter any threat that comes it's way so long as the economy is still as vibrant as it has been. We still have the largest economy in the world. As long as other countries still seek to trade with us, we will always retain our existing superpower status.
America is a young country. It's always had a balance of outright hubris and a feeling of paranoia or panic. This makes sense for an adolescent trying to find it's place in the world doesn't it?
A few days ago, President Barack Obama announced that he might be willing to cancel the missile defense program in exchange for the Russian's help in containing the development of Iran's nuclear program.
At first, I was willing to throw rocks at Obama for even thinking about canceling the missile defense program. I have a special place in my heart for a national missile defense program. President Ronald Reagan announced the program on the day that I was born. I don't know if there is a coincidence, but in any case, I have always been fascinated behind the technology of missile defense. Not to mention the feeling one gets by watching a giant rocket in a contained skyward explosion. Sheer power. Grunt.
Obama's willingness to seek help from the Russians is simply an effort to seek a restoration of the balance of power that existed in the Middle East during the Cold War. Hear me out. During the Cold War, the thought of the emergence of a regional power in the middle east was always prevented because the Soviets and the Americans would have immediately exchanged blows in response. No one dared moved in the middle east during the Cold War.
Problems in Afghanistan began when the Americans tried to subvert the Soviets by funding a resistance effort in the country. When the Soviet Union fell, the forces that had been trained in the American military way of covert intelligence gathering, equipped with American military arms and equipment turned against the United States. Surprise.
Although the Soviets were the military enemy at the time, they served to counter the development of any regional power. There may have been individual military engagements since then, but there has not been a development of a regional power.
Even if Iran develops the capability for nuclear weapons (Indeed, many say it already has them) it is not likely that a regional power will develop. The United States holds the keys to far too many players in the region.
The strategy of the United States is not to win wars, but to serve as the disrupting force to anything that counters the power of the US.
I have the full confidence that the United States can counter any threat that comes it's way so long as the economy is still as vibrant as it has been. We still have the largest economy in the world. As long as other countries still seek to trade with us, we will always retain our existing superpower status.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Barry Manilow Fights Graffiti
New Building Design Withstands Earthquake Simulation -University of Michigan
Counter Laptop Theft here: Speak Directly to the Thieves
Barry Manilow Fights Graffiti: Read about here.
Counter Laptop Theft here: Speak Directly to the Thieves
Barry Manilow Fights Graffiti: Read about here.
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