Confessions of a Street Pharmacist

“Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother’s sword has been sheathed in a brother’s breast and that the once-happy plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?” - George Washington, 1777

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Free house!

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This past week has been a busy one. I went to court to continue my fight against my old mortgage bank, and it was a harrowing experience at ...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Corporations

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In a recent post , I stated that a corporation was the essence of government intrusion, and that it is hypocritical to claim that you do not...

Father's Day and parenthood.

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I carried my father to his grave 6 years ago. Although the pain of it has dulled somewhat, I still continue to mourn his passing. Of my own ...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Private Fire Departments

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Firefighting used to be a private for-profit industry. In the 1800's, the early days of urbanization, in cities like New York and Balti...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Property rights

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Other discussions on other blogs and on various forums around the internet frequently center on people who talk about how the government and...
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I have been singing this all morning

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 Tam's post got me to (slightly) rewrite the lyrics of an old song , and I have been singing it all morning: SWAT Team Dance S-s-...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Know your toolbox

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A 69 year old male with an implantable defibrillator calls EMS because it shocked him. A medic who was on the call with me was assuming that...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Stupid humans

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Yesterday at work, I was flagged down by a woman who wanted to report an alligator in the middle of the road. Not an unusual occurrence in a...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Coke or pepsi

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Naomi Wolf wrote an article in 2007, titled "Fascist America in 10 easy steps." The subtitle was: History shows there are certai...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Suffering through what passes for education

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I am taking a class on EMS injury prevention, and the author of the book spends an entire chapter on how eliminating guns would prevent mill...
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Divemedic
I joined the US Navy right out of high school and was a NUC electrician. Six years of that, and I left to find my way in the civilian world. After spending the next 22 years working in EMS and fire, I retired in 2011. I came out of retirement after two years of boredom to begin my third career as a high school science teacher. I have a wide set of interests, as I am a SCUBA diver, gun and shooting enthusiast, general class HAM radio operator, prepper and all around science geek. I am also a hockey fan, and spend my vacations travelling the world. After my years travelling the world in the military, EMS, and fire, there are not many things that surprise me about the way that people behave.
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