Rooster in Review: Conman endorses Senator Slave Shackle

Plus, why I don't think I'll be appearing on conservative Cleveland-area radio again any time soon.

Ohio Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy endorsed State Senator Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) for State Treasurer on Friday.

The Rooster published a dispatch on Dec. 29, taking notorious conman Vivek Ramaswamy to task for his New York Times op-ed revealing that he thought racism and bigotry were some sort of menu item that he could tailor to his personal tastes.

That it’s an audacious yet still dim-witted view to think that energy spent against Somali immigrants wouldn’t be turned on Hindus, no matter their level of wealth or birthright citizenship.

Ramaswamy, somewhat unsurprisingly, forgot his recent concern about racism with the Republican Party when he endorsed State Senator Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) for State Treasurer.

Roegner had previously been crowned as “Senator Slave Shackle” for displaying what she hilariously described as an unspecified “artifact from Africa” on her home’s mantle in a since-deleted Facebook post:

Given the charisma oozing from this video, it’s probably hard for you to believe that Ramaswamy didn’t want to solidify his Christian credentials with Roegner as his Lieutenant Governor.

But that’s indeed what happened, thanks to Ramaswamy’s union stooges pushing the nuclear button on her candidacy about a week before that viral bust-up.

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On Monday, I appeared on The Jake Underwood Show on 1420 The Answer, which I can only imagine led former host Bob Frantz to put one foot in his grave.

You can listen to that 21-minute here:

We discussed Vivek Ramaswamy, Dr. Amy Acton, their Lieutenant Governor picks, the affordability crisis, and data centers.

Things were going well until Underwood mentioned Congressman Max Miller (R-Bay Village). Longtime readers of The Rooster will know that there’s no love lost between Music Man and me, but that long-standing feud wasn’t known to Underwood.

A more experienced radio personality would have realized what Miller meant to the show when Underwood mentioned that Miller had just appeared on the show. Clearly, a conservative radio host is going to cherish a relationship with the local Republican Congressman over a pervert anthropologist, no matter the latter’s credentials.

Unfortunately, given how my brain is wired and how meticulously my lifestyle is constructed, the idea of “pulling punches” has never been in my repertoire. For better or worse, if I’m asked a question, I’m going to provide an honest and blunt response from my perspective.

Given the damage control that occurred after the break, with both hosts lauding Miller’s integrity and saying it was unfair that I (accurately) described him as a hot-headed trust fund baby who has never had a real job, I don’t think I’ll be appearing on the Jake Underwood Show again.

Alas! That’s probably my fault.

This week in Ohio Man…

83-year-old William J. Brock is likely headed to prison for the slaying of 61-year-old Lo-Letha Toland-Hall.

One thing that drives me insane about television media and American gun culture is that they instill paranoia into everyday citizens who, generally speaking, are much more likely to be killed on their morning commute than at the hand of a crazed criminal.

We saw the latest example in March 2024, when an 83-year-old man executed Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, a 61-year-old Uber driver from Dublin, because he had been scammed into thinking she was part of a criminal conspiracy.

From CBS News:

A jury convicted an 83-year-old Ohio man of murder in the shooting of an Uber driver who he wrongly thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both.

William J. Brock fatally shot the driver after wrongly assuming she was in on a plot to get $12,000 in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said.

The driver fell victim to the same scammer, driving to Brock’s home between Dayton and Columbus to pick up a package for delivery, according to investigators.

What’s most sad about this story, other than the obvious, is that somewhere in the world is a likely young, white male who no doubt took joy in orchestrating a stone-cold murder that all but assured an otherwise innocent 83-year-old man would die in prison.

That person or persons will never be held to account because of law enforcement’s lack of understanding and capability to prosecute these types of crimes. We can’t even get armies of foreign scammers to stop calling our phones at every waking hour of the day.

Still, Brock probably would be a freeman if he hadn’t fantasized about executing a stranger in a similar situation when he purchased that small-caliber handgun, ostensibly for home defense.

There’s a reason your insurance rates explode when you purchase a gun. It’s because the insurance companies, who know a thing or two about the Law of Large Numbers, understand that a gun owner is much more likely to do something reckless than they are to shoot a home intruder dead.

But now, two lives are ruined while the ultimate party ultimately responsible for the killing skates on with their life.

American justice in a nutshell.

This week in The Rooster…

Photo by Franz Michael Schneeberger on Unsplash

It was another brisk week of business at Rooster Worldwide LLC. I’m biased, but I still believe there’s never been a better time to subscribe to The Rooster ahead of what should be a hilarious rodeo of perverts in the 2026 statewide election cycle:

Here’s what you might have missed in your inbox:

• Just one more free international trip, bro. Public records obtained by The Rooster show Franklin County Commissioners spent $119K to send two public officials and four bureaucrats on all-expenses-paid trips to Japan and Italy in 2025.

• Double Barrel: Jeff Crossman and “Tricky Nickie” Antonio make major moves. Freelance contributor Ky A. Hoga reveals former State Legislator Jeffrey Crossman appears to be trying to buy the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party’s pivotal endorsement for a judgeship, while The Rooster details Senate Minority Leader Antonio moving to change sensible caucus rules that could benefit her.

• Vivek Ramaswamy’s henchmen problems run deeper than a federal drug trafficking arrest. Public records show that Ramaswamy’s contracted security team, ARK Protection Group, is little more than a fleet of unlicensed yokels who are now under investigation by the Department of Ohio Homeland Security.

• The wages of sin. Attorney General Dave Yost dodges questions about Leslie Wexner donating $5,000 to his campaign, while House Majority Whip Josh Williams changes his tune on Jeffrey Epstein’s known associates.

We’ll do it at the same time and place next week.

Until then… stay frosty, my friends!

THOSE WMDs. I was kidnapped by idiots… The missing man of Mount Washington… Elon Musk sued by Ashley St. Clair as she accuses Grok of making sexual images of her… How the Supreme Court broke Congress… At this office park, scamming the world was the business.