Rants of a Mad Okie
Casa Bonita is closing its doors on Friday
It may be my wonderment of my youth playing tricks on me, but the last time
I went to eat there, the food was on par with Taco Mayo. It is my hope that
the facade will remain and it is not filled up with another thrift/dollar
store that has propagated in that area...
Something I recieved in the mail today...
The hurricane only hit black families' property.
New Orleans was devastated and no other city was affected by the hurricane.
Mississippi is reported to have a tree blown down.
New Orleans has no white people.
The hurricane blew a limb off a tree in the yard of an Alabama resident.
When you are hungry after a hurricane, steal a big screen TV.
Goodbye Starship Records
(yeah they are moving, but more of the nostalgia of the mother road is
being bulldozed by irresponsible, short-sighted, people who obviously
dont care about Tulsa's past)
BTW, if it is so important that TU has a "front" why don't they do so where their "front" is?
TUs address... 408 S Harvard
Now that the New Orleans Convention business is shot where will the conventions go? If you look at this story, its not going to go to places like Omaha…
FEMA’s new director said they are looking for permanent housing for displaced New Orleans residents.
FAA says the houses in Layman Van Acres should be bought out, at least on a voluntary basis
Maybe FEMA & the FAA can work together to to buy out those that
want out of the area, and provide an opportunity for those who have no
home at all?
Win-win situation if you ask me…
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In a move of Political Correctness, Pistol Pete's twin brother at New Mexico State has been disarmed, instead he has been given a lasso. This move is reminicent of the NCAAs ruling concerning Native American mascots... dont want to offend anyone you see...
A pit bull owner sent me an article concerning Aurora, CO's proposed Pit Bull ordinance.
What the honest, responsible, law abiding Pit Bull owners have been saying all along is that it is a waste of money and unenforceable. Apparently Aurora has figured out that the ordinance will cost the city money that they dont have to spend.
I'm not sure what kind of time I will be
able to devote to this in the next week or so, we are in the process of
moving to e new house and the DSL isnt turned on yet, add to that
packing, unpacking and moving furniture Im lucky to find my socks in
the morning!
Voters Overwhelmingly Reject State Question 723
One comment in the story should show you the bias/spin of the media..."Currently, Oklahoma has the region's lowest state tax on unleaded gasoline at 17 cents per gallon". While this may be technically true, we also have the most turnpikes in the region (in the nation even, second only to New Jersey)
Outlook Bleak For Proposed Fuel Tax Hike
On a side note, isnt it amazing how quickly my graphic became "history"?
I wish we were only paying 2.50 a gallon!
Several on the loony left have said that
the problems concerning the devastation in New Orleans is due to the
race of people who inhabited the area... and they are right, but the
problem isn’t in the conservative's side of the court, its on the
liberal's side. After all, they are the ones who encouraged those
people to not be self dependent, they are the ones who say you cant
achieve anything without the gov'ts help, they are the ones who created
the welfare state that so many in New Orleans are dependant upon...
so leftists, before you go pointing
fingers about the so-called racisism on the right side of the aisle,
maybe you need to look at yourselves for implying that underprivileged
blacks aren’t smart enough to do anything without your helping hand...
Was the reaction to Katrina just a dress
rehersal to the possible catastophic event that might be just around
the corner? Instead of affecting 4 states a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault line will have an impact on 24 states with a 7 suffering a direct hit, so to speak.
What will the reaction be by the
inhabitants of those states? What about the gov't? What kind of
preparation is being done by the local gov'ts now? Im not talking about handholding here, Im talking about plans, plans to help people in a major incident. and what are YOU doing about it? Personally, I have earthquake insurance, and according to my agent I'm one of the few.
This is a scan of a newpaper
clipping that my mother pulled out of the whirled a long time
ago... it is one of my favorites:
Click to see the full sized version
On Tuesday, the Grammy-winning rapper (Kayne West) did not
elaborate on his comments at the "Concert for Hurricane Relief."
Looking glum, West sidestepped questions about the remarks, noting that
the week's events have been "a lot of pressure for one human being."
And just what pressure is he under? spoiled little rich punk...
After hearing LaFortune's ranting at the groundbreaking and later hearing plans to pump yet another 20 million into downtown using 3rd penny funds (specifically the East Village and yet another sports venue) I'm tempted to not vote for the 3rd penny extension...
LaFortune said "But today I say to you: No more! No more to Oklahoma City, no more to Des Moines, no more to Omaha! Tulsa is alive and well!"
well I say to you "No more! No more to Bill
LaFortune, no more to Wasting our money Downtown, no more to the 3rd Penny!
Tulsa is more than downtown!"
If the Gov't cant spend our money properly, then its time to take our money back... you dont reward bad behavior.
What we witnessed in New Orleans is
just a snapshot of what the end times will look like, people acting
like animals, looting, rioting, raping & killing and the gov’t not
being able to do a damn thing about it. I’m not blaming any one person
as to what happened, how can you? It was a natural disaster of enormous
proportions. The federal gov’t failed, the state gov’t failed, the
local gov’t failed, and the people failed!
Where were the people looking out for their neighbors? Why did the local gov’t allow 255 busses to drown when the state emergency evacuation plan clearly calls for their use?
Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00
Yet here they sit while people died… http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050901/480/flpc21109012015
The Gov’t is corrupt and ineffective from the top down, sometimes they
don’t even know it! (just look at our own mayor LaFortune) The people
are becoming increasingly dependant on the gov’t for even the most
basic necessities, you have to get permission from the gov’t to do
almost anything, heck, we literally don’t even own our own private
property anymore, we are just renters… don’t believe me? Try not paying
your property tax and see what happenes
The poor in New Orleans depend so much on gov’t, that when the gov’t isn’t there to hold their hand they don’t know what to do.
And what about those looters, rapists & murderers that are left
marauding in the streets and terrorizing the local population, isn’t
that what mankind is really supposed to be doing? After all, we are
just animals that evolved out of some primordial stew! That’s what our
children have been taught for the last 30 or so years. Take God out of
the mix and last week in New Orleans is the result.
I know this is a meandering rant, but my mind is so clouded with the
events of last week and they all seem to flow together, the lack of
organization by all levels of gov’t, the ineffectiveness of the relief
effort (even though it took only 4 days to get there), the talking
heads pointing fingers, and the pure barbarism that was taking place on
the streets
Some people will do anything to advance their personal agendas, including outright lie…
There are two such instances in the news right now, Katrina was caused by Global Warming and Pit Bulls are dangerous animals.
By the numbers….
According to the NOAA
we are on track for an average hurricane season. so far (2001-2004) we
have had 9 hurricanes, 3 of category 3 or higher… in the span of
1941-1950 there were 24 hurricanes, 10 of which were category 3 or
higher
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (so
called) pit bulls accounted for 1/3 of fatal dog attacks. On the
surface that sounds bad… what is not mentioned is that in the last 25 years there have been around 300 fatal dog attacks… 300...
11 days from now will mark the 4 year anniversary of the day America was attacked, I put together a web page
in the days following that fateful event, scouring the news for
information, answers and encouragement. I ran across the pictures and
articles and put them together on a page to hopefully bring some sort
of sense to 9/11. if not for others, for me. I'm reposting the page,
because it seems some people have forgotten what happened.
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