We Oklahoma Democrats who stayed home and held the fort so to speak were firmly riveted to our TV screens every evening through Thursday this past week. Even though it happened in Philadelphia, PA, it is not every day of the World we get to see such history in the making. Nominating the first woman…
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Movie review: Free State of Jones
There is nothing that succeeds better at debunking popular mythology like using a seemingly far fetched but true story to do it. In light all the recent hoopla over how a certain former battlefield standard was all about “heritage not hate,” it would behoove all who bought that load of nonsense without question to do…
Continue ReadingBill Maher packs the Brady
As I have stated before on this blog, there are many enclaves, organizations with frequent social functions and community events that make life for liberals along this most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 bearable. Saturday evening was a classic example of what underscores that sentiment. While The Big Lebowski was being shown to an open…
Continue ReadingThe only wall we need
It is often said that this most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 is the buckle of the Bible Belt and I will personally vouch for that description. Yes, evangelical Christians comprise a majority of citizens in the Sooner State and as a voting block they are largely the ones responsible for electing the conservative…
Continue ReadingWatching the demise of the Republican brand
It seems the big news this week was not along the most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 but near the Mother Road’s eastern starting point. The City of Chicago has quite a history when it comes to the confluence of political events, crowds demonstrating them and violence. I remember watching the network news coverage…
Continue ReadingThe enduring body of work of David Bowie
Music forms a tapestry that serves as a backdrop of life. Of all the minutia that composes the composite of modern human identity, music often reveals much regarding a person’s history, character and personal disposition. Music has a unique way of touching the human soul, imprinting on the psyche association with other people, places, times…
Continue ReadingGOP economic and foreign policy: World American Realignment (WAR)
When your only tool is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.
Continue ReadingCelebrating twenty years of Internet access
In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
Continue ReadingEmbracing the future: the outlook for 2016
We are off and running in the first week of 2016 and the future is upon us and in our face in this Presidential election year. So far the GOP front runner, the confident Donald Trump, has proclaimed the $2 million per week he is going to be spending on advertising as “probably a waste.” …
Continue Reading2015 year in review
As the hours tick by in anticipation of celebrating the New Year, I wax philosophical about the year gone by. I am thankful to be alive having survived the year and the daily hazards of an increasingly more dangerous World. I am also thankful for my association with those individuals and organizations that make my…
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