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America’s bizarre electoral dance

Posted on 11/08/202412/01/2024 by Route66Kid

Six hundred thousand dead. That was the approximate American body count generated by a mismanaged pandemic response by Election Day 2020. That was a number high enough to matter and command the attention of enough voters to hold the executive in charge accountable at the ballot box. True to form, a majority of that same…

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What hangs in the balance

Posted on 10/10/202410/10/2024 by Route66Kid

Here we are almost in the middle of October of another special year ending with an even number and we all know what that means. The date is fast approaching for all of us to get ourselves to our local voting precinct and mark a ballot in the latest “most important election of our lifetime.”…

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It is SEC football time in Oklahoma!

Posted on 09/19/202409/22/2024 by Route66Kid

Along this 400+ mile stretch of Old Route 66 that winds its way through the Sooner Nation, every college football gameday from late August until early January is regarded as sacrosanct. It is not unusual in these parts for family planning of autumn and the December holidays to revolve around the Oklahoma Football schedule. Such…

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Falling in love and falling in line

Posted on 08/27/202408/27/2024 by Route66Kid

What a difference thirty days makes in electoral politics. The energy, enthusiasm and elation looking ahead to Election Day are at much different levels for the two contending Presidential campaigns than they were in mid-July. At the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention the trajectory of the Blue Team as compared to their opposition could…

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An election turned upside down

Posted on 08/08/202408/08/2024 by Route66Kid

Most of us with significant life experience understand that all we hold dear can totally change 180 degrees for good, bad, better or worse in the twinkling of an eye. That concept also applies to worldly events and the fate of nations as any student of history will vouch for such dates as July 4th,…

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Waking up in the SEC

Posted on 07/03/2024 by Route66Kid

Times are definitely a’changin’. In summer 2024 we find ourselves easing into an era where many things may remain the same while simultaneously become quite different. Yes, Oklahoma Football will still be the most popular sports attraction along this stretch of Old Route 66. However, its affiliation just made a huge move to arguably the…

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BTO: Still taking care of business

Posted on 06/24/2024 by Route66Kid

Not all that long ago, a year and twenty days from June 22nd to be exact, the latest version of the first multiple hit band founded by Winnipeg native Randy Bachman played the Osage Casino Skyline Event Center. Speaking of The Guess Who, it may as well have been the same logo adorning the stage…

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Absurdity in a surreal election year

Posted on 06/06/202407/03/2024 by Route66Kid

Self-governance, the unique and revered earmark of the American nation, has undergone some dark and bizarre periods throughout its history. It has also been visited upon by some very unsavory characters whose public conduct run the gamut from marginally ethical to outright criminal. The concept that America is a nation of laws and not of…

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Heart and Cheap Trick grace the BOK Center

Posted on 05/06/202405/14/2024 by Route66Kid

Two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees made a tour stop Saturday evening, May 4th, at Tulsa’s BOK Center. Half a century is a long time to make music and define success in the recording industry and both of the venue’s visitors have been in the business much longer than that. What’s more, most…

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Watching it all from a distance

Posted on 04/25/2024 by Route66Kid

It is very easy for caring and compassionate individuals to lose themselves in the affairs of people and things they love. Their concern is often not limited to close loved ones, businesses and hobbies. Volunteering for and giving of self for the betterment of nation, state, community, church, service organization or involvement in any group…

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