In our Gov's race, there is one person who has been there done that...

We have a clear choice. We have had a Gov for 8 years who has done NOTHING. kind of an obubba in reverse. He has done nothing- claims it all- and makes us feel good... you know .. the nice friend who tells you to 'go ____ yourself" and makes you feel so good you ask him to tell you that again...

or we have a leader, proven, who has fought against the status quo in Washington, who knows OK, and has been through what most Okies have been through, and DOES lead, not might lead, or could lead...  and that is a big difference.

I am posting this here simply because last election, I kept my mouth shut, for President. I knew the USA was smart enough to know they were being fooled by obubba. everything about him told us who he was if one looked, so I knew folks were looking and would wise up, but NO... no one did. So this time, I am speaking out.

It would be so refreshing to have fresh ideas, some added enthusiasm from our leaders about how good we as a people are and how great where we live is... and instead of seeing what they might do if elected, electing someone with qualities we all love and admire, like honesty, integrity, tenacity, and a conservative who guards the dollars for a change, instead of spending them.

Keep you eyes open Oklahoman's. It's one thing to be for a candidate because they believe in the right thing, not that 'said' thing..  

Just an opinion... what is yours, send it to me and I will post it here... for or against.

My good friend Randy Burch's Mom, Sharon, that was a year ahead of me in school, posted this note..... Heather, DO NOT READ... !

TOUGH GIRLS come from New York, sweet girls come from Texas , Prissy girls come from California , but we OKLAHOMA girls have fire and ice in our blood! We can ride 4wheelers , be a princess, throw a left hook , pack heat, fish with the boys, bake a cake, love with a passion, and if we .....have an opinion...... YOU KNOW...... YOUR GONNA HEAR IT!!!!

Under Control.

From OETA; a documentary on Fire Protection in OK. and the volunteers who man the equipment and do the work... Awesome... bout 30 mins long...     Perkins has a TOP NOTCH department that makes me proud, mainly because I can remember when... it was mainly pickups and one firetruck ... if it ran.. and Paul Evans, the ag teacher and his band of boy.....   to fight fires.

We have come a long way baby!!!

http://www.oeta.tv/programs/ondemand.html?list=stateline   - Under Control!

wow... and he is from MASS!!! AMEN says the choir!!

"I'm 63 and I'm Tired"
By Robert A. Hall

  I'm 63.  Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and I'm tired. Very tired.  
  I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.  
  I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to "keep people in their homes."  Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the left-wing Congress-critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them with their own money.  
  I'm tired of being told how bad America is by left-wing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywood Entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United States will have the economy of Zimbabwe , the freedom of the press of China , the crime and violence of Mexico , the tolerance for Christian people of Iran , and the freedom of speech of Venezuela .
  I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.  
  I'm tired of being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial world of Obama, when it's all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of U.S. Senators from Illinois.  
  I think it's very cool that we have a black president and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less arrogantly of an all-knowing government.  
    I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America , while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love and tolerance.  
  I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a  three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.  
  I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I damn sure think druggies chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana.  
  I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are living on welfare or crime. What's next?  Calling drug dealers, "Undocumented Pharmacists"?  And, no,  I'm not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic, and it's been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion.  I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speak English, doesn't have a criminal record and who is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our military.... Those are the citizens we need.  
  I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people than themselves. Do bad things happen in war?  You bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave?  Sure. Does this compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years and still are?  Not even close.  So here's the deal. I'll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims, who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we'll compare notes. British, Canadian and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.  
  I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers; bums are bipartisan. And I'm tired of people telling me we need bipartisanship. I live in   Illinois , where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats has worked to loot the public for years. Not to mention the tax cheats in Obama's cabinet.  
  I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.  
  Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.  
  I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.  
  Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter.  
  Robert  A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts   State  Senate.

How is your obubba care working out?

At OSU
Employee health insurance cost goes from 395 to 476 and a new charge because they can... Of 25 a month to employee on top. Covers less, pays less, and the spouse side goes from 395 to 716 a month. 182% Increase folks.... Not a small chunk of change.
Cost to live is now 8592 a year for me.
The check for my fathers funeral was 7500. And we cannot pay the additional cost so..... Looks like a simple choice, pay the increase till we bankrupt or drop coverage and bankrupt when another big bill hits. Plus prescriptions will now cost more....
This comes on top on no raise in four years to cover cost of living...

How many of you can absorb a new 325 a month charge unexpected?

It is cheaper to die!

And I have known a person my whole life who has worked for same company for their entire life, never late, never misses lots of days for sickness, who can be counted on to get it done, who for 15 of those years NEVER received a raise let alone a thank you, and is now in the fourth year of no raise again, and yet this comes along...

No wonder even McDonalds is thinking of dropping health care for their employees...

Do I dislike Obubba, yes, but not for why you think, I dislike how he and the other idiots have screwed up America, my country and home! And now they are messing with our future for our kids and grandkids!

From my friend Ryan Reid comes this ditty....

Slow me down, LORD, Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory. Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep. Teach me the art of taking minute vacations of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life's enduring values that I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny."

Third dumbest deal in Washington and she is a true winner of the title!

Had the honor to listen to the "third" dumbest person in Washington and she fits the title to a t.
I am convinced they (all in Washington) think we are the stupidest folks on this earth and the only way we can possibly understand is for them to talk in cliches and talk DOWN to us.

I am sick of being treated like a third country.

Would be nice to hear some things like honesty, understanding, appreciation, and consideration.

But hey, we were smart enough to elect them, right!

That must be why they think we are dumb. Look at the mess there we elected to serve. Maybe we are getting treated like we deserve for not doing our homework on choosing the last round and obubba and his band of nuts are exactly what we got because of our apathy?

Boys first practice in the barn!

xaminer Editorial: Obamacare is even worse than critics thought

Six months ago, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rammed Obamacare down the throats of an unwilling American public. Half a year removed from the unprecedented legislative chicanery and backroom dealing that characterized the bill's passage, we know much more about the bill than we did then. A few of the revelations:

» Obamacare won't decrease health care costs for the government. According to Medicare's actuary, it will increase costs. The same is likely to happen for privately funded health care.

» As written, Obamacare covers elective abortions, contrary to Obama's promise that it wouldn't. This means that tax dollars will be used to pay for a procedure millions of Americans across the political spectrum view as immoral. Supposedly, the Department of Health and Human Services will bar abortion coverage with new regulations but these will likely be tied up for years in litigation, and in the end may not survive the court challenge.

» Obamacare won't allow employees or most small businesses to keep the coverage they have and like. By Obama's estimates, as many as 69 percent of employees, 80 percent of small businesses, and 64 percent of large businesses will be forced to change coverage, probably to more expensive plans.

» Obamacare will increase insurance premiums -- in some places, it already has. Insurers, suddenly forced to cover clients' children until age 26, have little choice but to raise premiums, and they attribute to Obamacare's mandates a 1 to 9 percent increase. Obama's only method of preventing massive rate increases so far has been to threaten insurers.

» Obamacare will force seasonal employers -- especially the ski and amusement park industries -- to pay huge fines, cut hours, or lay off employees.

» Obamacare forces states to guarantee not only payment but also treatment for indigent Medicaid patients. With many doctors now refusing to take Medicaid (because they lose money doing so), cash-strapped states could be sued and ordered to increase reimbursement rates beyond their means.

» Obamacare imposes a huge nonmedical tax compliance burden on small business. It will require them to mail IRS 1099 tax forms to every vendor from whom they make purchases of more than $600 in a year, with duplicate forms going to the Internal Revenue Service. Like so much else in the 2,500-page bill, our senators and representatives were apparently unaware of this when they passed the measure.

» Obamacare allows the IRS to confiscate part or all of your tax refund if you do not purchase a qualified insurance plan. The bill funds 16,000 new IRS agents to make sure Americans stay in line.

If you wonder why so many American voters are angry, and no longer give Obama the benefit of the doubt on a variety of issues, you need look no further than Obamacare, whose birthday gift to America might just be a GOP congressional majority.

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Watch out for the Super Harvest Moon

Watch out for the Super Harvest Moon  (Tonight, Wed., Sept. 22)
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Sept. 22, 2010:  For the first time in almost 20 years, northern autumn is
beginning on the night of a full Moon. The coincidence sets the stage for
a "Super Harvest Moon" and a must-see sky show to mark the change of
seasons.
The action begins at sunset on Sept 22nd, the last day of northern summer.
As the sun sinks in the west, bringing the season to a close, the full
Harvest Moon will rise in the east, heralding the start of fall. The two
sources of light will mix together to create a kind of 360-degree,
summer-autumn twilight glow that is only seen on rare occasions.

Keep an eye on the Moon as it creeps above the eastern skyline. The golden
orb may appear strangely inflated. This is the Moon illusion at work. For
reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, a
low-hanging Moon appears much wider than it really is. A Harvest Moon
inflated by the moon illusion is simply gorgeous.
The view improves as the night wears on.
Northern summer changes to fall on Sept. 22nd at 11:09 pm EDT. At that
precise moment, called the autumnal equinox, the Harvest Moon can be found
soaring high overhead with the planet Jupiter right beside it. The two
brightest objects in the night sky will be in spectacular conjunction to
mark the change in seasons.
The Harvest Moon gets its name from agriculture. In the days before
electric lights, farmers depended on bright moonlight to extend the
workday beyond sunset. It was the only way they could gather their
ripening crops in time for market. The full Moon closest to the autumnal
equinox became "the Harvest Moon," and it was always a welcome sight.
This one would be extra welcome because it is extra "Harvesty."
Usually, the Harvest Moon arrives a few days to weeks before or after the
beginning of fall. It's close, but not a perfect match. The Harvest Moon
of 2010, however, reaches maximum illumination a mere six hours after the
equinox. This has led some astronomers to call it the "Harvestest Moon" or
a "Super Harvest Moon." There hasn't been a comparable coincidence since
Sept 23, 1991, when the difference was about 10 hours, and it won't happen
again until the year 2029.
A Super Harvest Moon, a rare twilight glow, a midnight conjunction—rarely
does autumn begin with such celestial fanfare.
Enjoy the show!

From Tammy.....

From My ole Jaycee buddy..... Steve Elwart... hehe!

these guys were in Stillwater not long ago... enjoy...

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from my friend Missy comes this ditty... next on Dancing With The Stars....

Before and after!

Andrew in the middle of the Orange Line... on defense, quarterback is ready for snap... notice size of front three players, Andrew is down and ready too....

Grandma and I headed to OKC and then to Edmond last night to watch Andrew and the (Stillwater) Oklahoma Cowboys play football in the Edmond Football League.

Short version here... They WON, again... 19-6!

And guess what... with plays like this... is it any wonder? Andrew is in stance in middle of defense line and in the next photo he has the quarterback on his back, after blowing by not one, not two... but three of the defense's biggest players...

and this was the first series of plays!!! With young men playing like this, this team will be unbeatable!

Needless to say, his level of playing improved with each down and by the end of the game, their opponents were tripping clipping and doing about everything to stop him, and could not do it. I watched as this gentle giant ... came alive, and as the punches were thrown, his elbow found it's way to a player's chin who had actually punched him in the play before, and he fell accidentally on the biggest player holding him to the ground by accident...

In the end ... Andrew Blankinship was the star and my photos prove it, not my words!

PS.. Andrew, this is why you don't want the ball.... they will all try to do what you did so great last night... You were the big monster in the barn... and played great!

This is how it's done!

and he blew by their big 3 and booooooom! have a dirt sandwich Mr. QB!
Uncle Jake will be proud to see this photo.. having gone to the OU and Dallas Cowboys football camps... when he played with the Perkins-Tryon Demons... He could do this too.. 

Andrew, you ruled. It takes a team to win, and in a very short amount of time, the Oklahoma Cowboys have become just that. I saw them pull off plays one might expect from high school boys - with ease, passing and running.
Last night, in Edmond,  it was Blankinship on Defense and Gundy on Offense that "led" their team to victory!

An artist I work some with... Jason Savory... his new video... can you figure out where it was done...

"One Horse Town" music video by Jason Savory from josh catogni on Vimeo.

the Truth??? Obubba's truth...

URL: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100910/D9I5913G1.html

Headed to church...