On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:50:19 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:33:01 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 11/20/13, 4:23 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:11:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Easy solution: withdraw federal support for the Oklahoma national guard.

Then those Okies wouldn't have to go fight in our foreign
misadventures. It might be a fair trade.


Nothing would prevent someone from Oklahoma from enlisting directly in
the U.S. Armed Forces branch of his or her choice.

That is not what we are talking about tho is it. Maybe the gays should
just "ship over" to the regulars. There might even be an enlistment
bonus in it for them

Gosh, I remember my second trip into Oklahoma, this time for a visit. (I
had driven through the state as a passenger some years earlier but
mostly slept until we got to Texas)

A friend of mine from the KC Star took a job with what was then called
the Tulsa World-Tribune, and I drove down for a visit. What a bunch of
dumpy towns along the way: Nevada, Carthage, Joplin, Owasso. At least
there were some parks and trees in Tulsa, but to me the drive into
Oklahoma was like a time warp back to the Great Depression of the 1930s,
and Tulsa when I visited was an oil boom town. Apparently the state is
still in a time warp.

My father's family is from Ada Oklahoma (the Adairs) His father
married into that gang as an oil field salesman.
I spent a few summers there and I agree. It is a vast wasteland. They
had a 25,000 acre ranch, most out on an oil and gas lease but it was a
lot of fun for a kid. My sister remained in love and actually packed
up and moved there 25 years later. A month later they were back in
Maryland. Fortunately he got his white house job back.
That lady I spoke of who worked at Walmart, lived in Broken Arrow and
she finally ate enough dust and moved.

My dad grew up in Bartlesville, OK, which is where his parents and a brother and sister lived. We'd
go visit them every so often, from LaMonte, MO, and we'd always bring back a couple dozen horned
toads found out in the desert. Of course, they'd get loose, and then my folks would get frantic
calls from the neighbors about the 'monster' in their yard.

http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...ry-langley.jpg

Never did see much about Oklahoma that I liked, but the musical was great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbrnXl2gO_k

Haven't heard that in a while.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!