tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186651582011-04-21T11:21:29.593-07:00The other side of thought in TulsaA non right wing, non fundamentalist blog on Tulsa and America, from TulsaRandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1133298900423732242005-11-29T13:13:00.000-08:002005-11-29T13:15:00.446-08:00Another of the Republican’s corrupt power brokers goes down in flames, admits to taking 2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors. Another with close ties to Abramoff and Delay is rolling and pleading guilty to misusing $19 million in funny contributions. Wonder what he has to say and who is getting charged next?There is more and more evidence that the Republican leadership we have in Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1132686107951863532005-11-22T10:40:00.000-08:002005-11-22T11:01:47.983-08:00Tulsa is weird!The best things about any city are the things that make it unique. No one cares how many Starbucks there are or if you have seven or more 15 screen multiplexes. Those are things are NOT unique. The Elephant Bar is NOT unique, well, the food is uniquely bad, but I digress.One city in this region that most would agree is cool is Austin. Why is Austin cool? Is it all the jobs at Dell?Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131993179575235782005-11-14T10:32:00.000-08:002005-11-14T10:40:05.606-08:00It’s a good day when the brittle glass wall of right wing false Christian morals is exposed again!Onward Christian Soldiers is a well-worn charge to battle. Anymore the right should use “Onward Hypocritical Soldiers!”Many people on many pages have defended DelGiorno, to cheer him even as is the case here, is to defend and cheer hate, racism, hypocrisy and the destruction of this city. He hates Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131872190195888232005-11-13T00:55:00.000-08:002005-11-13T00:56:30.203-08:00Todd Hiett is traveling the state as speaker talking about rural issues, hmm, sounds like he’s having taxpayers pay for his first tour of the state as a candidate for Lt Governor. State Republicans certainly are holding up the ethical traditions of the national party aren’t they?http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=4&id=93529 Hiett Crisscrosses State For Rural InitiativeOKLAHOMA Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131870814267591382005-11-13T00:31:00.000-08:002005-11-13T00:33:34.276-08:00Looks like more Repubs may be going to jail, this time for trying to fix the vote in NH in 2002.Ex-GOP official to be tried for phone conspiracy Republican accused of jamming Democrat phone lines on Election DayThe Associated PressUpdated: 3:21 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2005CONCORD, N.H. - A former national Republican Party official will stand trial on charges he conspired to jam Democratic Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131650532473339362005-11-10T11:14:00.000-08:002005-11-10T11:22:12.490-08:00Evolution,Yes, I said it; it’s like a dirty word to our “faith and politics” bloggers here in Tulsa. You do see that what they want is to instill their version of faith into our politics. That is what that mean, and what was meant by all the posts recently about how the only people fit to serve in political posts are fundamentalist Christians.Anyway, evolution is on their hit list. Along with Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131634567336033892005-11-10T06:55:00.000-08:002005-11-10T06:56:07.346-08:00Tulsa’s version of Bricktown/Oklahoma River in South Tulsa?A stretch of the Arkansas River is going to be very impressive, even more so if the city of Tulsa would take control of it’s bank of the river. 81st to 111th along the river should become the top tourist destination very shortly in Oklahoma, if it isn’t already.The east bank of the river (Tulsa side) 81st to 91st will see the largest Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131557561029260782005-11-09T09:31:00.000-08:002005-11-09T09:32:41.036-08:00You all know the Tulsa Beacon, right? It’s the moral and Christian newspaper that is supposed to be so much better than the Tulsa World? Yeah, well, the owner (it’s pretty much a one man shop) got caught using his status as a reporter to get accident reports.Sounds ok, right? Well then he was selling those reports for to a lawyer, a chiropractic clinic and the “Trinity Restoration” body shop. Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131425819994661752005-11-07T20:46:00.000-08:002005-11-07T20:57:23.446-08:00There are some wildly differing views on the company chosen to run the arena and convention center. More on what I think at the end of this very lengthy post.This is from the Vision 2025 sitehttp://http://www.vision2025.info/SMG Selected to Manage Tulsa FacilitiesMayor Bill LaFortune announced today that the new management group for the BOK Center and Convention Center will be SMG, the largest Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131396104193134622005-11-07T12:37:00.000-08:002005-11-07T12:41:44.193-08:00Tom Coburn talking about his thinking that there should not be a “litmus” test for Supreme Court nominees. Whatever, let’s see what he says when a Democrat is president after the next election.Washington, DC (AP) - Senator Tom Coburn says he could support a Supreme Court nominee who supports abortion and gay rights.The Oklahoma Republican is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that will Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131395813395464622005-11-07T12:35:00.000-08:002005-11-07T12:36:53.403-08:00KTUL is reporting that there will be a press conference talking about a proposed settlement to the BOk - Great Plains issues.I guess we will see what really is behind the naming rights and the end of this mess.http://http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1105/275550.htmlTulsa - A press conference is scheduled this afternoon, where a proposed settlement of a lawsuit between Tulsa Airports Improvement Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131219437042642782005-11-05T11:36:00.000-08:002005-11-05T11:37:17.053-08:00Hey,Guess what? President Bush is ordering ethics training for his White House staff! Outstanding idea, do you think that Rove and Cheney will be able to pass the quiz at the end of the session?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9917101/Seriously, well, serious as in it’s true, but still damn funny. Harriett Meirs will conduct the training. You know, the White House council and so called nominee to the Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131174862092503202005-11-04T23:10:00.000-08:002005-11-04T23:14:22.093-08:00Downtown!A good update on what’s happening downtown from the Downtown Tulsa bloghttp://http://downtowntulsa.blogspot.com/2005/11/downtown-rumblings.htmlRandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131171437241927242005-11-04T22:15:00.000-08:002005-11-04T22:17:17.243-08:00Wiltel has been sold.......BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) _ Level 3 Communications says it'll pay $680-million for the Internet access and services company, WilTel Communications Group. Level 3 will pay $370-million cash, and issue 115-million shares in the deal. The Broomfield-based company operates Internet protocol-based fiber-optic networks. WilTel is headquartered in Tulsa, and delivers voice, data,Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131170000889065622005-11-04T21:30:00.000-08:002005-11-04T22:07:44.616-08:00The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is going to break ground November 8th on the long awaited $120 million casino and resort at about 83rd and Riverside in Tulsa, to be located on the Arkansas river just south of the current casino. The Tulsa world reported it will be done in three phases with a casino itself being the first phase and a hotel, shops, a theater, and restaurants on the river being the Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665158.post-1131171247451200032005-11-04T08:08:00.000-08:002005-11-04T22:14:07.453-08:00Tulsa’s new arena will be the Bok Center. The Bank of Oklahoma has paid $11 million for the naming rights and SMG has been chosen to operate and manage the BOk Center and Convention Centervision2025.infoRandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752557003125162270noreply@blogger.com0