Economy

Broken Record

April 28, 2012

I am sorry if I sound like a broken record but this issue is not an unreasonable concern that property taxes will not go up with the elimination of the state income tax. In yestarday’s POINT OF VIEW in the OKLAHOMAN state Representative Leslie Osborn basically said it’s an invalid argument because the Oklahoma Constitution [...]

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Believe in Yourself!

April 18, 2012

When he was 70 years old, legendary baseball player Ty Cobb was asked, “what do you think you’d hit if you were playing these days?” Cobb, who had had an impressive lifetime batting average of .367, responded: “About .290, maybe .300.” The reporter then said: “That’s because of the travel, the night games, and all [...]

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Higher Property Taxes Not The Answer

March 28, 2012

As many of you are aware the state of Oklahoma is going to do away with the state income tax. Money will have to come from somewhere. On Wednesday April 11th it’s Realtor Day at the state capital from 1-4 if you are planning on going please remind and enlighten the fine elected officials of [...]

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How fancy do you want it?

March 8, 2012

It was a drizzly Saturday morning but we were down on the river throwing rocks and just making the best of things when it started to sprinkle so we headed for higher ground. Just about the time it started to rain we came upon an old structure that appeared to be sound but unoccupied so [...]

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Housing Crisis to End in 2012 as Banks Loosen Credit Standards

February 22, 2012

Great News!!! as reported by dsnews.com Capital Economics expects the housing crisis to end this year, according to a report released Tuesday. One of the reasons: loosening credit. The analytics firm notes the average credit score required to attain a mortgage loan is 700. While this is higher than scores required prior to the crisis, [...]

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“Repurposing” or Making this do that.

February 8, 2012

It has been brought to my attention that something called “repurposing” is something that is very popular right now. Since I consider myself to be a progressive conservative with liberal leanings toward the proven methods of production I want to know more about repurposing. It appears that repurposing is: “To use or convert for use [...]

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Christmas Group Therapy

December 8, 2011

I have a cartoon on my desktop right now that is entitled “Christmas Group Therapy”. In it Santa Clause decries, “I don’t believe in myself.” Rudolph complains, “All the other reindeer call me names.” Frosty the snowman believes himself to be bi-polar and the elves feel like they are in a dead end job. Having [...]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 !!!

November 8, 2011

So how are those 2011 New Year’s resolutions working for you?  Every year about this time people start to work on their good intentions for the next year.  Hey! What about all those good intentions we had for last year.  Did we lose that hundred pounds? How are those guitar lessons coming? Are all the [...]

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16 or 17 Trillion?

September 8, 2011

“I don’t see what it matters whether you’re 16 trillion or 17 trillion in debt just borrow the money and let’s get on with life.” I heard these words coming from somewhere in the men’s locker room this morning after my swim. Everyone reading this blog who knows me knows that I had to respond [...]

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What can happen if we default

July 28, 2011

Interest rates go up for everyone. Would that make selling houses easier? Not to mention what it would do to property values. No paychecks at Tinker one of the top 5 employers in the OKC metro. If the money doesn’t trickle down how does that help small business? FAA is already laying people off makes [...]

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