Economy

Take a Year End “Let it go!”

December 18, 2012

“Gloom despair and agony on me … OHHHHHHH … deep dark depression excessive misery … OHHHHHHH … if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all … OHHHHHHH … gloom despair and agony on me.”  If you’re old enough to remember or have seen the reruns of Hee Haw then you recognized [...]

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WOW ! The World Didn’t End.

November 8, 2012

WOW! The election is over and the world didn’t stop spinning on its axis! I listened to both sides and it appeared pretty certain that we would melt from deadly cosmic forces regardless who was elected. So when I got up Wednesday morning I decided to go back on my diet, resume my exercise routine, [...]

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Insurance are you covered?

September 10, 2012

Last week a dear friend and former neighbor of 20 years made the news, will really it was her house (that I’d sold her) it burned down. Everyone is okay and pictures and personal items with sentimental value can be saved but what about the house the actual structure? It’s totaled it will have to [...]

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When is it going to get better?

June 18, 2012

“When is it going to get better?”  This is a question that I’ve been getting a lot less lately but I’m never quite certain how to interpret the decline of a question.  Have things gotten better, have people got tired of asking, or have people just given up?  I’m certainly not as wise as the [...]

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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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