A common theme the Republicans harp on concerning the healthcare bill is its length. “It’s so long.” “Look how tall it is when we stack it.”
My question is, what the hell does this have to do with anything? Medical school is long, but I don’t hear anyone saying that want [...]
I love California. I was raised in Oakland, so I may be biased. I truly believe there is no other place on earth that offers so much of everything. You can experience the ocean to the mountains and all things in between in a 3 hr drive from whereever you [...]
I once was Bill Clinton.
My sixth grade year I attended a small private elementary school, Mingo Valley Christian, which ran from K-4 to 6th grades. Sixth grade at Mingo meant you were finally top-dog. Sixth grade meant the having the coolest teacher ever, an army chaplain with a cauliflower ear [...]
Over the weekend, the Senate voted to open debate on health care reform. While this seems like a simple and harmless progression of events, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent trying to prevent this very event. Throats have been made raw through vocal and angry rhetoric while reputations [...]
Good Afternoon,
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and and share my thoughts. My name is Rahmaan Mwongozi, but my friends call me Roc. I am a father, world traveller, music writer, analyst, and all around cool guy. In my world, I am the most interesting man [...]
Oklahoma has received $2.6 Billion in Stimulus funding from the American and Recovery Reinvestment Act passed in February of this year. The estimated appropriations are shown at recovery.ok.gov. Is the money really helping to stimulate our state economy or just giving a false sense of security, while decreasing our [...]
Here are the “unofficial” election results. This wasn’t a huge turnout, but seems to be an average turnout for the type of election it was. By my calculations, approximately 31% of registered voters showed up at the polls. At any rate, congratulations to all the winners and a special shout [...]
I was surprised to see this today…
[...]As many of you know, Barack Obama has just been named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. When I first heard about him winning Nobel’s Prize I was a bit cynical, but this was probably due to the source of my information. I, like some of you, thought Barack [...]
Ok, I know that my first post after a primary election should probably be about the election, but it’s not. It’s about the whole Kanye West deal. I probably thought the same thing you thought when you watched the video of him taking the mic from Taylor Swift. But, look [...]
Go out and vote in the primary election today, if you are not sure what district you are in follow the link below:
If you are not sure which of the candidates to support, I recommend that you click on a few of the links on the [...]
I just saw this video on Mr. Steven “The Girl from Ipanema” Roemerman’s youtube website. This is a video of Chris Medlock dropping some knowledge to those who don’t know. I challenge everyone who reads this to do 3 simple things:
1.) After watching the video answer this question, is [...]
Last week I went to the Beer Summit mixer at the Fly Trap Music Hall. I believe it went well and was a fair event. Everyone was able to ask the candidates who were there (Dewey Bartlett left before I got there, I arrived 8-10 minutes after the start [...]
I believe that an important factor has been overlooked in the current health care debate: the responsibility of the patient. As a nurse who has worked in hospital and clinic settings for 4 years, it seems like most patients are looking for “the magic pill” or “the [...]
I haven’t been able to write much lately, due to the fact that my summer vacation with my wife is coming to an end. We are in the process of packing up everything in Washington, DC and heading back to Tulsa. As you could imagine, there is a lot involved [...]
The Tulsa County Republican party is hosting a Tulsa City Meet and Greet with the candidates (Republican) running for office. If you can, you should make it out and talk to the candidates running for mayor or district council positions. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to be there, so if [...]
Last week I heard about Bill Martinson challenging the legitimacy of Chris Trail being a resident in district 5. According to the Tulsa World, Martinson is “…concerned that the guy[Chris Trail] didn’t comply with the law.”
The Story Run-down:
For a person to run for office, he or she [...]This is my first blog with Tulsa Politico. By nature, I am not a political person, but I have a few thoughts about past and current issues that I may write about once in a while. The purpose is not only to get my thoughts out, but also to provide [...]
Today was the last day for all residents in Tulsa to file for office. I’m sure there is something that could be said about it, but I’m too tired write. It has taken me close to 4 hours to update the local candidate page due to my [...]
I must admit that I’m a little overwhelmed by all of the candidates that are running for mayor. It is proving to be a task to find information and campaign websites for everyone running. I’m hoping that all the serious candidates for the office of mayor [...]
Today was the first official day for candidates to declare their candidacy for the City of Tulsa primary race.
The mayor race sure did heat up with 8 official names being dropped in the bucket, and may grow to include a few other candidates. On the Democratic side, [...]
If you haven’t seen this, I thought you should for some Friday humor. I saw this on the Drudgereport and just had to repost it here.
Here is a quote from the New York Post (this link shows the actual video), “The leader of the free world [...]
Is health care a right? No.
An obligation? No.
A nice thing for a government such as America to provide for it’s citizen? Maybe. Take a few seconds to watch this short Youtube video of Barack Obama and his view of health care before you read further:
My wife is a professional [...]
When I first heard of Sarah Palin I was living in Oaxaca, Mexico. The area in which I was living had dirt roads, roosters that would cock-a-doodle-do at the wrong hour of the night, and a few small tents that were local “convenient stores.” The internet connection [...]
Yesterday I was talking to a friend and we are talking about the usual stuff that people talk about these days. You know, it goes like this:
Friend: “How you doing? Cool…[no pause for an answer] well make sure you check out my Twitter, checkout my facebook, check out my this, [...]
Ok, so the site has been up for a bit and I am finally seeing the results in Google when I search for TulsaPolitico.com. I have just invited you and other people to check out the site and make some suggestions on what you would like to see as far [...]
Ok, I know a lot of people don’t like Bill Maher, but you should watch this…
[...]Jambrose, Kippies, Rocco, Joseph
