HuffyCane said:

They knew exactly what they were doing. They had Congressional leaders and a donor apparatus to appease regardless of the consequences.

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Have to agree. If I knew the situation they surely did as well. Aston was a sheep but most of us could recognize the inflationary pressures and that describing inflation as transitory was insulting to anyone who had a basic understanding of economics. Those labor and material shortages combined with a huge injection of capital into the system and existing inflationary pressures abroad were never going to be a short term deal

lawpoke87 said:

lol. I can’t remember a bigger economic miscalculation than not recognizing the inflationary pressures and then attempting to dismiss them as transitory. Injecting amother trillion dollars into a system already experiencing labor and material shortages was brilliant. When a dumb real estate attorney can see it but the leaders of our country can’t we have a serious problem with those running out economic policy. At least Yellen finally admitted the error I suppose.

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They knew exactly what they were doing. They had Congressional leaders and a donor apparatus to appease regardless of the consequences.

astonmartin708 said:

We were. As I told you when it was happening, it was largely a combination of emerging supply chains from Covid and energy markets in crisis trying to rebalance after half the world boycotted Russian oil.

You wanted to blame it on stimulus spending which was not the fundamental cause. (If it was, the rest of the world including China wouldn’t have been feeling it)

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lol. I can’t remember a bigger economic miscalculation than not recognizing the inflationary pressures and then attempting to dismiss them as transitory. Injecting amother trillion dollars into a system already experiencing labor and material shortages was brilliant. When a dumb real estate attorney can see it but the leaders of our country can’t we have a serious problem with those running our economic policy. At least Yellen finally admitted the error I suppose.

Foreign policy under Biden was a disaster as well but that’s a much longer discussion. Explains his 40% approval rating when it comes to foreign policy I suppose.

lawpoke87 said:

We were fortunate inflation was transitory.

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We were. As I told you when it was happening, it was largely a combination of emerging supply chains from Covid and energy markets in crisis trying to rebalance after half the world boycotted Russian oil.

You wanted to blame it on stimulus spending which was not the fundamental cause. (If it was, the rest of the world including China wouldn’t have been feeling it)

astonmartin708 said:

That oil crisis he dealt with resulted in massive global inflation which his admin successfully navigated within 2-3 years which people here like Lawpokr said he wouldn’t be able to do.

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We were fortunate inflation was transitory.

TULSARISING said:

Yes he was, he always looked lost and would fall and stumble all of the time , there is nothing wrong with that as well get older , but not for the freaking president of the United States ! I didn’t dislike him because he was old , I disliked him because he was a terrible president which made it easier for Trump to get in because the whole country was pissed

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His administration was far more competent than you give it credit for. Regardless of him stumbling which you both say you care about and don’t care about at the same time.

He handled a global geopolitical economic and military crisis extremely deftly, effectively rebalancing the worlds oil and gas markets through Russian sanctions and increasing US LNG exports to Europe, while also helping a country that should have no business staving off a former super power make them look like fools.


That oil crisis he dealt with resulted in massive global inflation which his admin successfully navigated within 2-3 years which people here like Lawpokr said he wouldn’t be able to do.

By equating him with the likes of Trump do to your lack of awareness, you just bought 4 years of terrible grand strategy, which you already witnessed during Trump’s mishandling of Covid. You allowed people like Huffy to convince you that a middling economy was more important than the rule of law or America’s geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Mr Putin thanks you for your ineptitude.

aTUfan said:

democrats tend to favor a Rock Star type; Kennedy, Clinton, Obama,

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So true. Why would you vote for one of those know-nothing rock stars when you could get a “sits in the back of the class and eats paste” type!

So much more fit for office!

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drboobay said:

Seems the only big success is Pritchard. He had the bad fortune of being here at a horrible juncture.

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Keshawn Williams had quite a bit of success at his next stop, and Shumate has been really good. Of course, Haggerty is already tearing it up at Memphis.

Gmoney4WW said:

You calling him a vegetable makes it obvious that you are callous to the situation, and suffer from an ageism bias. He was not showing any mental signs of aging when he was elected. And calling him a vegetable and disliking him for it is not right, no matter when it occurs. Let's see how you feel about it when you are 60 or 70 years old, future vegetable. You should be a little more self-aware. We all should work on that.

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Yes he was, he always looked lost and would fall and stumble all of the time , there is nothing wrong with that as well get older , but not for the freaking president of the United States ! I didn’t dislike him because he was old , I disliked him because he was a terrible president which made it easier for Trump to get in because the whole country was pissed

lawpoke87 said:

OP is 100% correct. There was an hour plus wait at my polling place all day. The lack of booths is something I simply don’t understand. The restrictions on voting early in Oklahoma needs to change. Make it easier.

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See previous post on election procedures not keeping up with the times.

The number of voting booths in Oklahoma is tied to two choke points:

1. The County Election Board determines the voting location and therefore the available space for the placement of voting booths according to state administrative rules. The smaller the place, the fewer the booths.

2. State administrative rules require that the number and placement of booths be tied to the ability of the Precinct Official on duty to personally observe every booth at the same time.

So with the requirement for electrical outlets for the tabulators, the location of exits, the flow of traffic and where the Precinct Official must be to simultaneously observe both the distribution of ballots and booths, it can limit the number of booths. Especially when locations are selected more for convenience, central location or parking, rather than the suitability of the interior space.

There’s a science and an art to this. Smart people spend a lot of time thinking about it and fighting about it.

If it’s a real problem email: Tulsa County Election Board, Federal Election Assistance Commission, US DOJ Civil Rights Division.

Or just go off peak hours. I go to lunch at one and vote on the way back to the office since I live near work. I’ve never waited longer than 5 minutes that I can recall.

Gmoney4WW said:

I'm assuming they have to be online to do that, at least in intranet or subnet form? Sounds very convenient, but that opens them up to being attacked, and having to invest more into cyber security. Takes a greater risk.

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Nearly every voting system in the USA now includes remote uploading of vote tabulation whether it’s at your local location or an early voting site. It’s uploaded again between the county and state on a different system once tabulated.

It’s a lot easier for people of bad will to hack a hand count at a central location late at night after other counties have reported their totals than it is to hack the nearly simultaneous uploading of hundreds of electronic locations.

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Gmoney4WW said:

3.) He fell prey to something we can all fall prey to, not fully recognizing the speed of his cognitive decline, and wanting to go on like he always had. Not good as a presidential candidate to run for reelection, but understandable. Do not go gentle into that good night.

The persons I fault mostly are his loved ones and close advisors, for not standing their ground, and insisting he become aware of his mental state compared to just months earlier. They should have been making notes when they first noticed it. And I'm sure they had lots of video footage that never made it on air, that should have convinced him, while he was thinking clearly. But I guess notbody showed him that. We need an age limit, which would have stopped him from running for a second term. Then us, future presidential candidates, & Biden won't have to worry about making that fatal mistake, because it will be illegal.

Forgive me for repeating old arguments, but we bring up the same subjects a lot, in the crossfire board.(as we do on most of the sports boards on here)

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Good post. I would only add that the 25th amendment is the product of the Cold War. A time when we were hyper focused on national unity and all in agreement that the President should be hyper vigilant every second of his term on the defense of the country.

We appear to have lapsed into a malaise where it really isn’t important to project strength and unity from the Oval Office. America, including our leaders in Congress, seems quite comfortable not knowing who the hell is in charge as long as Social Security checks get mailed.

So since the 25th Amendment requires the Cabinet to initiate removal, and they will all potentially lose their jobs if they do, as will around 3,000 of their subordinates who will remain in politics and hate them for the rest of their careers, it appears going forward that unless a President is frequently totally incapacitated, but only temporarily, as Ike was, the 25th is a dormant clause now. Which is alarming.

Because it begs the question of whether Biden was totally incapacitated at times as Wilson was, and we never knew it.

I’m very curious to see if the dam ever breaks and we get a tell all book alleging the extent of his dementia and when it became obvious. It was a federal crime to hide it if it was hidden. I suspect we will have to wait until the statute of limitations runs before we know what really went on.

But as most people who have gone through this with loved ones know, the bottom can fall out in days or weeks for some folks, not slow decline over years.

Which might be more troubling, if the plan in advance was to elect him then have him resign if the bottom truly did fall out after it was too late to change.

I was watching an ex Obama advisor raging on Thursday that Biden was the worst President in history. His only goal was to stop Donald Trump. And Biden claimed he was the only one who could do it. And ultimately he was the cause of Trump’s return. He had one job and let his ego get in the way was the argument. Not sure I agree with that, but I found the melt entertaining.

mmckell said:

What if we scratch the football team and Tulsa brings back a men's baseball team? I'll hang up and listen.

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Conference games against ORU would be exciting.

dougheffking said:

“Hey Wilson! You suck! You jackass!!!

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Not terribly creative. Being creative is part and parcel of heckling.

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drboobay said:

Three great Biden sins.

1. The second stimulus (Trump supported it whole heartedly, because he knew it would be popular.)
2. Abandoning Afghanistan (Trump's plan was being followed, it was the exit strategy, not the abandonment.)
3. Insisting to run for reelection

I have several other venial sins I will leave out.

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3.) He fell prey to something we can all fall prey to, not fully recognizing the speed of his cognitive decline, and wanting to go on like he always had. Not good as a presidential candidate to run for reelection, but understandable. Do not go gentle into that good night.

The persons I fault mostly are his loved ones and close advisors, for not standing their ground, and insisting he become aware of his mental state compared to just months earlier. They should have been making notes when they first noticed it. And I'm sure they had lots of video footage that never made it on air, that should have convinced him, while he was thinking clearly. But I guess notbody showed him that. We need an age limit, which would have stopped him from running for a second term. Then us, future presidential candidates, & Biden won't have to worry about making that fatal mistake, because it will be illegal.

Forgive me for repeating old arguments, but we bring up the same subjects a lot, in the crossfire board.(as we do on most of the sports boards on here)

TULSARISING said:

It’s really hard for me to take anyone seriously who thought the vegetable , Joe Biden , was a great president, that guy was an embarrassment to all Americans , Republicans and Democrats

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You calling him a vegetable makes it obvious that you are callous to the situation, and suffer from an ageism bias. He was not showing any mental signs of aging when he was elected. And calling him a vegetable and disliking him for it is not right, no matter when it occurs. Let's see how you feel about it when you are 60 or 70 years old, future vegetable. You should be a little more self-aware. We all should work on that.

drboobay said:

City not County.

That is my question. Of course the two things equate a lot better in okc due to its huge land mass.

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They broke it down to county where I was looking. Most places you look, will break it down to county. If you don't include the suburbs in either place, it goes even more liberal. I am almost positive that OKC actually voted for Kamala. And Tulsa would have been much closer than, 15.2% even though the city probably narrowly elected Trump. I'm guessing it was a lot closer to a 5% margin than 15% in Tulsa city limits. But the county breakdown at least gives you an idea of how much closer it is, than the state margin.

mmckell said:

What if we scratch the football team and Tulsa brings back a men's baseball team? I'll hang up and listen.

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TULSARISING said:

It’s really hard for me to take anyone seriously who thought the vegetable , Joe Biden , was a great president, that guy was an embarrassment to all Americans , Republicans and Democrats

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Three great Biden sins.

1. The second stimulus
2. Abandoning Afghanistan
3. Insisting to run for reelection

I have several other venial sins I will leave out.