As a young boy, I remember lying on my Grandad's back in the living room of their small little house in Alva in 1952. He was watching the TV news, and I was just being a kid who loved his Grandfather so much. Eisenhower was first running for the presidency, and he said to me: "These republicans will ruin our country". Now, Eisenhower was a good man who tried to work for the good of the nation, but after him republicans became a blight on our nation, culminating in the elections of such thugs as nixon and trump.
Even with the crappy weather, I still liked Oklahoma so many years later. I even moved my family back from sunny Southern California in 2004—we originally moved there in 1985—and took a teaching position at Norman North HS. I immediately noticed the shift in political winds in Norman, always known as the bastion of Democratic ideals in the state. Over my ten year tenure at NN, I watched in dejection as Norman segued into just another gop rathole like the rest of the state. When my grandson Paul Reed graduated from Norman High as a valedictorian and well-regarded baseball player in 2014, he received a deal from Pomona College in SoCal, and we loaded up the family for a return to The Golden State.
The final straw for us was 2008 when President Obama failed to win a single county in Oklahoma.
So, while I certainly support your continued magnifying glass on this Walters cretin, I just see nothing changing until the abject poverty of the state finally overwhelms the common folk and they see the light regarding republicans and their allegiance to the wealthy. It is mind-numbing to see the poorest of people continue to support the gop, year after year, while that criminal enterprise does its worst to destroy every semblance of a decent lifestyle for the average Okie.
Keep up the good fight, Clay. Continue to shed light on the true reasons behind so many Oklahomans poor quality of existence. When the bad guys have control of everything, especially the education system, it's a guarantee that nothing will ever change. Ignorance breeds poverty.
As a young boy, I remember lying on my Grandad's back in the living room of their small little house in Alva in 1952. He was watching the TV news, and I was just being a kid who loved his Grandfather so much. Eisenhower was first running for the presidency, and he said to me: "These republicans will ruin our country". Now, Eisenhower was a good man who tried to work for the good of the nation, but after him republicans became a blight on our nation, culminating in the elections of such thugs as nixon and trump.
Even with the crappy weather, I still liked Oklahoma so many years later. I even moved my family back from sunny Southern California in 2004—we originally moved there in 1985—and took a teaching position at Norman North HS. I immediately noticed the shift in political winds in Norman, always known as the bastion of Democratic ideals in the state. Over my ten year tenure at NN, I watched in dejection as Norman segued into just another gop rathole like the rest of the state. When my grandson Paul Reed graduated from Norman High as a valedictorian and well-regarded baseball player in 2014, he received a deal from Pomona College in SoCal, and we loaded up the family for a return to The Golden State.
The final straw for us was 2008 when President Obama failed to win a single county in Oklahoma.
So, while I certainly support your continued magnifying glass on this Walters cretin, I just see nothing changing until the abject poverty of the state finally overwhelms the common folk and they see the light regarding republicans and their allegiance to the wealthy. It is mind-numbing to see the poorest of people continue to support the gop, year after year, while that criminal enterprise does its worst to destroy every semblance of a decent lifestyle for the average Okie.
Keep up the good fight, Clay. Continue to shed light on the true reasons behind so many Oklahomans poor quality of existence. When the bad guys have control of everything, especially the education system, it's a guarantee that nothing will ever change. Ignorance breeds poverty.
Thank you.