Oklahoma’s budget shortfall

Oklahoma State Treasurer Scott Meacham has been telling us since the first part of this year that this could happen and here it is. He has announced there will be a budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009, which ends June 30. The shortfall is due in large part because of the reduction in gross production [...]

Unemployment claims jump to a 16 year high

As if our economy needed more bad news, we know now that new unemployment claims have jumped to a 16 year high, at 542,000. The four month average is at a 25 year high, at 506,500 new claims. This news can mean nothing but bad news for our economy. In addition to being bad for [...]

Obama Remarks About Bankrupting Coal Industry–VIDEO!

The story broke over the weekend that Barack Obama had made a statement about bankrupting the coal industry in San Fransisco on January 17, 2008. At the time, there was only audio of that interview, but a video segment has been released. Watch and listen as Obama explains how he plans to bankrupt coal plants [...]

New York Mercantile Exchange opens early due to Hurricane Gustav

I realize this may seem trivial to the people on the Gulf Coast, who are facing what possibly is the worst hurricane to come down the pike in a long time, but I really got stirred up when I read this news. Normally, the New York Mercantile Exchange opens at 6:00 PM for trading on [...]

Just how bad is Barack Obama?

As the presidential election gets into full swing and November draws closer, it seems to be the prevailing opinion of a lot of people that Barack Obama is the man our country needs to improve it’s image overseas, to improve it’s standing, to straighten out the mess we are in in Iraq.  People who I [...]