It is with much sadness that I pass along news of the death today of radio legend and fellow Oklahoma native Paul Harvey. He was 90. I grew up listening to and loving the stories he shared during his programs, “News and Comment” and “The Rest of the Story.” To read more about him and [...]
Entries from February 2009
Paul Harvey, Oklahoma Native, Dead at 90
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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Mitt Romney Tops CPAC Straw Poll for 2012 Race (Updated)
February 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Getting 20 percent of the vote, Mitt Romney finished atop the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll of potential conservative candidates for the 2012 presidential race. It marks the third time the former Massachusetts governor has finished atop the CPAC straw poll. Finishing behind Romney were Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and [...]
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BMW Talks ‘Big Oil’ on The Curtis Sliwa Show (Updated)
February 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tonight, I made my fifth guest appearance on The Curtis Sliwa Show. During a 15-minute segment that began at 10:30 p.m. Central, I found myself on the opposite side of the issue from host Curtis Sliwa when it came to the predictions made by an oil company executive and chronicled in my post, Worst-Case Scenario: [...]
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Air Force Receives Third C-5M Super Galaxy
February 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today delivered the third fully modernized C-5M Super Galaxy to the U.S. Air Force. Following a small send-off at the company’s Marietta facility, the C-5M flew to Dover AFB, Del. “This delivery is yet another success in the C-5 modernization program,” said Lorraine Martin, Lockheed Martin C-5 program vice president. “I’m [...]
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Photos of the St. Louis Tea Party Available
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Though I wrote about plans for the St. Louis Tea Party and fully intended to be there this morning on the grounds of the world-famous Arch, a broken hand — the result of playing basketball 3-4 nights a week against young men less than half my age — prevented me from doing that today. In [...]
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Finally, St. Louis Newspaper Reports on Tea Party
February 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Finally, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported on the St. Louis Tea Party which took place at 11 a.m. local today on the steps at the foot of the world-famous Arch. Unfortunately, reporter Tim O’Neil’s article (Anti-stimulus protesters rally at the Arch) that appeared on the newspaper’s web site provided only 200 hardly-descriptive words, one [...]
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Worst-Case Scenario: Chevron Exec Warns of Gas Lines, Price Hikes, Civil Unrest and Fuel Shortages
February 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Two days after Gary Luquette met with members of the House Natural Resources Committee, the president of Chevron North America Exploration and Petroleum Company warned that gas lines, price hikes, fuel shortages and incidents of civil unrest could surface as components of a worst-case scenario resulting from reinstatement of the moratoria on offshore drilling. Luquette’s [...]
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