Was in China last year and one of the meals sreved by our host was donkey.  Pretty good.  Almost bought a donkey in Arizona for five dollars, could have eaten for a good while

For those of us that were raised in OK, tornados are a part of life.  I was in OKC at the time this tornado struck Moore and I was thinking about how sophisticated the meteorologists and their reporting capabilities are compared to 50 years ago.  In my youth, tornado warning sirens were just about it, but the other day...more

We see these disasters in Oklahoma, Kansas, the Dakotas and along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers dring flood seasons and the citizens are simply resilient and God-fearing people.  None of these people are "ain't it awful, someone needs to take care of me" folks.  It is interesting to see how such people cope with ...more

I am a vet and I have a good friend that suffers from Agent Orange exposure during his holiday in VietNam.  The result is emotional and physical danage that is almost indesribable.  He more than deserves whatever government disability he gets.

I am glad that you have retired and taken the benefits.  It looks to me like the taxpayers who pay for all the government programs and their associated people are running out of money.  I think the government payroll is going to have to take a big haircut sometime.   I have worked with terrific government employees for...more

The unemployment rate for January 2013 was 7.9%.  This is a low number as many have stopped looking for work and no longer count.  Perhaps this is the new normal as President Obama has suggested.  I don't care for this answer and am very discouarged that the President continues to propose new programs that increases go...more

This issue begins much earlier than age 55.  At 50, I left my employer by mutual agreement and thought I would be in great demand as seasoned person in my field; WRONG.    Few companies really want older professionals for many reasons.  We may not agree with the reasons, but that makes zero impact.  By the time an empl...more

There is a great misperception about poverty funding individual families receive as Native Americans.  Many of the Tribes receive funding for prgrams such as Tribal Administration, Education and Health Care; all defined under the Trust Responsibility of the federal government under treaties.  Individuals and families i...more

This dialogue is starting to get to the issue of the definition of our values as a nation.  The native peoples were removed from their historical  homelands numerous times at the convenience of the whites; specifically when economically valuable resources were discovered that would benefit the whites.  I am not passing...more