Tabletalk Magazine Jan. 25 2016

The laws of cause and effect tell us that there must be a self existence cause, a first mover that is not itself an effect but the primary cause of all of the things. Because the heavens declare God's glory Psalm 19:2  a truly rational examination of the universe will never lead to atheism. Tabletalk magazine Jan. 25 2016

Trump 2016? Are we that desperate?

As we are nearing the primary election  I can't help but think to myself, are we so desperate as to put someone like Donald Trump into the president's office?!

I have yet to hear him say anything substantive about any of the problems this nation is facing. How to fix them, how to finance them, or whatever.

What does  his foreign policy look like? What is his answer to the national debt?  How do we stop the deficit? What would he replace the Affordable Care Act with that he wants to abolish so bad? I haven't heard him say anything in the debates, interviews or speeches he has given. He has yet to address any of these issues.

Would somebody please explain to me what makes this man so popular? I know he is saying what a lot of people feel, but it has no practical use as President. He will be dealing with world leaders. We have got to put someone in there who can unite people and not divide them!

We must learn to compromise and move forward as a nation. No one party is right all the time or one person. We have forgotten how to compromise and come to an agreement on something. This nation is at a critical point in its history and if we don't pull out now, we may not be able to! 

This is the only election I can remember that, as a reporter pointed out, where  experience does not matter! You have John Kasich,  a governor and a 18 year member of the U.S. Seanate who worked on the Budget Committee and helped  balance the budget. You have Jeb Bush, governor of Florida, who knows about immigration and dealing with a budget. Yet none of this seems to matter. It has to be about more than a five second sound byte. There has to be substance to what they say and a plan in place and be able to assemble a group of people to execute that plan.

If we don't elect a true leader, this nation will just continue to decline. I love my country and I'm very worried about it, but if we don't repent and turn our hearts and minds back to God and start electing some proper leaders for this country, I fear for the future of this nation!

The Oilfield Bust 2016...AGAIN?!

       Oklahoma is in another severe downturn in the oilfields again!

    This is an exact repeat of what happened in the early eighties!

The OPEC nations have ramped up production to make sure they keep their hold on the market share by flooding the market with cheap oil.

Why hasnt Oklahoma tried to diversify their economy before now?

Why aren't we the trucking Hub of the United States?

We are at the crossroads of America with I-35 and I-40 intersecting in Oklahoma City.

We have the largest inland port at the Port of Catoosa that goes all the way up to the Gulf of Mexico by New Orleans.

We have the cheapest fuel prices and license tags for semi trucks anywhere in the nation.

Only one reason and that is because of the turnpike system. There are too many people are making too much money  selling bonds to keep these refinanced into eternity!

Until the stranglehold on our economy is broken, Oklahoma will never advance economically. We are a one natural resource state. Our economy is built upon oil and very little else.

Until we learn this, we will never break free from the slavery of unstable oil prices. We will constantly be at the mercy of nations who hate us!

Why are we letting  nations who hate us, and our way of life, dictate our economy by adjusting the price of a barrel of oil on the world market?!

I do not see a downside of removing the turnpikes and making them a free road. As one person said, the turnpike system looks like a wagon wheel with spokes coming out of Oklahoma City. If these were free roads, we would be able to attract all kinds of trucking companies here to do business in Oklahoma.

We are better than this! We have been through this before. It seems to me that we have learned nothing. What will it take to wake us up and change our economy?

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