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Albert White OSU vs. Matt Lester OU

Watch more video of Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State on flowrestling.org

Kindig (OSU) v. Maple (OU)

Watch more video of Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State on flowrestling.org . Maple absolutely dominates Kindig
U.S. Boehner Says House G.O.P. Opposes Deal on Payroll Tax By  RON NIXON Published: December 18, 2011 The House speaker, John A. Boehner, said he and other House Republicans were opposed to the extension until February of the payroll tax cuts. I guess we spoke too soon.  The deal is now off.  We have to wait and see but this is not one that can be retroactive.  It is disappointing but not the end of the world. The stimulative effect of the cut is real but it is not a huge cut so it will have some slow down effect but I don't think enough to push the 'recovery' off track.
U.S. Senate Leaders Agree on 2-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut By  JENNIFER STEINHAUER  and  ROBERT PEAR Published: December 16, 2011 The 112th Congress lurched toward the end of its tumultuous first session Friday as the House passed a $1 trillion spending bill and sent it to the Senate for approval. I am not sure why there is so much disappointment in President Obama.  So far, what has he done in this process that is objectionable.  Are we so bent on 'winning' the showdown, that we don't care about what happens at the showdown.  Let's say we shut the government down and don't extend the payroll tax cut - is that what we want? The Republican house has no incentive to pass any bill with the Millionaire's surtax even if it means there is no extension of the payroll tax cut.  I believe that the President has played his hand wonderfully, he just happens to been dealt a bad hand, if all those who are disappointed in his handling mobilize to take the

U.S. Political Ideology Stable With Conservatives Leading

U.S. Political Ideology Stable With Conservatives Leading
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To me, this is not necessary a bad sign.  The hypocrisy is really the bad sign. Mr. Gingrich has many ideas and some of them I totally disagree with but he is a true Washington insider, which I claim is not all bad.  What I call an insider is someone who can talk with the other side of the aisle on issues of common ground. Compromise is key and is worthy of praise.  We, as a nation, have differing views so we all cannot have everything that we want. Therefore, compromise needs to be resurrected as a normal part of the political process. Please stop pretending that there is some purity that needs to be upheld about fiscal policy.
The Republican front runners have a ' liberal'  historical ideas.  Messrs. Romney and Gingrich both liked the health care reform before the did not. Here is article on Gingrich and Health Care Policy.
OPRF beats HC 39-20. Here is the box score.

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims

News Release : This is definitely good news. There is always time to say how bad it is or could be but there is also a time to say this movement in the right direction. That is what I choose to do here.

OPRF Wrestling - History - Archive - 2010-2011 Season - Statistics

OPRF Wrestling - History - Archive - 2011-2012 Season - Statistics :

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Revenue Sources and Public Debt

Dr. Krugman discuss revenue here . I couldn't agree more except for the idea that we are in some kind of dyer situation.  I have always disagreed with Dr. Krugman because I believe that it leads to the panic of government debt. At times, we know it is not time to panic with the level of government debt, specifically U.S. debt.  This is one of those times.  It is almost always one of those times.  Of course, we should reduce the debt when it we have an economy that is in expansion. If the panic alarm is sounded, ever, then others will call on such in the future when they are looking to eliminate the human social contract because they are making the tough calls.

Inflation

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/smoothed-inflation/

Calculated Risk: The Excess Vacant Housing Supply

Calculated Risk: The Excess Vacant Housing Supply : Over the last few days, there has been some more discussion on the current number of excess vacant housing units in the United States. Th...

What can we do? Some ideas

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No it really isn't the lush unemployment benefits

http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/12/why-oh-why-cant-we-have-a-better-press-corps-no-high-unemployment-is-not-primarily-the-result-of-generous-unemployment-i.html

Coleman v. Betterman

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Dardanes v. Nevinger

http://www.flowrestling.org/speaker/7490-Nick-Dardanes/video/518196-141-lbs-match-Nick-Dardanes-Minnesota-vs-Mike-Nevinger-Cornell

Inflation

http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/pdf_files/Eichengreen_Sachs.pdf

Sarah Ryan

Sarah Ryan is a spunky, fun loving seven year old girl with a form of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy called POMT2.  She has never been able to crawl or walk but has enjoyed the freedom of a power wheelchair for the last three years.  Sarah is a social butterfly and lights up every day when her school bus picks her up and takes her to school to be with her teachers and classmates.  Although Sarah is nonverbal, she has no problem letting you know what she wants or how she’s feeling!  While she can light up a room in no time with her wild charisma, Sarah is also loving, gentle and tender hearted. She’s famous for gentle pats of love on your back and always wanting to mommy any baby in sight! But most of all, Sarah is a fighter. In 2009 Sarah contracted a virus that shut down her respiratory system.  She spent one month in the ICU having to be intubated 2 ½ weeks of that time.  Doctors weren’t sure if she would even make it off of assisted breathing devices but by the time we left the hospi

The Economic Outlook as of May 2011: Yes, This Is Called the Dismal Science. Why Do You Ask? - Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality with a Prehensile Tail

The Economic Outlook as of May 2011: Yes, This Is Called the Dismal Science. Why Do You Ask? - Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality with a Prehensile Tail

Sinful Accusers and Capital Punishment » Blog » Greg Boyd (Christus Victor Ministries)

Sinful Accusers and Capital Punishment » Blog » Greg Boyd (Christus Victor Ministries)

Is heavy taxation bad for the economy? « Consider the Evidence

Is heavy taxation bad for the economy? « Consider the Evidence

Saint Anselm (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Saint Anselm (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) The legal framework of Christianity.