Mayor 2013: Negative ad campaigns

[sauerkraut]

I'm a far right conservative and I have to support Kathy Taylor. Neither one is a conservative as far as that goes, Dewy does not deserve a another term, he never met a tax he didn't like, he has Tulsa streets in a mess with hap-hazzard road construction all over the place, they fix the street, then tear  up the same street  2 months latter, the American Airlines mess and the old buildings Dewy want taxpayers to pay for, the trash system mess, there was nothing wrong with our trash system before but now we got stuck with those big trash cans. Dewy is a scatter brain he's all over the board. Kathy Taylor is the lessor of two evils.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I'm a far right conservative and I have to support Kathy Taylor. Neither one is a conservative as far as that goes, Dewy does not deserve a another term, he never met a tax he didn't like, he has Tulsa streets in a mess with hap-hazzard road construction all over the place, they fix the street, then tear  up the same street  2 months latter, the American Airlines mess and the old buildings Dewy want taxpayers to pay for, the trash system mess, there was nothing wrong with our trash system before but now we got stuck with those big trash cans. Dewy is a scatter brain he's all over the board. Kathy Taylor is the lessor of two evils.

It will be easy for Kathy Taylor to shine if elected - the bar has been set so low, my last dead dog could clear that hurdle.

Far right conservative....  and how much do you get from the government trough?

Besides all the obvious items that accrue from living in a city like Tulsa....from government action.  Streets, water, sewage disposal, fire protection, police protection, healthcare options, public parks, library, fireworks (occasionally) on the 4th of July, street lighting so you can see at night, entertainment venues...all manner of 'stuff' that you either do or can make use of.

But how about from the Federal level?  Social Security?  Medicare?  Medicaid?  Interstate access?  An army to fight when there is a justified need (and sometimes when there is none)?  Public education for the 70%+ that graduate and don't become RWRE?  National parks, government funded research for drugs to make your old age more liveable.

How about enjoying the benefits from efforts of government funded guys like Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn did some work on a project that was to become a very successful thing, catching the attention of some progressives like a guy named Al Gore who saw the benefits both to the government and public sectors and was one of the biggest sponsors and promoters of funding the effort to expand the work that had been started back in the 50's.  And even though your "good buddies" in the RWRE like to speak of him with disdain, the actual people involved said this;

"As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high-speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship [...] the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1993. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises."

And Leonard Kleinrock said this;

"A second development occurred around this time, namely, then-Senator Al Gore, a strong and knowledgeable proponent of the Internet, promoted legislation that resulted in President George H.W Bush signing the High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991. This Act allocated $600 million for high performance computing and for the creation of the National Research and Education Network [13–14]. The NREN brought together industry, academia and government in a joint effort to accelerate the development and deployment of gigabit/sec networking."

I know all those names are a lot to process at once - go to your local government run library and check out the interwebz to see who they are....

See how barren your life would be without Progressive actions?  You really ought to be a little more grateful to people with foresight, vision, and the ability to think more than 3 minutes ahead in their lives.  nathann has posted a much more comprehensive list from time to time that Progressives have supported and the RWRE has opposed...all of which have brought better things to life for a much wider audience of people in this country - INCLUDING guys like you!  And yet, you pooh-pooh all that.  Amazing!

progress - movement, as toward a goal; advance.  Development or growth: students who show progress.  Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization: a believer in human progress.

This is why they are called Progressive - they want and work toward progress.  As opposed to the RWRE who oppose all those things....through ignorance (the 30%'ers), fear, superstition, or just a particular wild hair of the day.... or maybe a particularly misguided idea that they are "rugged individualists" who did it ALL themselves without help, support, or any contribution from the rest of society.  Yeah, that's it...that's the ticket...

[sauerkraut]

Dewey is no conservative, so why elect him for a 2nd term, he never met a tax he didn't like, he didn't earn a 2nd term. That "Vision 2" boondoggle along with the old 1940 AA  aircraft buildings that Dewey wanted to stick the taxpayers with, the list is endless. The trash system with the big ugly trash cans is another pain- the old trash system was fine! Get Dewey out! Kathy can't be any worse,  I'm no fan of re-electing incumbants anyhow.

[carltonplace]

Can this thing be over already? I am done with these ads on both sides. What a waste of money and civility.

[patric]

Sign stealing, or hoax?

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Political-fighting-caught-on-camera/hqCc1wZtv0ySPOoO121lxA.cspx