With all due respect to Rodgers and Hammerstein this should be the state song of Oklahoma circa 2020. At least be big about it and be able to laugh at yourself because everyone else in the world is at the moment.
Tough to beat a great sax player and a Pink Panther cartoon all wrapped into one.
The disaster in Tulsa which was fueled by the unfettered ignorance of Trump surrogate enabler Kevin Stitt cost Brad Parscale his place as the top Trump campaign manager for the time being.
You watch this stuff in Oklahoma and it’s like Netflix with Mike Gundy and Governor Kevin Stitt as its stars is fueling it’s own early version of Tiger King II without any working screenplay in place.
It is stunning to oberve these people in Oklahoma have any legal rights to govern or look after any living thing at this point.
If either Mike ‘Mullet King’ Gundy of Kevin Stitt were animal caregivers would you allow them to care for your dog or cat?
Of course not. They both come across as complete idiots even beyond the realm of Trump.
Brad Parscale you were chosen to fall on the sword. But Kevin Stitt was the star in Tulsa which has propelled Joe Biden to a double digit lead in the polls.
What really happened behind the scene at the Trump rally with the Oklahoma GOP stars in Tulsa:
Like fellow Oklahoma State grads Mike Gundy and Mary Fallin… Kevin Stitt puts little if any thought into science and things of that nature. This was Stitt on his knees groveling the Trump base before the Trump rally in Tulsa.
This is how Stitt became governor. He simply gets on his knees in Oklahoma like Tuberville does in Alabama and bows before Donald Trump regardless of what the facts may be.
It’s that simple.
Big surprise the biggest Trump ass kisser who’s the governor of the dumbest state in the United States became the first governor to test positive for the coronavirus.
I called this two weeks ago on my Smerconish Saturday Op-Ed.
I mean…who could write this shit?
Tiger King. Then clueless Mullet King. Now the highest elected official in the state of Oklahoma.
When you have a state with all these angry white people who seem bent on wearing their stupidity on their sleeves this is what happens.
Even in Alabama for crying out loud there’s some semblance of order and adherance to science. But in Oklahoma the Oklahoma State people just don’t seem to be receptive to things like gravity, science and masks.
Same thing with the Alabama-Auburn people. The Auburn people don’t seem to understand science either.
This might lend to the thought OU and Alabama have a combined 18 national championships while the O State-Auburn tandem has but one national championship because of science.
Obviously..teaching some f–king science at your school has a positive effect on winning football national champuonships.
Note to O State president Burns Hargis….get rid of Mullet King, elevate Kasey Dunn, and start teaching your students some science in Stillwater.
You tried Boone’s money, now give this a shot.
I love this song. This is Paula Cole back in her youth knocking it out of the ball park so to say. She would later go on to become a Grammy winner.
What an incredible voice! I would never insult her by asking her to sing ‘I Saw A Muller’ for my country music Mike Gundy mullet anthem.
With Trump surrogate Tommy Tuberville defeating Birther Jeff Sessions for the GOP spot in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race… I fully expect Mike Gundy at some point to become the face of the Republican Party in equally godforsaken Oklahoma.
I could see Mullet King ousting James Lankford next go around.
Enough of that. This song could very well be the anthem for America’s fight against Covid while having a completely clueless idiot in the White House.
Don’t give up. Go vote in November instead.
With each passing day I miss sports a little less. The things which bring me the most joy are my dog, music, and provocative food.
My new normal will be different. I could see myself going into the hills somewhere with my dog and going a different route with much less dependence on other humans. Maybe become a savant fly fisherman who avoids interaction with other humans.
Trump alone hasn’t done this to me.
People forget what a great band Sting and the boys were back before he became a mega star. King of Pain is probably my second favorite song by Police after Roxanne.
Maybe some place in Arkansas or North Carolina.
Isn’t it odd in sports, music, and film-making the color of your skin doesn’t make a bit of difference as long as you have talent.
This happened on March 9th in Boston. I would call it the Thunder’s biggest win in a surprisingly good season of 40-24.
We all thought after Sam Presti dealt Paul George, Russell Westbrook, and Jerami Grant the Thunder would unload both Chris Paul and Danilo Gallinari and tank as expected.
Never happened. In fact, it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable seasons in the Thunder’s storied brief history of NBA hoops.
After the stunning win in Boston came Rudy Gobert testing positive for Covid-19 in non-science believing Oklahoma City of all places. The regular season was suspended with eighteen games remaining on the schedule.
I had the Thunder at that point getting to 50 or 51 wins as long as Chris Paul stayed healthy.
It was a beautiful basketball season in Oklahoma City. It was lovely. No sulking. No drama. Just smart basketball.
Over four months have passed since the Thunder’s stirring last second win in Boston. It was a win which was a microcoism of the season.
Chris Paul leading and younger players like Dennis Schroder following the team’s MVP can do attitude.
Since that win we as a nation have lost 135,000 people during the Covid pandemic. We suffered the Dow dropping to 18,500 at one point. Oil dropped deep into negative market values briefly. Unemployment soared like during the Great Depression. All the while our insane clown idiot president still behaved as if he never got past the fifth grade.
Fast forward four months. The Thunder just had their third practice in Orlando in Adam Silver’s bubble world.
I don’t know what to think. I really don’t.
One day at a time. One baby step forward. See what happens with our country and hope for the best. Hope other countries will at some point allow Americans to visit their countries again. Steve Bannon and Steven Miller never thought it would end like this with the world’s once greatest country being viewed as the pariah of the world and champions of stupid.
Basketball games at this point seem somewhat anecdotal. Our country will never be the same again. The New Normal will change all of our lives as we struggle to find new ways of doing things….especially in the world of sports.
So as the Thunder prepare to start playing games again in early August my expectations are cautiously pragmatic.
I have no idea what to expect as we move forward with our lives and the thought of the NBA playing in a bubble.
One day at a time.
So I think I’ll gingerly start writing about the Thunder again.
I doubt Mike Gundy, Joe Exotic, Kevin Stitt, or Donald Trump ever listened to much Stevie Wonder back in the day. But at John Marshall high school back in the early 70’s we played the hell out of Stevie. What a great song!
There’s no point in Joe Biden debating Donald Trump. We’ve seen this before with both Republicans and Democrats in 2016.
Perhaps both Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris with their prosecutorial skills could do something with Donald Trump, but probably not with conventional debate rules in place.
Trump is a pathological liar and a skilled grifter at master savant levels. Unless he provides his tax returns and there is some sort of polygraph attached to him during the debate….this idea of Trump debating anyone is somewhat of a joke.
Unless these conditions are met by Trump then Joe Biden shouldn’t debate Donald Trump.
There is no way to win a debate with Donald Trump and his base. Even with these stipulations in place I’m not sure if Biden should debate Trump. Donald Trump is such a gifted pathological liar even when he’s apparently caught in a lie it doesn’t matter in America circa 2020.
Gravity. Deep State. Fake News. See what I mean.
Joe Biden, do yourself a favor and stay away from debating Donald Trump.
You won’t win the debate even if you win it.
Period.
The Power 5 conferences have a month to decide what to do with their college football season. This will be fascinating to watch as colleges across the Power 5 landscape come to terms with the economic dominoes of postponing their seasons.
Can anyone be surprised two weeks after Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa the city is awash in new Covid-109 cases?
This is why out of either Donald Trump, Mike Gundy, or Joe Exotic one of these three should be the next governor of Oklahoma. Appointed for life one of these three. Like a Supreme Court appointment. It won’t matter in Oklahoma.
It’s not going to change in Oklahoma regardless of what the Thunder do to try and help the people take more pride in themselves.
This is why Oklahoma ranks either last or near dead last in every category you don’t want to be ranking in dead last.
What a scientific outlier it is that after a rally in Tulsa any reasonable fourth grader would have said no to that the state of Oklahoma is one of the hotter Covid-19 states in the Union.
Which Sherlock Homes amongst us could have forecast this scenario unfolding?
This is why ultimately I think Texas should absorb Oklahoma Territory under it’s tax jurisdiction once all of this over at some point.
It’s just sad to witness. When you seem bent on doing dumb things … generally the results don’t unwind in your favor.
I have it down to two states now. Oklahoma versus Alabama for the dumbest state in the country.
Isn’t it ironic that these two states who both rely so heavily on their two college football teams to buoy their own self-image…rely so heavily on elite black athletes to perpetuate their college football programs.
Mike Gundy…do yourself a favor and ask Nick Saban if he would have worn the dumbass shirt?
Last I remember…Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas, Terry Miller, Hart Lee Dykes, and Dez Bryant were and still are black.
Rant over.