Oklahoma is going backwards

[osuwhit]

McCall boasts that while he led in the Oklahoma Legislature that it became the 2nd most conservative legislature in the country. But he has little to show to boast further about. With Oklahoma ranked so low in various quality-of-life categories, it only shows the Oklahoma brand of conservative policies suck. Red states outside of the South excel over Oklahoma, including even Idaho, which has also been in the news before for extreme Christian right views. Indiana is ranked 8th for education while Oklahoma is ranked 50. Neighboring Kansas is no. 33.

Speaking of McCall, it's good to see the often-running ridiculous AI ads against him for failing to be anti-transgender enough finally end.

I see his ads about being against transgender and while I think that stuff is really weird, it's not on my high priority list of things that need fixed in our state. Not that my kid sucks at math or anything, but he is more likely fail math than chop his wiener off and act like a girl.

When Brad Henry was governor, we were 17th in education. Why don't we just go back doing what we were doing then? Why do we have to try and out conservative everyone to impress people outside of our state?

 

[cowboyinexile]

I see his ads about being against transgender and while I think that stuff is really weird, it's not on my high priority list of things that need fixed in our state. Not that my kid sucks at math or anything, but he is more likely fail math than chop his wiener off and act like a girl.

When Brady Henry was governor, we were 17th in education. Why don't we just go back doing what we were doing then? Why do we have to try and out conservative everyone to impress people outside of our state?

Yep. I don't know what the answer is but it's not a red blue thing. Like Townie said there are plenty of red states that do just fine with education and if you look at the bottom New Mexico is right there with Oklahoma so it's not like voting for democrats automatically makes your schools better.

How was funding for education a couple of decades ago? Teacher pay sucks and I know that was going on when he McCall was speaker. I have no idea what it was like some time ago but maybe not running good teachers off to states that pay better is a good place to start.

 

[osuwhit]

Yep. I don't know what the answer is but it's not a red blue thing. Like Townie said there are plenty of red states that do just fine with education and if you look at the bottom New Mexico is right there with Oklahoma so it's not like voting for democrats automatically makes your schools better.

How was funding for education a couple of decades ago? Teacher pay sucks and I know that was going on when he McCall was speaker. I have no idea what it was like some time ago but maybe not running good teachers off to states that pay better is a good place to start.

LOL I was just re-reading my post and I called the former Gov Brady Henry. It's Brad Henry from Shawnee.

Brady Henrie is a young steel pedal guitar player for Colter Wall. He's from Vegas but lives in Tulsa. Nice guy. Very talented on the steel pedal.

All round classic mix up.

 

[cowboyinexile]

LOL I was just re-reading my post and I called the former Gov Brady Henry. It's Brad Henry from Shawnee.

Brady Henrie is a young steel pedal guitar player for Colter Wall. He's from Vegas but lives in Tulsa. Nice guy. Very talented on the steel pedal.

All round classic mix up.

I just assumed it was an auto correct fail. I ducking hate it when that happens

 

[osuwhit]

I just assumed it was an auto correct fail. I ducking hate it when that happens

Nah.. right index finger was on the steel pedal notes and reached for the y.