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Comment on Mike Appel & Emily Oakley by Shantelle:0)

Shantelle:0) — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:08:00 +0000

Wow! Great to see organic farmers in Oklahoma!
You are living my dream. An old farm house sounds like heaven.

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by Lacendenim2

Lacendenim2 — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:46:00 +0000

The bigggest ole Teddy Bear I have ever known. I can almost see You there….I miss you Joe.

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by Tleebarnes

Tleebarnes — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:40:00 +0000

Damn it I didn’t even know Joe Joe was gone. Rip to one of the only people I ever met that judged you by what you contained not your exterior. Save me a place at the table Joe.

Comment on Earl Walker: Okemah’s Unsung Hero by Dan Riedemann

Dan Riedemann — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:38:00 +0000

Rusty, we are re-building the house this summer. Can you provide us with copies of those pictures?

Dan
danriedemann@hotma@hotmail:disqus il.com
http://www.19thcenturyrestorations.com

Comment on The Okie Weekly Reader, Tiger Death and Taxes Edition by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:21:00 +0000

Since Rupurt Murdoch controls the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal I make it a point NOT to waste my time reading their opinions. When they tell Oklahoma Republicans to lower the State’s taxes I’m inclined to want the opposite to happen. The overall tax rates (including property, etc) in surrounding states are roughly the same – even in no income tax Texas. Taxes aren’t our problem, a poorly-educated workforce (look at the numbers!) and lawlessness/violence are the real problems.

Comment on Where the Buffalo Drift by Raschmitt782

Raschmitt782 — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:38:00 +0000

It is possible the Monk you saw was an Augustinian Friar. You were relatively close to Cascia Hall High School and monastary. I’ll check with Fr. Bernie next time I see him to see if there is any 30something with a Jack Russell that lives there. The Augustinian habits are black with hoods.

Comment on Tacos El Rinconcito by Tacos El Rinconcito, Tulsa’s Most Authentic Mexican | Tulsa Food

Tacos El Rinconcito, Tulsa’s Most Authentic Mexican | Tulsa Food — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:04 +0000

[...] I found a lovely article about this place in This Land. This guy writes incredibly well and I’m happy he’s not a restaurant reviewer competing with me. http://thislandpress.com/07/14/2011/tacos-el-rinconcito/ [...]

Comment on Excaliber Building Won’t be Demolished, Tulsa World Says by Cablegump

Cablegump — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:01:00 +0000

What would it take to convert the building itself into a parking structure?

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by SIS

SIS — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:09:00 +0000

Totally amazing!!! How you can so eloquently tell the journey thru trials, pain & hurt of the Unknown. Learning more which only leadsto the path of agony realizing you still do not know. Which is the harder to know nothing or to learn and still not know?? If they were here, what their reaction would be? Would they still be on the same road and not care, as so many of them have? Would they hang their heads in shame for a past not able to hide. Would they beam with pride knowing they came thru the fire and it is all ”just the past”. Would they be the stronger, better, loving people like you are? Would they be AS PROUD of YOU as I am? I choose to believe the latter. LOVEYOU ALWAYS.

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by Sfarmer76

Sfarmer76 — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:47:00 +0000

Sorry I didn’t find out about this sooner…

Steven Farmer
Savannah, GA USA
pinterest.com/sfarmer76

Comment on Conduct Unbecoming: Tulsa Police Captain, Officer Ensnared in Sex Scandal by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:40:00 +0000

I have not heard that Keena Roberts kids all have different dads. I heard they were all from the same married man!! and when the married man wouldn’t leave his loving wife she accused that poor guy of trying to kidnap and rape her, and then the last kid, now 12, she gave away to be raised by a family member. So, its true she has a pattern of using her kids to get her way. I feel sorry for her, she really needs mental health help, and soon.

Comment on Conduct Unbecoming: Tulsa Police Captain, Officer Ensnared in Sex Scandal by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:16:00 +0000

Is Keena Roberts so stupid, or so angry, that Shawn King didn’t want pictures of her with him? Seems like Keena is way jealous of Cristy. Who else would have put on a rant like that last post. Maybe that is why Keena Roberts keeps going in for more “enhancements” to the plastic surgeon. Maybe she thinks that it she had boobs like Cristy, Shawn would take her trailer trash self back. Poor girl, next time, she needs to try the “enhancements” someplace else.

Comment on Your State Government is Hard at Work by J B

J B — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000

Absolutely, Lalaland. Easily frightened white-male conservatives love brandishing their own Glocks, but a bunch of hip-hop loving young black men lettin’ it all hang out — NO!

Comment on Rabbi Marc Fitzerman by Msomachi

Msomachi — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:41:00 +0000

Loved this!

Comment on Your State Government is Hard at Work by Lalaland

Lalaland — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:29:00 +0000

I think an “open carry” law was what allowed the black panthers to legally brandish firearms openly, usually in the presence of the police. I think Oakland, or California, ultimately came to believe this law was a bad idea.

Comment on Conduct Unbecoming: Tulsa Police Captain, Officer Ensnared in Sex Scandal by SleepinAngel37

SleepinAngel37 — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:13:00 +0000

@who’s your daddy/ crusty kellerhalls I mean christy, I hope you know we are sending you this message : you should have not went there. Now this is the our promise from us to you, you are going to spend the rest of you days having to look over your shoulder , we didn’t even have you on the radar you placed yourself there 70′s reject I hope you can sleep every night ? It will be boo hoo on you. Sleep tight. See you around Christy!!

Comment on Ups and Downs at Chesapeake Energy Corp. by J B

J B — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:49:00 +0000

Thank God that you’re giving us the comprehensive reporting that Aubrey’s hometown newspaper desperately tries to avoid.

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by Reasonablysane1

Reasonablysane1 — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:59:00 +0000

Yes. I miss my friend.

Comment on Holy Frack by Robert Burke

Robert Burke — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Its bad reporting to link these earthquakes to fracking. What was investigated was Saltwater disposal wells. This is an entirely different process then hydraulic fracturing stimulation used in production of wells. Your article is essentially like blaming astronauts for prank calls. (since both use satellites)
See, disposal companies disposing water who incorrectly place that water in a fault zone are neither employed by the energy company nor have anything to do with a gas wells success or failure. They are the disposal or garbage men. If they did improperly dispose of waste and didn’t do their geology then they and only they should be investigated in regards to earthquakes caused by wells. Anyone else who blames fracking for earthquakes just sounds tremendously uninformed. If you read any of the articles that explored the issue you’d come to the same conclusion. But “Frack” sells more copies of the news. Welcome to This Land’s hysteria created to sell This Land

Comment on Holy Frack by OKParrothead

OKParrothead — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Thanks for such a well balanced and researched article.

I’d like to take another, simplistic as it is, view of the matter, and I won’t talk about earthquakes.

From what I understand, to get this vast amount of natural gas from the ground we must pump in millions of gallons of water and mystery chemicals, which cause the bedrock to fracture.

This doesn’t sound too smart to me. I thought bedrock was supposed to be solid. I’ve seen too many houses getting piers because they weren’t built on something solid. Imagine a whole town. This may be an exaggeration, but we honestly just don’t know.

Then the water is retrieved and pumped deep into the ground where there isn’t any gas, just to dispose of it, along with the mystery chemicals.

This doesn’t sound too smart either, especially when we don’t know what the chemicals are. We do get water from wells and like peeing in the pool, just one accident ruins everybody’s party.

And we do this to retrieve a fossil fuel that we burn to produce energy, a by-product of which are the gases that cause global warming, or contribute to climate change, if you’d rather.

That doesn’t sound too smart either. The end result of all this fracking is we’re still burning a fossil fuel, cleaner, but still a fossil fuel.

Honesty, we know burning fossil fuels is poisonous. Look what happens when you
lock yourself in the garage with the car running. Now you know what that smog is in LA. — lots of cars running. We really don’ have to argue about climate change. Burning fossil fuels is poisonous.

So.

I’d rather not put mystery chemicals into the ground where my water comes from. Can’t call the pool guy on that one, it’s over. I’d rather save the millions of gallons of water used for fracking and use it for drinking. We’re already using 3gal. flush toilets. Where will that end?

I’d rather not burn any fossil fuel to turn a steam turbine for electricity. Not only will this release who knows how many cars worth of poisons into the atmosphere, these turbines use incredible amounts of water. Some studies say as much as half of all we use in this country, which again, I would rather drink.

We shouldn’t be addicting our nation to yet another fossil fuel. If, at the end of the day every injection site ends up being another Pitcher, OK, which is possible the data is inconclusive, we will have destroyed that which we sought to save.

I’d much rather steer clear of the whole fracking mess (pun intended) and move on to sustainable energy sources now.

See, I didn’t mention earthquakes.

Comment on The Best We Can Do by Michael Mason

Michael Mason — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:32:11 +0000

Anonymous, the photos have been handed over to TPD Internal Affairs; the story is far from over. We are awaiting the release of additional information before proceeding with the next portion of this story.
–Michael Mason, editor

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by F5now

F5now — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:23:00 +0000

This is awesome! Thank you so much for your wonderful words. Seems you knew re man. He was definitely talented in many areas of his life not just graphics. He truly is missed by many. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year. Guess emotions know no time frame.

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:11:00 +0000

I miss Joe

Comment on Joseph Merz (1968-2011) by krazy_katok

krazy_katok — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:20:00 +0000

The world is a little sadder without Joe in it!

Comment on The Best We Can Do by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:41:00 +0000

So TLP where does this story stand…. Have the photo’s been handed over… and what if anything has TPD done about any of it… Tulsa has been let down by several here…. 1. Shawn King- Sexual misconduct. 2. TPD- insufficient punishment and lack of investigation. 3. Journalist- Letting this die after reporting earth shattering information… Truly a sad state of ”affairs”…. pardon the pun.

Comment on The Making of Leon Russell Road by Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:33:00 +0000

i seem to remember the kuykendall’s getting kicked out of the church…

Comment on Dear Uncle Ronnie by homohater

homohater — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:42:00 +0000

thats a nasty story bro. i hope u know u fucked up ur kids and ur wifes life. i shouldnt call u bro. u queenie. nasty. look at north caralina son. we dont want ur kind in this country. why dnt u leave nd go to france or some shit becsus we dont need more fags

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Heather Walk

Heather Walk — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:41:00 +0000

Wow Shantelle!! You blew me away with your story, and the telling of it. Powerful. You’re a gifted writer. Well done.

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Wow. Beautifully written and so insightful. Good to see that we can make friends with our pasts, no matter how challenging. Looking forward to the book!!

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Beth McDonnell

Beth McDonnell — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:19:00 +0000

I have worked with Shantelle for maybe 12 years, and had no idea about this part of her life, as she is always so grounded and loving. We discovered that we both lost a parent before age 2 and talked about not knowing how to process that info at such a young age, except my story is very different, in that I lost my Dad in vietnam, he was a fighter pilot. Anyway, great job Shantelle!!
A

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Lisa Rhodes

Lisa Rhodes — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:55:00 +0000

Shantelle, This is inspirational on so many levels and will be to many readers. You are resilient, thoughtful, and brave. Those who don’t get it…never will.

Comment on Letter from Nakuru by Jim Shanor

Jim Shanor — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Sorry for the delay, Ric. Tom is working in South Sudan, and during the rainy season he usually goes to Nakuru to repair trucks and cool out. JB Drilling is just outside Nakuru. My step-daughter married Tom’s son and I can give you her email. Tom doesn’t usually read email. Her name is Delly. Her email is dellyvile@yahoo.com and her phone is +254 727 673095. She lives on the Belknap compound. Good Luck. Jim

Comment on Jeff Keith, Lead Singer of Tesla, Considers Youth by j.

j. — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:05:00 +0000

Maybe he meant flat as in dull or lifeless? He never really said that the land was flat–he just said that the towns were flat and mean and hot. Flat has more than one definition. The word ‘mean’ isn’t describing the land of the towns, so why do you assume that the word ‘flat’ is? Maybe I’m wrong, though. I could be wrong.

Comment on House in the Hill by Telstar53

Telstar53 — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:29:00 +0000

not that well written. it doesn’t say how old the house is. was it even built during the race riot?

Comment on Scott and Margee Aycock by Mtletang

Mtletang — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Margee, make Scott walk, walk, walk, and walk some more ~ every single day, and increase it. This is the guaranteed cure for what he has. A dear friend of mine died two years ago at age 99. He was told at age 54 that he only had a couple of years to live. All males in his family had died at about the same age from ‘heart disease.’ He got out of bed in his robe and slippers and started walking, then running. He never stopped. He saved his own like, with the grace of God. He had won numerous trophies, awards, and was in an article in “Sports Illlustrated.” Keep your man around. You run too. Best regards…..

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Lisa Chandler

Lisa Chandler — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:54:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story, Shantelle. I had childhood friends whose parents were part of that milieu. Tulsa has a sad history of drug abuse. Too many friends lost.

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Lisa Chandler

Lisa Chandler — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story, Shantelle. I had childhood friends whose parents were part of that milieu. Tulsa has a sad history when it comes to drug abuse. Too many friends lost.

Comment on The Making of Leon Russell Road by John M

John M — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:39:00 +0000

We ran the Studio in the mid 80s when it was called Greystone Studios. Everyone who came into the studio seemed to have a Leon Russell story or a GAP Band story. When we were in the building it had “The 1st Church of God” on the cornerstone. Emanuel Baptist is down the street and that building was built in 1968.

Comment on Debating the Income Tax by Laura

Laura — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:10:00 +0000

Woot! Ass tweeting! lol

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Jeff Fick

Jeff Fick — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:33:00 +0000

Loved this. Thank you so much for sharing, Shantelle

Comment on Tulsa Revealed by Zak Robinson

Zak Robinson — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Wow. Very powerful.

Comment on The Making of Leon Russell Road by Helen Inbody

Helen Inbody — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:46:00 +0000

The Leon Russell studio was originally Emanuel Baptist CHurch. Very large attendance during 40s and 50s. The church eventually built the large church plant a few blocks east of Church Studio.Now the population has had so many changes that the church has gone through lean and difficult times. Our family have happy memories of Emanuel Baptist Church before Leon.

Comment on Scott and Margee Aycock by RB223

RB223 — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Wow, great story.

Comment on Conduct Unbecoming: Tulsa Police Captain, Officer Ensnared in Sex Scandal by Who'sYourDaddy?

Who'sYourDaddy? — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:06:00 +0000

Karma truly is a bitch and I know someone is feeling it right now!! Boohoo!!

Comment on THIS LAND TV SHOW! by Matt O'Meilia

Matt O'Meilia — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:04:00 +0000

Last night’s episode featuring Gaylord Herron was excellent. Well done.

Comment on April 1st by Maggie West

Maggie West — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:13:00 +0000

Bless you Joe Merz. We all miss you so much. I miss your hugs and the way you made Jennie smile the most. Your Valkyries will always love you!

Comment on The Best We Can Do by Xx3dee

Xx3dee — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:25:00 +0000

You know this, how?

Comment on Conduct Unbecoming: Tulsa Police Captain, Officer Ensnared in Sex Scandal by whatgoesup

whatgoesup — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:29:00 +0000

Nice to know that they allow six year olds to post… Maybe a police officer jerking off in his office on his uniform is acceptable in your house… but not in mine.. I hope you were just having a bad day and that you can share this is truly disgusting…

Comment on Conduct Unbecoming: Tulsa Police Captain, Officer Ensnared in Sex Scandal by Union51

Union51 — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:20:00 +0000

King needs to be investigated for his near KKK activities. He is known to be involved in alot of beatings of Black people in North Tulsa. He has his own code words and has taught his lower ranking officers to follow his lead on this. There have been wispers about this for years but, King and TPD covers these up. It is very strange his five day penalty started and was served while all the random shooters man hunt was taking place. Kiing as a leder should have been helping in this matter but, TPD could not afford King on the streets to beat more innocent people. King was relaxing in the Bahamas with Mrs. Rick Seigfried gettng his scuba certification. Im sure on Mr. Seigfrieds dime. Was Mr. Seigfried along who knows? But, it is clear Mrs. Seigfried DD. And Captain were and are doing the nasty. Poor thing how did he talk his way into that one?

Comment on The Best We Can Do by Oldpagan

Oldpagan — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:33:00 +0000

Sure you do……