Sorry Charlie...exerpt from markshannon.com

Sorry Charlie! Every week Charlie Meadows (OCPAC), who apparently thinks he is the STANDARD for conservatism, sends out an email to promote the weekly Republican Wednesday meeting and included is always an extremely wordy discourse on the subject de jour. (According to the MS.COM reader that sent me the article below.)

Here's part of this week's message that included remarks about me: (and my responses.)

"The level of discourse on the Mark Shannon radio show this past week on the subject was off base and full of ignorance. Many of the calls have been as to whether or not it will be good for OKC if the Sonics come here. The issue is about how to get them here, not about whether or not it will be good for OKC. The positive aspects of the Sonics coming to OKC is a given.

(So says CHARLIE. There is only one way available right now. VOTE YES. Charlie apparently doesn't understand that his proposal to sell the FORD CENTER is not acceptable to local government, or many others in the city. It's also not on the ballot, and even if he could get it on the ballot, the decision on the NBA would have come and gone.)

I believe Mr. Shannon is carrying the water for the Mayor and the Owners.

(How do I say this? Kiss my ass. I carry the water for intelligent, "balanced," individuals who don't live in an imaginary world ruled by Ronald Reagan wearing a white knight's armor. Reagan doesn't even live up to Charlie's standards for a so-called "conservative.")

I don't mean he has taken a bribe, but he has taken the bait, hook line and sinker from the Mayor who says it will be this way or no way at all.

(Yep, I'm stupid Charlie. Of course my stupidity is based in reality, and how it works everywhere in the country when a city wants an NBA or NHL team. Charlie, on the other hand, lives in a fantasy world with a NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY guarded by black helicopters running right down the middle.)

I don't believe Mark can "think outside of the box" on this subject.

(No, I can't think like a freakin' conspiracy theorist.)

He says the privatization idea has merit but to think it could happen is a "fairy tale." While Shannon is one of the most clever and entertaining radio talk show hosts ever to sit in front of a microphone, he is not the kind of person you would want to represent you in negotiations with shrewd businessmen.

(I'm not debating with "shrewd" businessmen, who by the way, are SUCCESSFUL. If I'm hooking my wagon to someone, it's going to be someone who is successful, not the losers who WISH for things that never will be, and succeed at little.)

Nor is he the kind of leader needed to accomplish an objective against the wishes of the rich and powerful.

(No, I'm just right about this issue. I want to be RICH AND POWERFUL, not poor and idealistic.)



Movement conservatives marching in lockstep

Mark is a great guy but he clearly favors socialist capitalism over private property capitalism or else he would oppose the sales tax extension as the means to bring the Sonics to OKC.

(How do I say this: That's the silliest crap I have ever heard in my life. My portfolio doesn't say I am a socialist.)

He is an ear tickling entertainer not a movement conservative, who could be using his clever humor to advance an agenda to make Oklahoma more conservative."

(I am not a MOVEMENT CONSERVATIVE, not YOUR MOVEMENT. I favor common sense and reality. Sorry Charlie. But thanks for giving me something to mock and talk about on today's show.)

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PS: Charlie is a good guy, ( just way off on this one.)

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Charlie Meadows and Mark Shannon are friends and fellow patriotic travelers braving the rapids on the fast moving Opinion River. He hopes they keep us this lively discourse as we all strive for clarity in the information deluge and avoid the deadly falls ahead!

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