Bankruptcy: Blame the Mexicans!!!

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on July 23, 2008

Before I continue on with the post scheduled, I would like to apologize for the volume of political posts that you have been on this website recently.  Unfortunately for those of you dislike politics, or those of you who are fooled by the way I carefully hide my liberal leanings, this is an election year, so a good amount of our material will probably be driven by that fact.  By mid-November, I would imagine that the regular media will go back to advertising which of their cast has undergone stomach stapling procedures and we can go back to riciculing them for not reporting real news.  In the meantime…

Some of you may have already heard that one of our favorite targets, State Representative Randy Terrill, has made the news for possibly gaming the bankruptcy system.  Even The Oklahoman, which typically requires the discovery of a drifter buried beneath the home of the politician before running a negative article on a Republican, thought this newsworthy enough to sensationalize.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t get why this is supposed to be a big deal.  Sure, Terrill probably did swindle his wife’s credit card companies out of a couple thousand dollars, because seriously, who leaves themself with a mere $500 after they lend their campaign $18,000?  It’s sleazy.  It’s slimy.  But, by no means is this a revelation.  This is the man who championed HB1804, a bill written by a white supremacist group and designed to create hostility toward anyone of hispanic decent.  He refers to Mexican children with a term considered by most to be a slur.  He wears a cheesy OU tie while sitting in wicker furniture for photo shoots.  Okay, on closer inspection, it isn’t wicker, but still, why is the questionable bankruptcy behavior something to focus on?

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Category: Oklahoma Politics. 7 Comments

Worst of OKC: Worst Place to Lose Your Car Keys

Published by
Patrick
 on July 23, 2008

I’m good at about 37 things and great at pretty much everything else. Out of that everything else, the thing that I might be the greatest at is losing my cars keys. Thankfully, when I do lose them they are usually on the kitchen table under some old junk mail, or for some reason on an end table in the living room masked by an empty beer bottle. Rarely - if ever - do I lose them anywhere else, and thank god not at any of the places listed in this “Worst Of…”

Vote after the jump…

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Brent Rinehart is probably homophobic…

Published by
Patrick
 on July 22, 2008

Here’s the YouTube clip of our favorite “cartoon book” genius Brent Rinehart getting grilled by CNN.

My favorite part was when Rinehart was asked if he was homophobic. Seriously, I half way expected Brent to spin some answer where he accused Jim Roth and Drew Edmondson of living in a small neighborhood near the Paseo called “Homophobia” complete with gladiators, Peter Pan and Boy Scout leaders as neighbors. But he didn’t, which is a shame, because it would have been pretty damn funny. Instead, Rinehart just denied even knowing what the word homophobic means.

Anyway, after watching the clip, I thought that we should try to organize some crazy event to get Rinehart out of office before the voters do it later this year. Unfortunately, according to “The Lost Ogle political expert who I’m not sure I can name or not”, we can’t:

Oklahoma has no provision for recall, and only statewide elected officials — Governor, for instance, or appeals court judges — can be removed via impeachment.

According to the state constitution, Section VIII-2: “All elective officers, not liable to impeachment, shall be subject to removal from office in such manner and for such causes as may be provided by law.”

Acts of moral turpitude, certain misdemeanors, and felony convictions can result in automatic disqualification from office.

That sucks. It would have been pretty cool to organize a “Recall Rinehart” campaign. I’ll just take solace in the fact that he is obviously not going to be reelected. Plus, I think he may have been charged with a felony or something a while back, so maybe he’ll go to jail or something. Maybe he’ll even send us comic books that describe life behind bars. And maybe after going to jail, he’ll know what homophobic really means.

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Tulsa Tuesday - Ten Oklahoma City “Celebrities” I Want to Bring to Tulsa

Published by
IrritatedTulsan
 on July 22, 2008

Last week I offered, make that generously offered, OKC a few Tulsa “Celebrities.”

I’m a giver. No one accepted my gift. What a bunch of unappreciative ingrates. It’s not like I tried to pawn Tom Harrison, Carol Lambert or Biker Fox … oh yeah. Sorry about the “unappreciative ingrate” comment. That was uncalled for. I wouldn’t accept them either.

This week, I’m a taker. I have a list of Oklahoma City “Celebrities” I want to bring to Tulsa:

10. Gibson Diffee

Another child pimped out by his father for car sales. Tulsa has Kristen Glover, Jennifer Bruton and other random daughters. It’s a hot blond battle among car dealers. Gibson is blonde and annoying, but fame isn’t going to his head. Unlike Tulsa’s pimped out children, he hasn’t resorted to using his sexuality. And yes, I do know how wrong that last sentence is.

9. Mayor Mick

Mayor Mick put OKC on a diet and went on Ellen. Tulsa needs to be on a diet. When I see women driving carts around Wal-Mart, I’m one step closer to bulimia.

8. Marco Palumbo

Finally, a lawyer that will defend me in court … and possibly *eat the prosecution.
(*Disclaimer: The “eat” comment is a pure joke. In no possible way do I, or the readers of the Lost Ogle, believe Marco Palumbo eats the defense. Please don’t eat me.)

7. Patrick and Clark

I’ve never met them in person. I don’t think they’ve met me. I want to invite them to Tulsa for a beer at McNellies. Afterwards, we can stop by my house for a round of Strip Poker or Twister. I’m just kidding. I don’t own Twister.

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Worst of OKC: Worst Place to Meet Hot Chicks

Published by
Patrick
 on July 22, 2008

As we chronicled in the month of May, Oklahoma is home to many, many hot chicks. However, for every Honeybee Talor, Sunni Kate Galloway, and girl in the yellow/green dress (above), there are also many not-so-hot chicks. We have compiled the places we think are the worst for meeting hot chicks. Check them out and vote.

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Save Jaime Cerreta!

Published by
Patrick
 on July 21, 2008

Here is some bad news for those of us who ♥ lunges. It looks like KOKH evening anchor Jaime Cerreta has a talent page on medialine.com. From her online resume:

In my decade of news experience, I have consistently exceeded station expectations. Ratings in key demographics have increased each month since I started in my current position as Main Anchor/Reporter at KOKH FOX 25 Oklahoma City. I co-anchored the two top-rated nights and the best book ever in the station’s 10 year history.

Ratings Success • Community Involvement • Seasoned Anchor • Self Motivated • Solid Reporter • Succeeds under pressure

According to our media “insiders,” when a news personality posts one of these resume things, it usually means that the anchor has the “blessing” of the station management to look for a new job. If that’s the case, whoever runs Channel 25 probably needs to be fired tomorrow morning and then forced to listen to Mark Shannon on KTOK for two weeks as punishment.

Seriously, instead of giving Jaime permission to post an online resume, KOKH should probably just get rid of Andrew Speno, combine his old salary with her’s, and then force her to sign a long term contract. They should also get rid of Myron Patton and that weird weatherman, and have Jamie do those segments, too. They should also buy her green shots on St. Patrick’s Day, because we think she likes green shots on St. Patrick’s Day. That would make us happy.

Anyway, please call Channel 25 at 405.843.2525 and voice your concerns. As a happy group, maybe we can save Jaime Cerreta.

Category: Oklahoma City Media. 15 Comments

Worst of OKC: Worst “Sports Animal” Host

Published by
Patrick
 on July 21, 2008

I don’t know why I listen to the Sports Animal as much as I do.

At first I was going to compare it to a heroin addiction, but then I remembered that heroin addicts seem to enjoy heroin, and I don’t really enjoy listening the Sports Animal.

Sure, it’s on FM, and it can be entertaining at times, but for the most part, I can’t stand it. One reason in particular is that they have some terrible hosts. Meet them (and vote for the worst one) after the jump.

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Post #500

Published by
Patrick
 on July 18, 2008

Sometimes I think it’s amazing that we even made it to post number 50, much less post 500. Therefore, I am still a bit dumbfounded that I even get to post this relatively clever teaser to some neat site news we are going to announce next week.

So have a great weekend and thanks for visiting, even if it’s only once or twice like Jenni Carlson.

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