Priorities should not include pink animals

Priorities are food, shelter, utilities, and health care for everyone in your house that you're responsible for, but only in REAL life. Imaginary crops, hammers, bricks and pink sheep for a freakin' Facebook game are NOT. Neither should the Facebook credits to buy any of those aforementioned items be anywhere near the top of your "must have" list. And, you definitely do not borrow money to purchase credits from your elderly parent who lives on a less than adequate fixed income. And, you absolutely should not lie and tell said parent that a grandchild is 1.) deathly ill; 2.) about to be evicted or 3.) in jail in order secure the loan that you have no intention of paying back. I mean, seriously, how low can you go?
Now, you may say that none of this is any business of mine, but it affects me in a trickle down at a sharp angle sort of way but mostly, it just pisses me off.
I'll admit that I have gotten facebook credits but never have I bought them outright. I happened to get bonus credits when I made an online purchase of two shirts from Old Navy. Most of them remain in my account on Facebook. The others were wasted on the stupid revival of Oregon Trail, which was the most hype and the biggest flop ever, in my opinion.

On another note: According to the local freecycle, someone in the next town north needs a microwave. So, later today, I'm going to deliver one to them that I don't need. I'll be glad to get it off my porch.

That is all.

Hell hath done froze over

In a City Council runoff election in the capital city of one of the reddest of the red states, a progressive GREEN Party candidate, Ed Shadid, has won the race for council member in Oklahoma City's Ward 2.

Now, of course, the city councils of most cities are supposed to be composed of members who will work for the good of the city and keep partisan politics out of city business. But, when bank officer Charlie Swinton's supporters started throwing money around to discredit Dr. Shadid (to the tune of half a million dollars) politics and big business obviously became involved in a big way. To Swinton's credit, it is reported that he did tell his supporters to stop with the negative ads and mailers a week or two prior to the runoff. Last night, however, he stated, "... I'm proud of my supporters; proud of what we tried to accomplish.”

What a waste of money and time. The money could not guarantee the seat for Swinton, who received only 85 more votes in the runoff than he did in the primary. And Shadid's numbers? Almost doubled. Tuesday tallies totaled 3,134 compared to 1,461 in the primary.

I don't even live in Oklahoma City, so why am I writing about a runoff election? Because something has happened that was NEVER expected to happen: A progressive candidate has secured a seat on the Oklahoma City council. And, I have a feeling that Dr. Shadid will not sit quietly when corporate priorities threaten to override public projects that benefit ALL the citizens of OKC.