well, good friday afternoon to you. sunny day in oklahoma and an amazing conversation here at oklahoma state university, last night focusing on jobs and energy. putting a cap on our four-month steel on wheels tour and on the last day of this tour, a bad news/good news situation. today, oil spiking to nearly $108 a barrel but finally a little bit of progress on the jobs front. the economy adding 216,000 jobs this month, resulting in an unemployment rate of 8.8%. but we know that 8.8% number is basically a fraud. the real number of jobless in this country, 15.6%. with that said, that number is slowly dropping right now. both sides of the aisle happy, of course, to claim credit for the new jobs number.