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Comments made over the weekend by members of Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation that argue President Barack Obama is a leftist who needs to get to the center are simply untrue. As I written before, Obama is a “centrist” by any rational definition of the word. He supports big businesses while continuing many right-wing policies created during a Republican-dominated government. He has esca...
Okie Funk - Mon 12:04 p.m. - 5 clicks 
This appeared in today's edition of the Oklahoman. A race to the bottom Point of view: Interstate insurance sales BY JEFF RAYMOND The Oklahoman Published: February 8, 2010 One of the few parts of health care reform everyone seems to agree on is that selling insurance across state lines should be allowed. "Competition" is the buzz word. When asked on "Meet the Press" about the GOP's health c...
Blue Oklahoma - Mon 12:04 p.m. - 4 clicks
T ulsa bloggers come and go—that's the nature of the digital medium. People and groups start out with a bang and, in time, slowly fade away. Not so long ago, for example, a group of local scribblers went online collectively as Tulsa Bloggers . If we recall correctly, the group had ambitious plans , including video podcasts and the like. Their homepage included several prominent voices, seve...
Alternative Tulsa - Sat 10:40 p.m. - 6 clicks
T he Sooner state ranks low in dental care . Very low. Out of 50 states, Oklahoma is fiftieth. Fortunately, some folks in the dental business—dentists and their staffs—came to the rescue this weekend with a free (yes, free!) dental clinic in Tulsa. Based on the huge turnout , we'd say the clinic was a success. The turnout also shows the need for health care reform , since r...
Alternative Tulsa - Sat 8:15 p.m. - 9 clicks
Andrew Sullivan reported this last December. Just the other day, Politico stated that Sen. Coburn helped sponsor a resolution condemning Uganda's law. Far more insightful is Edwin Okong's analysis of the situation in his article, "Why Ugandans Embrace U.S. Christian Right's Anti-Gay Agenda". excerpt: In other words, having failed to turn the United States into a true "Nation under Go...
PhotoTune - Sat 4:24 p.m. - 5 clicks
Nearly ten years ago I interviewed Jim Wallis on my radio program and challenged him about his support for Clinton's "Charitable Choice" program and Bush's "Faith-based initiatives." I asked him... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Fri 9:01 a.m. - 7 clicks
T he Tea Party folks are usually loud and highly opinioned. Okay, they're mad. Really mad, in at least two senses of the word. The Tulsa Tea Party has a blog where you might expect over-the-top rhetoric and a slew of half-baked political ideas. No such luck. Their blog is weak. It includes nothing more than a few links, mostly to the site of State Sen. Randy Brogdon, who wan...
Alternative Tulsa - Wed 7:41 p.m. - 10 clicks
I’m actually a big fan of good film adaptations of books, but things like this remind you of how Hollywood has done an excellent job of contributing to the dumbing down of America. ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Tue 8:29 a.m. - 8 clicks
It's important here to draw a critical distinction: there is an enormous difference between being probusiness and pro-free market. The former position, which the Clinton administration embraced, is concerned primarily with the health of large businesses, in this case the big financial houses. Being pro-free market means being concerned with the health of the capitalist system as a whole and its u...
Oklahoma Lefty - Feb 1 - 10 clicks
S peaking of drama (see previous post about August: Osage County ), we also made it out to Tulsa's art house theater, Circle Cinema , for A Single Man , the directorial debut of clothing designer Tom Ford. In a sentence, A Single Man is about the day in the life of a gay English professor after the death of his partner in Los Angeles in 1962. British actor Colin Firth stars; his p...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 30 - 15 clicks
W e braved the snow and ice Friday night to attend the Tulsa PAC performance of August: Osage County , the powerful and funny family drama by Oklahoma native Tracy Letts. The play was worth the white-knuckle drive. The fictional Pawhuska family is by turns terrifying and hilarious , giving audiences a range of powerful issues and ideas to consider. Among other themes, Letts is concerned...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 30 - 12 clicks
A ltTulsa likes to read. We like ideas. We love books. We believe reading and books are good for adults and children, even when the ideas are different or—heaven forbid!—controversial. That's why we were pleased to see a Tulsa-area school board stand up for a children's book that included some same-sex couples. Oh no! You mean there are actual gay people in the world? Even in the Sooner ...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 28 - 3 clicks
S en. Jim Inhofe is nobody's idea of a statesman. If he has a civil bone in his body, he's kept it well hidden for years. So it is no surprise that the former Tulsa mayor (sad, we know…) plays political games whenever he can. Speaking to KRMG about the president's State of the Union speech, for instance, Inhofe didn't bother to think about the president's policies in a serious way. Inste...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 28 - 11 clicks
There's some confusion about the bill (HB 3408) that this blog was discussing. I'm pulling this post until the confusion clears. ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 25 - 8 clicks
Oklahoma Policy Institute has released its 2010 Oklahoma Legislative and Budget Process Overview . Anyone with an interest in state politics should download the overview for basic reference information. It includes detailed descriptions of the legislative and executive branches of government and explains how bills are passed. OK Policy, a think tank based in Tulsa, should be commended f...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 25 - 9 clicks
The Daily Oklahoman is reporting that residents of Poteau in Le Flore County Oklahoma have erected a Ten Commandments monument on the lawn of a bank in their city. Originally intented for the lawn... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 20 - 4 clicks
---- Elimination of card check voting opposed by union official By M. Scott Carter The Journal Record (subscription) Posted: 08:13 AM Thursday, January 14, 2010 OKLAHOMA CITY – A proposal that proponents say would restore the right to secret-ballot elections for municipal employee unions is actually a way to gut those unions and snuff them out, a critic of the measure charged Wednesd...
PhotoTune - Jan 19 - 4 clicks
Oklahoma State Senator Tom Ivester of Sayre, Oklahoma has offered a joint resolution (SJR70) to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to include the text of Thomas Jefferson's Act for Religious... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 19
The Daily Oklahoman has reported that an Oklahoma congressional candidate tried to lead a protest against a meeting that the Oklahoma Chapter of the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK)... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 17 - 6 clicks
Just as Congress begins to close a deal on health care reform , Democratic National Committee spokesperson Derrick Plummer points out the obstructionism and "false claims" of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn over the issue. According to the DNC, Coburn, a Republican from Muskogee, remains part of a GOP movement that will try to repeal health care reform legislation if it passes. This is what Plum...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 15 - 6 clicks
Sally Kern wants to restrict "incompatibility as a ground for divorce." The amended section is underlined. STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010) HOUSE BILL 2279 By: Kern AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to marriage, amending 43 O.S. 2001, Section 101, which relates to grounds for divorce; restricting the use of incompatibility as a ground for divorce; and providing an e...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 6 - 5 clicks
The Intrusion 4 January, 2010 By Bryan Lower Oklahoma's new anti-choice law puts women under the microscope. What were they thinking? The Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma City must have been aware that their new anti-choice law would be challenged. They must have known it would be unlikely to stand up in the courts. Yet they passed a law that is so blatantly ideological that the nationa...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 5 - 6 clicks
