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Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and described as "This nation's leading environmentalist," is organizing a Global Work Party for the environment on 10-10-2010. Watch last night's interview with... ...
Mainstream Baptist - 8:46 a.m.
PunkNews.org and The Queers are running a contest for bands to join the pop punk stalwarts on stage, opening for the band on their current tour. For each stop on their tour, one local band will be selected to open the show. This is a great opportunity for bands to get their music out there because The Queers have a tendency to pack the house. And on a plus side for our OKC local bands, The Qu...
Oklahoma Lefty - 5:24 a.m.
Pistols that is, is coming stateside for your perfuming pleasure. I still can’t wrap my head around this one. ...
Oklahoma Lefty - 5:24 a.m.
The Thermals are streaming their new album, Personal Life , on NPR . The hard copy will be available in stores on September 7th. I am really looking forward to getting this CD!!! Thanks to PunkNews.org for the find . ...
Oklahoma Lefty - 5:03 a.m.
1. “Do You In” by Buffalo Tom (from Smitten) 2. “Close I’ve Come” by Ben Lee (from Awake is the New Sleep) 3. “Supernova” by Liz Phair (from Whip-Smart) 4. “Do What?” by Teenage Bottlerocket (from They Came from the Shadows) 5. “Deer Street” by The Pavers (from Livin’ the Dream) 6. “Can’t Give Up” by Sebadoh (from Harmacy) 7. “Yesterday Girl” by The Smithereens (from Blown to Smithereens: T...
Oklahoma Lefty - 4:41 a.m.
C artoonist Tom Tomorrow blasts the scare tactics of Fox News and talk radio. Check it out here: It's your Action McNews Network ...
Alternative Tulsa - Wed 3:45 p.m.
M ore birther wackiness from the fringes. Oh wait, this guy is a retired general. But a general with ties to Fox News. So that explains it . The details here: Fox News' birther military analyst . ...
Alternative Tulsa - Wed 1:25 p.m.
The chief sin of Southern Baptists is that they make the “Word of God” a dead metaphor. “Dead metaphors” are phrases that can be understood automatically – without thinking -- by simple, literal... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Wed 10:09 a.m.
That is the question posed by Belief Beat’s Nicole Neroulias . From the post – Beck's evolution from comedic disc jockey to right-wing news commentator to angry prophet has caused concern for some evangelical Christians . While they may agree with his politics, his faith -- he's a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- gives them pause. Considering the conf...
Oklahoma Lefty - Wed 9:01 a.m.
1. “Summer Babe (Winter Version)” by Pavement (from Slanted & Enchanted) 2. “I Wanna” by The All-American Rejects (from When the World Comes Down) 3. “Insane Today” by Fabulous Disaster (from Put Out or Get Out) 4. “ABC” by The Pipettes (from We Are The Pipettes [US Bonus Tracks]) 5. “15” by Rilo Kiley (from Under the Blacklight) 6. “Runner” by Re-Volts (from Re-Volts) 7. “Pet Rock” by ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Wed 5:48 a.m.
L et's hear it for Sen. Orrin Hatch , Utah's senior U.S. senator and a strong conservative. Hatch has announced support for the so-called Ground Zero mosque, one of the few mainstream conservatives to stand up proudly for freedom of religion. The demagogues and scaremongers are still howling, of course, providing rhetorical cover for actual terrorists who want the U.S. to be seen as violen...
Alternative Tulsa - Tue 1:46 p.m.
Arnold Hamilton, editor of The Oklahoma Observer , published an excellent article last week about the lack of interest among legislators to become part of a No Gifts List. The list, which was created by Common Cause Oklahoma, allows legislators to vow they won’t accept gifts from people trying to influence legislation. So far, according to Hamilton’s article, only two legislators have si...
Okie Funk - Tue 11:49 a.m. - 7 clicks 
Thanks to Dr. James McGrath at the Exploring our Matrix weblog for calling attention to W. K. Clifford's essay, "The Ethics of Belief." I read this essay years ago and read it again to refresh my... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Tue 11:49 a.m.
Arnold Hamilton, editor of The Oklahoma Observer , published an excellent article last week about the lack of interest among legislators to become part of a No Gifts List. The list, which was created by Common Cause Oklahoma, allows legislators to vow they won't accept gifts from people trying to influence legislation. So far, according to Hamilton's article, only two legislators have signe...
Blue Oklahoma - Tue 11:49 a.m. - 8 clicks
In a recent post MOTW compared President Obama to Emperor Palpatine . From the post – I'm sure you remember Palpatine. He was that Star Wars character that spent years in the Galactic Senate, pretending to be a good galactic citizen with the noblest of intentions, eventually rising to the position of Chancellor and invested with emergency powers. In reality, he was an evil Sith Lord, whose goa...
Oklahoma Lefty - Tue 6:07 a.m.
I got an e-mail today taking me to task for labeling the people of Haskell County as "simpleminded" in my July 28th blog "Christian Nationalism Costs Haskell County". The e-mail said, I would like... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Mon 11:24 a.m.
P resident Palin— don't bet on it. Despite her appeal to the radical right and highly deluded folks , Sarah Palin is not winning converts. Check out some recent numbers: 59 percent of Americans believe Sarah Palin lacks the “ability to be an effective president,” according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. Only 26 percent of adults said she would have the ability to be effective, whi...
Alternative Tulsa - Mon 9:00 a.m. - 2 clicks
Cinematical asks the question Would You Wear These Batman & Robin Shoes Out in Public? Answer: Hell no. I like Batman and all but lord those are ugly!!! ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 12:25 p.m. - 2 clicks
State Sen. Andrew Rice wants to make it safer for bicyclists in the state. Last week, Rice, an Oklahoma City Democrat, announced he plans to introduce legislation next session that will help to protect bicyclists. The idea for the proposed bill was prompted by the recent deaths of Oklahoma bicyclists in accidents, Rice said. Rice, pictured right, also pointed out that bicycle accidents ...
Blue Oklahoma - Sun 12:25 p.m. - 11 clicks
On Tuesday August 31st you can own a piece of American history when everything at 66 Bowl will be sold at auction . This is truly a sad event. ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 12:00 p.m.
Here's another one that I'd love to have in my home. From the Astrological Musings post Pisces Full Moon, August 24 2010 ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 11:40 a.m. - 2 clicks
From the IDP Blog post Great Eastern Sun Art vs. Setting Sun Art #4: Autumnal Fantasy . I would love to have a copy of this for my home. ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 11:40 a.m.
1. “Alone” by Hagfish (from That Was Then, This Is Then) 2. “The Rack” by The Last (from L.A. Explosion [Bonus Tracks]) 3. “At Your Funeral” by Pinhead Gunpowder (from Compulsive Disclosure) 4. “Kick It Over” by Re-Volts (from Re-Volts) 5. “Dummy Up” by Screeching Weasel (from Weasel Mania) 6. “Telltale Signs” by TonyALL (from New Girl, Old Story) 7. “True Music” by Down By Law (from All Sc...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 9:23 a.m.
Title: The Flash: Rebirth ( DC Comics , Amazon , Wikipedia ) The Flash: Rebirth chronicles the return of Barry Allen to the DC Universe. Barry Allen died in 1985 in Crisis on Infinite Earths and it seemed that his death was the only thing that wasn’t eventually undone from that series. Occasionally over the years Barry would make a small return, like in Infinite Crisis , but ge...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 9:23 a.m.
C olumnist Bob Herbert , writing in the New York Times, nails Fox blowhard Glenn Beck: America is better than Glenn Beck. For all of his celebrity, Mr. Beck is an ignorant, divisive, pathetic figure. On the anniversary of the great 1963 March on Washington he will stand in the shadows of giants — Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Who do you think is more represe...
Alternative Tulsa - Sat 6:44 p.m. - 2 clicks
This is what we can expect from Mary Fallin if she becomes governor, and this is the type of publicity the state will receive. The Fallin material is at the end of the video clip. ...
Blue Oklahoma - Sat 5:49 p.m.
Alt-country heroes Drag the River are hitting the road for a fairly extensive tour of North America and Europe , but the closest that they are coming to OKC are shows in Denton and Lubbock, TX. There is an open space in dates in-between the shows in TX and their next stop (which is in NJ), so maybe some dates will be added and we’ll get to see Jon & Chad rip it up at the Conservatory. ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sat 8:22 a.m.
1. “Roger” by Dag Nasty (from Wig Out at Denko’s [Bonus Tracks]) 2. “Mango” by Dag Nasty (from Four on the Floor) 3. “Take Away” by Big Drill Car (from Batch) 4. “What You Believe” by Big Drill Car (from No Worse for the Wear) 5. “Poprocks & Coke” by Green Day (from International Superhits!) 6. “One of My Lies” by Green Day (from Kerplunk) 7. “Rocketship X-M” by The Riverdales (from Inv...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sat 8:07 a.m.
I have agreed to serve on a panel discussion in September after a viewing of the independent film "Flock of Dodos." Judging from the trailer below, I think I am going to enjoy this. ...
Mainstream Baptist - Fri 10:45 a.m. - 4 clicks
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Oklahoma Citizen - Fri 4:09 a.m. - 6 clicks
T he Republicans like to whine about wasted stimulus money . It's all pork barrel projects and silliness, they insist. Oklahoma's two GOP senators, Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn , are prime examples of this tendency. There is another side to the story , of course, good projects the GOP doesn't want to talk about. Some stimulus projects are quite reasonable, helping deserving people (suc...
Alternative Tulsa - Thu 2:23 p.m. - 16 clicks
New Yorker Magazine has published a story entitled "Covert Operations: the billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama." The brothers are David and Charles Koch of Koch Industries in... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Thu 12:45 p.m. - 5 clicks
State Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City) continues to attack the gay community here. Her Democratic opponent in this year's election is Brittany Novotny, who wants to focus on job creation and education. Here is Novotny's website . ...
Blue Oklahoma - Thu 12:45 p.m. - 14 clicks
The Editors at the Christian Century magazine have posted an outstanding editorial about the "Immutable Right" to religious liberty in their September 7 issue. They call attention to the role of... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Thu 10:00 a.m. - 2 clicks
Like this lady . From the story – The British woman who became a hate figure for animal lovers everywhere after she was caught tossing a cat into a trash bin today apologized for her anti-feline offense, only hours after telling tabloid The Sun , "I don't know what the fuss is about, it's just a cat. "Mary Bale, a 45-year-old bank worker from the central English city of Coventry, said in a ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Aug 26 - 3 clicks
H ow big is Glenn Beck's ego? That's the question some of his one-time followers are asking in advance of Beck's upcoming rally in Washington, D.C. The rally is supposed to promote conservative and Tea Party ideas (such as they are), but some conservatives are complaining that it's all about Beck. One of them called it "Beckapalooza." Geez, who could have seen th...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
M ary Fallin seems determined to drive up her negatives . Why else would she bring Mississippi Gov. Haley (Big Boy) Barbour to Tulsa for a private fundraising event? Rep. Fallin, the Republican Party nominee for governor, ought to be connecting to ordinary Oklahoma voters. Instead, she turned up at a private event (no common folks allowed) in Tulsa with Barbour, former GOP Natio...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 25 - 9 clicks
Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family, interviewed David Bahati, a member of the Parliament in Uganda, who says he wants "to kill every last gay person" and introduced legislation to eradicate... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 25 - 3 clicks
According to this story , James Marsters, best known for playing Spike on Buff the Vampire Slayer and Angel, is going to star in a new Syfy series about a superhero team of folks with lackluster powers. From the story – The show revolves around a man named Walter who gets struck by lightning and finds he can move objects with his mind -- but he can only move them three inches. He is then recru...
Oklahoma Lefty - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
1. “Badger” by Hagfish (from That Was Then, This Is Then) 2. “Theme” by Descendents (from I Don’t Want to Grow Up) 3. “Mango” by Dag Nasty (from Wig Out at Denko’s [Bonus Tracks]) 4. “Gnutheme” by ALL (from Allroy’s Revenge) 5. “Steve’s Boy” by The Lemonheads (from The Lemonheads) 6. “Guitar Case” by TonyALL (from New Girl, Old Story) 7. “Funny Face” by Stephen Egerton & Chad Price (fro...
Oklahoma Lefty - Aug 25
K aren Hughes worked for President George W. Bush . One of her jobs was to try to improve the image of the U.S. in the rest of the world, including the Arab world. In short, Hughes should know that the organizer of the so-called Ground Zero mosque is a Muslin moderate . After all, in the Bush years, she worked with the guy. She knows him and knows he's no radical. Now, in a fit of appare...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
Here's an item that didn't get much attention in the local media last week: As part of the Affordable Care Act, Oklahoma will receive $1 million from the federal government to monitor health insurance premium increases to determine if they are excessive. If insurance companies are seeking "unreasonable rates" here, then the state could use the money to take action against them, ac...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 24 - 6 clicks
A nother Tea Party candidate is about to crash and burn. J. D. Haysworth , the right-wing challenger to Arizona Sen. John McCain , appears to be headed for a big loss in today's primary election. It's more evidence that the Tea Party doesn't have the political clout to pull off election victories in most places, where incumbents and mainstream candidates keep winning. In fact, the ...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 24
S ome folks just make stuff up —the facts be damned. The new health care law, for example, has been subjected to a misinformation campaign , most of it by t he right-wing noise machine. Thus a recent email that assures gullible readers of a new real estate tax that will penalize everyone who sells real estate, all to pay for (heavens!) health care. Unfortunately for the fear-mong...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 23
As new regulation on the finance industry became effective this weekend, news reports are indicating that the average interest rate on credit cards is 14.7%. The highest level of average interest... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 23
L eave it to Frank Rich of the New York Times to locate and slam the hysteria and nonsense that has infected the national discussion regarding the so-called Ground Zero mosque (which is an unoccupied building at Park51, formerly a Burlington Coat Factory ). Turns out (surprise!) that the furor is trumped up and almost completely phony , a product of right-wing blowhards and politica...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 22
Target having a sale on duplicity? Target gets, uh, TARGETED big time This is really a great video demonstrating grassroots activism. Target is trying to buy the election of anti-gay candidates all the while claiming to be gay-friendly. Target having a sale on duplicity? Buy one, get one free? Target seems to be hoping the outrage ...
Oklahoma Citizen - Aug 22
No, it's the Republicans who are mostly using fear-mongering as part of a regimented political calculation this election season, not Democrats. So remind The Oklahoman editorial writers, who support politicians such as U.S. Sen. Coburn, whose predictions of future financial insolvency for the nation are about as lacking in facts and logic as you can get. The newspaper, in an incredible ac...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 22 - 8 clicks
O ne of the dimmest bulbs in the conservative firmament is coming to T-town. Yes, Sooner fans, none other that Saint Sarah of Alaska , Sarah Palin, former half-term governor, will be in Tulsa soon as a speaker for an Oklahoma conservative "think" tank (using "think" in the loosest possible sense). With Palin as the big draw, you know these folks are less interested in working policy soluti...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 22 - 9 clicks
T he highly paranoid, largely delusional conspiracy crowd is out there—in Oklahoma and many other places, still foaming at the mouth about secret concentration camps, black helicopters and a slew of other whacked-out anti-government fantasies. This would be comical, except that many of these folks are true believers , enabled by loose talk on Internet, talk radio and Fox News (Glenn Beck s...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 20 - 5 clicks
Ethics Daily is featuring a story today that recounts the transformation in American politics that came at the Religious Roundtable's National Affairs Briefing in 1980. By nearly all accounts, that... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 20
A h, Dr. Tom Coburn. Our own principled conservative senator , who would never do anything remotely disingenuous. Oh, wait. He's a politician —just like the rest of the gang. Of course he plays politics and grandstands, especially when it suits his purpose. A Washington Post columnist has nailed Dr. Tom for his less-than-serious ideas about the D.C. area Metro system. Dr. Tom thinks no ...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 19 - 2 clicks
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn is back in the state scaring his town hall crowds with partisan and extremist claims about the current federal budget deficit. According to the Tulsa World , Coburn, Oklahoma's junior Republican Senator, told an audience in Checotah today that the nation is nearing a "tipping point" when it comes to its financial solvency. Coburn, the newspaper reported, argues the natio...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 19 - 3 clicks
Baptists are about to run out of excuses for being uninformed about the beliefs of the earliest Baptists. Books long out-of-print and inaccessible are now available for download by Google Books. ... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 19
A report on "The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2009: Decade of Change" published by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law highlights five alarming trends:... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 18
T im Schoelen and his Oklahoma-based beer are winning praise in the craft-brewing world. As reported in today's Tulsa World , Schoelen's Mustang Brewing Company is proving popular in the Sooner state. In fact, Schoelen's Washita Wheat won a silver medal at the World Beer Championships in July. Mustang beer is available in Tulsa at McNellie's, Kilkenny's, Joe Mama's and the Fox & Ho...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 18
H eadline of the Day, courtesy of USA Today: Two Sarah Palin picks go down to defeat Editor's note : Palin has endorsed Mary Fallin in the race for Oklahoma governor. Hmmm… ...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 18 - 2 clicks
L et's call it the Inhofe Institute of Junk Science —a way to recognize the head-in-the-sand ideas of Tulsa's very own apostle of bogus science. Apparently, other Republicans also ignore science in favor of fantasy. Thus we get erroneous climate information from a Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson , who is running for the U.S. senate. Johnson claims that sunspots are the so...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 17
The latest reminder how intellectually bankrupt the conservative movement remains in this country are the tributes written about journalist and once-avowed racist James Kilpatrick, an Oklahoma City native, who died recently. In its obituary, The New York Times mentioned this about Kilpatrick: At times, Mr. Kilpatrick went beyond constitutional arguments. In 1963, he drafted an article f...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 17
Reinhold Niehbur, the great American theologian who has been labelled a "prophet to politicians" and was identified by Barak Obama as his favorite philosopher, wrote an essay about "Creativity... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 17
T he wingbags and know-nothings have (quite predictably) jumped all over it, but President Obama got in right the other day on the proposed mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City. As the president noted, the United States of America permits freedom of religion. Indeed, the First Amendment establishes that principle, independent of popular opinion. Unlike some autocrat...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 16
A new post on the Oklahoma Policy Institute blog looks at SQ 746, the ballot measure that would require Oklahoma voters to show identification to cast a vote. Our bottom line: In an editorial , the Oklahoman concedes that "voter fraud has never been much of a problem", but endorses SQ 746, on these grounds: read more ...
Oklahoma Citizen - Aug 16 - 2 clicks
T he Tea Party gang—always rattling on about the terrible state of nearly everything—turns out to be a group of grumpy old men. USA Today recently released polling data on the Tea Party guys, most of whom are white (77 percent), male (56 percent) and older (47 percent are over 55). And in a surprise to no one, they are overwhelmingly Republican (78 percent) and conserva...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 16
Al Mohler's blog today is entitled "The Inerrancy of Scripture: The Fifty Years' War . . . and Counting." Mohler is still fighting to keep Southern Baptists in what has aptly... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 16
If Paul Blair and other Christians want to endorse political candidates, they need to give up their non-profit status and operate under the same rules as any other political action committee. It... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 15
President Barack Obama's weekly address Saturday should remind us that privatizing Social Security remains a priority, if not a dream, for some members of the Republican Party. Obama used the 75th anniversary of Social Security to promise "to protect it from Republican leaders in Congress who have made privatization a key part of their agenda." On one level, it might seem amazin...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 15
One of the Native American tribes in Oklahoma is the "Absentee Shawnee" tribe. They were absent from the Northwest Indian wars that followed the revolutionary war. Among the... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 13 - 2 clicks
R ep. Mary Fallin is the Republican candidate for governor. In this very Red State, Fallin ought to be a shoo-in come November. But Fallin's ideology— go as far right as possible —is problematic, as a Tulsa World editorial pointed out the other day. In an editorial, the World noted that Fallin turned the promise of new federal aid—money that will help Oklahoma—into a campaign issue. Fa...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 12
Joshua Jantz, the long-shot Republican candidate facing state Sen. Andrew Rice in the Senate 46 District race, is using religious rhetoric again in his campaign material. As some of you may remember, Jantz ran against Rice in 2006. Rice, the Democratic nominee for the seat, which is in Oklahoma City, won 70 percent of the vote that year by the landslide margin of 7,342 to 3,217. As part ...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 12
In 1960, when John Kennedy was running for President, W. A. Criswell, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, had a firm grasp of the Baptist principle of religious liberty that insisted on... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 12
A march to show support for soldier Bradley Manning will be held tonight (Thursday, Aug. 12) at 8 p.m. near the state Capitol. Those who would like to march should gather before the march at Lincoln and 16th Street. Manning, an Oklahoman native, has been accused of leaking Afghanistan War documents and is currently being held at a military prison. One of the groups sponsoring the march, Ok...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 12
S arah Palin's "golden touch" may not be so golden after all. The former half-term governor of Alaska has been endorsing candidates in the Lower 48 this year with decidedly mixed success. In fact, Palin's conservative picks have a losing record —not exactly the winning streak Palin admirers have touted. This week in Georgia, for instance, Palin's "Mama Grizzly" choice for governor lost ...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 12
S outh Carolina's disgraced Republican governor, Mark (Appalachian Trail hiker) Sanford , famously attacked the Federal stimulus plan, vowing never to accept a dime. Now Sanford has reversed himself, accepting Federal dollars for South Carolina. It's classic GOP flip-flopping , saying one thing and doing another. The Right loves to criticize Federal spending and the deficit , but they ...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 11
N ewt Gingrich was never as smart as he thought he was. Sure, Newt was a rhetorical bomb-thrower and a world-class blowhard , but the Georgia Republican was also an arrogant and ego-driven narcissist with little regard for the lives of others. Now Newt's former wife (number two) is telling tales out of school about Newt's private hypocrisies. It's an ugly story, but not one that will ...
Alternative Tulsa - Aug 11
Brittany Novotny, who is challenging state Rep. Sally Kern for her House seat this election year, has published an intelligent and important open letter to the legislator, which should be read thoroughly by voters in District 84. Kern, as most Oklahomans know, is infamous nationally for her anti-gay crusade. She once claimed homosexuality is a bigger threat to this country to terrorism . Ke...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 10 - 2 clicks
I'm not much of a fan for the theology of John Calvin, but I'll give credit where credit is due. It is widely believed that Calvin was the first noteworthy theologian to permit lending... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 10
William Brackney has an outstanding essay on the Ethics Daily website that asks "Are you Evangelical? Or Just evangelical?" Count me out of the puffed-up right wing political movement that... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 9
The anti-education agenda of some Oklahoma leaders can't get more apparent than last week when U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, the Republican nominee for governor, and U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn explained their opposition to a federal bill that would provide emergency funding to the nation's schools. According to recent media reports over the last several weeks, hundreds of Oklahoma teachers face layoffs thi...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 8 - 3 clicks
Today's Dallas Morning News has a story about the record breaking 42 day string of 100+ degree temperatures in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 1980. Two of those days -- June 26 and 27 -- the... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 7
Sharon Angle, a Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Arizona, has been spouting Christian Reconstructionist ideas about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and other governmental social programs... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 6
An article in the U.K.'s Daily and Sunday Express says "PRAYERS REALLY CAN HELP TO CURE THE SICK." The proof offered in the article is anecdotal rather than scientific. Periodically, however,... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 5
Melissa Rogers, Director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at Wake Forest University Divinity School, has posted an insightful essay entitled "Assessing Decisionmaking on the NY Islamic... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Aug 5
The Oklahoman continues to deal in rhetorical demonization and deceit in its obsessive opposition to State Question 744 , a proposed constitutional measure that if passed in November would simply fund state schools at the regional average. No one can get a fair sense of what SQ 744 is about on the newspaper's editorial page or in its news columns. At this point, The Oklahoman has fo...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 4 - 3 clicks
Oklahoma Republicans and local political pundits have been confidently predicting a GOP win in the U.S. Congressional Fifth District this year. The GOP runoff over the seat now held by gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin is between former state legislator Kevin Calvey and political newcomer James Lankford, who won the most votes in the race. The third-place winner, state Rep. Mike Th...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 3 - 2 clicks
(Be sure to look at the videos in the comments section of this post.) The Oklahoman editorial page, which serves as chief, local cheerleader for U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and his global-warming-is-a-hoax claim, published a commentary Saturday that essentially refuted people who draw on one season of extreme hot or cold weather to make a claim about climate change. I wonder why the editorial wr...
Blue Oklahoma - Aug 1 - 3 clicks
I am outraged by the Anti-Defamation League's recent statement opposing the building of an Islamic center in New York City near where the Twin Towers once stood. The ADL's statement is an embarrassment to the organization and to Jews everywhere, and it should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. The Anti-Defamation League is supposed to be the Jewish people's advocate for understanding,...
Sinister - Jul 30
(Oklahoma, which leads the nation in female incarceration, needs corrections reform. Read DocHoc's commentary this week in the Oklahoma Gazette .) It's vitally important that Lt. Gov. Jari Askins becomes Oklahoma's next governor so she can provide crucial political balance as Republicans retain or increase majorities in the legislature this year. Askins, who won the Democratic primary ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jul 29 - 4 clicks
Politico published a recent post about U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, who has apparently turned over emails to federal investigators probing the fallout from U.S. Sen. John Ensign's extramarital affair. Here's the post , the gist of which is that Coburn is now going to fully cooperate with investigators in the scandal. Coburn was a former roommate of Ensign and apparently knew about the affair, ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jul 27 - 3 clicks
Oklahomans should support State Question 774, a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that, if approved, would increase per-pupil funding to the regional average. The amendment is a long-sighted and game-changing approach to solve the systemic problem of inadequate education funding in Oklahoma, which ranks 49th in the nation and dead last in a seven-state region in per-pupil spendin...
Blue Oklahoma - Jul 25 - 3 clicks
BP Gulf well cap works so far. Obama Fixed Gulf Oil Leak Dan Boren has remained mum . ...
PhotoTune - Jul 17 - 3 clicks
