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• Green Country Values has Moved to Ft. Hard Knox

  As many of you know, for some time now, I’ve been the author of Green Country Values in Northeastern Oklahoma, as well as the administrator of the Ft. Hard Knox, project for political conservatives nationally. Because of the growing Tea Party movement, and the attention that conservatives are now placing on [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2009, 3:17pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Tax Day Tea Parties - You’re Invited

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  Click on the photo below to view a slideshow of the Tulsa Tax Day Tea Party that occurred at Veterans Park, in downtown Tulsa at 5PM. There were also two other events, and early estimates of the attendance between the three events is around 7,000! Now what?  Check out www.AfterTheTeaParty.com, hosted [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 7:07am EDT
  by Jenn

• Brogdon plan would provide up to $2.6 billion in tax rebates to Oklahomans

  (Updated) From OK State Rep. Randy Brogdon (R-Owasso), who is running for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2010: Yesterday, I announced my plan to introduce legislation that would provide up to $2.6 billion in tax rebates to the people of Oklahoma. The reason I have proposed this legislation is simple – Governor [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: The Washington Times Copies the AP - Starts Charging Bloggers to Quote Them

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  I was a sent a lead today by a publishing agent to an article published by one of his clients. In the process of researching to see if I wanted to write about the article, I noticed that the Washington Times is now using a system that is very similar [...]
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  Posted: April 08, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Henry Vetoes Voter ID Bill

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  From KTUL: Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a voter identification bill he says could make it more difficult for some voters, including the elderly, to cast their ballots…He cited opposition from the nonpartisan League of Women Voters and the American Association of Retired People… Notice that Governor Henry is deliberately ignoring support [...]
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  Posted: April 08, 2009, 3:28pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Inteview: Gary Jones and Cheryl Williams

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  From GetRightOK.com: Two years ago, GetRightOK hosted an interview of the three candidates running for State GOP Chair. We are excited to continue that tradition with this year’s race for GOP Chair between current Chair Gary Jones and Vice Chair Cheryl Williams. GetRightOK asked both Jones and Williams a series of questions. [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2009, 8:44pm EDT
  by Jenn

• TulsaTeaParty.org!

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  Jai Blevins, the organizer of the Tulsa Tea Parties, has developed a website for Northeastern Oklahoma, TulsaTeaParty.org: “We have put together a website for the TeaParty events. I keep getting responses from people saying, I don’t want to join a group to find out about the TeaParty, so this is for [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2009, 8:13am EDT
  by Jenn

• Flight 93 blogburst: Press refuses again to check and report the facts, this time in BART shooting

  Press refuses again to check and report the facts, this time in BART shooting The crescent memorial to Flight 93 would have been stopped long ago if the media was willing to check and report simple facts like the Mecca-orientation of the giant crescent. The same thing happens whenever the facts [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2009, 6:54pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Blog Oklahoma: Oklahoma Government on Twitter List

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    I got this today from @SallyKern (OK State Rep. Sally Kern, R-OKC) and @BlogOklahoma on Twitter this morning. BlogOklahoma.com has an updated list of the Twitter accounts of Oklahoma legislators, public servants, and departments on Twitter, HERE. Check it out! [...]
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  Posted: March 31, 2009, 8:31am EDT
  by Jenn

• As Much of the World Gears up for “Earth Hour,” to Highlight the Dangers of Global Warming…

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  Posted: March 28, 2009, 6:26pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Americans for Prosperity Commends State House of Representatives for Passing Resolution Opposing Unions’ “Card-Check”

  (Update) In response to Col. Jolly’s press release on behalf of AFP-OK, the Democratic Floor Leader, Mike Brown (D-Tahlequah), felt the need to correct one word in the release via a press release of his own (way to keep it classy, Rep. Brown…not), advising that the vote yesterday could not [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2009, 4:38pm EDT
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: Online Profile Management, and “TMI”

  More and more folks are searching for employment online these days, and posting their résumés online. As we have discussed previously, it is important to have a well-managed online profile, so that when potential employers and clients search for information about you online, you will like what they see. However, is [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: Ning.com Improves the “Home Page” Experience.

  Several weeks ago I wrote about Ning.com being the next place for Conservatives to network online. (See Ning.com on FHK.) The problem with Ning.com has been that every social network within the site is treated as a completely separate social network. It’s necessary to join each network individually, and they each [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 3:18pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Freedom Ain’t Free! America Tea Party - Song by Lloyd Marcus

  American Tea Party by Lloyd Marcus © 2009 ZEPHYRUS MUSIC, BMI Mr President! Your stimulus is sure to bust Its just a socialistic scheme The only thing it will do Is kill the American Dream You wanna take from achievers Somehow you think that’s fair. And redistribute to those folks Who won’t get out of their easy chair. We’re havin’ a [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 11:40am EDT
  by Jenn

• Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

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  Posted: March 17, 2009, 10:02am EDT
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• Americans for Prosperity to Hold Property Tax Cap Rally in Oklahoma City, March 18: State Senator Jim Reynolds to address the crowd

  From Americans for Prosperity - Oklahoma: Americans for Prosperity will hold a tax payer rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol on March 18 to urge legislators to support Senate Joint Resolution 5, a bill which would lower the cap on property taxes from 5 to 3 percent. Stuart Jolly, state director [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2009, 8:51am EDT
  by Jenn

• OK State Sen. Randy Brogdon (R-Bartlesville) to Speak This Morning at 10th Amendment Rally in Pennsylvania

  From Okie Campaigns: Sen. Brogdon to Speak This Morning at 10th Amendment Rally Today at 3:25pm State Senator Randy Brogdon will be a featured speaker at a 10th Amendment Rally this morning in Harrisburg, PA. The rally is to bring attention to the need to defend the sovereignty of the 50 states as [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2009, 10:58am EDT
  by Jenn

• Abortion is Super Fun! Continued…The “Real” Crazy Pete’s Abortion Barn

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  The following is a follow-up to Abortion is Super Fun!, and comes to us from Christina, of the Real Choice Blog. Aren’t we just SO GLAD that current “pro-choice” laws have taken abortions out of the back alley’s and made them safer for women? /sarc     [...]
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  Posted: March 15, 2009, 6:45am EDT
  by Jenn

• CNSNews: Obama Signs Law Banning Federal Embryo Research Two Days After Signing Executive Order to OK It

  In the “Are you KIDDING Me?!” category, CNSNews.com is reporting that our illustrious #LibHippo-in-Chief apparently wanted the recognition of lifting Bush’s Presidential ban on embryonic stem cell research - without actually having to pay for research that has now been proven to be unnecessary and ineffective: On Wednesday, only two days [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2009, 10:28pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Initiative Petition Reforms Clear House, Senate: Would make it easier for the people to get access to the ballot

  From Oklahomans for Responsible Government: Measures aimed at opening up Oklahoma’s ballot access laws passed in the House and Senate this session. Oklahomans for Responsible Government commends Sen. Randy Brogdon (R-Owasso) and Rep. Randy Terrill (R-Moore) for working hard to get them through the first stages of the process. OFRG Executive [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 9:55am EDT
  by Jenn

• Senator Specter’s payoff for betraying his party: betrayal of his state

  We now know one of the payoffs that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter received for being one of three Republican Senators who allowed President Obama’s trillion-dollar Spendulus bill to become law. WPXI in Pittsburgh reports that Specter has a 5.5 million dollar earmark for the crescent-shaped Flight 93 memorial in the [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 9:44am EDT
  by Jenn

• Property Tax Cap Rally: March 18 - OKC Capitol

  From Stuart Jolly, State Director for Americans for Prosperity - Oklahoma: If you’re like me, you’ve had to reevaluate your family budget and find ways to cut costs. But it seems that every time I manage to get ahead, the state finds another “necessary” expense to pull from my paycheck. Now [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 3:01pm EDT
  by Jenn

• House, Senate Approve Term Limits for Statewide Officials: Measure would put it to a vote of the people

  From Oklahomans for Responsible Government: All statewide elected officials would join the governor in being limited to two terms in office under House Joint Resolution 1022 and Senate Joint Resolution 12 which both passed today with bipartisan support. The measures are an important part of the legislative agenda of Oklahomans [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 2:55pm EDT
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: Tweet and ReTweet

  On Twitter, “ReTweeting” is the way users acknowledge they like someone’s post. It’s a quick way to both quote and “hat-tip” (credit) a friend on Twitter. Getting retweeted is a great way to accumulate new followers, because your tweet is now seen by all of the followers of whoever retweeted [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 12:10pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Will Coburn Gaze into Obama’s Eyes and See His Soul Before or After He’s Thrown under the Bus?

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  Back in 2001, Americans wondered what on earth was going on when then newly-elected President Bush forged an unlikely comradship with “former” KGB agent Vladimir Putin. Bush said at the time: “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 9:59am EDT
  by Jenn

• OEA President Removes Comments from Blog Which Contradict Stand on HOPE Initiative

  The following is from Peter J. Rudy, Communications Director: OEA President Removes Comments from Blog Which Contradict Stand on HOPE Initiative Believed tying government spending to an arbitrary formula “has proved to be a failure” (Oklahoma City, OK)  During last Wednesday’s House Floor debate on a joint resolution aimed at preventing the HOPE [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
  by Jenn

• Muslim Activists Try to Enforce Sharia Law at OK Tag Agencies

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  In Oklahoma, we all are required to provide a Drivers License photo. We don’t wear hats in these photos. The reason for that is so that our distinguishing features are clearly visible in the photo - things like hair and eye color, facial features, etc. We use these licenses for Iientification [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 5:17pm EST
  by Jenn

• Moderates Make Me Want to Vomit!

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  Hey, that’s not my idea. That came from God: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth…” - Revelation 3:15, 16 [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 11:57am EST
  by Jenn

• No Grocery Tax?

  State Senator Mike Mazzei (R-Tulsa) has authored a bill, approved by the Senate yesterday that would phase out the 4.5% sales tax on groceries over the next five years: “We’re only one of about 16 states in the country that charges this tax. This is something we really need to consider [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 9:37am EST
  by Jenn

• Inhofe: Senate Democrat Amendment Threatens Christian Radio

  U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is concerned that the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” will have an impact on Christian radio: “Last week’s vote was the first nail in the coffin of the Fairness Doctrine, but it was not the end of the attempt on the part of some people to regulate the [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 9:18am EST
  by Jenn

• Stop the Employee NO Choice Act

  From Stuart Jolly, of Americans for Prosperity OKlahoma: Take Action Now! Write your state senator and tell him or her to vote YES on tomorrow’s decision regarding the Oklahoma Senate Concurrent Resolution #8, which will help defeat the Employee NO Choice Act. Private ballots are the foundation of our democracy. For decades unions [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 4:08pm EST
  by Jenn

• Three bills passed in two days should help provide real stimulus to economy…

  OFRG Applauds Senate for Tax Reforms: (Oklahoma City, OK) Three bills that address Oklahomans for Responsible Government’s tax reform agenda won Senate approval this week. On Tuesday, the Senate passed SB 315 by Sen. Mike Mazzei (R-Tulsa) which would eliminate the need for an economic trigger to lower the income [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: Help?! I’m social networking and I CAN’T STOP!!!!

  Most of my posts on the topic of social networking are geared to encouraging political conservatives to try new techniques, visit new sites, join new groups - be bold, take a step out of their comfort zones, and just go for it. Well, what happens if you’ve done that, and answered [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 2:51pm EST
  by Jenn

• Internal Dispute over Muscogee Creek Nation Casino Profits

  From dispute over gaming revenues pits the chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma against the tribal council. Chief A.D. Ellis issued an executive order last week that prevents six communities from controlling casino funds. He filed a lawsuit to seek an accounting of spending by the communities, citing [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2009, 12:24pm EST
  by Jenn

• Paul Harvey

  KRMG News Talk 1170 in Tulsa OK is reporting that the legendary Tulsa Broadcaster known as Paul Harvey died today. We will dearly miss him. Our love and prayers are with his family. We look forward to one day rejoining him in heaven, and hearing “The rest of the story.” KRMG [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2009, 7:40pm EST
  by Jenn

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  Posted: February 28, 2009, 6:48pm EST
  by Jenn

• Mother of Flight 93 hero calls for “a full and transparent review” of the crescent-shaped memorial

  For two years, Tom Burnett Sr. has been speaking out against the crescent-shaped memorial to Flight 93. This week Beverly Burnett (mother of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett Jr.) stepped into the public eye to support her husband, and to make her own appeal for a full investigation: Today, I am [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2009, 6:40pm EST
  by Jenn

• Mary Fallin to Run for OK Governor

  From @JasonCarini on Twitter, U.S. Rep Mary Fallin (R-OK) has officially announced that she plans to run for the position of Governor of Oklahoma. More information in the Tulsa World. The current Governor, Brad Henry is not eligible for another term under Oklahoma law. Fallin’s challengers on the Republican side are [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2009, 5:33pm EST
  by Jenn

• Get your Tea Party On, Friday: Tulsa, OKC

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  UPDATE 02/28/09: The next tea party is already being planned for April 15, 2009 - stay tuned for details! UPDATED 02/28/09: Even more pics from BHarp1, HERE. UPDATED 02/27/09: Click HERE to view photos from Tulsa’s Tea Party! Plus - The Red Dirt Report has a report from the OKC Tea Party [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 2:26pm EST
  by Jenn

• Native Oklahoman, Chuck Norris, on Economic Survival

  An 87-Year-Old’s Economic Survival Guide …by Chuck Norris, Human Events An old Spanish proverb says, “An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.” I believe that value holds, in or out of a recession. And seeing as my 87-year-old mother lived through the Great Depression, I think her value [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 8:29am EST
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: Find People from your City on Twitter

  Would you like to use Twitter to invite people in your area to your local Tea Party on Friday? Josh, at Radical Behavior, has discovered a way to find other Twitter users in your home town - using Google. He says to use the following search: site:twitter.com location cityname For example, if I [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2009, 9:37am EST
  by Jenn

• Tea Party - This Friday - Tulsa and Nationwide

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  UPDATE 02/25/09: We getting word that there is also a Tea Party in Oklahoma City at the steps of the State Capitol at 11AM. No further information is available at this time. UPDATE 02/25/09: Sign the Americans for Prosperity Petition at Taxpayer Tea Party Also see: Info about Tulsa Tea Party The New American [...]
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  Posted: February 24, 2009, 3:17pm EST
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: My blog, my rules. If you want ‘free speech,’ go get your own blog!

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  Blog comments are both a blessing and a curse. They are an excellent way to receive feedback from readers, and interact with them. They are also a great networking venue. However, for every great comment you receive as a blog administrator, you’re likely to have to delete at least one [...]
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  Posted: February 18, 2009, 6:37pm EST
  by Jenn

• Candidate Training in Tulsa - SAT, FEB 28th - American Majority

  Please find attached a flyer that you may print and distribute from the American Majority, which is sponsoring candidate training in Tulsa, OK on Saturday, February 28, 2009, at the Radisson from 9-5:50. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The cost is $40 per candidate, and $20 for each additional staff [...]
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  Posted: February 17, 2009, 3:33pm EST
  by Jenn

• Napolitano: ‘Fair, Just and Proper’ Isn’t the same as ‘Constitutional’

  Judge Andrew Napolitano explains that the Constitution clearly states that only “states” shall send representatives to the Congress, and asks why the Democrats are allowing the non-voting delegate from the District of Columbia have a full vote. Click here or on the image below to watch the video. Hat-Tip: Free Republic, [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2009, 3:11pm EST
  by Jenn

• Memorial Project officials insist that it was the passengers and crew, not the terrorists, who broke the peace on 9/11

  The official explanation for the Crescent of Embrace design is that the path of Flight 93 breaks the circle, turning it into the giant crescent. They call it the Circle of Embrace now, but the Memorial Project’s own website acknowledges that the circle is still broken: In summary, the memorial is [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2009, 9:05am EST
  by Jenn

• Track the #OKStorms on Twitter

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  Sign up for the Weekly Web 2.0 Newsletter Here UPDATE 02/10/09: Our thoughts and prayers are will the families who lost loved ones in the tornadoes last night in Lone Grove, OK, and with those who suffered the loss of and damage to their homes in the Edmond area and all [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2009, 3:10pm EST
  by Jenn

• New TV Ad Opposes Closure of Gitmo: MAF Leaders Joined by Families of Victims of 9/11 Attack

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  The following is from Move America Forward: WASHINGTON DC – Move America Forward, the nation’s largest grassroots, pro-troop organization, today released a television commercial condemning President Obama’s order to close the camps at Guantanamo Bay. The new commercial, which was presented at a press conference at the National Press Club, opposes re-locating [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2009, 8:31am EST
  by Jenn

• NoStimulus.com - Sign the Petition!

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  UPDATE 02/15/09: Nearly 500,000 signatures, but our Government isn’t listening. The so-called “Stimulus” Bill has passed the House and Senate and is awaiting the President’s signature. UPDATE 02/10/09: NoStimulus.com Effort Crosses 200,000 Petitions! Taxpayer Outrage Intensifies “This is an avalanche of public opinion, and members of Congress ignore it at their own [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 10:05am EST
  by Jenn

• Abortion is Super Fun!

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  From Stephen Crowder. Also see: The Obama Abortion Agenda (.pdf). Oklahoma’s Sally Kern Files Resolution Opposing Federal “Freedom of Choice” Act Supported by Obama Hat-Tip: Vincent Vlemx [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 6:41am EST
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday: Everyone is on Facebook…Everyone

  It seems the line between the virtual world and the “real” world (i.e. between our lives online and offline) is becoming more and more blurred every day. Recent news and events reveal this is particularly true on Facebook.com. There has been an on-going battle for many months between the Muslim and [...]
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  Posted: February 04, 2009, 9:12am EST
  by Jenn

• Just Say NO to the Stimulus (Info on WED Conference Call with U.S. Sen Jim DeMint)

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  From Lt. Col. (R) Stuart Jolly, State Director for the Oklahoma Chapter of Americans for Prosperity: In Oklahoma, citizens aren’t as worried about whether Rush Limbaugh is “derailing” the process of passing the new stimulus bill as is the new President- but more importantly how many trillions of dollars they’ll be [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2009, 7:09am EST
  by Jenn

• Why the ‘Fair Pay Act’ is Unfair

  Once again, the government has meddled in the free market, and in the lives of American families. Once again, Democrats have focused on winning a battle, rather than the war. This time, it’s the war for the American family. Yesterday, President Barack Obama (D) signed into law the so-alled “Fair Pay Act,” [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2009, 3:50pm EST
  by Jenn

• Caught on video: shameful cover-up of the crescent-topped Tower of Voices

  Enclosure: [download]

  Background For three years, the Flight 93 Memorial Project has been relentlessly dishonest, publicly denying damning facts like the Mecca orientation of the giant crescent while making excuses for these facts in private. Example: Before the 2007 Memorial Project meeting, Project Partner and Flight 93 family member Patrick White was asked by the [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2009, 10:40am EST
  by Jenn

• www.Wednesday - Ning.com!

  I’d like to direct your attention to an interesting social network - or, rather - a network of networks that is attracting a lot of folks, including a significant number of conservatives online. Ning.com is a site that allows you to form your own social network. I first learned about [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 8:05pm EST
  by Jenn

• Remind your Legislator: “It’s Our Money!”

  UPDATE: The event has been RESCHEDULED for Thursday, January 29 at 1pm in the 2nd floor rotunda. From Lt. Col. (R) Stuart Jolly, State Director for the Oklahoma Chapter of Americans for Prosperity: Join AFP Oklahoma this Wednesday, January 28 at the State Capitol building as we distribute the new 2009 [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 9:42am EST
  by Jenn

• Governor Makes Case Against OEA Ballot Measure

  Oklahoma City, OK – Brian Downs, Executive Director of OFRG (Oklahomans for Responsible Government) released the following statement regarding Governor Brad Henry’s proposal for permanent EDGE funding and the effects that State Question 744, the HOPE initiative, would have on his plan: “Governor Henry has laid out an aggressive plan for [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 9:27am EST
  by Jenn

• Candidates for Local Office Invited to Campaign Training Seminar

  Oklahoma City, OK – Anyone interested in running for a local elected office has the opportunity to learn the do’s and don’ts of campaigning during an upcoming candidate training seminar offered by American Majority. American Majority is a non-partisan, 501c3 candidate training organization that focuses on teaching candidates and their [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 2:49pm EST
  by Jenn

• It’s about Time! Oklahoma Attorney General Drops Charges Against the ‘OK3′

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  After nearly a year-and-a-half, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, Drew Edmondson, has dropped his trumped-up charges against Paul Jacob, Susan Johnson, and Rick Carpenter (the “Oklahoma 3″), in which he tried to retro-actively apply a new, bizarre re-interpretation of Oklahoma’s residency law for petitioners to be stricter than even the [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2009, 7:53pm EST
  by Jenn

• 10th Circuit Refuses to Hear Edmondson’s Appeal

  From FreePaulJacob.com: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit today denied Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s appeal of the ruling that struck down Oklahoma’s residency requirement as unconstitutional. Edmondson has accused the Oklahoma 3 of violating this requirement, leading to his pending indictment of the three. In denying Edmondson’s request [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2009, 9:25am EST
  by Jenn

• www.Wedesday Q&A

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  Today’s question is submitted by Ben Hodge, of Kansas Progress. If you have questions you would like answered in upcoming posts, or if you have additional story ideas, please e-mail Jenn. Q. Where can I find a list of top searches in my area? A. Remember that to increase blog traffic, you [...]
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  Posted: January 21, 2009, 6:26pm EST
  by Jenn

• Homeschoolers Wary of Two New Democrat-Sponsored Senate Bills

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  2009 OK Senate bill 472, sponsored by Sen. Mary Easley (D-Tulsa) would require homeschooling parents to report the academic progress of their children to their local school districts, and Sentate Bill 308, sponsored by Sen. Jim Wilson (D-Tahlequah) would allow for children not in school to be detained by the [...]
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  Posted: January 21, 2009, 10:09am EST
  by Jenn

• Ramos’ and Compean’s Sentences Commuted by Bush

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  FoxNews is reporting: On his last full day in office, President Bush commuted the controversial sentences of two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. The imprisonment of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean had sparked outcry from critics who said the men were [...]
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  Posted: January 19, 2009, 2:59pm EST
  by Jenn

• Oklahoma’s Sally Kern Files Resolution Opposing Federal “Freedom of Choice” Act Supported by Obama

  Rep. Sally Kern (R-OKC) has filed House Joint Resolution 1009 in Oklahoma stating opposition to a Federal abortion rights law that President-Elect Barack Obama said he would sign into law once in office. The federal “Freedom of Choice Act” that Obama supports would classify abortion as a fundamental right in the same category [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2009, 2:49pm EST
  by Jenn

• Flight 93 blogburst: 1 in 131 billion, the movie

  Set to another Ennio Morricone masterpiece. Synopsis Architect Paul Murdoch split his giant Crescent of Embrace memorial to Flight 93 into two separate arcs at the top, in effect creating two separate crescents: Detail view shows the pair of thousand foot long, fifty foot tall, Entry Portal walls. Both walls roughly follow [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 6:11am EST
  by Jenn

• Anti-tax Group Unveils 2009 Taxpayer Prosperity Agenda: ‘It’s Our Money!’

  The following is from AFP-Oklahoma: OKLAHOMA CITY─ At the start of the legislative session, Americans for Prosperity-Oklahoma today released its 2009 Taxpayer Prosperity Agenda: “It’s Our Money,” focusing on taxpayer protections in the new year. Stuart Jolly, state director of Americans for Prosperity - Oklahoma: “Our elected officials need to remember who voted [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 5:20am EST
  by Jenn

• Web 2.0 Wednesdays

  The idea for this new feature, and the questions for this week are from Ben Hodge, of Kansas Progress. If you have questions you would like answered in upcoming posts, or if you have additional story ideas, please e-mail Jenn. Sign Up Here for the Weekly Newsletter Q. Can you explain twitter [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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• Technology Improvements Could Save the Oklahoma Million$

  Thanks for the tip on this interesting bit of info to Brian, at Oklahomans for Responsible Government. OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 13, 2009) – Several states have seen significant savings after either privatizing their procurement and technology services or dramatically restructuring them for better efficiency, members of a joint House and Senate [...]
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  Posted: January 13, 2009, 4:12pm EST
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• Obama’s New Global Warming Czar Hastily Trying to Erase Evidence of Socialist Ties #LibHippos

  The Washington Times is reporting that Carol Browner, Obama’s new Global Warming Czar, was a member of Socialist International until last week: Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group’s Commission for a Sustainable [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 8:55pm EST
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• Support the Life Network of Oklahoma

  The following is from Amber Wright, of Pregnancy Hopeline: For those of you who are not familiar with us, we are a 24 hour crisis hotline for women in unplanned pregnancies. We are now with Life Network of Oklahoma. While Pregnancy HopeLine was started to help women in the Northeastern Oklahoma [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 8:35pm EST
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• Inhofe Angered by President’s Decision to Spend Second $350B Bailout Installment

  WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) today took to the Senate Floor and expressed deep disappointment and anger over the President’s intention to request the second $350 billion installment of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout. The following are excerpts of Senator Inhofe’s Floor Speech: “It’s been reported that [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 8:26pm EST
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• America’s Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion (by Herbert London)

  I had an opportunity to read America’s Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion by Herbert London, and find it to be a useful online reference for debating the pseudo-intellectuals current trying to re-write America’s history, and re-form our nation into a secular one. The book is written to [...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2009, 7:47pm EST
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• Oklahoma Citizens Launch Independent Task Force Defending Rights

  NORMAN, OK – Oklahomans for Initiative Rights today announced the creation of an independent state-wide task force. The first part of the five city meeting will be held at the Norman Library at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The task force is part of a community led citizen proposal [...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2009, 5:34pm EST
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• Twitter hashtag and feed for exposing Liberal and Progressive Hypocrisy #LibHippos

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  Don’t you just hate it when so-called “liberals,” or “progressives,” act anything but? For example, when in their zeal for eliminating so-called “hate speech,” they actually act more hateful than the people they’re accusing? Or when they selectively apply their condemnation of racism to only select groups of people, but [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2009, 7:14pm EST
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• Web 2.0 Wednesday: If you build it, they will come…including hackers.

  Twitter is quickly becoming one of the most popular social networking sites on the web, so it’s not surprise that it has its share of hackers now wanting to test its mettle. TechCrunch reported early this week that 33 high profile accounts were hacked, with crazy, bogus status messages being posted, [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 4:29pm EST
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• “Peace” Rally in OKC … Really?

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  OkieCampaigns managed to get some great shots of the pro-Palestinian “Peace” rally in Oklahoma City today, including this shot of a young man expressing concern for the U.S. Taxpayer…okaaaaay. I see no mention of the atrocities against the Jewish civilians committed by Hamas in Gaza over the past few months. Check [...]
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  Posted: January 05, 2009, 8:44pm EST
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• AR Statewide Paper says “Free Paul Jacob”

  From Free Paul Jacob: Yesterday, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (the state’s biggest paper) ran a very strong editorial entitled “Free Paul Jacob,” calling on Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson to drop his prosecution of the Oklahoma 3…Here is a link to the editorial at the NW Arkansas paper’s site. Here is an excerpt: …This [...]
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  Posted: January 05, 2009, 4:07pm EST
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• Web 2.0 Wednesday: Where will Twitter Go from Here?

  Twitter is at a bit of a crossroads in its development. While it has been working on its infrastructure and building it’s staff of nearly 30, it has relied on venture capital for funding, but early in 2009, the company has announced, that it intends to eventually, “become a sustainable business [...]
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  Posted: December 31, 2008, 12:00am EST
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• Flight 93 blogburst: Another stealth jihadist plants another evil hidden Islamic message

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  What could be as evil as sneaking a memorial to the 9/11 terrorists onto the Flight 93 crash site? How about sneaking a hidden message of Islamic indoctrination into the soundtrack if an adorable baby doll, repeated every 30 seconds to thousands of 2-5 year old girls without parental knowledge? If [...]
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  Posted: December 27, 2008, 5:04pm EST
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• What NOT to do when you hear a siren…

  Just in time for the end-of-year festivities, The Tulsa Police Department is running a public awareness campaign to remind drivers how to behave in a safe manner when they encounter emergency vehicles en route: Upon hearing a siren, slow down and check all directions. Steer your vehicle to the nearest edge [...]
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  Posted: December 23, 2008, 9:46am EST
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• Sem Group May get a Christmas Bailout

  But this is a bailout the taxpayers and their great-great-grandchildren won’t have to pay for. John Catsimatidis, a billionairre from New York, presented what he called a “different debtor-in-possession loan,” and plan to reorganize the company yesterday in Tulsa. To learn more, see News OK Posted in Business/Economics, Green Country News   Tagged: Sem [...]
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  Posted: December 23, 2008, 9:24am EST
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• Benge, Miller, Martin: Conservative Policies Helping Oklahoma Weather Downturn

  House Republican leaders said yesterday they are optimistic conservative fiscal policies currently in place will help Oklahoma withstand a budget shortfall next fiscal year. The state Board of Equalization certified today that the Legislature will have $309.6 million less to spend in fiscal year 2010 compared to the current fiscal year, [...]
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  Posted: December 23, 2008, 8:51am EST
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• Americans For Prosperity Foundation Unveils Report Exposing High Cost of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying

  From Americans for Prosperity: WASHINGTON DC─ In recent elections, voters overwhelmingly supported a fiscally conservative platform, regardless of party affiliation. And yet taxpayer dollars are being used to lobby directly against taxpayer interests. Americans for Prosperity Foundation today released a policy paper exposing the growing financial hit Americans are taking each [...]
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  Posted: December 19, 2008, 7:49pm EST
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• Paul Jacob: BIG Victory - 10th Circuit Strikes Down OK’s Residency Law

  From Paul Jacob: Friends, Just got word that the federal 10th Circuit struck down Oklahoma’s residency law 3-0! That’s the third federal circuit court this year to UNANIMOUSLY overturn residency laws as unconstitutional. This is very good news. It puts another nail in the coffin of these residency bans that thwart the people’s [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 6:21pm EST
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• A Soldier’s Silent Night

  This poem was written by Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt in 1986. It was recorded by Father Ted Berndt of Bread of Life Charismatic Episcopal Church in Dousman, Wisconsin, who was alos a Marine and WWII Purple Heart recipient. His son has a website dedicated for the song: SoldiersSilentNight.com LISTEN HERE Lyrics, courtesy [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 9:15am EST
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• Web 2.0 Wednesday - Christmas Links

    Web 2.0 Christmas Links by Jenn   Here are some great links to get ourselves, our blogs, and our social networks decked for Christmas and the New Year.   Clip Art/Photos: Christmas photos are always in abundance until you need one, right?  Well, in addition to helping yourself to the photos in this post (none [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2008, 12:04pm EST
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• Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work

  The U.S. Senate’s “Dr. No,” a.k.a. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has published his annual “Worst Waste the Year” for 2008. Ironically, the bailout of Wall Street that Senator Coburn voted for in the Fall is in the report, but the report was printed before he could include the UAW Union bosses [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2008, 2:48pm EST
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• Obama’s ‘Green Team’ seriously needs to look out the window.

  With ice storms gripping much of the nation, Obama and the radical left are putting together a “Green Team,” designed to continue trying to propagandize us into believing in the now widely debunked-by-legitimate-scientists theory of “Global Warming.” Ok, some are now sheepishly referring to it as “climate change,” but they aren’t [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2008, 12:05pm EST
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• Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford wins the Heisman Trophy

  Sam Bradford, of OU, and member of the Cherokee nation, is the first Native American to win the Heisman Trophy. Indianz.com reports: “…Sam Bradford, 21, was named the Most Outstanding College Football Player for 2008, capping an impressive season for the 21-year-old quarterback from the University of Oklahoma. He broke state [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2008, 10:04am EST
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• OK Sen. Randy Brodgon (R-Owasso) Goes Web 2.0!

  Green Country’s own Randy Brogdon is joining the Web 2.o Revolution, at RandyBrogdon.com From there, you can access Senator Brogdon’s blog, videos, articles, speeches, news, press releases and much more. In his first YouTube Senate Minute for the 2009 Legislature, he talks about the Senate Republican Caucus Retreat in Stillwater and [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2008, 4:55pm EST
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• Podcast: Sally Kern and Jenn Sierra on Blog Talk Radio

  Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with OK State Rep. Sally Kern (R-OKC), on Blog Talk Radio’s Heading Right Channel, about the current political climate, the upcoming legislature, and what Sally and her family are doing for Christmas! Click HERE to listen to Sally discuss the meaning of tolerance, “hate [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2008, 4:27pm EST
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• Posted in Green Country News   Tagged: Happy New ...

  Posted in Green Country News   Tagged: Happy New Year    [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 12:25pm EST
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• Nationwide Tour to Collect Care Packages for Troops Serving Overseas this Holiday Season

  From Move America Forward: Sacramento, CA – Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop grassroots organization, is conducting a nationwide tour to support sending care packages to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. “With Americans focused on the economic problems facing our country, we have to ensure that our troops in harm’s [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 11:52am EST
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• Drew Edmondson Wants to be OK Governor

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  Remember Attorney General Drew Edmondson? He’s the one who’s playing out some sort of bizarre personal vendetta against three current and former Oklahoma residents for petitioning the state, for not declaring “permanent” residency (whatever that means) before collecting signatures. He’s the one who, along with several of his private attorney [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2008, 10:22pm EST
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• Auto Bailout Dies in the U.S. Senate

  We’re receiving news that the bailout has died in the Senate, largely thanks to the Unions. See: Right Wing News FoxNews Twitter Stream Michelle Malkin Posted in Business/Economics, U.S. News   Tagged: automakers, bailout    [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2008, 10:02pm EST
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• Crescent video, Part 2: “The terrorist memorializing features all point to each other”

  From the Error Theory Blog, set to everybody’s favorite gunslinger music: If you have a fast connection, there is a high quality viewing option at the lower right of the viewing screen here. Part 1 focused on the blatant Islamic symbolism in the Flight 93 memorial, and on Tom Burnett’s efforts to [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2008, 8:02pm EST
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• Twitter, Twitter Everywhere

  Why is everyone on the right side of the blogosphere suddenly all a-Twitter? Well my short answer to this question is that I don’t know. I don’t really think anyone can explain “why Twitter, why now?” But I do know we, as political conservatives and as the minority online, have desperately [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2008, 3:37pm EST
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• Punishment for robbing from Peter to pay Paul in Oklahoma? A strongly-worded ‘Reprimand’

  Oooooooh…not a REPRIMAND?! Yep. Lance Cargill, the Republican State House Committee, and the Oklahoma County Republican Committee sort of all got together and decided they knew better how donated funds should be distributed amongst the committees better than the donors who gave the money. Obviously, this is not legal or ethical. Someone [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 3:53pm EST
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• The Birth Certificate: The New Administration’s Stain on the Blue Dress

  Here it is again. Yes, we’re all tired of hearing about it. Yes, it seems like a question with a painfully simple answer: Where were you born, Mr. Obama? I guess it depends on what the meaning of “where” is, right? Although the Republican establishment and even most of the prominent “new [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 3:29pm EST
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• Is Hillary Clinton Eligible to Serve as Secretary of State?

  Is Hillary Clinton Eligible to Serve as Secretary of State? Not until 2013, says Judicial Watch: According to the Ineligibility Clause of the United States Constitution, no member of Congress can be appointed to an office that has benefited from a salary increase during the time that Senator or Representative served in [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 9:36am EST
  by Jenn