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  • Bush's Tour

    Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency [...]
    Posted: July 07, 2008, 4:55pm EDT
  • Weasel Field

    T. Boone Pickens, among other things, is an Oklahoma State University graduate and huge benefactor of the athletic department, including renovating the football statium. We're talking about millions of dollars, and the stadium carries his name. Mr. Pickens is a Republican self-made billionaire who also finances right-wing-radical smear attacks on [...]
    Posted: June 28, 2008, 3:24pm EDT
  • John Sullivan & Lincoln

    During this coming campaign, John Sullivan, along with his Republican extremist, will invoke the name of Abraham Lincoln -- despite the fact that Sullivan's political career has often served to show charity to none and malice to all."What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him."' [...]
    Posted: June 28, 2008, 12:49pm EDT
  • Sullivan Votes Against Families

    Just last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5781, the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008, which would provide four weeks of paid parental leave for all federal employees. Employees will also for the first time be allowed to use their accrued sick leave for an additional [...]
    Posted: June 24, 2008, 10:19am EDT
  • The Facts About Oil and More

    All doing the run up in oil and commodity prices, I've held to the belief that the rising prices were do to increased demand for fuels, raw materials and food. Just a few days ago I received an email with the transcript of the testimony of Michael W Masters before [...]
    Posted: June 19, 2008, 11:38am EDT
  • Bow Wow!

    Go to the 5:30 spot and watch Al Gore talk about how elections matter!Play it again and watch BO smile as the crowd erupts!"Democracy belongs to those who exercise it." -- Bill Moyers [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2008, 4:17pm EDT
  • John Sullivan Gets an "F"

    Steve Fraser, historian and author, appearing on the Bill Moyers Journal TV program last Friday, claimed that the wages a young worker receives at an entry level job at General Motors today has the same buying power as the wages his/her grandfather received starting out at GM in 1948!According to [...]
    Posted: June 17, 2008, 10:37am EDT
  • Inhofe Loves War - Not Vets

    Our far right extremist senator, James Inhofe is known mostly as a Climate Change Denier but that barely scratches the surface of what's wrong with Inhofe. For someone who is so aggressively pro-war, he's incredibly anti-veteran and anti-service member. Here's some facts:1. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America looked' [...]
    Posted: June 14, 2008, 3:22pm EDT
  • Sugar Coated Words

    First District Representative John Sullivan (R-OK) sent out a sugar coated e-newsletter today praising fatherhood but does not mention the hard issues the reality-based community must deal with, like skyrocketing gasoline prices.Sullivan goes on to say the National Fatherhood Initiative finds that the closer adolescents feel to their fathers, regardless [...]
    Posted: June 13, 2008, 1:19pm EDT
  • Walkin' the Talk

    Oklahoma veterans speak out in this video about Senator James Inhofe's votes on veterans issues. Senator Inhofe often talks about his support for our troops, you decide if he "walks the talk."Pleease pass this on to friends and family."I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of'" [...]
    Posted: June 06, 2008, 11:48am EDT
  • Sen. Inhofe's Dirty Air

    Senator and amateur scientist Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is assailing the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act as a huge tax increase on Oklahoma farmers, in a press release published yesterday. The measure is an attempt by Congress to begin working on how to best curb greenhouse gases.Instead, Inhofe will have nothing to [...]
    Posted: June 03, 2008, 9:04am EDT
  • Looking for a Home?

    One of the posters at DemoOkie forum linked readers to the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee's blog where it's chair, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK04) published a post on May 16th highlighting their American Families Agenda. It's contents were as revealing as were the comments scathing.Rep Cole posts that the 'R's recognize' [...]
    Posted: May 28, 2008, 11:25am EDT
  • Is Obama's Bridge Our Own?

    From Kentucky:and West Virginia:These scenes are not just confined to Kentucky and West Virginia. They could be easily duplicated in many Oklahoma communities. The question these interviews raise is, "What should Barack Obama do about it?"To me, there are two answers. One advocated by many political activists, is to tell [...]
    Posted: May 22, 2008, 5:45pm EDT
  • Prime Time Fear & Loathing

    Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News, is a new report by Media Matters Action Network. The report exposes the vitriolic rhetoric heard almost nightly on these shows like those hosted by Lou Dobbs, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck. They overflow not just with vitriol, but [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2008, 1:34pm EDT
  • Gays and Opportunity

    Last week, I overheard a couple of Democratic Party insiders bemoaning the California Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. The consensus voiced by these political veterans was that the Republicans would us this as a campaign weapon this fall against Democratic candidates for state [...]
    Posted: May 20, 2008, 1:59pm EDT
  • Bambi & Boren

    OK, I’ll admit it. I have never been animal hunting with a gun in my entire life, much less felt inclined to join the National Rifle Association (NRA). In Thursday’s edition (May 15) of the Tulsa World, there’s a story about Oklahoma’s privileged son, US Representative Dan Boren, being appointed [...]
    Posted: May 16, 2008, 3:41pm EDT
  • Senatorial Backbone

    Today the Democratic Senators in the Oklahoma Legislature showed they do have a backbone, after all. They voted to effectively kill Senate Bill 1150, known as the Voter ID bill.This is the last term of the session with a 24- 24 split among Democratic and Republican Senators. Under rules negotiated [...]
    Posted: May 06, 2008, 5:12pm EDT
  • The Straw That Stains

    Many years ago I lived and worked in northwest Arkansas. This was during the Clinton years in the Arkansas Governor's mansion. I was proud of all the things both Bill and Hillary did for the state. Bill Clinton and Winthrop Rockefeller did more for the state of Arkansas than all [...]
    Posted: May 02, 2008, 9:28pm EDT
  • Coffee's Cup

    Last month, in a press release, State Senator Glenn Coffee, (R-OKC) and Co-President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, blasted Governor Brad Henry's veto of last session's Tort Reform bill.Sen. Coffee whines that Oklahoma is on the 'dishonorable mention' list in the annual "Judicial Hellholes" report by the American Tort [...]
    Posted: January 16, 2008, 9:46am EST
  • Wouldn't You Know

    I got so aggravated at NBC for the way they treated Dennis Kucinich over the Nevada debate, I decided not to watch the debate tonight. WRONGI find out that all three, Clinton, Edwards and Obama 'bitch' slapped Russert until he started asking questions with real substance. [...]
    Posted: January 15, 2008, 9:33pm EST
  • Who Owns John?

    Who does Rep John Sullivan, R (OK CD01) represent, you and me or these PACs? Contributor Total AFLAC INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AFLACPAC $1000 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY [...]
    Posted: January 15, 2008, 8:44am EST
  • Why Aren't We Mad?

    From a Kucinich press release:"Less than 44 hours after NBC sent a congratulatory note and an invitation to Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich to participate in the Jan. 15 Democratic Presidential debate in Las Vegas, the network notified the campaign this morning it was changing it announced criteria, rescinding its invitation," [...]
    Posted: January 14, 2008, 8:15pm EST
  • Ain't It The Truth

    From God's Politics, a blog by Jim Wallis and friends."The upcoming primary in South Carolina will be critical for both the Democrats and the Republicans, say the media pundits. And South Carolina is full of evangelicals, they also say. But they have absolutely no clue about what that means. For'" [...]
    Posted: January 13, 2008, 9:28pm EST
  • John Sullivan's Loyalties

    Last week, John Sullivan (R-OK CD1) voted against a bill (HR 3056) that would repeal the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to use private debt collection companies to collect delinquent taxes. This policy was a serious flaw in the confidentiality rules of the IRS protecting all tax-payers.In an email [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2007, 1:07pm EDT
  • A Betrayal of Trust

    On Wednesday, September 19th, a proposal put forward by Senate Democrats that would have required that American troops be given as much time at home as they had spent overseas before being redeployed fell 4 votes short of the 60 needed to prevent a filibuster. [Vote 341, S Amdt. 2909 [...]
    Posted: September 21, 2007, 10:14am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Oklahoma Revenue Boost

    From State Senator J. Paul Gumm: OKLAHOMA CITY – Preliminary sales tax receipts from August show that Oklahoma’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday increased state revenues by boosting economic activity, according to the chief legislative proponent of the measure. Senator Jay Paul Gumm said that while saving parents millions of dollars [...]
    Posted: September 12, 2007, 10:16am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Schieffer Speaks Truth to Tulsa

    CBS-TV newsman Bob Schieffer nailed it when he told a Tulsa audience yesterday, "I myself favor national service," he said. "One half of 1 percent of the population makes up the Army and the families of the Army. I think you are asking too few Americans to carry out this [...]
    Posted: September 08, 2007, 8:43am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Oklahoma's Children Soldiers

    This is the Sen. Susan Collins, (R-Maine) version. Is it too much to hope they will run a version for Oklahoma and Inhofe? [...]
    Posted: September 06, 2007, 9:46pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Voters Beware

    This is a letter published in this morning's Tulsa World, written by my good friend, Brad Byers. "Bravo to Tulsa World senior editor Ken Neal for writing: "The next time you hear some politician bleating about how you can spend your money better than government, take time to figure out how [...]
    Posted: September 05, 2007, 6:39pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Keeping Justice Alive

    It's no secret the Republicans in the Oklahoma Legislature intend to pass legislation next session to further restrict our rights to legal redress from injuries, both physical and financial. One of their 'shouting points' is reckless litigation alleging medical malpractice. The Republican battle cry over these lawsuits is that the costs [...]
    Posted: September 05, 2007, 12:10pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • What's the Deal?

    According to a Gallop poll conducted just two months ago, only one in three Americans believe the Democrats and Republicans do an adequate job of representing the American people. In June of this year Gallop did a poll asking respondents about their confidence in a list of public institutions, like [...]
    Posted: September 02, 2007, 9:37am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • What's Wrong With America?

    I know this is a couple of weeks late, but it's still the most powerful segment of the AFL-CIO debate. [...]
    Posted: August 24, 2007, 11:56am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Lt. Gov. Jari Askins

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    Over the past few weeks I've had a chance to see and hear Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins at several different events. I haven't known much about her except from her resume on the Legislature website. She ran a good effective campaign for Lt. Gov. and won a primary and general [...]
    Posted: August 24, 2007, 11:39am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • George Bush and Poor Children

    Number of comments: 2
    President Bush has chosen political ideology and the corporate health insurance industry over the health and well-being of America's most needy and vulnerable people, our children. In a stealth and cowardly move to avoid the news cycle, at 7:30 PM last Friday the Bush Administration sent states new restrictions for [...]
    Posted: August 23, 2007, 9:28am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Mainstream or Homogenized

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    I've usually had a good opinion of Reuters News Service. I rank them second to McClatchy. This Reuters article, "Democratic Split on Iraq May Hurt '08 Chances," published today and written by David Alexander changes all that. Here's the lede paragraph: "Failure to end the Iraq war has so divided Democrats [...]
    Posted: August 22, 2007, 10:22am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Who's Got the Matches?

    What am I missing here? The United States has 160,000 military personnel and another 100,000 'contractors' occupying Iraq and the military is bitching about Iran, who lives next door, sending 50 or so soldiers into Iraq to work with the insurgents! From McClatchy: "BAGHDAD - For the first time, the U.S. [...]
    Posted: August 21, 2007, 11:57am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Hillary's TV Spot

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    Her first TV ad in Iowa. Really good. [...]
    Posted: August 17, 2007, 11:14pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • A Real American Speaks Truth

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    A real American speaks truth to the Democratic candidates and the nation. "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell [...]
    Posted: August 11, 2007, 1:32pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • How Ironic

    Last night I went to see and hear Frosty Troy, the publisher of the Oklahoma Observer. Frosty was his usual self; ebullient, sarcastic and sticking political stilettos into elected Democrats and Republicans. He had come to speak about Oklahoma history, though. Frosty said that when Oklahoma was granted statehood, it held [...]
    Posted: August 11, 2007, 8:08am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • O'Reilly on John Edwards

    Fair and balanced as usual. Go John, go. [...]
    Posted: August 10, 2007, 5:18pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Askins Speaks in Tulsa

    Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins spoke at the Democratic Luncheon Club in Tulsa today, to a capacity crowd. Among other things, Askins predicted the next legislative session will be contentious with Workers Compensation Reform and Tort Reform being the hot buttons. She also warned about rosy forecasts about the state's revenue [...]
    Posted: August 10, 2007, 2:16pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Tulsa Needs New Media

    Talk about evidence we need new or alternative media, just check out page two in the Tulsa World today. Of course the paper is full of PGA stuff and I don't blame them. But, are they so hard up for news that the spend almost 20 column inches of text [...]
    Posted: August 09, 2007, 12:26pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Run Andrew Run

    Freshman Oklahoma State Senator Andrew Rice has announced his intention to oust incumbent US Senator Jim Inhofe in the 2008 general election. Andrew moved to Oklahoma City in 2003, where he founded the Progressive Alliance Foundation. The foundation works throughout the state of Oklahoma advancing progressive, fair-minded [...]
    Posted: August 04, 2007, 9:15am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • It's about time

    Posted: August 03, 2007, 8:39pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Onward Christian Soldiers

    Posted: July 27, 2007, 9:48pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • No Child Left Unrecruited

    Posted: June 20, 2007, 10:15am EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Same Story, Second Try

    Posted: June 19, 2007, 12:39pm EDT
    by Jack Boyte
  • Okie Poor

    Posted: March 05, 2007, 11:22am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Payday Loans

    Posted: February 14, 2007, 11:33am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Dear Sen. Coburn

    You state in your press release of January 11, 2007, “It is vitally important to realize the dire global consequences should America abandon its mission in Iraq,” and “When we consider Iraq and the war on terror we must ask ourselves, ‘Do we want to win?’” First, neither you nor [...]
    Posted: January 20, 2007, 3:21pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • An Ovation for the Supremes

    Without much fanfare, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court recently ruled the 2003 “Affordable Access to Health Care Act” unconstitutional. According to news reports, “The Oklahoma Supreme Court stunned tort reform advocates on Tuesday by overturning a 2003 law credited with cutting malpractice lawsuits in the state by up to 60 [...]
    Posted: December 30, 2006, 11:05am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Christmas Spirits

    With a house full of adults and kids eating and sharing gifts, I had to sneak off for some quiet time and reflect on just what reality I truly inhabit. Here it is, Christmas Eve. Maybe millions of shoppers are frantically seeking that last minute perfect gift or resigning themselves [...]
    Posted: December 24, 2006, 4:05pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Attack on City Workers' Rights

    State Senator Clark Jolley (R-SD 41) has introduced a bill to repeal Section 51-200 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. This act, passed in 2004, is known as the "Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act." As the title implies, the legislature endorses collective bargaining for municipal employees by specifically: 1. [...]
    Posted: December 23, 2006, 3:58pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Where Are We Headed?

    It's hard for me to believe I'm reading in the news in my country that my government is denying habeas corpus to anyone we jail and at the same time, censoring scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS). Last year, the US Supreme Court (SCOUS) struck down a military commissions act [...]
    Posted: December 14, 2006, 10:31am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Who Cares?

    From this morning's New York Times (NYT):"The Goldman Sachs Group, the investment banking company that is the leading advisor in corporate mergers and acquisitions, reported today that it earned $9.34 billion this year, the most in Wall Street history. The company said it was setting aside $16.5 billion for salaries, bonuses [...]
    Posted: December 12, 2006, 11:30am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Don't count 'em out

    Recent news reports claim that neither Gov. Brad Henry nor Atty. General Drew Edmondson are interested in running against Sen. Jim Inhofe, who's term expires in 2008. I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith in the longevity of these positions, and here's why. I don't know how it will [...]
    Posted: December 11, 2006, 12:39pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • MUST READ!

    "Last to Die for Bush's and His Pals' @#&*%$#^ Lies" on Daily Kos is a must read. Please do it now. Too many Oklahomans have paid the price. [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2006, 11:22am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • The God Gap

    This is a pretty insightful article in the NYT this morning. Here's an excerpt:Together, they propelled the God gap to its outsize status in the political imagination. They did not create the God gap. They inflated it. The God gap is not, as far as anyone can detect, going away. [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2006, 10:42am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Iraq Study Group

    I have felt the Iraqi invasion and occupation was wrong from the 'git-go', and my views are shared by thousands of Oklahomans, but maybe not the majority. After living in Oklahoma for almost two decades, I've found most Oklahomans are practical, no nonsense types. As such, all should be stunned [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2006, 9:11am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Tales FROM Two Cities

    Talk about a “Tale of Two Cities”, how about a tale from two cities. Yesterday, the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce hosted a public policy forum for about 350 people that included the leadership of the Oklahoma Legislature for the 2007 session. If you were to read about the forum [...]
    Posted: December 07, 2006, 4:41pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Callous Jim

    The sun brought a beautiful morning to Tulsa today with a brisk breeze and clear blue skies. But for eleven more families spread out over our country, today broke with a thunderclap of shock, horror and unspeakable grief. One of their own, serving in Iraq has been killed in combat. This [...]
    Posted: December 07, 2006, 8:16am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • When a House is not a Home

    At the Center for Economic Policy, economist Dean Baker predicts a recession in the US is on the horizon. In a just released report, Baker claims the recovery that began in November of 2001 is likely to come to an end in 2007. According to Baker, the main factor pushing [...]
    Posted: December 06, 2006, 10:35am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Sally 'n Sue

    Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker elect Lance Cargill announced committee and sub-committee chairs today. The two that really concern me is the appointment of Rep Sue Tibbs (R-HD 23, Tulsa) to Chair the Criminal Justice & Corrections Subcommittee of the Judiciary & Public Safety Committee and Rep. Sally Kern, (R-HD [...]
    Posted: December 05, 2006, 9:06pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Gimme a Break

    Everybody knows Walmart is the world' s largest company. It amassed $300 billion in sales last year. Walmart is not known for its empathy for the plight of its 1.3 million workers, including several thousand right here in Oklahoma. This Christmas, the company decided to followi in the footsteps of Ebenezer [...]
    Posted: December 04, 2006, 9:37am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Salacious Sally

    Sexually obsessed Oklahoma House Representative Sally Kern (HD-84) isn’t resting on her laurels. This week she launched another assault on women’s reproductive rights by introducing a bill that will sound the death knell for abortion clinics in Oklahoma. Kern’s measure, House Bill 1004, is an amendment to existing Oklahoma law that [...]
    Posted: December 02, 2006, 9:11pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Daily Outrages

    According to Political MoneyLine; "Tennessee Senator-Elect Bob Corker, who will be sworn in this January, has just set up a new campaign committee, Bob Corker for Senate 2012. The treasurer is Kimberly Kaegi. The committee is based in Chattanooga, TN. The Tulsa World reports; " Tim Sullivan of the Catholic Diocese of [...]
    Posted: November 30, 2006, 5:15pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Reverse Culture War 2

    In a post on October 16, I commented on the strident conversation going on among Christian fundamentalists about issues apart from Gays and abortion. A growing number of evangelicals are calling for action on hunger, energy conservation and environmental safeguards. The Los Angeles Times reports the newly elected president of the [...]
    Posted: November 29, 2006, 11:02am EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Poor Thanksgiving

    As we all with our families and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, they're are a few facts we might want to discuss around the turkey table tomorrow. According to ShopperTrak's National Retail Sales Estimate (NRSE), the Midwest had the nation’s second highest pre-holiday shopping numbers in 2005, with the South coming in [...]
    Posted: November 22, 2006, 12:57pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Watching the Watchers

    State Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, and Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore; plan to introduce a bill which would require the Office of State Finance to operate a Web site database where citizens could access government spending activity. They call it the Oklahoma Accountability and Transparency Act. An editorial in the Tulsa [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2006, 2:11pm EST
    by Jack Boyte
  • Fighting Geezers

    Senator John Warner (R-VA) is challenging Jim Inhofe (R-OK) for the top minority spot on the Environmental and Public Works Committee when congress convenes in January. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will become the Chairman of the committee. Many will root for Sen. Warner, but I hope Sen. Inhofe retains his seat [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2006, 10:05am EST
    by Jack Boyte

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