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It comes as no surprise to Oklahomans that U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, who has a history of making hateful, anti-gay remarks, is taking a lead role in trying to stop the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
After all, through the years Inhofe, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn and state Rep. Sally Kern, among others, have made Oklahoma seem like the most intolerant state in the country when it comes to equal rights.
Brittany Novotny, who is running for the House District 84 seat currently held by religious extremist Sally Kern, has responded to attacks against her in the above video.
Click here to read more about and get involved with Novotny's campaign to defeat Kern.
The Oklahoman published an editorial Sunday that tries to spin a huge increase in federal spending in the state, but it omitted crucial details.
Here are the facts: The U.S. Census Bureau released a report that shows federal spending in Oklahoma reached $37.5 billion in 2009, which is an 18 percent increase from 2008. The bureau's report attributed the increase at least partially to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Overall, federal spending was up an average of 16 percent.
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is exactly wrong when it comes to the nation's military operations in Iraq.
In a response to President Barack Obama's recent speech declaring the end of combat operations in Iraq, Inhofe released a statement that included this:
President Obama was wrong to be against the war in the first place, he was incorrect about the surge, and he still fails to recognize the strategic importance of the United States being in Iraq. Our effort to liberate the people of Iraq from the grip of one of the most dangerous and brutal dictators in the world cannot be overstated. In so doing, we have taken steps toward putting Iraq on the road to a democratic form of government that will provide stability to the region.
(How many state residents remain without health insurance or adequate health care access as OPUBCO reaps benefits and fights against reform?)
The Oklahoma Publishing Company, which publishes The Oklahoman, is one of several state companies listed as participants in an early retiree insurance program created by the federal Affordable Care Act.
The Oklahoman editorial page has vehemently opposed the health care legislation in recent months.
The Oklahoman has contributed money to a Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce initiative, which has donated $100,000 to the campaign opposed to State Question 744, raising questions about the newspaper's impartiality in its coverage of the issue.
The newspaper revealed this information in a recent story about donations to the campaigns for and against SQ 744, which, if passed, would raise per-pupil spending to the regional average.
The Oklahoman has donated at least $1 million to Forward OKC III, an economic development initiative described on the chamber website as promoting " a vibrant business environment, positively raising Greater Oklahoma City's national and international image, and positioning the region for growing, expanding and attracting high quality jobs."
The U.S. Census has released a report showing that federal domestic spending in 2009 rose by 16 percent nationally from the previous year.
The federal government, according to the report, spent $37.5 billion in Oklahoma, which is an 18 percent increase from 2008. Oklahoma ranked just below the national average in the amount of domestic spending it received from the federal government.
The increase has been attributed to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
(What does the recent court ruling on California's Proposition 8 mean for Oklahoma's gay community? Read DocHoc's commentary this week in the Oklahoma Gazette.)
The Jerome Ersland murder case has now produced so many cultural narratives and case twists it's beginning to take on symbolic significance for the state and its criminal justice system.
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 signed up. They are state Rep. Jason Murphey, a Guthrie Republican, and state Sen. Andrew Rice, an Oklahoma City Democrat.
In his article, Hamilton asks: "Where is everybody else?"
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 are on the rise in Oklahoma.
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.
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.
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, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Oklahoma was one of 45 states and the District of Columbia to receive the money.
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 act of rhetorical deceit and omission-it has been screeching doomsday for months over what it calls "Obamacare"-has now accused President Barack Obama of using "the politics of fear" when it comes to protecting Social Security.
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 nation has two or three years to turn things around and then, if not, well, it's all over. Spooky stuff, right?
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 Timesmentioned this about Kilpatrick:
At times, Mr. Kilpatrick went beyond constitutional arguments. In 1963, he drafted an article for The Saturday Evening Post with the proposed title "The Hell He Is Equal," in which he wrote that "the Negro race, as a race, is in fact an inferior race."
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."
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 of his 2006 campaign, Jantz circulated campaign material, which thanked voters for praying "For God to place a hedge of thorns around the district, & every voter within, that no evil influence prevails, & that voters will know and believe the truth." (Read the 2006 Okie Funk post about it here).
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, Oklahoma Center for Conscience, has more information about Manning here.
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. Kern's 2009 Proclamation of Morality, a publicity stunt with no legal meaning, included language like this:
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