Archive for February, 2007

Hard Times In Sulphur

This past weekend various news media outlets in Oklahoma carried a report, or at least portions of a report, by John Clanton of “The Oklahoman” detailing the hard times that have arrived in Sulphur, Oklahoma following a raid by immigration agents in August, 2006.

Simply Outrageous

A news headline titled, Convicted molester coached girls in the February 20, 2007 “Oklahoman” should be a cause for alarm for anyone that cares about children and their welfare.
The report revealed that Albert Thorpe, 43, who was sentenced to 10 years probation in 1992 for lewd molestation and second-degree rape of a 14-year-old girl was [...]

DUI Cops of Oklahoma

Although it happens, it isn’t that often that a police officer in Oklahoma is arrested for DUI.  What is really shocking is when two Oklahoma law enforcement officers are arrested for DUI on the same day.
That is exactly what happened in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 4, 2007.

Meet Sallisaw, OK Assistant Police Chief Billy [...]

Tom Coburn and Ethics

It hasn’t been a month since Senator Tom Coburn of Muskogee was complaining that an ethics bill before the US Senate was ‘weak’. In a Newsok.com report, dated January 20, and titled “Coburn finds ethics bill still weak”, Senator Coburn, one of only two senators that voted against the bill, was quoted as saying:
Any [...]

For The Record - January 2007

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