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And gets caught in the process.
When an Okie pol achieves national or international attention the implications for Oklahoma are usually not good. This is clearly the case with Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern.
Representative Kern has drawn the applause of fellow Okies and the disdain of pretty much the rest of the world with her [...]
March 15th, 2008 | Posted in Legislature, Politics | 9 Comments
Oklahoma 1st District Congressman John Sullivan can not seem to make up his mind on the issue of individual assistance for victims of the December 2007 ice storm.
Back in December at a time when hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans were in the dark and cold in what is being described as the biggest natural disaster [...]
February 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Disasters, Politics | No Comments
Senator Tom Coburn’s ‘frat boy staff’ is at it again.
This time with a mis-directed e-mail and as usual it was Senator Coburn’s communications director, John Hart that managed to make a fool of himself, embarrassing the Senator and Oklahomans in the process.
The latest Coburn staff screw-up came in relation to the now over battle between [...]
August 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Coburn, Politics, Whoopsy | 2 Comments
Yesterday, Vice President Dick Cheney make a quick stop in Tulsa for a fund raiser in behalf of Senator Jim Inhofe.
The numbers were not very impressive although the traffic congestion in downtown Tulsa was.
Supporters/attendees: 225 or 250 (depending on which report you believe) at $250 each
Private reception/photo op attendees: 70 at $2,000 each
Protesters: About [...]
April 28th, 2007 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
Tulsa’s without the air pollution that is Michael DelGiorno is as refreshing as an Oklahoma spring shower.
Hopefully there will be many more weeks without the air pollution that formerly flowed from radio station KFAQ during DelGiorno’s reign of hypocrisy and double standards.
Unfortunately we can not count on it as DelGiorno’s sidekick, Gwen Freeman, has [...]
April 21st, 2007 | Posted in Media, Politics, Tulsa | 1 Comment
First District Congressman John Sullivan dropped by the VA Medical Center in Muskogee Monday for a look-see and a bit of glad handing, even though the facility is within the district of Congressman Dan Boren. With 64,000 vets residing in the First District evidently Congressman Sullivan felt a desire to see what is [...]
April 10th, 2007 | Posted in Muskogee County, Politics | No Comments