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President Obama's speech to students outrages Oklahoma GOP legislators Republican state lawmakers are sounding off against President Barack Obama's plan to address school children Tuesday. The Democratic president plans to talk to school children in an address that will be streamed live over the Internet on the White House Web site. State Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said allowing Obama to speak directly to students is "indoctrination." "No president, Republican or Democrat, should interrupt the education process in this manner," Kern said. "Our children should not be exploited this way for partisan purposes." In 1991, President George H.W. Bush, a...

Where has Ed Schultz been for the last eight years? Obviously not out with his progressive peeps. Otherwise he could not possibly have said what he did on his MSNBC show this evening: "I never saw anywhere in the news a Democrat carry a picture to any kind of a rally with a picture of Adolph Hitler putting them close to a characterization of President Bush. Never saw that!" Oh, really? View video here.

GROVE--Right-thinking Americans can only hope the country will survive the next 16 months of the Obama administration until the Republicans can regain control of Congress, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Wednesday. “I never dreamed I would see an administration try to disavow all the things that have made this country different from all others,” Inhofe told more than 300 people at a town hall meeting in the Grove Community Center. “I have never seen so many things happening at one time so disheartening to America.” Inhofe found a highly receptive audience. Many wore T-shirts of a local organization called Get...

I spoke with thousands of voters at town-hall meetings this summer. What I gathered from them is that it's not just the proposed overhaul of health care that has them upset. Many also expressed a sense of betrayal. In spite of their hope for change, it still appears that the government in Washington is run for its own benefit and the benefit of special interests—not for the benefit of the American people. The folks I met with also don't trust politicians in Washington to address mounting long-term challenges to our economy. It's not just the attendees of town-halls meetings in...

One week later, investigators continue to look into the case of Pastor Carol Daniels, who was found dead inside her church in Anadarko. KSBI-TV's Kealey McIntire gives us a closer look at what documents released by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office are telling investigators. An eight page document released by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office confirms that Carol Daniels died from multiple sharp force injuries, but many questions still remain. We took the report to Dr. Howard Kurtz, Professor of Criminology at Oklahoma City University to see what he thinks it reveals. "To do this kind of damage...

Oklahoma police found the naked, mutilated body of a murdered pastor stretched out in a "crucifix position" behind her church altar last Sunday, sources close to the investigation told The Oklahoman. The bloodied corpse of 61-year-old Carol Daniels appeared to have been left in the form of a cross with both arms outstretched at her sides. Her head was nearly decapitated by the force of deep stabs to her neck and throat, according to forensic pathologist Dr. William Manion, who reviewed her autopsy report. Daniels' clothing had been removed, possibly to hide evidence or as a kind of trophy from...

Inhofe: U.S. headed toward revolution @ 1:01 pm by Eric Zimmermann The overreaching of the federal government is pushing the U.S. towards a revolution, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said today. "People are not buying these concepts that are completely foreign to America," Inhofe said at a townhall in Chickasaw, Okla. "We're almost reaching a revolution in this country." Inhofe has been one of the Senate's most strident opponents of climate legislation and healthcare reform. Inhofe added that he didn't need to read the full helathcare legislation before deciding to vote against it. Public opinion and news reports, he said, provided...

ANADARKO, Okla. — Authorities say the body of a pastor killed inside her small Oklahoma church was "staged," meaning it was moved into an unnatural position, after the murder. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown said Thursday that the body of 61-year-old Carol Daniels was "staged" in the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko, but declined to elaborate. Earlier, police said they were reviewing video surveillance tapes for clues in the brutal killing of Daniels inside her church.

New York, NY (AHN) - Experts are looking at the fuel potential of watermelons as millions of tons of the fruit not sold in the market can be converted to clean-burning ethanol to power cars and airplanes. Researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture in Lane, Oklahoma made the finding in a study published in the journal "Biotechnology for Biofuels" Tuesday. Chemist Wayne Fish, who led the study, found in experiments that 1.4 pounds of sugar can be extracted from the flesh and rind of a 20-pound watermelon. From that amount of sugar, seven-tenths of a pound of ethanol...

ANADARKO, Oklahoma -- Pastors in Anadarko are being warned to be on alert following the brutal murder of a pastor on Sunday. About two dozen people showed up for a meeting with Caddo County District Attorney Bret Burns Wednesday morning. Those in attendance said the mood was of great concern for what happened to Pastor Carol Daniels, who was murdered inside her own church.

ANADARKO, Okla. — The crime scene inside a small Pentecostal church where a pastor was slain was the most brutal he has seen in nearly 20 years as a prosecutor, the local district attorney said Tuesday. Police have released scant information about the killing of 61-year-old Carol Daniels, whose body was found Sunday inside the Christ Holy Sanctified Church, a weather-beaten building on a rundown block near downtown Anadarko. "I've prosecuted over 50 murders," District Attorney Bret Burns said. "This is the most horrific crime scene I've ever witnessed." He declined to elaborate, saying he did not want to jeopardize...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma): "What I think is in front of us is violating the first oath of medicine, which is the first thing is to do no harm and that's not to deny a recognition that we have significant problems in terms of competitiveness and cost in our country."

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: August 23, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – While the crowd gathering on the south steps of the State Capitol here in Oklahoma City was smaller than previous protest gatherings in recent months, those in attendance were no less outraged by the Obama Administration’s push for government-run , socialized health care. Health care was the main issue addressed at the “Healthcare Freedom Rally,” organized primarily by the Sooner Tea Party organization. Signs held by concerned Oklahomans included “Hands Off My Healthcare” to the even more straightforward "Don't Kill Me." Some held American...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Union workers at Mercury Marine put their jobs at risk Sunday when they rejected a package of wage and benefit concessions the boat engine maker said it needed or it would move their work to a nonunion plant in Oklahoma. Union leaders did not immediately release Sunday's tally but said the vote was "overwhelming" to reject what the company called its final offer. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1947, represents 850 workers at Mercury Marine, the largest employer in the eastern Wisconsin city of Fond du Lac and the world's largest...

Amid a national debate on constitutional rights, a national conservative group hosted a banquet in Tulsa to honor Sen. Tom Coburn for his defense of the 2nd Amendment. Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, spoke before a packed banquet hall Friday and praised Coburn for passing the only federal legislation this year to defend the people’s right to bear arms. “The people are becoming confrontational, “ Pratt said in reference to town hall meetings over proposed changes in health care. “Politics is confrontational.” “What is happening around the country and what is happening in Oklahoma gives me...

Local residents packed the Bartlesville Community Center on Thursday to attend a town hall meeting held by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn. Originally slated for the Community Room, large crowds forced the BCC to move the meeting into the larger Performing Arts auditorium. Coburn commented that his last town hall meeting netted about 150 visitors. Thursday’s meeting brought in excess of 1,000 citizens. Although attendees were passionate about their concerns, the crowd was sedate compared to national reports of town hall meetings gone bad. Audience members took turns asking questions or stating comments on topics including health care, social security and...

An Oklahoma judge decided Tuesday that doctors do not need to perform ultrasounds and offer women detailed information about the tests before performing abortions, striking down the strictest such law in the country. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki L. Robertson ruled that the 2008 law, which included other abortion-related provisions, violated a state constitutional provision that requires laws to address only one subject. Thirteen states regulate the provision of ultrasounds by abortion providers, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-health think tank. The provisions have been pushed by abortion opponents as a means of deterring women from having the procedures.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma judge struck down the state’s abortion law requiring ultrasounds, ruling it violated a requirement that legislation deal with a single subject. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson ruled the 2008 abortion law was a compilation of five separate bills, but did not address other legal complaints on the law Tuesday, The Oklahoman reported Wednesday. The most controversial aspect of the law was a requirement that a doctor or medical technician performing an abortion give a pregnant woman an ultrasound before the procedure and display the images where the woman could see them,...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood assured car dealers Wednesday that they will be reimbursed for the money they have fronted to customers buying vehicles under the Cash for Clunkers program. LaHood was responding to complaints over a backlog of rebate payments. Dealers must cover customer rebates out of pocket and wait for reimbursement from the federal government. Some have said their reimbursement requests have not been approved, leading to a cash crunch. That’s key because dealers typically borrow money to put new cars on their lots and must repay lenders within a few days of a sale. “I know dealers...

An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson said the law violated constitutional requirements that a legislative measure deal only with one subject. She did not rule on the validity of the ultrasound provisions. Her ruling also overturned provisions in the law that allowed doctors and other healthcare providers to refuse to take part in an abortion for moral or religious reasons, required certain signs to be placed in clinics where abortions are performed, and prohibited...

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: August 17, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – Norman resident and country superstar Toby Keith is back on the charts with a new “politically-charged video,” “American Ride,” that was released last Friday on country music video channel CMT and is being called by some critics as “equal-opportunity satire” This is demonstrated by showing a “tidal wave” of illegal aliens coming across the US-Mexico border or Barack Obama as a tool of the bankers or George W. Bush giving Pat Robertson a piggy-back ride. Excellent!. With it’s martial feel and driving fiddles, Jib-Jab-styled...

Because H1N1 flu is a novel virus, parents are concerned as 12,000 children in Oklahoma are going to be tested with vaccinations for H1N1 to see whether there are any serious side effects. Some parents are complaining the only benefit is going to be for the vaccine manufacturers. Other parents say numerous children will die, not from the new vaccine, but from the novel virus that combines avian, swine, and human viruses. Among the parents' fears are the fear of autism, fear of children becoming paralyzed by novel reactions similar to the syndrome that occured with a different type of...

I'd like to thank PeaceBeWithYou for adding my book to the thread about John Doe #2, and the Hoffman book about the Oklahoma City Bombing. The only concern I have is that PBWY thought perhaps the Midwest accent I referred to in my book was Chicagoan. Sorry PBWY, think more like Decker, Michigan or Flint, Michigan. Good question about the American servicemen's cemetery in Reims, France, Interpol is wondering about the same thing.But here is the post from PBWY, which I will use to head up my own post. Sorry it took me so long to reply to the original...

The Tulsa World again showed its bias against Sen. Jim Inhofe in the headline for its article on the questionable evidence of Barak Obama's natural-born status ("Inhofe weighs in on Obama birth site," July 28). Inhofe specifically said he didn't weigh in because he hadn't studied the facts. Jim Inhofe said, "No comment," but he "weighed in"? Your article derisively calls all who wonder if Obama is a natural-born citizen, "birthers," while Obama has blocked access to his long form birth certificate. Two Hawaii hospitals have claimed to be the hospital where Obama was born. No hospital has produced the...

I just returned from a Tom Coburn Town Hall Meeting this morning. While waiting to get in line a woman carrying a 'Public Option' sign up and down the line stopped, looked me directly in the face and said 'You're A Racist'. She didn't know me from Adam. In addition she and her cohorts let someone cut in line.

It's starting to feel like 1995 all over again. For 64 years, the Democrats possessed a monopoly of power in the House of Representatives (the two interruptions in 1946 and 1952 when the GOP eked out a tiny majority then quickly lost it don't count). The Dems' arrogance and conviction they had a moral "divine right" to their monopoly doubled in size when the Pubs tore themselves apart in an internal power struggle, with newcomer Newt Gingrich replacing long-serving Bob "You've got to go along to get along" Michael as Minority Leader. The Dems laughed at Newt's "Contract With America"...

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: August 11, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com MOORE, Okla. – With some holding signs which read “It’s not health care, it’s a death sentence” or wearing American flag shirts and NRA gimme caps, it was standing-room only at the Moore Public Library on Tuesday as over 300 people attended a town hall meeting hosted by U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Moore). In this decidedly conservative congressional district, Cole’s constituents were clearly upset by President Obama’s push, via the liberal congress, to get health care reform that will basically lead to socialistic, government-run health care. And...

August 10, 2009, 4:00 a.m. Ten Questions Politicians Won’t AnswerEvasive politicians, not concerned citizens, are dividing America over health-care reform. By Tom Coburn The past week’s debate about health care has shown that in Washington the only things more stubborn than facts are politicians who evade them. In spite of a torrent of independent analyses showing that the so-called health-care “reform� bills moving through Congress will dramatically increase the deficit and cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance, the politicians leading the effort have steadfastly refused to consider that their ideas and policies, rather than the character...

Remember the good old days, when one only had to watch out for the Federal Government’s twisted interpretation of the commerce clause to justify tyranny? Well those days seem to be long gone. The Obama Administration has been employing an old tactic lately – what some might call an imperial threat – and they’re not doing it overseas, either. The state of Oklahoma is now the target of a direct challenge from US Attorney General Eric Holder, who is using the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as justification to violate Oklahoma’s sovereignty as affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the...

Dear Sharon, I know a great deal has been written recently about the large crowds at town hall meetings across the country. My Duncan town hall on Tuesday was a great success with more than 100 in attendance. The folks there made it absolutely clear: they do not want a government health care takeover! I thought you might enjoy this newspaper article about my town hall meeting. Please read the article here (see below)! Thanks. Sincerely, Tom Cole Article from Duncan Visit: COLE VISITS CITIZENS IN DUNCAN DUNCAN — If the 100 or so people who turned out for a...

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: August 4, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – The flyer is simple but informative. “Community Organizing at St. Charles.” Sounds innocuous enough. But upon closer inspection, it appears to be further attempts by ACORN-esque organizers to infiltrate well-meaning parishioners in the Catholic Church in the Oklahoma City area, among other places. The flyer reads: “Come to a special training in community organizing for Catholic parishes, presented by Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee and hosted by Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish.” Not much could be found about the Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee, other than a...

Five banks were closed on Friday, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, bringing the national total number of bank failures to 69 for 2009.

The Obama administration believes that an inability to speak English is a civil right. It is even more distressing that the administration, legally speaking, may be right. In April President Obama's Department of Justice threatened to cut off federal funding to Oklahoma if that state's voters approve a state constitutional amendment making English Oklahoma's official language, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) revealed. The threat came in the form of a letter (PDF) from Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King to Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. King wrote that "implementation of this amendment may conflict with Oklahoma's obligations to protect the civil...

The battle over federalism begins on a new front as US Attorney General Eric Holder fired a shot across the bow of the great State of Oklahoma by threatening the loss of federal tax dollars over the State constitutional amendment initiative of an English-only requirement slated to appear on the 2010 ballot (via PatriotsForAmerica):

PICHER, Okla. – Two years ago, Orval "Hoppy" Ray vowed it would take someone meaner than him to make him leave the town where he was born. But now the crusty, 84-year-old former miner is moving out, leaving behind a blighted, ghostly landscape, its soil, water and air poisoned by generations of lead-ore extraction that produced bullets for both world wars...

Recently I received an email from a member of a Tea Party group. The heading was "Oklahoma May Just Be The Place To Live". Why? Here are some of the reasons listed. Oklahoma passed a bill, HR 1330, that allowed them to place the 10 Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. It is being done with private money and the ACLU is upset. Oklahoma passed HB 1804 which requires all illegal immigrants to be incarcerated and ship them back where they came from unless they get a green card and become an American citizen. HJR 1003 was...

http://www.teapartypatriots.org/TownHalls.aspx Health Care Public EventKingfisher County FairgroundsKingfisher, OK 73750Monday, September 28, 2009Start Time: 6:30 PM End Time: 8:30 PM In attendance, Rep. Mary Fallin H (REP) District 5 Health Care Town Hall MeetingHayward City HallHayward, CA 94541Saturday, September 12, 2009Start Time: 10:30 AM End Time: 11:30 AM In attendance, Rep. Fortney Stark H (DEM) District 13 Health Care Town Hall MeetingRuggieri Senior CenterUnion City, CA 94587Saturday, September 12, 2009Start Time: 9:00 AM End Time: 10:00 AM In attendance, Rep. Fortney Stark H (DEM) District 13 Health Care Town Hall MeetingAlameda City HallAlameda, CA 94501Saturday, September 12, 2009Start Time: 12:00 PM...

A judge said Wednesday she’ll consider allowing the televising of court proceedings involving a druggist charged with murder. Three television stations are seeking permission from Oklahoma County District Judge Tammy Bass-LeSure to televise the pharmacist’s case, including "the preliminary hearing and any resulting jury trial.” The judge told The Oklahoman she will consider the request. "In this case, which is one generating an immense amount of public interest, it is especially appropriate to permit the public to observe court proceedings,” said attorneys for Oklahoma City stations KWTV-9 and KFOR-4 and Tulsa station KOTV-6. Jerome Jay Ersland fatally shot a robber...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, weighing in on an issue the White House described as "fictional nonsense,'' said Monday he did not know whether President Obama is a citizen of the United States and qualified by birth to be president. "I believe those people who are concerned about his birth certificate, about whether he is a citizen and qualified I encourage them to do that,'' the Oklahoma Republican said of a group pursuing the issue. Inhofe, however, stressed repeatedly during a brief interview that is not an issue he has taken on. "My concern is to deal with things...

BY CHRIS CASTEEL Published: July 29, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Oklahoma congressional delegation wants U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to explain why the Justice Department got involved in a debate by the Oklahoma Legislature this year over making English the state’s official language. Oklahoma's congressional delegation wants Holder to explain why the Justice Department got involved in a debate by the Oklahoma Legislature this year over making English the state’s official language. The delegation sent a letter to Holder on Tuesday questioning why his Civil Rights division sent a letter to Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson in the midst of...

A pharmacist charged with murder told police he had killed before, while overseas in the first Gulf War. But according to his military records, he was never there. Instead, Jerome Jay Ers-land spent the war in 1991 as the pharmacy chief at the military hospital at Altus Air Force Base in southwestern Oklahoma, records show. Ersland fatally shot a robber May 19 at the Reliable Discount Pharmacy in Oklahoma City. The shooting attracted national attention when prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder, alleging he went too far while defending himself. Military veterans rallied to his support after he described himself...

George W. Bush marked the Fourth of July with an address to a massive crowd in Woodward, Okla., that appeared thrilled to receive the former president for its holiday celebration. The audience at the Rodeo Arena was largest Bush has addressed since he left office. Woodward's entire population is 12,000. By Mayor Bill Fanning's count, more than half that number showed up to hear the speech, which was part of festivities marking the $25 million renovation of a local park. In his address to the crowd, Bush looked back as far as the signers of the Declaration of Independence and...

By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor Posted: July 24, 2009 reddirtreporter@gmail.com OKLAHOMA CITY – The lead headline in today’s edition of The Oklahoman said it all : “State kids to get shot at swine flu vaccine.” Yes, that swine flu. The one designated last month as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Anyway, reading the story, written by Oklahoman staff writer Vallery Brown, readers are told that up to 200 Oklahoma children between the ages of 3 and 8 will be encouraged to enroll in the swine flu (H1N1) vaccine trials. These tests – which in effect...

Watchdog group says $1.2M home to lure celebrities may get Feed The Children in tax trouble BY NOLAN CLAY Published: July 19>, 2009 © Copyright 2009 The Oklahoman A charity known for its heart-wrenching appeals for funds to feed starving children spent $1.2 million in donations on a house a few miles from Hollywood, an investigation by The Oklahoman found. Feed The Children, an Oklahoma City-based Christian relief organization, bought the new four-bedroom house in Burbank, Calif., in May 2007, records show. The daughter of the charity’s president then moved in, records show. The daughter, Larri Sue Jones, 43, told...

If you shoot someone in self-defense, Oklahoma City police likely will interview you that day. But a city rule adopted last year prevents officers who use deadly force from being fully questioned until 48 hours have passed. Police Chief Bill Citty said that’s because circumstances differ between civilian and police shootings. If you shoot someone, your bosses — and bosses’ bosses — won’t rush to the scene. If they do, they won’t be allowed to cross the yellow crime-scene tape. When officers shoot, they end up surrounded by their superiors and colleagues, Citty said. They may feel pressured to talk...

Thunderous Okla. Applause Greets Bush on July 4 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 4, 2009 WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush spoke amid thunderous applause in a rural Oklahoma town to celebrate the Fourth of July, calling the U.S. the ''greatest nation on the face of the earth.'' Bush was given six standing ovations as he spoke Saturday inside a remodeled rodeo arena in Woodward, a town of about 12,000 residents in northwest Oklahoma. About 9,200 tickets were sold for the event, which would be the biggest crowd for Bush since he left office in January....

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—Today, BRYAN ROSS BENTON, 24, and TYSON CHARLES MARTIN, 20, both of Stillwater, Oklahoma, have each been sentenced to ten months in federal prison for stealing money from a City National Bank branch in the Country Mart East Supermarket at 4510 Southeast Lee Boulevard in Lawton, announced John C. Richter, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. BENTON was sentenced on June 17; MARTIN was sentenced this morning. On May 27, 2009, a third defendant, TODD VINCENT RUDISILL, 22, of Lawton, was sentenced to 27 months in prison in connection with the theft and his embezzlement...

Ticket sales for Bush’s Saturday evening speech have been "fantastic,” said Landon Laubhan, a Woodward promoter who is handling arrangements for this weekend’s activities. The way sales are going "we will be sold out for Saturday by Thursday,” Laubhan said. The former president’s appearance, his first in Oklahoma since he left the White House earlier this year, is part of a July 4 celebration to mark improvements at Crystal Beach Park and the park’s 80th anniversary as well as the Fourth of July holiday. Bush is scheduled to speak at 6:20 p.m. Saturday in the park’s rodeo arena, which can...

The House passed a sweeping energy and global warming cap and trade bill Friday. This bill, titled “America’s Clean Energy and Security Act,” or better known as Waxman-Markey, is the Democrats’ answer to the worst recession in decades: a national energy tax -- a tax designed to impose economic pain through higher energy prices and lost jobs. ..... The fact is that the Waxman-Markey bill is just the latest incarnation of costly cap-and-trade legislation that will have a devastating impact on the economy, cost more American jobs by pushing them overseas and drastically increase the size and scope of the...

Inhofe just interviewed live on Fox. Fox is running with the suppressed EPA report challanging manmade global warming as a major story. Inhofe says the Cap and Trade bill is "DOA" in the Senate. There will be an investigation into the EPA suppressing valid science. He said "I'm kind of rejoicing", and that he's finally vindicated after years of pointing out the poor science. The Fox anchor: "This is huge!" Victory!!!