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Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart's comic book targets foes
"The "liberal good ol' boys,” gays and Satan are doing everything they can to get Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart out of office, a comic book prepared by his re-election campaign claims.
The comic book, obtained Wednesday by The Oklahoman, is expected to be mailed to voters by Rinehart's campaign, Rinehart said.
"A drowning man tends to thrash about,” state Attorney General Drew Edmondson, one of the targets in the book, said through a spokesman. "Nothing Rinehart says is worthy of comment or rebuttal.”
Edmondson filed felony campaign finance charges against Rinehart last year, alleging Rinehart and his former campaign manager illegally funded the 2004 campaign for county commissioner. A trial has been scheduled for September." "The "liberal good ol' boys,” gays and Satan are doing everything they can to get Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart out of o... more -
Church cancels teen gun giveaway
An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference. Windsor Hills Baptist had planned to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle until one of the event's organizers was unable to attend. The church’s youth pastor, Bob Ross, said it’s a way of trying to encourage young people to attend the event. The church expected hundreds of teenagers from as far away as Canada.
“We have 21 hours of preaching and teaching throughout the week,” Ross said.
A video on the church Web site shows the shooting competition from last year’s conference. A gun giveaway was part of the event last year. This year, organizers included it in their marketing.
“I don’t want people thinking ‘My goodness, we’re putting a weapon in the hand of somebody that doesn’t respect it who are then going to go out and kill,'” said Ross. “That’s not at all what we’re trying to do.”
Ross said the conference isn’t all about guns, but rather about teens finding faith.
“You make a lot of new friends down here,” said Vikki Goncharenko, who attended the conference. “You get to meet new people. There's a bunch of things that are going on. It's just, you have a wonderful time.”
Friday evening, Ross said the gun giveaway had been canceled. Pastor emeritus Jim Vineyard, who ran the event, injured his foot and wouldn’t be able to attend. The gun giveaway was also removed from the church Web site.
Ross said the church would give the gun away next year instead. He said the church spent $800 buying the guns for the promotion. An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference. Windsor Hills Baptist had plann... more -
Dan Wildcat Call to Consciousness on Climate Change
Another speaker at the Smithsonian Institute NMAI Conference - "A Call to Consciousness on Climate Change".
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Dan Wildcat (Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma)
Daniel R. Wildcat is director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center and of the American Indian Studies Program at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. In 1994 Wildcat helped form a partnership with the Hazardous Substance Research Center at Kansas State University to create the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center as a nonprofit Native American initiative to facilitate technology transfer to tribal governments and Native communities, transfer of accurate environmental information to tribes, and research opportunities for tribal college faculty and students throughout the United States.
In 1996 Dr. Wildcat helped plan and organize an American Indian educational program to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. As a part of the program, he moderated a live, nationally broadcast dialogue in Washington, D.C., between traditional American Indian elders and American Indian scientists and engineers about the way we must live if we are to ensure a healthy planet for our children. Wildcat also helped plan and design a four-part video series entitled All Things Are Connected: The Circle of Life (1997), which dealt with land, air, water, and biological issues related to environmental science and policy challenges facing Native nations. His recent activities have revolved around forming the American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, a network of individuals and organizations working on climate change issues.
Wildcat received B.A. and M.A. degrees in sociology from the University of Kansas and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He is the author or editor of several books, including Power and Place: Indian Education in America (2001), with Vine Deloria, Jr.; Destroying Dogma: Vine Deloria's Legacy on Intellectual America (2006), with Steve Pavlik; and Red Alert: Saving the Earth with Indigenous Knowledge (forthcoming).
Complete Video - http://www.nmai.si.edu/iss/2008/me_webcast.html?siref=Y...
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From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
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Losing faith in Seattle, Bye bye Seattle Sonics B-ball
"At 9:09 p.m. PST on Wednesday, George Michael raises the microphone to his mouth and shouts out to the audience at KeyArena: "How are you feeling, Seattle!!!"
Well, since you asked …
The Mariners are in last place, my wife dragged me to your concert, you just sang a buzz-killing cover of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" -- but worst of all, just a few hours ago the city caved in and agreed to a $45 million settlement with Clay Bennett that will allow the carpetbagger to move the Sonics to Oklahoma City after 41 years in Seattle, an even worse financial deal than giving Jim McIlvaine $35 million. So, George, while you're strutting around the KeyArena stage as the first official act of the post-Sonics era -- this is what we have to look forward to -- in what is now their former home?"
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Oklahoma declares sovereignty
The House of Representatives and the Senate of Oklahoma have adopted a resolution claiming sovereignty of the state.
The legislators refer to the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution which reads "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”.
The resolution says “the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government” and point out other violations of the Tenth Amendment. The House of Representatives and the Senate of Oklahoma have adopted a resolution claiming sovereignty of the state. ... more -
Tornadoes rake parts of Kan., Okla.; 2 found dead
Authorities checking on a car stranded in a field Saturday morning found two people killed by a powerful storm that raked the state a day earlier with at least 17 tornadoes.
The Friday storm destroyed several buildings and injured at least six people, including one hospitalized in serious condition in Wichita, authorities said.
Several tornadoes touched down Saturday in northwestern Oklahoma. A twister destroyed three barns at a hog farm near Lacey in Kingfisher County, about 75 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Emergency Management Department.
No one at the farm was injured, and there were no immediate reports of injuries elsewhere — although the storm continued to pose a threat.
Ooten said the hog farm was considered a complete loss and damage also was reported to a grain elevator on State Highway 132 in far northwestern Kingfisher County.
Kingfisher County Sheriff's dispatcher Lonnie McDade said the only damage he knew of in that county was to the hog farm, along with some downed power lines.
"It's all been out mostly in the countryside," McDade said. "But that farm happened to be in the path and took a direct hit."
Several other tornadoes touched down in nearby counties. Many were caught on television and appeared to dissipate within moments of touching down.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for several counties. A warning was issued before the earlier twisters.
The car the man and woman found dead Saturday were in was blown 150 yards off the highway they were on into a field about 13 miles east of Pratt, the Pratt County Sheriff's Office said. Gary S. Whitlow, 33, and Kimberly S. Whitlow, 29, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Their the car, barely visible from the road, was destroyed by a twister that also swept a semi-truck off the highway and knocked down power poles and lines across the road.
About 100 people have died in U.S. twisters so far this year, the worst toll in a decade, according to the weather service, and the danger has not passed yet. Tornado season typically peaks in the spring and early summer, then again in the late fall.
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Oklahoma town elects 19 year old mayor
Nineteen year old college freshman, John Tyler Hammons was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma last week, with a whopping 70 percent of the vote. The ambitious young man intends to continue his education while simultaneously fulfilling his civic duty. Nineteen year old college freshman, John Tyler Hammons was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma last week, with a whopping 70 percent o... more
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18 reported dead in U.S. tornadoes
At least 18 people have died following a series of tornadoes which swept through Missouri and Oklahoma yesterday, but police have not ruled out finding more victims.
Hardest hit was Racine, a tiny community in Newton County: six people were also killed in the small Oklahoma town of Picher. "Basically a 24-block area is virtually destroyed", said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. National Guard troops were due to arrive in Picher by this morning to help in rescue and recovery operations. An employee of the Missouri Emergency Management Agency said, "there's a lot of wreckage and overturned vehicles".
Local television footage from Picher showed widespread devastation. Homes were ripped from their foundations, trees were stripped of leaves and sheet metal was twisted like paper. Search efforts for missing people in Picher were shutting down as it was unsafe for rescuers to move through the rubble at night even with mobile floodlights. Fifty people have been treated for injuries ranging from head trauma to lacerations and broken bones.
Picher is currently undergoing a massive pollution clean-up to clear lead and zinc mining hazards. Residents were being assisted with relocation from the community after high levels of lead were found in groundwater.
Reporting by Ben Fenwick in Oklahoma City; additional reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston and Andrew Stern in Chicago; editing by Eric Beech
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) At least 18 people have died following a series of tornadoes which swept through Missouri and Oklahoma yesterday, but police have not ... more -
Chasing the Storm
Have you ever wondered who gets those crazy storm videos you see on TV and why they do it? Meet David Hogg, he's been storm chasing since he was 16 and just recently went pro in Jan 08 storm chasing for KSBI in Oklahoma City.
This is version 1.0 (5/10/08)
(I'm not wild about the ending so that part will probably change in the next cut)
-tell me what you think Have you ever wondered who gets those crazy storm videos you see on TV and why they do it? Meet David Hogg, he's been storm chasing s... more -
Cowboy Poet
Tommy Moellering works on a ranch seven days a week, breaks horses during his evenings, and even finds a little time to write poetry.
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Seven killed in Arkansas storms
A powerful storm system packing tornadoes and heavy winds roared across the nation's midsection early Friday, killing at least seven people in Arkansas including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept. A powerful storm system packing tornadoes and heavy winds roared across the nation's midsection early Friday, killing at least seven p... more
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In Oklahoma, a river alters a city’s course
Almost 70 years after Steinbeck popularized the plight of Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl refugees in “The Grapes of Wrath,” residents here still chafe at the city’s reputation as a barren place. As recently as a decade ago, the river was a scar through the city’s heart, at times a trickle of water in a ditch so overgrown it had to be mowed three times a year.
Civic leaders and politicians gambled millions that a rejuvenated river would attract investors to an economically struggling city known for its love of football and rodeo. But to the surprise of even those behind the effort, the river has spawned something else. Almost 70 years after Steinbeck popularized the plight of Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl refugees in “The Grapes of Wrath,” residents here still... more -
Paul Jacob on the Oklahoma 3, part 6
Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008.
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to place on the ballot an initiative, Stop Overspending, one of several measures run in different states known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TaBOR. Among the paid petitioners used were some that had come to Oklahoma from other states to work on the drive. On October 2, 2007, Jacob was formally indicted in Oklahoma on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state on the matter of hiring out-of-state petitioners. Jacob claims the petition's organizers had sought, and received, approval for this from the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The maximum fine for their alleged crime is $25,000, and the maximum sentence is ten years in prison. Jacob was indicted with two others in the case, and each pleaded not guilty. A website -- FreePaulJacob.com - -was put up in Jacob's defense. -- Wikipedia.org Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008. ... more -
Paul Jacob on the Oklahoma 3, part 5
Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008.
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to place on the ballot an initiative, Stop Overspending, one of several measures run in different states known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TaBOR. Among the paid petitioners used were some that had come to Oklahoma from other states to work on the drive. On October 2, 2007, Jacob was formally indicted in Oklahoma on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state on the matter of hiring out-of-state petitioners. Jacob claims the petition's organizers had sought, and received, approval for this from the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The maximum fine for their alleged crime is $25,000, and the maximum sentence is ten years in prison. Jacob was indicted with two others in the case, and each pleaded not guilty. A website -- FreePaulJacob.com - -was put up in Jacob's defense. -- Wikipedia.org Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008. ... more -
Paul Jacob on the Oklahoma 3, part 4
Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008.
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to place on the ballot an initiative, Stop Overspending, one of several measures run in different states known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TaBOR. Among the paid petitioners used were some that had come to Oklahoma from other states to work on the drive. On October 2, 2007, Jacob was formally indicted in Oklahoma on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state on the matter of hiring out-of-state petitioners. Jacob claims the petition's organizers had sought, and received, approval for this from the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The maximum fine for their alleged crime is $25,000, and the maximum sentence is ten years in prison. Jacob was indicted with two others in the case, and each pleaded not guilty. A website -- FreePaulJacob.com - -was put up in Jacob's defense. -- Wikipedia.org Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008. ... more -
Paul Jacob on the Oklahoma 3, part 3
Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008.
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to place on the ballot an initiative, Stop Overspending, one of several measures run in different states known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TaBOR. Among the paid petitioners used were some that had come to Oklahoma from other states to work on the drive. On October 2, 2007, Jacob was formally indicted in Oklahoma on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state on the matter of hiring out-of-state petitioners. Jacob claims the petition's organizers had sought, and received, approval for this from the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The maximum fine for their alleged crime is $25,000, and the maximum sentence is ten years in prison. Jacob was indicted with two others in the case, and each pleaded not guilty. A website -- FreePaulJacob.com - -was put up in Jacob's defense. -- Wikipedia.org Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008. ... more -
Paul Jacob on the Oklahoma 3, part 2
Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008.
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to place on the ballot an initiative, Stop Overspending, one of several measures run in different states known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TaBOR. Among the paid petitioners used were some that had come to Oklahoma from other states to work on the drive. On October 2, 2007, Jacob was formally indicted in Oklahoma on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state on the matter of hiring out-of-state petitioners. Jacob claims the petition's organizers had sought, and received, approval for this from the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The maximum fine for their alleged crime is $25,000, and the maximum sentence is ten years in prison. Jacob was indicted with two others in the case, and each pleaded not guilty. A website -- FreePaulJacob.com - -was put up in Jacob's defense. -- Wikipedia.org Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008. ... more -
Paul Jacob on the Oklahoma 3, part 1
Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008.
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to place on the ballot an initiative, Stop Overspending, one of several measures run in different states known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TaBOR. Among the paid petitioners used were some that had come to Oklahoma from other states to work on the drive. On October 2, 2007, Jacob was formally indicted in Oklahoma on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state on the matter of hiring out-of-state petitioners. Jacob claims the petition's organizers had sought, and received, approval for this from the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The maximum fine for their alleged crime is $25,000, and the maximum sentence is ten years in prison. Jacob was indicted with two others in the case, and each pleaded not guilty. A website -- FreePaulJacob.com - -was put up in Jacob's defense. -- Wikipedia.org Paul Jacob discusses his indictment in Oklahoma at the Libertarian Supper Club in Richmond, VA April 1, 2008. ... more -
Homophobia doesn't pay, it costs
Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern's homophobic comments may have cost her state jobs.
A top executive at a San Francisco financial services company has expressed concern over a major office relocation because Kern compared gays to terrorists claiming the "homosexual agenda is destroying this nation."
Roy Williams, president of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, said the issue is a major concern the chamber is trying to address. Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern's homophobic comments may have cost her state jobs. ... more -
Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of Social Security Numbers Online
The Daily WTF exposes a serious security flaw in a website run by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections which allowed the names, addresses, and social security numbers of tens of thousands of Oklahoma residents to be made available to the general public for a period of at least three years. As is unfortunately the case too often in such episodes, the agency did little to correct the problem until it became clear that information on not just felons, but high-ranking state employees was also accessible. The Daily WTF exposes a serious security flaw in a website run by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections which allowed the names, addr... more
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