Archive for the 'Oklahoma' Category
Monday, November 17th, 2008
Tulsa World
Inhofe: Cancel the ‘blank check’
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
11/16/2008
Last Modified: 11/16/2008 2:31 AM
He criticizes Henry Paulson for changing the $700 billion bailout plan.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation’s financial system and should take back what is left of […]
Posted in administration, Oklahoma, Inhofe, Financial Institutions, Treasury Department |
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Nor, it appears, has it ever had a genius or
and intellectual relationship with reading.
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Inhofe on attack again in Senate race, Rice disputes claims
By The Associated Press
9/17/2008 8:14 PM
Last Modified: 9/17/2008 8:27 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY — Democrat Andrew Rice has a divinity degree and has worked as a missionary, but he is being called to account […]
Posted in Republicans, Gay Issues, Oklahoma, Inhofe |
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Reason #73,864,325 why comedy is hard…
Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway
POSTED: 10:38 pm CDT July 11, 2008
UPDATED: 8:56 am CDT July 12, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — 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 […]
Posted in Religion, Weapons, Oklahoma |
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Coburn puts hold on civil rights cold cases bill.
Think Progress
This summer, “legislation to beef up investigations into unsolved murders from the civil rights era” passed the House by an overwhelming margin of 422-2. But the bill is being held up in the Senate, where Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has put a hold on the bill […]
Posted in African-Americans, Racial Matters, Oklahoma, Inhofe, Coburn, Civil Rights |
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
OK: Oklahoma license plate touts terror fight
For Sooners looking to show their terror-fighting pride while tearing up the asphalt, the Oklahoma Tax Commission has extended the deadline to order the global war on terrorism license plate (aka GWOT) pictured here.
It’s a great idea which will fire the imagination of other states’
departments of motor vehicles…
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Posted in Ohio, Terrorism, Automobiles, Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Idaho |
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Pro-DDT group’s director donated to anti-Rachel Carson senator
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RAW STORY
05/31/2007 @ 9:21 am
Filed by Michael Roston
A Republican Senator who successfully prevented the US Senate from honoring the centennial of the birth of environmentalist and Silent Spring author Rachel Carson received campaign donations from a member of the board of directors of a group that sponsors […]
Posted in Environment, Cong-SENATE, Oklahoma, Inhofe |
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
June 7, 2006
Do these guys take special medications to allow such moronic statements? Should we mention that the recorded history of the family is less than 24 hours old because Jimsy may have just received his ‘No Bigot Left Behind’ literacy certificate. He’s quite the manly guy, though.
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This afternoon on the Senate floor, Sen. James […]
Posted in Gay Issues, Global Warming, Oklahoma, Inhofe, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, D-I-V-O-R-C-E |
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Just when it seemed the water table of intelligence could not drop further, KOCO-tv tenders the story and video of Republican Bill Crozier who is in the race for Oklahoma superintendent of education. He wants to maintain a supply of thick textbooks in each classroom. Why? Children will be able to shield themselves from hot […]
Posted in Society, Education, Oklahoma, Guns |
Saturday, August 5th, 2006
State Sen. Nancy Riley announces Thursday at the state Capitol that she is switching her political affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
TY RUSSELL / Associated Press
“Senator bolts ‘abhorrent’ GOP
By BARBARA HOBEROCK AND MICK HINTON World Capitol Bureau
8/4/2006
Nancy Riley says bad treatment and a lack of support from Republicans induced her to switch to the Democrats.
OKLAHOMA CITY […]
Posted in Republicans, Religion, Democrats, Oklahoma |
Monday, July 24th, 2006
“Sen. Inhofe Compares People Who Believe In Global Warming To ‘The Third Reich’
Sen. James Inhofe Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is the nation’s most prominent global warming denier. He famously declared that global warming is “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Now, he’s taken the argument a step further. In an interview with […]
Posted in Environment, Al Gore, Oklahoma, Inhofe |