The Political & Religious Polarization of America

     In days long past, Americans seemed able to get past politics to personally pursue what was inevitably in the best interests of America.  Those days seem long gone.  There is...

Transgender attorney to seek legislative seat in conservative co.

Queers United backs Transgender attorney seeking to upset anti-gay seat  From Queers United blog,  this item about a transgender attorney seeking to defeat and win a legislative seat from an anti-gay...

Sally Kern to Face Transgender Challenger Brittany Novotny?

Well known homophobic Oklahoma state Representative Sally Kern is set to face a possible new challenge in her next race; a transgender candidate called Brittany Novotny. Rep. Sally Kern made headlines previously...

Woman Weeps over Ill Husband, GOP Sen. Tom Coburn Lectures Her

In a wonderful example of Republican logic, Sen. Tom Coburn told a weeping woman that his government office would help her, then lectured her on how government was not the solution."CNN’s Rick Sanchez aired a...

Five Hurt in Oklahoma Plane Crash at Northwest Expressway

Five people were hurt this morning when a small plane crashed in Oklahoma in front of a Bank of Oklahoma at Northwest Expressway and Candlewood Drive. The five people are in critical condition - there were three women and two men on board. There were no reports that anyone...

Oklahoman visitor die in Ontario twister

This is somewhat like going from Florida to New York and being killed by an alligator.Very unusual.  It has been 30 years since a tornado hit this part of Ontario. Oklahoma has sixty to seventy tornadoes a...

Barak Obama's Anti-Christian View No Friend to Blacks, Church

     Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...

8 Dead in Traffic Accident Near Oklahoma's Will Rogers Turnpike

Eight people have died in a traffic accident near Oklahoma's Will Rogers Turnpike, when a tractor trailer hit a line of cars in traffic and killed occupants of the vehicles.This was near the border of Missouri and Kansas. "Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown says traffic was...

Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB

Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in this video — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president.  What he...

Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause

Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT:  Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped...

Things Are ‘Stormy’ When Labor Strikes Hit Enid

Lightning strikes are unpredictable.  Labor union strikes…not so much.  Both, however, can be damaging. When I was growing up in Enid, Okla., a small northwest Oklahoma town of 47,000, lightning was a...

Oklahoma Soldier Facing Miscarriage of Justice

Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna of Edmond, Okla., was convicted of executing an Iraqi detainee, Ali Mansur, on May 16, 2008, according to a recent report at NewsOK.com.  Many, including a bipartisan group...

Governor Brad Henry Bans Gender-Selective Abortions in Oklahoma

"Aborting a baby because she's a girl or he's a boy is offensive on so many levels, it's hard to imagine anyone trying to justify the practice" said Fr, Frank Pavone.If the matter is analyzed based on that opinion...

Oklahoma Highway Trooper faulted for ambulance incident and fight

Update: June 16th 2009Maurice White Jr., the ambulance driver who confronted an Oklahoma Highway Trooper for stopping his ambulance on the way to the hospital had this to say on the The Early Show this morning."White...

Caught on Video-Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper assault on blacks

You must check out this video incident involving Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a EMT and a black family trying to get there mother to a hospital. No America is not Post-Racial.  Maybe blacks in America need to carry video cameras on them at all times.More HERE

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