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  • Inhofe Introduces Drive America on Natural Gas Act

    07/18/2008 11:36:12 AM PDT · by shove_it · 34 replies · 496+ views
    inhofe.senate ^ | 7/17/2008 | Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
    WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced the Drive America on Natural Gas Act to promote the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vehicles. Inhofe also introduced the American Affordable Fuels Act to relieve pain at the pump. "As Americans continue to suffer from high gas prices, we need to take advantage of our abundant domestic supply of natural gas for use as a transportation fuel," Senator Inhofe said. "The Drive America on Natural Gas Act adds flexibility to the current Renewable Fuels Standard...
  • Oklahoma Rebellion

    07/18/2008 8:05:56 AM PDT · by marktwain · 107 replies · 1,298+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | 16 July, 2008 | Walter E. Williams
    One of the unappreciated casualties of the War of 1861, erroneously called a Civil War, was its contribution to the erosion of constitutional guarantees of state sovereignty. It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. A civil war, by the way, is a struggle where two or more parties try to take over the central government. Confederate President Jefferson Davis no more wanted to take over Washington, D.C., than George Washington wanted to take over London. Both wars are more properly described as wars of...
  • Church cancels teen gun giveaway

    07/14/2008 3:48:20 AM PDT · by Schnucki · 47 replies · 682+ views
    UPI ^ | July 14, 2008
    OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City church called off plans to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle at a weekend gathering of teenagers, the church's pastor said. Plans called for Windsor Hills Baptist to give away the weapon as a way of encouraging attendance at the gathering but plans changed when one the event's organizers was unable to attend, KOCO 5, Oklahoma City, reported Sunday. The church's pastor, Bob Ross, said officials anticipated hundreds of teenagers from as far away as Canada would attend. "We have 21 hours of preaching and teaching throughout the week," Ross told KOCO 5. The...
  • Native Americans Against Obama-How?

    07/11/2008 8:26:28 PM PDT · by Maelstorm · 15 replies · 614+ views
    http://www.youtube.com ^ | July 10, 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIxK9HWideQ&feature=user
  • Website for "Native Americans Against Obama" (Vanity)

    07/11/2008 10:27:03 PM PDT · by no dems · 14 replies · 616+ views
    no dems
    Just thought some of you might be interested in this website: http://www.nativeamericansagainstobama.com/
  • With campus tobacco ban, OSU hopes to clear the air

    07/02/2008 5:55:32 AM PDT · by Freedom Dignity n Honor · 26 replies · 550+ views
    The Daily Oklahoman ^ | July 1, 2008 | Susan Simpson
    STILLWATER: Oklahoma State University today becomes the largest campus in the state to ban tobacco. Getting Burns Hargis to work early sure has paid off for OSU. OSU President Burns Hargis said the policy aims to make OSU a clean and healthy environment. "We have enough afflictions that affect the human condition without voluntarily adding to the problem, he said. "It sets a strong example and a consistent example of our commitment to be a healthy and attractive campus. OSU's wellness center offers cessation help and, in some cases, medication and nicotine replacement products, to students and employees. Student Charles...
  • Delivering a Perfect Pitch

    06/30/2008 8:00:01 PM PDT · by jsk10 · 1 replies · 199+ views
    PGA.com ^ | jsk10
    June 30, 2008 -- CHICAGO -- Capt. Dan Rooney delivered a perfect strike Thursday afternoon in Wrigley Field. But, the pitch he made off the mound meant much more. The 35-year-old PGA Professional from Broken Arrow, Okla., and founder of Patriot Golf Day and the Folds of Honor Foundation, Rooney will be serving his country once again this fall by making his third tour of Iraq as an F-16 fighter pilot.
  • Oklahoma to feds: Don't tread on me

    06/17/2008 3:50:12 AM PDT · by Man50D · 64 replies · 1,915+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | June 16, 2008
    Steamed over a perceived increase in federal usurping of states' rights, Oklahoma's House of Representatives told Washington, D.C., to back off. Joint House Resolution 1089, passed by an overwhelming 92-3 margin, reasserts Oklahoma's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and, according to the resolution's own language, is "serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates." The Tenth Amendment states, "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." Traditionally, this language has meant that...
  • OK legislature declares OK a sovereign state. Tells Feds to cease violating the 10th amendment.

    06/14/2008 5:14:51 PM PDT · by Ron Jeremy · 9 replies · 1,154+ views
    ok legislature ^ | today | me
    http://www.ok-safe.com/files/documents/1/HJR1089_int.pdf the vote was 92 to 3: http://www.okhouse.gov/51LEG/Leg_Votesxx.aspx?include=okh01983.txt
  • Oklahoma declares Sovereignty!

    06/14/2008 5:07:59 PM PDT · by prisoner6 · 65 replies · 5,540+ views
    Digg.com, various ^ | 3.13.2008 | NA
    STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 51st Legislature (2008) HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1089 By: Key AS INTRODUCED A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; and directing distribution. WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "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."; and WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines...
  • Oklahoma Declares Sovereignty

    06/14/2008 4:50:49 PM PDT · by The Eagle Bomb · 121 replies · 5,523+ views
    2nd Session of the 51st Legislature (2008) ^ | December 31, 2007 | Key, Dorman, Johnson (Dennis) and Reynolds of the House
    STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 51st Legislature (2008) HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1089 By: Key AS INTRODUCED A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; and directing distribution. WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "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."; and WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines...
  • NWS Tornado Warnings in Minnesota; Canceled in Kansas

    06/12/2008 6:19:51 PM PDT · by bd476 · 69+ views
    SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 731 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 CASS MN- 731 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...A tornado warning remains in effect until 8:00 p.m. CDT for Northern Cass County... AT 727 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler Radar continued to indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. This possible tornado was located near Walker... or 12 miles West of Leech Lake moving Northeast at 33 MPH. This possible tornado will be near... 7 miles Southeast of Steamboat Lake by 735 PM... Crooked Lake and 6 miles Southeast of Wilkinson by...
  • Not all Democrats falling for Obama

    06/12/2008 1:11:46 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 14 replies · 783+ views
    The Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | June 12, 2008 | Ben Evans and Sam Hananel
    WASHINGTON—Nothing personal, Sen. Obama, but our re-election comes first. Barack Obama, for all his attention and primary successes, does not go over so well in a fair number of Democratic lawmakers' home districts. So it seems there is little chance that some will endorse him for president. Some are counting on Republican votes in their re-election bids. Some are newly minted and in rematches with 2006 opponents. Some may be wary of how their constituents will react to a black presidential candidate. Some, too, have made it a practice of distancing themselves from the national party, fearing the inevitable campaign...
  • Oklahoma Democrat Denounces Obama

    06/11/2008 6:45:59 AM PDT · by Bloody Sam Roberts · 13 replies · 669+ views
    The Bulletin ^ | 06/11/2008 | Joe Murray
    Rep. Dan Boren, the lone Democrat in Oklahoma's congressional delegation, has declined to endorse Barack Obama, describing the Illinois senator as "the most liberal senator in the U.S. Senate." "Our nominee is not my first choice," Mr. Boren said in an Associated Press interview. Mr. Boren, who is seeking a third term in a conservative district, argued problems such as a stalling economy and high gas prices require a bipartisan spirit and "unfortunately, [Mr. Obama's] record does not reflect working in a bipartisan fashion." Also at source: Obama Establishes Internet War Room Plagued by e-mail rumors that he is a...
  • Brutal Murder Of 2 Young Girls Stumps Okla. Cops

    06/11/2008 7:19:48 AM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 56 replies · 1,776+ views
    cbs2.com ^ | 06/11/08
    No Suspects Or Motive In Case; Best Friends, 11 And 13, Shot To Death On Rural Road TULSA, Okla. (CBS) No suspect or motive has been identified in the mysterious killing of two girls who were shot to death along a dirt road in rural Okfuskee County, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. On Sunday, the bodies of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker were found on an isolated county road near this small town, about 70 miles south of Tulsa. The pair, best friends who lived a few miles apart in an impoverished part of the...
  • Obama camp: Rep. Boren ‘has his facts wrong’

    06/11/2008 9:16:35 AM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 12 replies · 894+ views
    The Hill ^ | 6/11/08 | Sam Youngman
    Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s campaign, in an internal memo, is disputing one Democratic congressman’s characterization of the Illinois senator’s record after the member went on the record Tuesday saying he would not endorse his party’s nominee. Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) told The Associated Press that Obama is too liberal for his district, and he does not work well with Republicans despite his rhetoric. In the internal memo, which was obtained by The Hill, the campaign lays out surrogate talking points and says that “unfortunately, Congressman Boren has his facts wrong.” The document outlines a way for surrogates to refute...
  • Okla. Dem Calls Obama Liberal, Declines To Endorse (Says Obama's Record Isn't A Bipartisan One

    06/11/2008 7:44:25 AM PDT · by Laissez-faire capitalist · 9 replies · 506+ views
    Breitbart ^ | 6/10/2008 | Tim Talley
    Oklahoma City (AP) - Democratic Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma said Tuesday Barack Obama is "the most liberal senator" in Congress and he has no intention of endorsing him for the White House. ... Boren, the lone Democrat in Oklahoma's congressional delegate, said that while Obama has talked about working with Republicans, "unfortunately, his record does not reflect working in a bipartisan fashion."
  • Okla. Dem calls Obama liberal, declines to endorse

    06/10/2008 1:48:53 PM PDT · by decimon · 10 replies · 559+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Jun 10, 2008 | Tim Talley
    OKLAHOMA CITY — Democratic Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma said Tuesday Barack Obama is "the most liberal senator" in Congress and he has no intention of endorsing him for the White House. However, Boren will vote for Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August and will vote Democratic on Nov. 4. "I think this is an important time for our country," Boren said in a telephone interview. "We're facing a terrible economic downturn. We have high gasoline prices. We have problems in our foreign policy. That's why I think it's important." Boren, the lone Democrat in Oklahoma's...
  • Dan Boren (Dem Congressman) won't endorse Obama

    06/10/2008 10:41:47 AM PDT · by Tulsa Ramjet · 25 replies · 1,046+ views
    Tulsa World ^ | 6/10/2008 9:56 AM | Tulsa World Washington Bureau
    WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., said Tuesday he will not endorse Barack Obama for president. "I still remain very concerned about the (Obama) voting record being the most liberal of the United States Senate," said Boren, a superdelegate to this summer’s national Democratic convention in Denver. He expressed support for what he described as a "centrist" agenda, adding his party’s presumptive nominee’s record does not reflect that approach.
  • Former UC regent Ward Connerly takes campaign to other states ( anti-affirmative-action )

    06/08/2008 4:14:12 PM PDT · by george76 · 26 replies · 690+ views
    Medianews ^ | 06/07/2008 | Kevin Simpson
    Ward Connerly's critics often blame the success of the millionaire businessman's anti-affirmative-action campaign on some dubious political sleight of hand. Now they'd like to make the former UC regent's controversial initiative disappear before it reaches the ballot in five states. Connerly's measure won handily in his home state of California and in Washington and Michigan, affecting race- or gender-based programs in public employment, education and contracting. Connerly spearheaded California's Proposition 209 in 1996, which amended the state constitution to outlaw race and gender-based preferences in state hiring and state university admissions. His twelve-year tenure on the Board of Regents ended...
  • Senator Inhofe Floor Statement(on Lieberman-Warner)

    06/04/2008 4:07:38 PM PDT · by Delacon · 13 replies · 438+ views
    U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ^ | June 2, 2008 | Senator James M. Inhofe
    Senator James M. Inhofe Floor Statement Climate Debate June 2, 2008  Selected Excerpts of Senator Inhofe’s floor statement: We believe that any climate legislation must offer Clean Energy Solutions. Substantial investment must be made in new, clean energy technologies which generate more energy efficiently by producing less carbon, without the government picking winners and losers.  It makes good business sense to produce energy more efficiently and American companies are at the forefront of developing new technologies.  We support investments in solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and other innovative technologies.  But we must be careful not to interfere in the free market system or...
  • Black Man Says Group Attempted To Lynch Him

    06/03/2008 7:03:23 AM PDT · by LouAvul · 52 replies · 830+ views
    ktul ^ | 6/3/08
    The FBI (web) and Carter County Sheriff's Department are investigating a claim by a black Ardmore man who says a group of men tried to lynch him in southern Oklahoma. The man's name hasn't been released. Deputies say he told them he was traveling to Milo in northwestern Carter County on May 25th when he stopped to help a farmer round up stray cattle from the road. He says as helped move the cattle four white men appeared and accused him of stealing the and began trying to lynch him. The man says another man then drove up in a...
  • FBI, sheriff: Lynching report false

    06/03/2008 3:10:36 PM PDT · by Main Street · 29 replies · 114+ views
    newsok.com ^ | June 2, 2008 | Julie Bisbee
    ARDMORE — A black man who told police he was nearly lynched by a group of white men actually ran into a clothesline after arguing with his wife, said Carter County Sheriff Ken Grace. Last week, the man whose name was not immediately available, called the sheriff and said a group of men tried to hang him in rural Carter County after he stopped to help an elderly farmer round up straying cattle. Grace said deputies and FBI agents investigated the case, and the man told officers that he made up the false claim. "He said they accused him of...
  • On the airwaves! (Jim Inhofe is an American Hero! Help Re-elect Him!)

    06/03/2008 1:06:13 PM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 6 replies · 60+ views
    Jim Inhofe.com ^ | 6/3/08 | Jim Inhofe
    Shortly after filing paperwork for reelection, Senator Inhofe announced a brand new TV ad, highlighting his record of accomplishment and positive leadership for Oklahoma in the Senate! The ad begins tomorrow, and will help to officially kick off the Senator’s 2008 campaign!
  • Man admits lynching allegation was hoax

    06/03/2008 7:31:58 AM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 16 replies · 605+ views
    ardmoreite.com ^ | 06/02/08 | Marsha Miller
    Ardmore, OK — An Ardmore man who told authorities last week he was the victim of an attempted lynching near Milo, has admitted the story was a hoax. Sheriff Ken Grace said Glynis Davis made the admissions Monday in a formal statement that the lynching incident he had described was untrue. “His wife was with him when he made the statement and corroborated the statement,” Grace said. Davis’ admissions came when the Carter County Sheriff’s Department and FBI investigation into his May 28 report that four white men tried to lynch him indicated the story was not factual. “The injuries...
  • Former GOP Staff Member Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge [Abramoff link]

    06/02/2008 7:51:05 PM PDT · by SSS Two · 11 replies · 338+ views
    Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | Del Quentin Wilber and Carrie Johnson
    The chief of staff to a former senior member of the House Appropriations Committee pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to commit fraud, becoming the latest casualty of the scandal centered on disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. John C. Albaugh admitted to accepting gifts -- including tickets to sporting events, concerts by groups such as the Wiggles and a Disney on Ice show -- in exchange for helping lobbyists and their clients, according to prosecutors. Albaugh is scheduled to be sentenced in September. He faces as much as two years in prison and has agreed to become a cooperating witness under...
  • Another OK court decision?

    06/01/2008 5:35:09 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 14 replies · 662+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | June 1, 2008 | Paul Jacob
    Sometimes courts make the right decision. Really. It happens. But it didn’t happen this past week in Oklahoma. Oh, we should probably be glad it’s not another petition with hundreds of thousands of voter signatures being tossed out. And no, it’s not nearly as crazy as that ruling allowing a man to photograph up the skirts of girls at the mall. This week’s decision by Oklahoma’s highest court simply means that former State Senator Gene Stipe is entitled to an $84,000 a year state pension. Sitting Oklahoma legislators get paid $38,400 a year, so I wonder about a pension that...
  • Fairness On the Ballot (5 states vote on reverse discrimination this November)

    05/30/2008 5:20:12 PM PDT · by neverdem · 6 replies · 626+ views
    Washington Post ^ | January 27, 2008 | George F. Will
    Come November, voters will decide on more than half a million federal, state and local officeholders and ballot initiatives. Ninety-nine percent of these decisions will matter less than will the five civil rights initiatives that might be on the ballots in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri. If the initiatives qualify for those states' ballots, all probably will pass. But the initiatives must surmount ferocious opposition from defenders of racial preferences, such as the politicians who administer and benefit from Missouri's racial spoils system. The crux of the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative (MoCRI) would amend that state's constitution to say:...
  • Senator Coburn: We 'deserve' to lose seats

    05/29/2008 2:55:38 PM PDT · by redwill · 48 replies · 1,344+ views
    The Hill ^ | 05/29/08 | Walter Alarkon
    Distraught by congressional spending, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said that Republicans have lost their courage to clamp down on waste and deserve to lose seats this year. "Those people who are fiscally conservative, Republican or not, we don't have many years left that we better fix this, and we better be about it now," said Coburn on CNN Headline News Wednesday. "So [it's about] holding the Republicans accountable. And we're going lose some seats. There's no question about it. We deserve to."
  • In Memoriam" HN3 Franklin P. Willeford, USN, Navy Cross

    05/26/2008 6:06:56 PM PDT · by B-Chan · 4 replies · 256+ views
    homeofheroes.com ^ | 2008.05.26 | B-Chan
    In Memoriam Franklin Patric Willeford HN3 USNNAVY CROSSMarch 17, 1943 (Lawton OK) — December 14, 1968 (Quang Nam, Republic of Vietnam) Vietnam Memorial Panel 36W, Row 021 Citation The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Franklin Patric Willeford (3537852), Hospitalman, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism on 14 December 1968 while serving as a Platoon Corpsman in Company C, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam. As Hospitalman Willeford's platoon was participating in a company-sized sweep through an area, the lead element...
  • New footage of US tornadoes (Late May outbreak )

    05/25/2008 8:27:44 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 21 replies · 904+ views
    BBC ^ | Sunday, 25 May 2008 11:08 UK 10:08 GMT, | BBC Staff
    More footage of one of several tornadoes to hit the US this weekend has emerged. Several people have died following two days of tornadoes in Kansas and Oklahoma. Video courtesy KWTV
  • Mildren, ex-OU quarterback and lieutenant governor, dies at 58

    05/23/2008 3:49:27 PM PDT · by fkabuckeyesrule · 19 replies · 624+ views
    ESPN ^ | May 22, 2008 | AP
    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jack Mildren, a former lieutenant governor and the first quarterback in the University of Oklahoma's vaunted wishbone offense, died on Thursday, his brother said. He was 58. Mildren, who had been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer, died at Integris Baptist Medical Center, spokeswoman Brooke Cayot confirmed. Mildren was diagnosed two years ago with cancer but had continued to serve as a vice chairman for Arvest Bank and host a daily sports radio show on WKY 930-AM. Legislators at the state Capitol observed a moment of silence for the former lieutenant governor, who walked the halls there in...
  • OWASSO, OK - Police seek help to identify a woman

    05/14/2008 1:14:25 PM PDT · by sawoody · 29 replies · 927+ views
    The Owasso Reporter ^ | May 13, 2008 | Newspaper Staff
    Posted at 6PM on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 OWASSO, OK Police are seeking the help of residents to identify a woman. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19686350&BRD=2754&PAG=461&dept_id=597380&rfi=6 "The Owasso Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying the person shown in this photograph. This person is not a suspect in a crime, but needs to be identified as soon as possible so her well being can be established," said Owasso Police Chief Dan Yancey. Anyone with information about the identity of the woman should contact Detective Jason Woodruff at 272-COPS (272-2677). ©Neighbor Newspapers 2008
  • U. of Okla. freshman, 19, elected mayor of Muskogee

    05/13/2008 8:57:01 PM PDT · by kingattax · 12 replies · 616+ views
    MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state. With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board Secretary Bill Bull. "The public placing their trust in me is the greatest, humbling and most awesome experience I've ever had in my life," said Hammons, who is from Muskogee but attends the university in Norman. The two candidates squared off in a runoff election for...
  • Video of deadly Picher, Oklahoma twister

    05/11/2008 2:36:17 PM PDT · by ganeshpuri89 · 7 replies · 1,228+ views
    stormgasm.com ^ | May 11, 2008
    May 10, 2008: Jim Bishop and MaryLeigh Sanders documented at least two violent tornadoes in Oklahoma and Missouri. One tornado, a violent wedge/stovepipe, destroyed Picher, OK. Another tornado was a long-track wedge across southwestern Missouri. Sadly, 19 people lost their lives on this day a result of this deadly tornadic supercell.
  • Oklahoma City stakes claim for Sonics (Seattle Sonics moving to Oklahoma City?)

    05/10/2008 11:10:14 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 17 replies · 611+ views
    AP ^ | Friday, May 9, 2008
    OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City officials want Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz to know they expect the Seattle SuperSonics to relocate, regardless of who owns the team. An assistant municipal counselor sent a letter on behalf of Mayor Mick Cornett and other city officials informing Schultz, the team's former owner, that Oklahoma City's lease with the SuperSonics will be enforced no matter how pending lawsuits in Seattle are resolved. "We expect that any subsequent owner or owners would join hands with the city, and its citizens, and honor the OKC NBA agreements, made in good faith, and perform as good corporate...
  • 19 dead in Missouri, Oklahoma after new round of tornadoes

    05/10/2008 8:52:08 PM PDT · by prairiebreeze · 82 replies · 4,301+ views
    ap / yahoo news ^ | May 10, 2008 | ANDALE GROSS
    A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, taking at least 11 lives, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region. At least six people were killed as the tornado flattened the northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher before the funnel struck about 15 miles away near Seneca, Mo., and killed at least three, authorities said. The death toll in Oklahoma could climb, said state Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten. The tornado in Picher — a depressed and pollution-scarred mining town that many residents had already fled...
  • Large Tornadoes have hit several towns(OK, MO, AR) Deaths and widespread damage reported

    05/10/2008 6:41:03 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 170 replies · 6,981+ views
    here is the leatest info. Picher, OK Several people have been reported killed in Picher after at least five tornadoes reportedly touched down Saturday in eastern Oklahoma, officials said. The south end of the city has been completely destroyed. Medical examiners are on their way to the area, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatcher said. Troopers are helping local authorities with search and rescue operations in the area. 2) At least 3 dead in SW MO 3) Major damage reports coming in on the SE side of Stuttgart AR
  • HUGE Severe weather outbreak likely today over a wide area(incuding strong damaging tornadoes)

    05/10/2008 8:16:29 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 27 replies · 453+ views
    DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0710 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 VALID 101300Z - 111200Z ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ARKLATEX AND MID SOUTH REGION EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE MDT RISK FROM THE SRN PLAINS EWD TO THE ATLANTIC COAST AND NWD TO LOWER OH VALLEY... ....WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES EXPECTED FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY EWD ACROSS GULF STATES AND WRN TN VALLEY... A COMPLEX AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION WILL DEVELOP TODAY...
  • Tornado blows vehicles off highway in N. Carolina, kills 1 (Tornado Damage in MS, AL, TN and OK)

    05/09/2008 3:21:13 AM PDT · by bd476 · 4 replies · 687+ views
    AP ^ | 9 May 2008 | By JAY REEVES
    Tornado blows vehicles off highway in N. Carolina, kills 1 By JAY REEVES – 3 hours ago A damaged vehicle sits in the Mississippi Department of Transportation parking lot surrounded by twisted metal after a line of sever weather moved through the area Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Tupelo Miss. A number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under tornado watches or warnings until midafternoon Thursday. (AP Photo/Ryan Moore) Mississippi Department of Transportation road crews work to clear downed trees and power lines from streets in Tupelo Miss. after a line of sever weather moved through...
  • More Oklahomans Getting Concealed Carry Permits

    05/04/2008 9:11:00 PM PDT · by monkeycard · 23 replies · 855+ views
    Channel8 ^ | Fri May 02, 2008 | Diana Zoga
    More and more Oklahomans are carrying concealed weapons these days. In fact, there are so many new requests the state Bureau of Investigation can barely keep up. Last year, there was a 45-percent increase in new licenses -- the largest jump since the concealed carry law went into effect. It is legal in the State of Oklahoma to carry a handgun in your purse on your belt if you have a license. It's been that way for more than a decade. Some laws have made it easier. The governor signed legislation expanding gun rights in 2006. Some of the fees...
  • A Day in the Life of President Bush...05-03-08

    05/03/2008 3:49:01 PM PDT · by daisyscarlett · 80 replies · 1,493+ views
    Yahoo News Photos; Whitehouse.gov | Daisyscarlett
    President Bush gave his Radio Address today from Crawford TX. The focus of the speech was the economy. Friday evening, VP Cheney attended a fundraiser in Tulsa, Oklahoma. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to the Middle East on Saturday to provide a badly needed shot in the arm for the Middle East peace process ahead of a visit by President George W. Bush. Commemorative items for the upcoming wedding of first daughter Jenna Bush and her fiance Henry Hager are now on sale at The Red Bull in Waco, Texas.
  • Inhofe dares Senators to support global warming bill that 'significantly increases' gas prices

    04/30/2008 11:38:58 AM PDT · by EPW Comm Team · 31 replies · 1,061+ views
    Environment & Public Works Committee ^ | April 29, 2008 | Senator James Inhofe
    Senator Inhofe Excerpt: "Despite this gloomy EIA analysis, proponents of Lieberman-Warner are still claiming the bill will not impose economic harm to America. Only in Washington could higher energy prices be characterized as not negatively impacting the U.S. economy. If Democrats have their way, Americans will pay significantly more at the pump, in their homes, and in many cases, with their jobs, all to accomplish an undetectable impact on the climate. "The question now is which U.S. Senator will dare to stand on the Senate Floor a month from now to vote in favor of significantly increasing the price of...
  • Inhofe Demands ‘Dramatic’ Action to Address Food vs. Fuel Mandates

    04/30/2008 12:37:43 PM PDT · by EPW Comm Team · 19 replies · 634+ views
    Senate Environment & Public Works Committee ^ | April 29, 2008 | Senator James Inhofe
    Inhofe Demands ‘Dramatic’ Action to Address Food vs. Fuel Mandates WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, delivered a floor speech today calling for “dramatic” action to address global food difficulties caused in part by current biofuel mandates. “I come to the floor today to demand two dramatic and necessary actions to help mitigate our current biofuel policy blunder,” Senator Inhofe said. “First, Congress must revisit the recently enacted biofuel mandate, which can only be described as the most expansive biofuel mandate in our nation’s history. The mandates were part of...
  • Climate Modelers See Modern Echo In '30s Dust Bowl

    04/30/2008 1:01:15 PM PDT · by blam · 33 replies · 556+ views
    Physorg ^ | 4-30-2008 | Columbia University
    Climate modelers see modern echo in '30s Dust BowlApril 29, 2008 Goodwell, Oklahoma, June 4, 1937. Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall, turning an ordinary drying cycle into an agricultural collapse. The researcher say the study raises concern that current pressures on farmland from population growth and climate change could worsen current food crises by leading to similar events in other regions. Recent studies indicate that periodic droughts in the western United States are...
  • TransCanada unveils pipeline construction program

    04/27/2008 4:56:11 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 21 replies · 835+ views
    Calgary Herald ^ | April 25, 2008 | Gordon Jaremko, Edmonton Journal
    EDMONTON - TransCanada Corp. alone plans to ship more than one million barrels a day of oilsands production to the United States with an expanded pipeline construction program unveiled today. The Alberta oil and gas delivery mainstay added a second leg to its new Keystone export service that would more than double the system's capacity and extend it to the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico. TransCanada president Hal Kvisle said the added route is a companion instead of competition for projects underway by Enbridge Inc., which is also advancing more than one million barrels daily in new oilsands...
  • Unemployment Plummets After Crackdown on Illegals

    04/27/2008 8:37:50 AM PDT · by television is just wrong · 41 replies · 1,571+ views
    Unemployment rates are rising across the United States, except Oklahoma. That state is experiencing the most dramatic reduction in unemployment since 2007, an improvement many in Oklahoma attribute to the passage last year by the state legislature of a strong employment-focused immigration reform law. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported unemployment in Oklahoma had fallen to 3.1 percent "The bottom line is illegal aliens will not come here if there are no jobs waiting for them," Terrill said. "They will not stay here if there is no government subsidy, and they certainly won't stay here if they...
  • Muskogee County deputy fired for stealing gasoline

    04/25/2008 11:10:33 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies · 524+ views
    newsok.com ^ | 04/25/2008 | By Sheila Stogsdill
    MUSKOGEE — A Muskogee County sheriff's deputy was fired for using a county fuel card to purchase gasoline for his lawnmower, Sheriff Charles Pearson said Friday. Today This Week Sports Today 1. Police discover remains in missing... 2. How sex, obsession fueled city murder... 3. Oklahoma City actor, radio host dies... 4. Ex-wife charged in 28-year-old slaying 5. Oklahoma City murder-for-hire plot... 6. Missing woman's car found; a body inside 7. Police searching for missing woman 8. In Oklahoma: Henry backs Obama 9. Winning Powerball ticket about to expire 10. NBA says Seattle is harassing... 1. OU's mascot makeover 2....
  • Unemployment plummets after crackdown on illegals [OK]

    04/25/2008 10:37:35 AM PDT · by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus · 42 replies · 1,561+ views
    WorldNutDaily ^ | 25 April 2008 | Jerome R. Corsi
    Unemployment rates are rising across the United States, except Oklahoma. That state is experiencing the most dramatic reduction in unemployment since 2007, an improvement many in Oklahoma attribute to the passage last year by the state legislature of a strong employment-focused immigration reform law. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported unemployment in Oklahoma had fallen to 3.1 percent in March, down from 4 percent in March last year, while unemployment nationwide was 5.1 percent, up from 4.4 percent in March last year. "Oklahoma is no longer 'OK' for illegal aliens," said State Rep. Randy Terrill, who sponsored...
  • 95-Year-Old Holds Off Burglar With Screwdriver

    04/24/2008 8:40:43 PM PDT · by Rameumptom · 77 replies · 1,831+ views
    http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0408/513871.html ^ | Wed April 23, 2008 | reporter: Bill Mitchell posted by: Nathan Halverson
    Armed only with a screwdriver, a 95-year-old woman in a wheel chair kept a burglar from breaking into her home by repeatedly stabbing his hand. It was 3 a.m. when a 95-year-old Bartlesville woman heard somebody break the glass on her front door and push the door open. When a hand came inside and tried to unlock the door, she stabbed it. Again and again. She stabbed that hand many times over the next hour, say Bartlesville Police. The woman would not leave the door for fear the man would break in while she was calling for help. Eventually, the...