http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oklahoma/ en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:11:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279906/posts Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents arrested two suspected white supremacists Thursday after a raid at a northern Illinois home, during which agents seized assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and purportedly racist materials. Twin brothers Dennis and Daniel Mahon, 59, were taken into custody by agents on firearms violations after arrest and search warrants were served at the Davis Junction, Ill., home. Dennis Mahon was frequently mentioned as a possible suspect but never charged in connection with the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279906/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:11:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275626/posts Police in Oklahoma City said a man waiting for a bus punched another man in the mouth and stole his bologna and cheese sandwich. Roger Hamilton, 24, told investigators that he was waiting for the bus Wednesday at the Hudson Street bus station and preparing to put mayonnaise on his sandwich when he noticed a man, described as African-American and in his 30s, staring at him, The Oklahoman reported Friday. Hamilton said he asked the man if he could help him and the other man responded by punching him in the mouth and running off with the sandwich, which the... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275626/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:18:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273260/posts An Oklahoma state trooper who pulled over an ambulance with a patient inside and then scuffled with a paramedic had every right to make the stop since the vehicle did not have its emergency lights and sirens on, an attorney said Monday. Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273260/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:32:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267762/posts No charges will be filed in a recent physical confrontation between a state trooper and a paramedic in Okfuskee County. OFFICER.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267762/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:25:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271677/posts PRAGUE — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol released a dashboard camera video late Friday that was recorded during an altercation between a patrol trooper and an emergency medical technician. Featured Gallery The patrol said the move is contrary to what the agency normally does but decided to release the video because of the high level of public interest and the fact that the release "would not affect the administrative review” of the patrol’s investigation of the incident, according to a statement released late Friday. "We’ve been well aware of the fact that this incident has drawn enormous attention, but made the... NewsOK (The Oklahoman online) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271677/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:19:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271191/posts Discalimer...I have nothing against Oklahoma..I have friends who are from OK. I live 50 miles from the border...My brother in law is from Tulsa... Linky to Pics They look healthier... Britney SpearsAshly SimpsonCameron DiazMichael Douglas & Catherine Zeta JonesThe BeckamsGwen Steffani Hillary DuffJennifer AnistonJennifer Lopez & Mark AnthonyJohnny DeppJohn TravoltaMary Kate & Ashley OlsenPamela AndersonParis HiltonSarah Jessica ParkerSharon StoneTara ReidTom Cruise Daily Tribe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271191/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:31:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265734/posts Sen. Tom Coburn, who is also a medical doctor, is calling for an outright ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products. "What we should be doing is banning tobacco," the Oklahoma Republican declared on the Senate floor during a debate on a tobacco regulation bill. "Nobody up here has the courage to do that. It is a big business. There are millions of Americans who are addicted to nicotine." The battle against tobacco use has been ongoing. Earlier this year Congress passed legislation that included an increase in the federal tax on cigarettes of more than 60... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265734/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260865/posts TULSA, OK -- Tulsa Congressman John Sullivan has checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in California to treat an alcohol addiction. "To ensure my success in this fight, I've decided to take a temporary leave of absence from Congress," he said in a statement. "I value my relationship with the citizens of Oklahoma's First Congressional District, whom I am privileged and honored to have served for the past eight years. So, I wanted to be open and honest on this tough situation. "I ask for your continued support and prayers as I face the challenges that lay ahead. I... Newson6.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260865/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 22:17:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259845/posts kfor.com /news/sns-ap-ok--pharmacyshooting,0,2415801.story KFOR Oklahoma City pharmacist who shot would-be teen robber is charged with murder By Associated Press 2:43 PM CDT, May 27, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City pharmacist who shot and killed a 16-year-old would-be robber has been charged with first-degree murder. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said Wednesday that 57-year-old Jerome Ersland was justified in shooting Antwun Parker once in the head on May 19. But Prater says Ersland went too far when he shot Parker five more times in the abdomen while Parker lay unconscious on the floor. Ersland's attorney — Irven Box... KFOR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259845/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254850/posts Creation Essay Contest offers $1,000 in cash Jesus Created Ministries (JCM) is sponsoring a Creation Essay Contest with $1,000 in cash prizes. The goal of the contest is to motivate students to examine the claims of and debate between creation and evolution - including the logical implications of each claim with respect to one’s view of origin, purpose, morality and destiny. JCM will be awarding cash prizes of $500, $300 and $200 for first, second and third place. The contest is open to all Oklahoma students ages 12-18 (as of June 15, 2009) whose parent/legal guardian has completed a JCM... Tulsa Beacon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254850/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 18:07:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245357/posts Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma’s sovereignty. Featured Gallery Advertisement Click Here to visit ThunderMadness.com! Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governor’s approval. The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate. "We’re going to get it done one way or the other,” said the resolutions’ author, Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City. "I think our governor is out of step.” House Democrats objected, saying the issue already had been taken up and had been vetoed, but House... News OK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245357/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 15:08:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237339/posts Throughout their 25-plus-year career, the Flaming Lips have donned spacesuits and animal costumes on stage. But a T-shirt bearing the symbol of the Communist Party may have been over the line, at least according to some Oklahoma politicians. The Oklahoman reported earlier today that Michael Ivins' decision to wear a shirt emblazoned with the symbol of the sickle and hammer of the Communist Party (picture here) almost derailed an effort to name the band's "Do You Realize?" as the official state rock song. Approved by the Oklahoma Senate last month 46-0, the resolution was shot down by the Oklahoma House... Oklahoma http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237339/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:22:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237267/posts SNIPPET: "Seems the FBI was concerned about threats - which included a pledge to turn a tax protest into a blood bath - allegedly made by a Twitter user identified as CitizenQuasar. The FBI arrested Daniel Knight Hayden, 52. Hayden’s penultimate tweet at 12:49 AM on April 15 returned to the subject of his martyrdom. “Locked AND loaded for the Oklahoma State Capitol. Let’s see what happens.” The FBI arrested (.pdf) him at his home later that day, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oklahoma City, which otherwise declined to comment on the case." ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237267/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:00:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235461/posts It's been said that conservatism has different meanings for different people. It may not be textbook, but without a whole lot of navel gazing, here's what it means to me and what Free Republic is all about: In a word, Freedom! In two words, Preserving Freedom. In a handful of words as stated by our Founding Fathers, to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity! America was founded on the proposition that all men are created equal by God and that our unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness are granted directly by God... Click here to support your favorite conservative website! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235461/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236446/posts McVeigh reference prompts response David Schippers contends OKC bomber part of Islamic, not 'right-wing,' plot Posted: April 23, 2009 2:37 pm Eastern WorldNetDaily David Schippers Responding to the Obama administration's attempt to justify a controversial "right-wing extremism" report by citing Timothy McVeigh, a counter-terrorism group has posted a video statement by a prominent Democrat investigator who contends the Oklahoma City bomb plot was hatched not by right-wingers but by Islamic jihadists. David Schippers, the chief counsel for the 1998 impeachment trial of President Clinton, probed the bombing with investigative reporter Jayna Davis, author of "The Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236446/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:19:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233573/posts Do not believe the nattering nabobs of negativity. The Nationwide Tax Day TEA Party/Tax Revolt was a huge success!! What we need now is MORE and LOUDER!! Obama has no clue. Being confronted by millions of fed-up citizens is new to him. He never expected the otherwise docile American people to rise up against his wannabe Marxist/fascist totalitarian regime. He's now lashing out at us through the Dept of Homeland Security as if We the People are his enemy. Well, we are! And he now knows it. And he's scared witless!! And the media has been reduced to the speechless,... Click here to support your favorite revolting website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233573/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2232992/posts The Grapes of Wrath, published exactly 70 years ago, can be seen as a prophetic novel - rooted in the tragedies of the Great Depression, but speaking directly to the harsh realities of 2009, writes Steinbeck scholar Robert DeMott. Steinbeck's epic novel, which traces the harrowing exodus of Tom Joad and his family from blighted Oklahoma (where they are evicted from their farm), across the rugged American south-west via Highway 66, and on to what they mistakenly hope will be a more promising future in California, is considered by many readers to be the quintessential Depression-era story, and an ironic... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2232992/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233161/posts State lawmakers have passed a resolution that claims the state's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It comes a day after Texas made headlines for doing the same thing. The resolution passed in the Senate by a vote of 29 to 18. It previously passed in the House in February by a vote of 83 to 13. KTUL-TV (Tulsa, OK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233161/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:43:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2232947/posts The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 aimed at the U.S. government in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, an office complex in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was bombed. The attack claimed 168 lives and left over 800 people injured. It was the largest terrorist attack on American soil in history before the September 11 attacks. THE JAWA REPORT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2232947/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:21:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232771/posts Much of Oklahoma's Wheat Crop Damaged Apr 17, 2009 9:42 PM By Colleen Chen, NEWS 9 for NewsOn6.com OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Oklahoma wheat producers are beginning to see the effects from a hard freeze earlier this month. Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director Mike Schulte said some fields suffered damage of up to 90 percent. While consumers likely won't see any price jumps at the grocery store in the short term, Schulte said they will likely see price changes a few months from now. Learn more about the Oklahoma Farm Report, broadcast on the Radio Oklahoma Network. Find RON Radio... NewsOn6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232771/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:17:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232343/posts Congratulations FReepers and Patriots! According to Henchster's ongoing tallies, we've surpassed 750,000 participants in our nationwide Tax Day TEA Party/Tax Revolt! Woo hoo!! All 50 states fully engaged! Over 600 cities represented and reports still coming in! Huge turnout, huge SUCCESS!! Elected officials take note: DO NOT TREAD ON ME!! Tyranny, usurpation, corruption, overreaching, big spending, high taxing will no longer be tolerated! We the people are FED-UP and we're not going to take it anymore! Ignore us at your own peril! All Congressional seats, all elected offices throughout the land at risk! Revolution is in the air!! Click here to support FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232343/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230843/posts If the Obama administration has taken flak for suggesting that conservative groups might be home to domestic terrorists, it looks like some House Democrat leaders are willing to go even further: But in an interview on Fox TV in San Francisco, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) chalked up the GOP grass-roots effort as “AstroTurf.” “This initiative is funded by the high end; we call it AstroTurf, it's not really a grass-roots movement. It's AstroTurf by some of the wealthiest people in America to keep the focus on tax cuts for the rich instead of for the great middle class,” Pelosi said.... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230843/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231506/posts She's not that kind of gal. A former Miss Oklahoma is suing a strip club in the Flatiron District for plastering her face and figure on "free admission" palm cards without permission. Laci Kay Scott says in Manhattan federal court papers that she's "easily recognizable" as the orange-gowned hottie ad vertising "private table dancing" and "personal rooms" on the handouts from Ten's Gentlemens Club. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231506/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2230755/posts With some amount of physical effort, I dragged this broken old body to the Tulsa Tea Party, one of the three, held downtown from 11AM to 1PM. There was a sizeable turnout, though it was not easy to estimate standing (actually sitting as I am unable to stand too long) at the fringe off to the left side of the stage. If I had to guess, I would estimate 1000 to 1250 people were attending, which I feel is a fairly decent turnout for anything downtown here in Tulsa. I am glad to point out that almost every speech accused... Beyond the Cusp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2230755/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229220/posts After the 2010 census has been held, the number of seats held by each state in the U.S. House of Representatives will change. The National Conference of State Legislatures recently estimated what the 2010 reapportionment will mean for each state. Eight states are expected to lose one seat each, in the U.S. House and in the Electoral College. They are Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. States that will gain will be Texas (3 seats), and one each for Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Utah. If the bill now pending in Congress to expand the... Ballot Access News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229220/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:46:54 GMT