Tag: oklahoma

Oklahoma Ignores Massive Deficit And Funds Anti-Choice Education Instead

The Oklahoma State House of Representatives voted Tuesday on a bill to create a revolving fund in the State Treasury for the State Board of Education....
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Police Officer Picks Up A Real Jackass

With all of the sadness in the world, including the horrific shooting this week, I thought a little levity might be in order. We all...

Drunken Mom Falls Out Of Pickup, So Three-Year-Old Takes Over The...

An Oklahoma woman is under arrest after being so drunk while driving that she literally fell out of her pickup truck--which she was driving...

Oklahoma Teacher Orders 4-Year-Old To Become Right-Handed Because The Devil Is...

Imagine for a moment that your 4-year-old son, who is in preschool, comes home one day and tells you that his teacher has informed...

WTF?! GOP Senator: I Lecture Women On Abortion Because It’s A...

We naturally expect right wing Republicans to say patently ridiculous--not to mention inaccurate--things, but I do believe that Oklahoma GOP Senator James Lankford has...

Oklahoma GOP: Sorry You All ‘Misinterpreted’ Our Comparing The Hungry To...

I like to call what the Oklahoma Republican Party did when they got caught red-handed comparing those on Food Stamps to wild animals a...

Oklahoma Republican Party Compares Hungry Food Stamp Recipients To Wild Animals

The Republican Party of Oklahoma has decided that it would be a good idea to compare Americans who are on Food Stamps to wild...

Oklahoma Gun Nuts Paint Rainbow Flag On Target: ‘We’re Not The...

I don't have a problem with people exercising their Second Amendment rights and even having shooting competitions where they fire off their weapons. If...

Weather Prompts State of Emergency in Texas and Oklahoma

May 2015 has been one to remember for residents in Texas and Oklahoma. Record-breaking rainfall has flooded interstates, prompting lakes, creeks, and rivers to...

Atheist Mom Complains About Bible Giveaway In School, Receives Death Threats

An Oklahoma mother who complained about Bibles being given away in?the public schools says she and her family will be moving after receiving numerous...
The front of a Walmart in West Hills, California (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Walmart Says It Closed Stores To Fix ‘Plumbing Problems,’ But No...

Earlier this week, Walmart announced it is shuttering five stores in three states. The stated reason? All of the stores have longstanding plumbing problems....

Not Christian Or Jewish in OK? No Marriage For You!

Oklahoma Republicans have passed a bill restricting marriage licensing in the state. State Representative Todd Russ sponsored House Bill 1125, which places the task...

GOP Lawmaker: Gays ‘Don’t Have A Right To Be Served In...

Republican State Senator Joseph Silk of Oklahoma certainly has some interesting ideas when it comes to equality. And he's even willing to impose his...
Sheldon Whitehouse at the 2010 New England Council (from Council's Flickr feed)

Sheldon Whitehouse Pwns ‘The Senator With A Snowball’

Earlier, we mentioned that Senator Jim Inhofe, arguably the loudest climate-change denier in the Senate, made a complete fool of himself on national television...
Fox News' Andrea Tantaros at Super Bowl XLVIII (from Tantaros' Facebook)

Fox News Hosts: AP History Teaches ‘Meaningless Liberal Crap’ And Should...

There's a bill pending in the Oklahoma state house that would effectively gut Advanced Placement U. S. history classes across the state. Lest you...

AG Eric Holder: Moratorium On Death Penalty ‘Would Be Appropriate’

Speaking Tuesday evening to the National Press Club, Attorney General Eric Holder said he supports a moratorium on the death penalty until the Supreme...

Oklahoma Joining Texas In Their Effort To Rewrite US History

Oklahoma legislators have successfully passed a ban on AP U.S. History courses. The move to ban history has Oklahoma giving Texas a run for...

Oklahoma Ban On Marriage Gateway To Equality

While I'm sure Republican Mike Turner and his cohorts didn't intend it, their recent submission to the legal calendar is likely to backfire on...

Unbelievable! White Gun Nut Who Shot Black Police Chief Won’t Be...

A man identified as Dallas Horton has shot the black police chief of Sentinel, Oklahoma four times. Allegedly, the cops were responding to a...

Oklahoma Death Row Inmates Sue Over Executions

Ah, Oklahoma. I was stuck there for eight years after I got off of active duty with the U.S. Army. The people there tend to...