Only in Oklahoma... - Page 49

Janet · #**1201** 05-09-2014, 09:05 PM

I'll believe that bumpersticker is from Oklahoma because it's in this thread, but there are so many other states it could be.

SR71 · #**1202** 05-10-2014, 02:21 PM

So you guys remember how Oklahoma was going to charge extra fees for home solar because the Kochs wanted them to? Well ha ha ha not everybody likes that and that Fallin lady had to tell the Koch boys to go fuck themselves.

Koch Brother’s New Foe – Tea Party Conservatives | Climate Denial Crock of the Week

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It turns out all the hard work of the anti-solar forces was immediately blunted by an executive order issued by Gov. Mary Fallin. The order directs the state energy commission to impose solar fees only as a last resort and to continue making expansion of solar power a priority.

The question is how a Republican governor in a deep red state can go against the Kochs, the most notable financial contributors to right wing causes in the country. The answer is that among the thousands of people who are installing solar panels on their roofs (at an estimated rate of one new system every four minutes) are a whole bunch of independent-minded folks with strong libertarian impulses. They may or may not belong to the tea party, but they want to be able to fend for themselves without big government or big business telling them what they can and can’t do.

Sometimes there is justice in the universe, but it's really just by accident, so don't get all excited and everything, okay?

Dingfod · #**1203** 05-12-2014, 06:12 PM

Rev. Dr. Robin Myers of Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ in OKC and Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at OKC University: Oklahoma's mean Jesus isn't the Jesus he knows.

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Originally Posted by Rev. Myers

American evangelical Christianity is now indistinguishable from laissez-faire capitalism and hyper-individualism. Don’t talk about greed in a world of want or you will labeled a socialist. Don’t fund the arts because, as we all know, they are non-utilitarian and do not make us better consumers, only more human. Is that the Oklahoma spirit?

Yes, it is.

Dingfod · #**1204** 05-12-2014, 06:12 PM

Dingfod · #**1205** 05-13-2014, 09:52 PM

Facebook photo of snapping turtle goes viral.

Watser? · #**1206** 05-14-2014, 11:32 PM

It's a mutant teenage mutant ninja turtle! :ohnoes:

Dingfod · #**1207** 06-04-2014, 07:41 AM

"Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without a $30,000 statue in my front yard."--something Anita Bryant might have said.

Thieves with a forklift stole a statue of a horse and rider from in front of the home of Anita Bryant and her husband Charlie Dry. [link]

The missing statue:

It was probably those damned gay homosexuals she hates so much.

I look forward to the blog of the statue's travels around the globe.

Watser? · #**1208** 06-05-2014, 12:29 PM

What the hell is it made of? Looks like plaster cast from a mold.

I guess they were an angry mob of kitsch-hating snobs.

JoeP · #**1209** 06-05-2014, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Watser?

Looks like plaster cast from a mold.

It does. And plonked in the middle of an unadorned front (dead) lawn / gravel / sand. Classy.

Dingfod · #**1210** 06-05-2014, 06:51 PM

Anyone ever thought Anita Bryant wasn't kind of tacky?

Sock Puppet · #**1211** 06-05-2014, 08:13 PM

I was about to ask whether she ever at least partially recanted. I thought I half-remembered an interview where she did. But apparently, no, she's still a horrible human being. She's just less public about it now.

Crumb · #**1212** 06-05-2014, 08:43 PM

After reading about her on Wikipedia, I think I agree with this button.

Dingfod · #**1213** 06-09-2014, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dingfod

Ringo, the three-legged border collie, is now famous as the "Mayor of the Brady District" [of downtown Tulsa]. I know Ringo, he's a frequent visitor to Caz's Pub, my haunt. Ringo is old and doesn't see so well anymore, so one has to approach him slowly in order to pet him or he might snap at you. Once he knows your scent, you're good by him.

Ringo died in his sleep last night, at age 15.

Angakuk · #**1214** 06-10-2014, 07:31 AM

In Memorium
Ringo - Lorne Greene - YouTube

Dingfod · #**1215** 06-25-2014, 04:31 AM

Me, voting today:

Dingfod · #**1216** 08-07-2014, 03:29 PM

Wagoner, Oklahoma teacher arrested for being drunk at school. She was found in classroom pants down, disoriented.

In her defense, no children were present, school has not started yet.

Angakuk · #**1217** 08-07-2014, 08:08 PM

I can understand how a classroom full of kids could drive a teacher to drink, but if the mere anticipation of the beginning of new school year has that same effect it is probably time to find a different line of work.

Dingfod · #**1218** 08-08-2014, 05:44 AM

I think she will have to.

Dingfod · #**1219** 09-12-2014, 01:42 PM

Tulsa and Oklahoma City not only made the Top Ten Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S., but took the #1 and #2 spots respectively. Tulsa made it because of the high number of traffic fatalities. We're no slouch when it comes to murders either.

I've lived in three of the top ten most dangerous cities in America, Tulsa, West Valley City, Utah, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Janet · #**1220** 09-12-2014, 04:57 PM

Detroit doesn't even crack the top ten on that list. That's a shocker. I am going to take it as proof of what I have always said. Detroiters truly know how to drive.

Dingfod · #**1221** 09-12-2014, 05:07 PM

That's just crazy. Detroit had 333 homicides last year, Tulsa had 66. Tulsa had 47 people die in traffic accidents, Detroit 164. And Detroit is not quite twice the population of Tulsa. Must have been the sex offenders that put Tulsa on the map.

Edit: And Kansas City, Kansas but not Kansas City, Missouri? And what about the worst hellhole on the U.S. map, East St. Louis?

Janet · #**1222** 09-12-2014, 05:50 PM

Sex offenders, healthcare enrollment and cops per capita look to be the big issues. Detroit is still ranked #1 in violent crime per capita on that list.

lisarea · #**1223** 09-12-2014, 07:04 PM

The "Proximity to Dingleford" danger zone is pretty heavily weighted too.

Dingfod · #**1224** 09-12-2014, 07:25 PM

I had not thought of that, what with not being in danger from that myself.

Dingfod · #**1225** 09-12-2014, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BibleBelted

Here is a letter to the editor from today's Tulsa World. It looks like it could be a form letter from the RNC for their braindead followers, but pretty well sums up what seems to be the majority opinion around here:

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n their lust for political power, liberal Democrats undermine the president and his policies. They promote a hate-Bush agenda, offer no ideas of their own and are unrestrained in attempts to take down the president's administration.

They leak national security secrets, openly criticize the war effort in Iraq and oppose the president on every issue. These liberal Democrats have been successful in dividing our country and intend to destroy a presidency and win control of political power.

What they are too blind to see is that their actions are closely being watched by our enemies. North Korea, Iran, China, Russia and other terrorist organizations see the president in a weakened position and are taking total advantage of it. Instead of seeing a nation united on national security, they see a divided nation, which in turn emboldens them to challenge our country and the world. Iran and North Korea develop nuclear weapons and liberals blame Bush.

Internal political debate is fine. Debating policies, philosophy and positions are fine. What is not right is jeopardizing the security of our country in order to win political power. Liberal Democrats, as a minority party, have not demonstrated constructive leadership. What makes them think
they can rule as a majority party is beyond me.

[name withheld because it doesn't really matter], Broken Arrow

I really need to get off my ass and write a rebuttal, but this level of cluelessness just makes me want to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head .. and try to smother myself with a pillow.

Sounds very much like today, only reversed.

Hey, I didn't post a Throwback Thursday post yesterday.