All Entries in the "Politics" Category
McAffrey sweeps special election
By Robin Dorner Editor in Chief Taking approximately 70% of the vote, Al McAffrey makes a clean sweep against his Republican opponent in the special election held on Valentine’s Day for Oklahoma State Senate seat in District 46. McAffrey is Oklahoma’s first openly gay Legislator serving at the state’s capitol. “Thanks to all my supporters; [...]
Your Rights Are Toast if GOP wins Presidency
By Rob Howard Political Columnist At the New Hampshire Republican debate on January 7, any hope that LGBT people would have any rights left if a Republican is elected President in 2012 were blown away. They spent nearly one-quarter of the debate talking about the “Right to Privacy,” affirmed by the Supreme Court in the [...]
Angry Citizens attend Oklahoma City Rally
By Ken Townsend Contributing Writer Frustrated and angry citizens attended a rally Friday, January 19th in front of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Oklahoma City. This same protest was staged in about 80 cities nationwide marking the 2nd anniversary of the January 20, 2010 Supreme Court decision of Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission. [...]
Avoiding a Catastrophic War with Iran
Op-ed submitted by Nathaniel Batchelder Pray cooler heads will guide America in the dialogue and decision-making over Iran’s position in the world. Iran does not have nuclear weapons, and there is no certain evidence that such a program is under way. Certainly Iran has the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the [...]
For those I love, I will sacrifice
An Oklahoma soldier talks about DADT proposed for Oklahoma National Guard By Robin Dorner Editor in Chief I doubt many of our readers are unfamiliar with the acronym DADT. It stands for, “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” but frankly, it seems to stand for more injustice and bigotry. Particularly with the recent news in Oklahoma of [...]
Civil Rights, LGBT Rights Groups Join in Denouncing Proposed “Don’t Ask—Don’t Tell” Law
Last month, leaders from prominent equality groups joined together in denouncing proposed legislation that would reinstate “don’t ask—don’t tell” for the Oklahoma National Guard. The ACLU of Oklahoma, Cimarron Alliance, Oklahomans for Equality, and The Equality Network have all taken a strong stand against this harmful measure. Toby Jenkins, representing Tulsa-based Oklahomans for Equality said, [...]
Important State Senate Election to be held February 14, 2012
By Ken Townsend Contributing Writer On February 14th, Oklahoma City voters will go to the polls to choose a replacement for Senator Andrew Rice (D) OKC. Rice announced last year that he would resign his state senate district 46 seat effective January 15, 2012 in support for his wife, Dr. Apple Rice who is pursuing [...]
KERN NAMED AMONG WORST POLITICIANS
Right up there with Dick Cheney, Spiro Agnew, Florida’s Governor Rick Scott and the felonious Rod Blagojevich, infamous Oklahoma Legislator Sally Kern made TruTV’s list of the top 50 WORST politicians! TruTV says, “Arguing in support of a 2011 bill to end affirmative action, the state representative said women usually don’t want to work as [...]
Corporation seeks approval for rate hike when earnings at all-time high
Occupy OG&E: The Hearings By Ken Townsend Contributing Writer The Public Hearing for the $73.2 million rate increase proposed by OG&E began Monday, December 13, 2011 before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in the 3rd floor courtroom at the Jim Thorpe Building. Testimony and cross examination of witnesses is scheduled for the morning sessions with public [...]
Kansas Teenager defends First Amendment and gets apology from Governor Brownback
Staff Report Social Media is more popular than ever but when 18-year-old Emma Sullivan tweeted last week that that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback “sucked,” she thought her words to her 60 Twitter followers would perhaps be ignored. But then she got called to the principal’s office in her High School in Prairie Village, Kansas. While [...]