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Oklahoma Politics

  • Congressman Lucas' 2013 Town Hall Meeting

    Election season is coming up, and many of our Representatives are holding town hall meetings. It is important that voters attend as many of these as possible, not only to express their opinions, but to decide if they wish to return the representative to Washington in the elections in 2014. This is a report on… Read more

  • Academic Freedom and Democracy – ALEC Style

    This article gives an example of how ALEC gets bills introduced into state law. Corporate members and legislative members meet to draft “model bills” that favors special interests more than that of the citizens of the respective states. ALEC has 501(C)(4)status as a charity, which makes it tax exempt and hides its motives and the… Read more

  • Debt and Taxes in Pictures and Graphs

    We all have different ideas about what is a fair tax policy and a fair distribution of wealth. This article shows, using pictures and graphs, that conventional wisdom may not give us a clear picture of the facts – and that we may need to reconsider what economic policies are actually fair. Read more

  • A Bad Time to Cut Taxes in Oklahoma

    Oklahoma’s Governor and Republican leaders have finalize a tax proposal that will give tax cuts to Oklahoma’s wealthier citizens, increases taxes on many lower and middle income citizens, and continue subsidies to many special interest groups. The proposal, if passed, will require cuts to education, infrastructure, and public services. Read more

  • Congressman John Sullivan’s Town Hall Meeting II

    Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) held a town hall meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he discussed the budget, Social Security, energy issues, EPA regulations, jobs, and the stimulus program. The article explains Congressman Sullivan’s positions, gives comments and questions asked by the audience, and compares the authors views to Congressman Sullivan’s. Read more

  • Congressman John Sullivan's Town Hall Meeting

    Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) held a town hall meeting in Sand Springs, Oklahoma where he discussed the budget, Social Security, banking reform, energy issues, EPA regulations, jobs, and the stimulus program. The article explains Congressman Sullivan’s positions, gives comments and questions asked by the audience, and compares the authors views to Congressman Sullivan’s. Read more

  • Is Grover Norquist Helping Your State Go Broke?

    If your state cannot meet his financial responsibilities, it may be because a number of your state legislators have signed Grover Norquist pledge that they will not under any circumstances raise taxes. Although it is been easy to cut taxes in Oklahoma, because of the pledge it will be impossible to raise taxes to create… Read more

  • Climate Change: Extreme Weather and Wildfires

    In 1998 the US refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty which would have limited the release of CO2 into the atmosphere. The increasing CO2 may be leading to extreme weather, crop failures, droughts and wildfires. The recent heat waves, droughts, and wildfires in Oklahoma should bring home to us what our failure to ratify the… Read more

  • Global Warming: Media Bias and the Misinformation Pipeline

    Though there is a scientific consensus on global warming, the public is confused about the issue. There exists an misinformation pipeline that speedily takes misinformation from skeptics journal articles and delivers it to major news outlets before the information can be debunked. The solution to this problem is for those who report the news to… Read more

  • Sen. Inhofe and the Three, Maybe Four, Polar Bears

    Sen. Jim Inhofe is pushing for an investigation of the research of Dr. Charles Monnett, who he blames for the Polar bear being put on the threatened species list. The investigation seems to be a politically inspired as the polar bears were put on the threatened species list because of their declining habitat, not because… Read more