The Last Doughboy: A Tribute to Corporal Frank Buckles (1901-2011)

Corporal Frank Buckles died after completing all of his duties to his country at 110 years and 26 days. I had the distinct privilege to become part of this wonderful American soldier’s life after he called me up one July morning in 2007. Earthly duties completed February 27, 2011.

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Is Mary Fallin Tying Washington’s Hands from Stopping Obamacare?

Earlier this week US House of Representative Michele Bachmann from Minnesota (R), issued a video revelation that Congress discovered that Obamacare money has already been appropriated to implement Obamacare.“Recently, we just had information come t...

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Want Collective Bargaining Reform in Nebraska? It is up to YOU

If you believe collective bargaining reform in Nebraska is important, it’s important to understand that it’s going to be up to the people within the state to keep up the pressure on all of the elected officials. This is particularly true if you recognize how collective bargaining is negatively impacting spending and influencing the outcome [...]

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OCPAC: Boren Gives Askins a Job and Next House Speaker Race about Over?

++ AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING++ ANNOUNCEMENTS++ PRESIDENT BOREN GIVES ASKINS A JOB++ IS THE RACE FOR THE NEXT HOUSE SPEAKER ABOUT OVER?++ AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETINGOur 12 noon luncheon for Wednesday, March 9th will be held at Italiano’s restaurant, 4801 North Lincoln in OKC.

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Fighting Healthcare while Implementing It??? Pah-leeeze

On Friday, Feburary 25, 2011 OK Governor Mary Fallin issued a press release announcing ”Oklahoma Will Accept $54 M “Early Innovator Grant” to Support Oklahoma-Based Health Insurance Exchange.” Noticably missing from the announcement is the fact that the “Early Innovators” grants are to fund implementation of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure needed to operate Health Insurance Exchanges, a cornerstone of [...]

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SA@TAC – ‘Extremism’ in Wisconsin

There are many problems with American politics but “extremism” is not one of them. For all the mainstream media’s criticism of the Tea Party being too “extreme” or the GOP supposedly adopting the movement’s “radical” rhetoric and action...

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Political Emails: Sign this Petition! It Will Save the Country!

A while back, I posted an article on the general subject of “political emails”. There are people who do a lot of forwarding of the email messages they receive, many of which have been forwarded to them. Too many remind me of the old-fashioned chain mail letters that used to circulate before the advent of […]

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OCPAC: Following are several important items that are time sensitive

++ BONE HEADED LAWMAKERS - VERY IMPORTANT - Two Republican lawmakers are foolishly pushing a bill that would be very detrimentalto Oklahoma if passed in regards to the presidential elections. Right now the bill, SB 841, has passed out of the Rules C...

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Tibbs/Martin Block RFID bill – guess they want a national ID card?

HB 1399 Blocked by Rep. Sue Tibbs and Rep. Steve Martin Characterizing HB 1399 as a “solution in search of a problem”, Rep. Steve Martin, Vice-Chair of the House Public Safety Committee, along with Chair Rep. Sue Tibbs, has decided to not allow this bill a hearing in their committee.   Rep. Steve Martin (R-HD10) [...]

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