Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

By Shelli Dawdy This is the third and final in a series examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click one of the titles to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!” or second part: [...]

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Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

By Shelli Dawdy This is the second of  a three part piece examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click the title to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!“ There is a related piece in [...]

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The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

By Shelli Dawdy This is part one of a two part piece. The Lincoln Journal Star featured a piece in their Independence Day edition entitled “Whose Side Are the Founding Fathers On?” The piece was written with a bottom-line message: there’s no clear answer. It’ll be a topic of perpetual debate. According to the article, the Founders [...]

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A Hint of Reason at the RNC – Thanks Michael Steele!

July 3, 2010 Dear Chairman Steele (via info@gop.com), Thank you for your recent remarks! This is just a note to encourage you that the more the Bush/Cheney wing of the party slams you for standing up and speaking out (just a tiny bit), the more the declared war if you must crowd applauds the fact [...]

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Is July 2nd the Real Independence Day? Happy 4th Everyone!

The Declaration of Independence was approved/signed on July 4th, but it was two days earlier that the Continental Congress Passed the Lee Resolution, declaring that we were independent from Britain. This simple resolution was a stirring call to throw off the bonds of tyranny:

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Oklahoma Gubernatorial Debate – Brogdon Wins Straw Poll!

Oklahoma GOP Gubernatorial Debate Special thanks to Bryan Mayberry for supplying R3s with the video links and you may view the original post on Rogers County Republican Party websie. The actual playlist link on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3H98Fmcwf4&feature=PlayList&p=6B8F8F0EA5838514&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1 A straw poll was taken at the end of the debate. The results: Randy Brogdon 54% Mary Fallin 42% Robert Hubbard 3% Roger Jackson 1%

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