You are trying to find a solution for our deficit crisis. Maybe it is time to put this responsibility where it belongs: on us, the citizens. It is time for us to go back to basics. Right now, our nation’s money goes toward: —Welfare: Families with two healthy parents at home unemployed. There are generations […]
Barack Obama
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CFN Quote of the Week
“His intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him.” —U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on President Barack Obama. The senator was responding to a man asking if Obama wanted “to destroy America” during an Aug. 17 town hall meeting in Langley, according to the Tulsa […]
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The debt deal
But that’s not the end of the fight over debt, said U.S. Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla. Lankford visited Oklahoma Gazette Aug. 3 and discussed the debt-ceiling debate and legislation, as well as several other issues. The freshman congressman voted for the deal, but expressed doubt about what could be achieved to reduce the nation’s debt […]
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Rep. Boren’s retirement makes future hazy for state voice in Congress
Boren, 37, the state’s congressional Democrat, represents the 2nd Congressional District, which covers 24 counties in eastern Oklahoma. He attributed his decision to the demands of constant campaigning and time spent away from his family, including his wife, Andrea; and their children, Janna and Hunter. “This is not an easy decision for me,” he said […]
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Is Sally Kern an aberration?
The first of many unsettling racist encounters as I traveled across Oklahoma was in a diner where a voter told me that “Obama should be taken out before it is too late.” In 2009, after the president was elected, colleagues and I saw a Tea Party protester at a rally outside the state Capitol with […]
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Losing Momentum
By far, the group that spent the most in the elections was an independent expenditure group known as the Committee for Oklahoma City Momentum. Funded at least in part — if not fully — through a Greater Oklahoma City Chamber program, the group employed the services of one of the most influential political strategy companies […]
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Sharia’s Ms. Manners
How he held his coffee or teacup: Gotta do it his way! What positions he preferred in sex with Martha: on the list of acceptable, approved behavior for all Americans. Foods he despised would be outlawed for all eternity inside the borders of our nation. Every preference and dislike would define the boundaries of American […]