—Oklahoma country star Toby Keith on “Red Solo Cup,” which he subsequently recorded anyway, as quoted in the Feb. 20 issue of Chicago Sun-Times
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Messianic nickname
Instead, the panel decided that churches preferring a new name to the one associated with the SBC’s founding as a pro-slavery church (for which they promptly apologized in 1995) could opt for a nickname. The committee said that the nickname “Great Commission Baptists” could be added as a descriptor. The “great commission” is the name […]
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Oratory overkill
If so, somebody page Oklahoma’s U.S. Rep. John Sullivan when that time arrives. At a Feb. 22 town hall meeting in Bixby, the Tulsa Republican decided to open mouth and insert foot when a constituent asked about the national debt. Sullivan voiced his support for Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget to curb debt and said […]
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Point broke
Busey has less than $50,000 to his name, but owes at least 10 times that amount (and perhaps half a million more). Since HBO’s “Entourage” is history, thus denying him any further appearances playing himself, it’s unlikely he was going to luck into a gig lucrative enough to pay all that back. Don’t feel too […]
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Thinking outside the bun
Hell, yeah! Who wouldn’t want to see the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard show off his mad Taco Bell skills? We looked forward to drooling in anticipation of watching him participating in the following: —Chalupa preparation, a timed event; —guess the Gordita, blindfolded; and —Crunchwrap Supreme toss, a distance competition. Turns out none of those […]
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Breeding Ground
The latest star in the making looks to be Noah Crawford, a 17-year-old Oklahoma City resident who just landed a leading role on a new Nickelodeon series, “How to Rock.” Crawford will play a techie keyboardist, a role that will allow him to show his physical-comedy chops. “[Noah] started [acting] when he was 6 and […]
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Hip to be ’Square
At its inception, Foursquare provoked questions like “But what’s it for?” and “Why do my points matter?” from the non-social-media masses; the hyper-connected felt a collective bond of confusion and embraced the new and somewhat stalker-y app with glee. Using the most basic reward system out there — acknowledgment — the app slowly began to […]
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Grand theft … Zumba?
But state Rep. William Fourkiller thinks outside the box. The Stilwell Democrat is proposing to place a tax on so-called violent video games. His measure, House Bill 2696, seeks a 1 percent tax on the sales of all video games rated “teen,” “mature,” or “adult only,” by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. That revenue, in […]
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What is life
In that spirit, it’s worth noting that the first bill passed by the Oklahoma state Senate this session wasted no time diving into the so-called culture war. By a 34-8 vote, the Senate passed a measure Feb. 15 stating that life begins at conception. Senate Bill 1433 ensures that fetuses have the same full rights […]
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God beats labor
As if the Capitol crowd can’t get enough of that old-time religion during the springtime revival known as the legislative session — what with legislative prayer breakfasts, a newly formed prayer caucus and efforts to promulgate Christian creed — some fervent wordsmiths have constructed a state motto to help clarify our identity: “Oklahoma — In […]