On February 25, President Obama has scheduled a discussion on health care reform to take place at the White House and has invited Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as health care experts, to come to the meeting and talk about their proposals to overhaul our health care system. His [...]
Over the weekend, Tulsa County GOP held a rally for Republican activists, current elected officials, and candidates for the upcoming 2010 elections. At the event, I posted a couple pictures via Twitter. It was a packed crowd as you can see in Picture #1 and Picture #2.
During the rally, they held a [...]
The proposed Gilcrease Turnpike by Sen. Bingman is headed to committee tomorrow.
Thanks to Michael Bates at BatesLine.com for giving some more background info on the Gilcrease Turnpike's history.
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Rep. Harold Wright said it is “inappropriate” to use children in state lottery commercials and has filed legislation to stop that exploitation.
Reps. Scott Martin and Lewis Moore today welcomed a number of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, who attended events at the state Capitol commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.As reported by the Capitol Beat OK, Speaker Benge is going to pull a health care bill authored by Rep. Mike Ritze (R-Broken Arrow) that would exempt Oklahoma from any nationalized health care mandates (ie. Obamacare).
In response to questions from CapitolBeatOK, Speaker of the House Chris Benge said this afternoon (Feb. 3) that [...]
Comments made over the weekend by members of Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation that argue President Barack Obama is a leftist who needs to get to the center are simply untrue.
As I written before, Obama is a “centrist” by any rational definition of the word. He [...]
A race to the bottom
Point of view: Interstate insurance sales
BY JEFF RAYMOND The Oklahoman
Published: February 8, 2010
One of the few parts of health care reform everyone seems to agree on is that selling insurance across state lines should be allowed. "Competition" [...]
In case you haven’t heard what the Senator from Alabama did on Thursday, he put a “blanket hold” on ALL of President Obama’s more than 70 nominees before the Senate. Reports say the holds were placed because of a dispute over a contract to build Air [...]
A portrait of traditional Native storyteller Te Ata will be formally dedicated today at 1:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber.
Sugar vs. Face to Face
A survey reported in the San Diego Union found that half of students graduating from those top colleges and universities could not name which side our nation fought on in the Second World War. ~ From an article: http://capitolbeatok.com/_webapp_2841143/At_conference,_Boren_decries_'scandalous'_lack_of_historical_knowledge [...] 
AOL Radio Blog has put out their list of their Top 10 Love Songs and all I can say is, no. A couple of the songs on the list aren’t terrible but overall these are some of the most clichéd choices imaginable. [...] 
Bloody hilarious!!!
