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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklahoma is becoming a national leader in early education and is empowering low-income families and their children to succeed, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told community leaders at the dedication of an early childhood education center in Oklahoma City Thursday, Sept. 17. “What is happening in Oklahoma with early childhood education is truly remarkable...
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Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback - (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Arrgh! Shiver me beak and gobbler, pass the grog and fire up yer sparklers. It’s yer favorite pirate turkey, Planksy, filling in for DocHoc this here Indy holiday. Arrgh. Imagine me and me fellow fowl as we be piratin,’ dancing,’ and rowin’ into Oklahoma City the Fourthy day. On this arrghspicious occasion, Planksy’s doling the sparklers and sharklers once again. Ahoy,...
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Arrgh! Shiver kerts timbers! Arrgh! Me walks about with two peg legs since dochoc
lost me my ship! Arrgh!
anonymous - 09/22/2009
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Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback - (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
A court has ruled that a Ten Commandments monument on the Haskell County Courthouse grounds in Stigler violates the U.S. Constitution and that it must be removed. State Rep. Mike Ritze was quick to point out the decision would not affect the Ten Commandments monument that will soon be installed at the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City, but the fact remains clear such monuments here and elsewhere will...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
DENVER, June 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court panel in Denver ruled unanimously Monday a Ten Commandments display at an Oklahoma courthouse is unconstitutional. Ruling in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma and a private citizen, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the primary effect of the monument in Stigler is endorsement of a religion, the Tulsa (Okla.) World...
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Scratch one off the open seat watch, Senate version: U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn said Monday he will seek a second and final term in 2010. ... No opponent has stepped forward to challenge Coburn, whose approval ratings consistently top 60 percent, in 2010. Coburn said the most difficult part of his decision was "whether I could continue to sacrifice my family." He said he will keep his 2004 pledge...
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The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 05/23/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gov. Brad Henry has signed a bill to permit a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state Capitol. Henry took the action Monday, rejecting arguments that the display violated the state and U.S. constitutions barring government favoring a religion.
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
The field isn't even firmly set on the Republican side, but the GOP begins the open seat race to replace Democratic Gov. Brad Henry in Oklahoma with a big advantage over the two announced Democratic candidates. Public Policy Polling (5/13-17, registered voters): Drew Edmondson (D) : 38 Mary Fallin (R) : 48 Drew Edmondson (D) : 39 J.C. Watts (R) : 47 Jari Askins (D) : 34 Mary Fallin (R) : 50 Jari Askins...
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Public Policy Polling (5/13-17, registered voters): Brad Henry (D) : 40 Tom Coburn (R-inc) : 52 Dan Boren (D) : 36 Tom Coburn (R-inc) : 53 (MoE: ?3.7%) In a hypothetical race against two of the strongest candidates that Oklahoma Democrats could muster -- incumbent Gov. Brad Henry and 2nd CD Rep. Dan Boren -- Coburn would be far from imperiled. In any case, neither Henry nor Boren would be likely candidates...
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Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
The Tulsa World reports that Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Monday signed House Bill 1330 [Word .doc] that authorizes placement of a Ten Commandments monument on the State Capitol grounds. The new law may well invite litigation. Anticipating that, the drafters specified that the Oklahoma monument-- which will be paid for by private funds-- should have the same text as the monument on the Texas State...
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Hindu Press International (Free subscription) | 05/16/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA, Friday, May, 8, 2009: The Oklahoma House of Representatives, by a vote of 83-2, has passed HB 1330, the Ten Commandments Monument Display Act. The bill, previously passed by the Senate, now goes to Gov. Brad Henry for his signature. It provides in part: The State Capitol Preservation Commission ... is hereby authorized to ... arrange for the placement on the State Capitol...
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Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
AP reported yesterday that the Oklahoma House of Representatives, by a vote of 83-2, has passed HB 1330, the Ten Commandments Monument Display Act [ full text, Word doc ]. The bill, previously passed by the Senate, now goes to Gov. Brad Henry for his signature. It provides in part: The State Capitol Preservation Commission ... is hereby authorized to ... arrange for the placement on the State Capitol...
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Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 04/25/2009
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry is signing an executive order making the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?" the state's rock song. The Oklahoma Senate had voted to do so but the House couldn't muster the required number of votes needed for...
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Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 04/23/2009
Gov. Brad Henry signed legislation into law today that will create a statewide system to swiftly alert authorities when a senior citizen goes missing. House Bill 2030, by state Rep. Kris Steele, directs the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement a statewide “silver alert” system to be activated on behalf of a missing senior citizen in cooperation with the Department of Transportation,...
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China Rhyming (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
As someone who wrote a biography of a great China Hand (Carl Crow) I'm interested in who other biographers choose. Isidore Cyril Cannon's new book Public Success, Private Sorrow is a biography of Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor (1857-1938) a veteran of the Boxers and the Siege of the Legations, a long serving China Customs Commissioner and a pioneering translator of Chinese texts into English. Brewitt-Taylor...
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