No Indication of Hate Crime in Shooting Says Tulsa Mayor

Two white men in a pick up truck drive in to a predominantly black neighborhood and gun down five black men killing three. The mayor of Tulsa this morning says there is no indication yet that this was a hate crime. So what is the motive then? What were these rednecks doing in that neighborhood if the motive was not to kill random black people? One of the shooters had posted racial slurs on his facebook page stating that his father had been shot by a black man.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/08/us/oklahoma-shootings/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Cue the wacky right wing with their stories of white people being killed by black people just like they have done with the Trayvon Martin case. If the police can establish a motive like robbery, then I will say it's not a hate crime. I think these two should be treated like terrorists, just like the DC snipers should have. Here's hoping they get raped by black male after black male in prison.

Obama Comes to OKC as Politicians Skip Town

OKC was all abuzz this week with a visit by the President that had the local Sheraton so locked down that even good liberals like myself couldn't get within a block of it. But where was the welcome mat from the good leaders of OK? A president sleeping in OK for the first time in over 20 years is quite an event.

Mary Fallin, the ever crazy Governor, decided to continue on with her vaction in Puerto Rico, and the Lt Govenor stayed in DC for a conference. http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-14759-obama-snubbed.html


It's probably a good thing they didn't show up to greet the President since we all know how his encounter with the even crazier Jan Brewer ended.

I'm just happy that Fallin could take a break from drinking rum to get a shot in at Obama:
The fact of the matter is President Obama’s rhetoric is matched with a policy record that is aggressively anti-energy and continues to stifle economic growth in Oklahoma and throughout the nation. The president urgently needs to reexamine his policies, not deliver more speeches taking credit for the accomplishments of others.

Of course, the best part of the trip came when a woman told Barack she was also born in Hawaii!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/president-obama-meets-hawaiian-woman-asks-her-if-she-has-her-birth-certificate/

Guest Blog: A Visitor in OKC!

Over the summer I was thrilled to host my old college roomie Maria for some adventure here in OKC. From watching bull riding to cruising down 66, we had a great time despite the ridiculous heat. The heat, my god, the heat!

Maria was kind enough to share her experience as an OKC outsider, visiting for the first time:

As I sit here on Super Bowl Sunday waiting for my brie to finish baking (I know, brie and football don’t seem to mix, but it IS Connecticut after all), it occurred to me that the blog post I promised to write after my visit to OKC nearly a year ago never came to fruition.

So, here is my long overdue list of:
The Top Ten Things I Learned While Visiting Oklahoma City:

10. The price of cowboy boots is competitive with that of the latest pair of Christian Louboutins

9. Saddleries exist in the year 2012 (btw, MS Word sees saddlery and all of its variations as an error!)

8. Fried pickles are breaded, ranch dressing-dippable awesomeness

7. “Fixin’” has nothing to do with actually repairing anything

6. Dry heat still = F-‘ing hot!!

4. There is a National Banjo Museum and yes, it pays homage to both “The Rainbow Connection” and “Deliverance”

3. Viewing the OKC Memorial was one of the most moving moments in my life.

3. The best part about Route 66 is the song

2. The world’s greatest pickup line is, “I won 3 guns in a raffle last week”

And the Number One Thing I Learned While Visiting Oklahoma City:

When drinking beer at a nightclub, always keep it covered. Not so that someone won’t slip you a roofie, but so that a bull won’t kick mud into it My name is Maria and I live on the Connecticut shoreline. I do not wear madras from Lilly Pulitzer and I do not use the word “summer” as a verb.

Oklahoma Prays For Rain, God Says GFY

Well it's been a week since the wacky climate change denying governor of Oklahoma asked residents to pray for rain to help end the drought and still no rain here in Oklahoma. The governor now needs to tell us whether she thinks 1. Praying doesn't work or 2. God hears the prayers but prefers to let the people of Oklahoma suffer.

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/07/18/271658/climate-denying-oklahoma-governor-tells-residents-to-pray-for-rain/

Things You Learn Driving Through Oklahoma and Arkansas!

Recently I decided to get the hell out of dodge and embarked on a trip through eastern Oklahoma in to Arkansas. What an eye opener! If you pay attention to the little details, you can actually learn a thing or two:

1. The only things needed to sustain life in nowhere U.S.A are a Walmart and McDonald's. If you can't get it there, you don't need it.

2. A "Heavy Traffic Ahead" sign means you will need to slow down from 75 to 65 mph.

3. Summer is the perfect time for churches to launch that "If you think this is hot, wait until you get to hell" marketing campaign to get the folks in on a Sunday.

4. Whoever invented the ugly yellow sign with an arrow on top must be a billionaire. They are all over the place!

5. The lake in Oklahoma are actually red because of the color of the dirt and will turn your bathing suit red...and I have to imagine your hair too!

6. A typical golf course in Arkansas has weeds and is right next door to a trailer park.

7. The state of Arkansas has a law that requires all towns to have a fire works tent every 500 feet.

8. In the summer, it gets so hot, vehicles can catch on fire!

Gay Marriage Passes in NY. Oklahoma Freaks Out!

The gays are coming, the gays are coming. Ring ring, bang bang. Even though gay marriage is almost 1000 miles away, hey, that's still too close! Let's check out what some Oklahomans have had to say over the last week about them gays in NY!

Congratulations gay people. I am so proud of you for standing up to we the Heterosexuals. You now have the freedom to have unprotected same sex copulation and it all is underwritten by the State of New York. You will now be considered married couples as long as you stay in that state. The first shots of your "revolution" have been fired,and it is a direct hit against the Republic. Now our nation is free to go by way of the Roman Empire. What's next for you people,are you trying to find another Caligula to make it official? Hey, in NY,it's anything goes. After all, us straight people know nothing about the joy of same sex partners. That will always be true because at least for me that is the way life is supposed to be. If I hired a secretary and she was constantly putting the incoming mail in the outgoing slot and my employees didn't get their paychecks,I would say she new nothing about her responsibilities. Gay folks would say that she was just expressing herself and there was nothing wrong with her actions... Well I just expressed my pride in being Straight,now how long before another one of you take offense and have my comment censored?
Yes because as some of you may not know, unprotected sex is illegal in Oklahoma....unless it is with a farm animal. That's just following god's law in the "republic." Oklaoman's don't have an issue getting paychecks like those gays in NY because well, secretaries always put them in the right slot. STRAIGHT PRIDE Y'ALL!

OK doesn't recognize whatever flavor-of-the-month is falling off the left coasts. This is no different. Relax. NY can be "progressive"...let them be who they want. I'll hang out here. I like normal and common-sense land.
And don't be bringing your "flavor of the month" gay lover here to Oklahoma for vacation from the left coast neither. No matter how much of an urge you have to visit common-sense-land with it's dry hot dusty summers with no beaches.

It's because our Society feels the need that we MUST cater to THIS President, the Liberal Special Interest Groups and "Alliances", etc... vs catering to America as a WHOLE!
Wait, what happened to the screams of states rights that I continue to hear from the red states? I guess that just applies to things they agree with.

Oklahoma will be the very last state to legalize gay marriage.
But probably will be the first to legalize marrying your opposite sex double cousin.

Also one can be "gay" without being homosexual and homosexuals are not all "gay". I really hate the euphemism "gay" when talking about homosexuality, which renders a totally acceptable word into something it is not. The term "queer" seems more appropriate to me but whatever...
Just look it up those two words in the Oklahoma dictionary. They come after "do what?" and "fixin" and before "y'all."

Cultural =/= successful, prudent, fiscally sound, desirable, wanted, wise, managed carefully, good overall judgement, or efficient. Here in Oklahoma, I wouldn't trade all of that for the simple label of being "cultural". I'm not saying we are perfect, but we are far from New York, and for the most part, that's a good thing.
Culture is one of those words we leave out of the Oklahoma dictionary.

It's ALL about the INDIVIDUALS! We have to cater to all of the individuals and their little special interest groups and quirkie ideas, while this NATION, suffers. We are no longer UNITED! We've been torn apart by a two party political system and more importantly; idiotic, LIBERAL ideas!
And if anyone is in a position to know what is best for the entire country, it's the people that live in the middle of nowhere. Having cows as neighbors gives you great perspective on creating a perfect society.

But at the end of the day, we can put gay marriage right up there with professional sports and reality TV as just another distraction to keep us all occupied while the control grid goes in place.
Who are these people that pay as much attention to gay marriage as they do sports? Can you say closet homosexuals? And does it seem rational to compare basic human rights to Keeping up with the Kardashians? REALLY?!?!?!

Charles Barkley is wrong!

Well it's NBA playoffs time and the city is gearing up for game 7 tomorrow which means it is about time for a Thunder related post. I recently became aware that there was a bit of controversy when Charles Barkley, during TNT coverage, had this to say about OKC:

Oklahoma is nothing but vast wasteland," Barkley said, adding that Oklahoma was "no place for black people."

"The Oklahoma Sooners and the Hornets are the only brothers in town."

Even though it was said 5 years ago, the papers here are still blasting Sir Charles.

I think I can help out Barkley with correcting himself. I think what he meant to say is that Oklahoma is "no place for PEOPLE."