Marking the 70th anniversary of the publication of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, today The Oklahoman had a story — front page — about the evolution of the term “Okie” from slur (intentional or perceived) to proud label of strength against adversity. A sidebar story looked at reactions to the book through history.
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Had a great time tonight going to the Amy Goodman talk in Lawton, sponsored by KCCU. Drove down with a vanful of interesting activists of various backgrounds and experiences, had a rushed dinner at Garfields (because the burgers were way overdone, not ‘carefully cooked to perfect medium well’ or whatever the b.s. was from the [...]
Oh Lordy, Jed Lewison the vid genius of Daily Kos TV was on fire today, providing us off mic revelations from Fox News employees. In this clip, Fox News’ John Gibson (he now has a radio gig, but used to have a TV show), who was in Tulsa to cover the event, could not get [...]
My friend David attended and got some pics and other impressions, which I posted earlier.
But he also was brave enough to do an interview with the local event organizer and challenge on his (David’s) premise that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh would feel right at home with the teabaggers (sic).
David managed to top [...]
Update: Click on photo above to see album of the OKC tea party. Wrapping up his reporting and posting the album, David says 5000+ were in attendance.
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Check out a progressive doing live coverage from the so-called teabag revolution event at the Oklahoma capitol:
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On April 14, 1939, The Grapes of Wrath was released, to immediate public and critical success. And to immediate controversy. In Oklahoma, the book was sometimes misunderstood, or perhaps understood all too well, and thus maligned for craven political purposes. Anyone who reads the book with even a scintilla of awareness can recognize that the [...]
