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Some refuse to believe this train has left station | NewsOK.com

Some refuse to believe this train has left station | NewsOK.com
Source: newsok.com
Pity the members of the Oklahoma City Council. Lately they have been visited by train zealots who refuse to accept the reality that the Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway is being relocated, and apparently believe the council can do something about it.
    Read the comments that follow this stupid, mean and misleading editorial — amazing pushback to the powers that be in OKC. The people of Oklahoma WANT to save the Union Station Railyard and have decent public transportation including light rail. If you are resident of city, please call your council member, the mayor and the paper to say: “Saving rail yard is the ONLY action that makes sense!”    
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Campaign Silo » Dear Congress: You Can Take A Vacation When You Get the Job Done

Campaign Silo » Dear Congress: You Can Take A Vacation When You Get the Job Done
Source: campaignsilo.firedog…
The House is so close to passing a health reform bill – they should not go on vacation now when thousands are losing their health care or worse every day.

Click here to sign the petition and ask the House to stay in session to pass health care instead of going on vacation. Health care just can’t wa…

    Please sign the petition.    
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White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives – Los Angeles Times

White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives – Los Angeles Times
Source: www.latimes.com
Citing an argument used by the Bush administration, the Secret Service rejects a request from a watchdog group to list those who have visited the White House to discuss the healthcare overhaul.
    So much for that unprecedented transparency we were going to get from Obama. Next time someone from the DNC or Organizing for America asks for money, send a check to CREW instead. They at least are fighting to keep those fuckers honest.    
Politics and law

Understanding and treating the hidden wounds of war

Documentary video explores the hidden wounds of war
Date: Wednesday, 7/21
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Joy Mennonite Church, 504 NE 16th, OKC
The Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Oklahoma GI Rights Hotline invite you to a screening of the film “PTSD: Invisible Wounds of War” on Tuesday, July 21 at 6:30 pm at Joy Mennonite Church in Oklahoma […]

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On Cronkite's Mixed Legacy

On Cronkite’s Mixed Legacy
Source: www.boomantribune.com
I remember watching Walter Cronkite on the evening news when I was a young boy. He went off the air when I was eleven or twelve and I still have memories of all the hoopla that surrounded his retirement. …
    Before you get too misty eyed in mourning Walter Cronkite and the lost integrity of US newsrooms, read this.