Hurricane Erin dumps on Oklahoma, revealing El Reno’s best feature
Last night the “remnants” of Hurricane Erin came through Oklahoma, directly through El Reno. We got 7-1/2 inches of rain in 5 or 6 hours. Our electricity went out about …
More voices! More choices!
Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform (OBAR) is a coalition of third parties and registered Independents seeking to change the state’s extremely restrictive laws. Today they announced the launch of a …
Recent news stories paint alarming picture of GI mental health
I expect this is just the tip of the iceberg. Our society is still dealing the veterans of Viet Nam, in homeless shelters, mental health clinics, and prisons. I fear …
Local Harvest
From Friends of Live Earth, an email about “Eating Green” with info about a web site where you can find local farmer’s markets, producers, whole food restaurants, etc.for anyplace in …
Blogger solves Oklahoma’s Inhofe problem
Proof that blogs can play a vital, uplifting role in our society: Oklahoma blog Phototune, after hearing how Republican presidential candidate John McCain is missing so many votes in the …
Survey says: Oklahomans are pro-choice
On Wednesday, The Tulsa World published the results of a survey (of 752 likely voters conducted April 27-30) on the attitudes of Oklahomans on abortion. Surprising to me, 75% of …
Knocking down the church walls
Street Prophets: Too Inclusive? I just discovered another Daily Kos spinoff (I think Kos now has more spinoffs than Happy Days and All in the Family combined): Street Prophets. It …
A visit from Camilo
Tonight I attended a potluck dinner followed by a talk by Camilo Mejia, the conscientious objector who was imprisoned for nine months here in Oklahoma for following his conscience and …
Okie blog awards
Mike at Okiedoke is a great promoter of Oklahoma and bloggery — he’s even organizing the 2006 Oklahoma Blogger convention — so who better to institute the Okie Blogger Awards? …