Last month I took time to acknowledge the lowest common denominators all people living on this planet share, those being death and taxes. Today in Cleveland, OH, President Obama promoted the idea of expanding those two of life’s certainties by one more, VOTING! Coming on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the events leading…
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Planting grass seed
Tonight was the night. Pursuant to Article 1, Section 1 A of the Bylaws of the Oklahoma Democratic Party, precinct organizational meetings were held at 7 PM this evening. I was proud to attend the designated meeting place for my south Tulsa precinct along with two dozen or so other enthusiastic Democrats. This meeting place…
Continue ReadingLegislating morality
After two nights and a day of cabin fever amid a late winter spate of snow and ice, I ventured out this afternoon to the monthly meeting of the Atheist Community of Tulsa. Today the organization hosted a guest speaker, one Toby Jenkins, Executive Director of Oklahomans For Equality. Mr. Jenkins spends a fair amount…
Continue ReadingWho stands for what and why
It came to my attention this week that a few of the local secular organizations, outfits that make residence in such a religious conservative locale habitable, have made the “anti-Christian bigotry” list of a national pro-theocratic organization. Among the local organizations that made the list of the American Family Association is one I have written about previously, the Atheist Community of Tulsa. Also making the list…
Continue ReadingAdvanced propaganda vs. the critical thinking imperative
As one who has sworn both an Oath of Enlistment and an Oath of Commissioning, let me say this about the USA and Oklahoma: My Country and my State, right or wrong. May they always be right. When they are wrong, may they be put right! Another week has passed in our illustrious state’s First Session…
Continue ReadingVeterans looking out for Veterans
On this gorgeous spring-like February Saturday morning I, the Route66Kid, made my way down the turnpike paralleling the Mother Road and attended a meeting of the Oklahoma Democratic Party Veteran’s Committee at the Oklahoma Democratic Party Headquarters in Oklahoma City. Even though there were only a little over a dozen members present, veteran demographics ranging from…
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Thomas Paine!
By the Western calendar, February 9th, 1737 is Thomas Paine’s date of birth. Of all the contributors to the American Revolution and to the fledgling American Republic, the work of Thomas Paine not only endures but still resonates loudly today. Paine was the first to promote the idea of an Estate Tax and a minimum wage. …
Continue ReadingThe Winds of Change are sweepin’ down the plains and to the Right!
According to the latest State of the States poll by Gallup, the American electorate is moving decidedly to the political Right. The findings of this poll however are lost on those of us residing along the most conservative stretch of the Mother Road as Oklahoma by any reasonable assessment is already there and has been for the past…
Continue ReadingCulture Wars: The Reddest State Front
The legislature of the state representing the Mother Road’s most conservative stretch has wasted no time in the new session introducing bills to outlaw or maximally marginalize those who do not share the values or belief system of the duly elected representatives of the cultural majority. One such elected culture warrior whose controversial views are…
Continue ReadingRoe v Wade at 42
Thursday, January 22nd was the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade effectively legalizing abortion on demand in the United States. The debate on the issue is one that has never not been polarized. In 2015 there are many places in the nation where Roe v Wade is purely academic due to obstructionist laws and…
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