Why March 23rd Common Core May Be Coming Back to Oklahoma

Brought to You by State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister

By: Kevin Batts II

  While the electorate is distracted by the Republican Presidential primaries candidates, the voters in Oklahoma are unaware that Common Core is about to be brought back to their state. The Oklahoma legislature has been lulled to sleep and unaware of how close they are to bringing back Common Core via approving newly submitted state education standards.

Problems With The Romney Initiative

  Recently, former Republican Presidential Nominee, Mitt Romney, called the national media together in Salt Lake City to address the state of the GOP nominating process. In that address, he condemned the candidacy of Donald Trump as being a rouse and a con job. He stated that such a nominee would destroy the Republican chances of winning the general election, and if by chance Trump did win, it would have devastating consequences for the party and the nation.

  Romney put forth a strategy to defeat Trump by asking other campaigns to focus on only the states where they are the strongest alternative candidacy to that of Trump. He said "Ohioans should vote for Kasich and Floridians should vote for Rubio," and in other states the GOP voters should apply a similar logic. He said that even if it doesn't result in another candidate attaining an outright nomination, at least it would open the door to other options through a "brokered" convention.

Millennial Blogger Scolds GOP For Juvenile Campaigns, Joins Libertarian Party

A Political “Reality”?

Guest article by Alex Allen, of Big Blog of Justice & Freedom

  Magical realism or fabulism is when, in a normal or typical time or place, there is an event or situation so outlandish or preposterous, it can scarcely be believed. Typically this refers to literature, but now we find that description is very fitting for this election – which seems to be coming down to, who sweats the most?

Please, I beg of you, don’t vote for either of these two clowns on Tuesday!

Asset Forfeiture: Pirates of Route 66

Guest Opinion: by Joanna Francisco of Liberty Of Tap - Tulsa, OK:

Inspired by Tulsa DA, Steve Kunzweiler; Canadian County Sheriff, Randall Edwards;
and Senate Judiciary Chairman, Anthony Sykes.

Civil Asset Forfeiture? C'mon...this is Civil Asset Piracy and these are the Pirates of Oklahoma - 

  When I first learned of Civil Asset Forfeiture, I was shocked that there was even such a thing. I mean, I am not naive about government corruption, but government representatives writing laws allowing government agents to steal property from citizens who have not been convicted of, or even charged with, a crime seemed a bit over the top even for government. Here’s what got me started on this issue: Taken by Sarah Stillman from the August 2013 issue of The New Yorker. To date, it’s the most thorough article I have ever read on the subject.  Since Oklahoma was mentioned in this article as one of the states in which Civil Asset Forfeiture is common practice, this issue become high on my radar.

Dr. Tom Coburn: An Open Letter To Oklahoma's Legislators

After serving in both houses of congress, Dr. Coburn diagnoses
an institutional illness and prescribes an effective treatment.

  Former Senator Tom Coburn, understands the problems in Washington better than anyone, Here is a recent letter he wrote to the Oklahoma legislature.

 Dear Oklahoma Legislator,
I am proud to be an Oklahoman, and I was proud to represent our state during my time in the United States Senate. One of the biggest lessons I learned during that time was that our federal government is like a runaway freight train. It will continue to overstep its constitutional boundaries and usurp more and more of states’ rights and individual liberties until someone or something stops it.
  Under Article V of the Constitution, you are the ones empowered to stop it, through a state-led convention for proposing amendments. Only through formal amendments can the states put effective checks on judicial activism, reject the damage that has been done to the Constitution through creative “interpretations” of some of its provisions, and impose meaningful fiscal restraints on Washington.

The Islamic Supremacists Movement: Skinheads With Beards

Op/Ed By Al Gerhart, of the Sooner Tea Party.

The Real Islam According to the Qur'an:

  The real face of Islam isn’t found in the soft mouthed platitudes given by the CAIR leader and the State Chamber of Commerce, the real face of Islam is found in the Qur’an and in the speeches and writings of their spiritual leader. Despite this the liberals are intent on supporting the Muslims as it is one more group that adds numbers and weight to what the liberals think is a united front against conservative values.

Top Ten Reasons To Condemn Islam

  We found these top ten reasons a reasonable person should condemn Islam  online and borrowed heavily from various sources on the Muslim faith in this compilation:

The Elephant in the OKGOP’s Living Room

By former District 85 State Representative, Porter Davis:

  Officials in the Oklahoma Republican Party are still in denial about the September loss of a perpetually GOP-held seat in a Elephant Mary special election for House District 85. At recent county and state GOP meetings, I heard the often-repeated mantras that the Democrat “outworked” the Republican, that more “liberals” are moving into the district, and that the Carter campaign thought they could just cruise to victory in this “safe” seat. They either don’t see, or don’t want to address, the real issue, the elephant in the living room.

  My perspective on HD 85 is unique. I ran for the seat twice, once losing as an Independent in 1976, and again winning as a Reagan Republican in 1982. I received 63% of the vote in a district with a majority of registered Democrats. I’ve kept a watchful eye on that district since. Subsequent GOP Reps in that seat were Mike Hunter, Mary Fallin, Odelia and David Dank. All did a good job representing their district.

  So what happened? Is it really so simple that Cyndi Munson, an energetic, personable liberal Democrat just “outworked”political veteran and insider, conservative Republican Chip Carter?