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See Sally Run, Hear Sally Lie

August 27, 2010 - 6:04 am by jamesnimmo

 


Target having a sale on duplicity?

August 22, 2010 - 4:26 pm by jamesnimmo

Target having a sale on duplicity?   Target gets, uh, TARGETED big time
 
This is really a great video demonstrating grassroots activism.
 
Target is trying to buy the election of anti-gay candidates all the while claiming to be gay-friendly. 
 
Target having a sale on duplicity?  Buy one,  get one free?
 
Target seems to be hoping the outrage will die down. Let's show the company it won't. If you like this video, pass it along. Thanks!

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SQ 746 - Solving a problem or creating one?

August 16, 2010 - 10:57 am by Oklahoma Policy...

A new post on the Oklahoma Policy Institute blog looks at SQ 746, the ballot measure that would require Oklahoma voters to show identification to cast a vote. Our bottom line:

In an editorial, the Oklahoman concedes that  "voter fraud has never been much of a problem", but endorses SQ 746, on these grounds: Read more »

Ten Commandments monument endorses Christianity

August 13, 2010 - 7:49 pm by Lawrence Roth

Authoritarian Christians in the Oklahoma Congress want to mark public property at the Capital with the smell of Christianity. Read more »

Homo-Happy-iens Will Care for Our Own Emotions

August 10, 2010 - 9:58 am by jamesnimmo

 
 
Religion and Sex Best Conducted by Consenting Adults in Private
 
 
 
(OKLAHOMA CITY)  From the smallest cross-roads-one-stop-light town to the largest state in the American Union, religion has stood in the municipal-legislative door to stop the recognition of gay/lesbian civil rights.
 
Ten countries now recognize and support same-gender marriage.

Is Bradley Manning a scapegoat?

August 9, 2010 - 9:03 pm by Fannie Bates

Our government gave top-secret security clearance to Bradley Manning and 850,000 other people.  Now my dear ole Uncle Sam sees that he should not have told his "secrets" to 850,000 people, so he is going to put this one poor guy away for 50 years?  I guess this is supposed to be a warning to the other 850,000 to keep their mouths shut.  If Uncle Sam had thoroughly vetted all these people, we wouldn't have 850,000 folks walking around with our nation's "secrets" at their finger tips.  Most of them would have been denied or would still be waiting for security clearance, if Read more »

Open Letter to Rep. Kern: How About Taking on Oklahoma’s Real Problems?

August 9, 2010 - 1:11 pm by Brittany Novotny

 

Dear Rep. Kern:

 

One of my supporters forwarded me a speaking schedule for a conference that took place this past weekend called “Wake Up, America!”  According to the speaker schedule, on Saturday you were to present on the topic of “Taking a Stand Against Liberals.”

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Our Fierce Defender Losing his Bite

August 7, 2010 - 5:16 pm by jamesnimmo

Our fierce defender should take the time to read the court opinion of Judge Vaughn Walker who wrote the clear-eyed California Prop 8 decision declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional.
( https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/ )
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