OKC912Project newsletter for the week of January 11th 2010

Until I have time to create a newsletter in a more reader-friendly format, I am condensing the newsletter to those articles most currently impactful for our membership in terms of action and education. Please continue to check Restore Oklahoma Public Education for information on Education-related issues. Please contact Jenni White (Education Coordinator, OKC912Project) with questions about content or for more information on upcoming events.

Please do not forget to find and attend your local OKC912Project small group monthly meeting today. For more information on dates and times please contact:

Nita Lindberg for the Edmond group: Typically the 2nd Thurs.
Jean Shroer for the OKC Metro group: Typically 2nd Mon.
Scott Grass for the Mustang/Yukon group: Typically 2nd and 4th Mon.
Matt DeToy for the Choctaw/East Side group: Typically 3rd Thurs.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Please include as many of these as you can on your calendar.

- January 21st OKSAFE Action Forum, the Village Library, 10307 N. Penn Ave., The Village, OKC, 6:30-8:00 pm

- January 21st, Screening of Not Evil Just Wrong, 7-8:30pm, UCO (and two Tulsa locations), Room 128 of the Liberal Arts building at University of Central Oklahoma. Contact Leigh Sethman Oklahoma Grassroots Coordinator, Americans for Prosperity, 405.202.9945 for more information. Contact Leigh Sethman Oklahoma Grassroots Coordinator, Americans for Prosperity, 405.202.9945 for more information

- January 21st, Oklahoma Legislative Training from 9:30am to 1:00pm in Room 511-A of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.

- January 22nd & 23rd - Clouds Over America Conference, Friday afternoon
through Saturday morning. For more information and reservations, please call (405) 348-9991 weekdays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

- January 27th, Oklahoma Legislative Action Training beginning at 1:00 p.m. in Room 419-A of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.

- February 1st, Monday, Meet Your Legislator on opening day of the legislative session! Meet in the first floor rotunda of the State Capitol at 12:00 to meet your legislator and begin to learn how to have influence over what happens in this state! There will be a refresher course on talking to legislators (ten minutes or so), an update on pending bills and distribution of bullet pointed flyers to lawmakers. After the State of The State speech, the legislators will return to their offices and we will be there to meet them.

- February 11th 5th District Congressional Republican Candidate Debate 6:30pm to 9:30pm at the UCO Nigh University Center - 2nd Floor - Constitution Hall

- February 18th OKC912Project Candidate Town Hall with James Lankford, Congressional candidate for Oklahoma’s 5th District AND Dr. Janet Baressi, Candidate for State Superintendent of Schools. American Legion Post 73, 5000 SE 24th Street 73155

- February 19th & 20th - The Oklahoma Liberty Conference, Sovereignty 2010 will be sponsored by the Oklahoma Constitutional Alliance at the Metro Tech Spring Lake Conference Center, 1900 Springlake Drive,Oklahoma City, OK 73111, Friday 9 am to 9 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm. More information to come later.

- March 4th Thursday, OKC912Project General Meeting; Amanda Teagarden from OKSAFE will provide the program. She will educate us on Agenda 21; a program run by the United Nations (UN) related to sustainable development. It is a comprehensive blueprint of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the UN, governments, and major groups in every area in which humans impact on the environment. Agenda 21 is simply one way our federal - and local - governments are building a model with which to usurp the liberties of the United States citizens. American Legion Post 73, 5000 SE 24th Street 73155

- March 13th Saturday, Take Back Our Country Tour with Glen Beck, Dick Morris, John Rich and Gretchen Wilson. Tulsa Convention Center. Tickets on sale now @ http://1170kfaq.com/takingourcountryback.html

- April 1st, 2nd & 3rd, OKC912Project General Meeting/Garage Sale at the American Legion Post 73, 5000 SE 24th Street 73155. Please start saving back items you would be willing to donate to the sale now. Please also put this on your calendar NOW so that you can be available to help when time comes! We will need LOTS of volunteers!

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LEGISLATION, STATE:
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The Oklahoma State Senate website includes legislative bill tracking information, copies of all versions of bills including committee reports, daily agendas, meeting notices, calendars, and an array of useful information. This information is available on the web site earlier than it is available in hard copy. Many new features have been added to the system. The training classes are open to everyone and will last approximately one hour. This year the training will also be broadcast on the Senate’s website http://www.oksenate.gov. Select the link for audio and video in Room 419-C. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/

Lawmakers File “Freedom of Healthcare Choice Act” Contact: State Rep. Mike Ritze
Capitol: (405) 557-7338
OKLAHOMA CITY – The voters of Oklahoma will have the opportunity to preserve the existing health care system in Oklahoma under legislation sought by three state legislators.
State Reps. Mike Ritze and Mike Reynolds and state Sen. Randy Brogdon announced today that they will file legislation enacting the “Freedom of Healthcare Choice Act,” allowing voters to preserve the existing healthcare system in Oklahoma regardless of congressional action at the federal level.
The legislation will allow a vote of the people to opt out of the proposed federal system.
http://www.okhouse.gov/OkhouseMedia/ShowStory.aspx?MediaNewsID=3350

Oklahoma State House Bill 2810 Contact: State Representative Charles Key. 10th Amendment legislation prohibiting the state treasurer from forwarding any taxes collected from Oklahoma Tax payers to satisfy Federal legislation the state would deem Unconstitutional.
From the bill: If the federal government imposes any sanctions on the State of Oklahoma for failing to enact legislation required by federal law, which the Legislature deems to be unconstitutional, by withholding or reprogramming any federal aid monies from, among other things, highway construction to highway safety or other programs, the State Treasurer shall not transfer any taxes held in the Federal Tax Fund but shall retain the monies in the fund until such time as the sanctions are lifted. If the lifting of the sanctions occurs within ninety (90) days, the State Treasurer shall transfer the amounts held in the fund to the Internal Revenue Service within ten (10) days of the lifting of the sanctions. If the sanctions are not lifted within ninety (90) days, the state shall impose a surcharge on the monies in the fund to be used for payment to continue highway project funding.

Oklahoma State House Bill 2814 Contact: State Representative Charles Key. Measure directing the Oklahoma State Department of Education to adopt social studies curriculum to include the following 6 study areas: 1. The Declaration of Independence; 2. The United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights; 3. Substantive selections from the Federalist Papers; 4. The Emancipation Proclamation; 5. The Gettysburg Address; and 6. George Washington’s Farewell Address. "A Guide for Learning and Teaching the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution" by Joseph Andrews shall be included by the State Textbook Committee on the adopted textbooks list.

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LEGISLATION, FEDERAL:
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SENATE:
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National Association for Gun Rights BILLWATCH page. Bookmark this to check legislation specifically regarding guns and gun rights.
http://www.nationalgunrights.org/billwatch.shtml

Vote Map: Senate Roll Call No. 396 - H.R. 3590 as Amended; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. GREAT MAP! See voter trends across all states.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=396&chamber=S&...

MAP of senate votes for those that rejected tabling the amendment that would have prohibited federal funding of abortion coverage. See voter trends across all states.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=369&chamber=S&...

ARTICLES OF NATIONAL INTEREST:

President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Council of Governors – VERY IMPORTANT
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426269/posts
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-signs-executi...

What the Dems Know: Universal Voter Registration – ALSO VERY IMPORTANT In January, Chuck Schumer and Barney Frank will propose universal voter registration. What is universal voter registration? It means all of the state laws on elections will be overridden by a federal mandate. The feds will tell the states: 'take everyone on every list of welfare that you have, take everyone on every list of unemployed you have, take everyone on every list of property owners, take everyone on every list of driver's license holders and register them to vote regardless of whether they want to be ...'
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/what_the_dems_know_universal_v.html
Please contact your STATE legislators and ask them to consider authoring additional sovereignty legislation in response to “Universal Voter Registration”. This coupled with federal immigration reform (amnesty) will be yet another big nail in the coffin of our republic.

States Fight Back - In addition to 27 states that have already taken legislative steps to combat the Congressional Democrats’ health care bills, and the 13 state Attorney Generals who joined together to fight the constitutionality of issues such as the Nebraska “Cornhusker Kickback” on Medicaid payments, states are also preparing to take legal action against the federal government if certain controversial provisions are enacted into law.
http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topics/states-fight-back

World Freedom Suffers Further Decline: On January 12, Freedom House released its findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, 2009 marked the fourth consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline—the longest consecutive period of setbacks for freedom in the nearly 40-year history of the report.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=505

9 Vt. state office candidates favor secession Peter Garritano thinks it's time for Vermont to call it quits with America. The way the 54-year-old automobile salesman sees it, the "empire" is about to implode and tiny Vermont can lead the way by becoming its own independent republic. So he's running for lieutenant governor, topping a slate of secession-minded candidates seeking statewide offices this year. Their name: Vermont Independence Day.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=851704

Michael Steele Has Lost the Support of His Party The latest flap involves the release of the Republican National Committee chairman’s book, “Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda.” Steele failed to inform Republican congressional leaders that the book was coming out, and many of them learned about it only through Steele’s television appearances. But many see criticism over the book as a pretext for what really is disturbing a range of Republican leaders: Steele’s public comments, which can be described only as bizarre.
http://newsmax.com/Headline/steele-gop-support-republican/2010/01/12/id/...

The Top 10 Lowlights of the New York Times in 2009
http://www.mrc.org/timeswatch/articles/2009/20091230015615.aspx

The 22nd Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting From the Media Research Center.
http://mrc.org/notablequotables/bestof/2009/default.aspx

ARTICLES OF LOCAL INTEREST:

Boren: Democrats may lose Congress While such a statement falls in the category of conventional wisdom that historically has the party in power losing congressional seats in mid-term elections, Boren parts company with others within his own party by suggesting such a setback would be a "good thing for Oklahoma and for me.'' "If we have a tight majority one way or another, that puts me in the driver's seat,'' the three-term lawmaker said.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20100...

Poll Puts Fallin In the Lead for Governor More than two-thirds of the Republicans surveyed say they favor Fallin, with 16 percent going for Owasso state Sen. Randy Brogdon and a similar share undecided. Among Democrats, Edmondson led Askins 46 percent to 36 percent with 18 percent undecided. Head-to-head, Fallin bested Edmondson 51-39 and Askins 52-36.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=2010...

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FUNNIES OF THE WEEK:
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Blame America: "I think that we have inspired more jihadis against us." --NBC's Andrea Mitchell on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. From the Patriot Post.

Non Compos Mentis: "I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up." --former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
And the apology: "It's a stupid metaphor to say I'm blacker than Barack Obama, that I apologize for. It's not appropriate for me, a white person, to stand out somehow and claim to be a black person, that's just wrong." --Rod Blagojevich. From the Patriot Post.

Once Morons “Understand” ObamaCare, They’ll Be Thrilled “A lot of people are going to like [the health care bill] a whole lot once they see what’s in it. For the first time, it’s got some long-term care in it, which everybody is desperate for as the population gets older. It’s paid for, totally paid-for long-term care insurance. So, I think that there’s a lot in the bill that people are going to like. It’s just a question of understanding it.”
— ABC’s Cokie Roberts on This Week, December 20. From the Media Research Center.

Talk about racist: "And they're monochromatic right? ... Every picture I see shows them to be. ... Meaning they're all white. All of them, every single one of them is white." --MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tea Party protesters (Bob Parks, a black man who attended a Tea Party, http://biggovernment.com/2010/01/06/matthews-all-teabaggers-white-maybe-....) From the Media Research Center.

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Videos To Watch:
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BEAUTIFUL: Painting and commentary by a man discussing the Founders of our Country and their knowledge of whence their blessings came
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUo8OuFaiI&feature=player_embedded#

Thoughts on global warming by the creator of the Weather Channel – old but informative.
http://www.kusi.com/home/78477082.html?video=pop&t=a

Right to Work on Glenn Beck: Obamacare's Union Boss Giveaways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvduHEMxF9M&feature=player_embedded

Agenda 21 Alert: Public Private Partnerships
These videos explain the mechanism by which corporations gain power over all levels of government: local, county, state, federal, foreign and the United Nations, thus creating corporate fascism, on a global level.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsLD7W-l_FM
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwrktoImvvY

A MUCH WATCH video: Breakfast with David Horowitz, Pat Caddell and Scott Wheeler from Restoration Weekend 2009
http://www.davidhorowitztv.com/restorationweekend/rw2009/272-opening-bre...

NRA News' investigative reporter Ginny Simone takes a look at the global gun control goals of the United Nations. By pushing for a binding international treaty aimed at superseding the U.S. Constitution, the United Nations is committed to rendering Americans' Second Amendment rights to own a firearm meaningless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMeDmV0ufU

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Petitions To Sign:
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Petition Opposing the UN Small Arms Treaty from National Association of Gun Rights
http://www.nagr.org/UNpetition1.aspx?pid=3

Ask Charlie Rangel to Schedule a Fair Tax Hearing in the Ways and Means Commission
https://secure2.convio.net/afft/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserActio...

Please sign the Manhattan Declaration! We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are: the sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife and the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
http://www.manhattandeclaration.org/

Join hundreds of thousands of concerned Americans calling for a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform bills being brought forward by the 111th Congress.
http://www.libertyaction.org/310/petition.asp?Ref_ID=3045&RID=22911616

Petition to recall LA Senator Mary Landrieu The blog And So It Goes in Shreveport notes that a petition to recall Senator Mary Landrieu has been accepted for filing by the Louisiana Secretary of State. Citizens have 180 days to file enough signatures to get this on a ballot:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/01/petition_to_recall_la_senato...

End Illegal Immigration – a part of ALIPAC – Americans for Legal Immigration PAC Please consider taking the following political actions to join the movement to oppose Amnesty for illegal aliens, secure our borders, and enforce our existing immigration laws to stop and reverse illegal immigration.
http://www.endillegalimmigration.com/Help_Stop_&_End_Illegal_Immigration...

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WORDS OF LIBERTY FOR THE WEEK:
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"No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable." --George Washington, Message to the House of Representatives, 1793

"But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, 1789

"We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to the Constitution and Government ... bequeathed to us by our fathers, and which it is our sacred duty to transmit ... to our children." --President Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)