Until I have time to create a newsletter in a more reader-friendly format, I am condensing the newsletter to those articles I think might be 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 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. RJ Harris, Sheriff Mack, Randy Brogdon, Kirk Shelly, Mark Lerner and Kenneth Rice are among the scheduled conference speakers. Advance ticket sales through Sooner Tea Party www.soonerteaparty.org - $8 at the door and $6 in advance
- 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
- March 25th Thursday, OKC912Project Candidate Town Hall: Paul Arabie, 5th District Congressional candidate and several more
- 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!
LEGISLATION STATE:
Please check out this website. Bills important to Oklahomans are posted here in an easy to read format. Please visit often for updates.
http://www.scribd.com/group/84393-oklahoma-legislation-2010
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/
LEGISLATION FEDERAL
Coburn Offers Amendment to Reduce Federal Spending, Not Increase National Debt While the Senate debates legislation to increase the national debt, Dr. Coburn has offered an amendment to stop the debt increase and immediately reduce federal spending. Specifically, the amendment would alleviate the need to increase the national debt by rescinding at least $120 billion by consolidating more than 640 duplicative government programs, cutting wasteful Washington spending, and returning billions of dollars of unspent money. The amendment will be debated this week and early next week. Sixty votes are required to approve the amendment.
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=RightNow.Home&Conte...
ARTICLES OF LOCAL INTEREST:
How Do You Decide to Support or Oppose Legislation? Authored by Amanda Teegarden, OK-SAFE
http://okc912project.com/node/600
After MAPS Vote, Services Slashed This is what those of us that voted ‘no’ on MAPS III were afraid of – and of this we warned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWd4luMAc0
Senator's call to profile angers 'Muslim Mafia' The Council on American-Islamic Relations' Oklahoma chapter is calling on Sen. James Inhofe, R.-Okla., to meet with Muslim leaders to discuss his statement during a congressional hearing in favor of using religion and ethnicity as factors in profiling airline passengers.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=122883
Race To The Top of What? Here are four reasons Oklahoma should NOT take Race to the Top Funds
http://www.restoreokpubliceducation.com/node/256
Civics, History Education Are Focus of Oklahoma Bill Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City, said House Bill 2814 is in response to the results of a survey conducted by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs that showed students were unable to answer basic civics questions.
http://newsok.com/civics-history-education-are-focus-of-oklahoma-bill/ar...
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...
Interpol no longer subject to U.S. Constitution The head of a civil liberties organization is concerned about an executive order signed by President Obama last month which allows an international law enforcement agency to have jurisdiction in the United States without being subject to the U.S. Constitution.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=860278
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
More Guns, More Crime? Not in 2009. Stories of skyrocketing gun sales dominated the headlines earlier this year, with the number of gun-purchase background checks in the first six months of 2009 soaring 25 percent over the same period in 2008.
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/80433802.html
Fluorescent bulb follies Beginning in 2012, the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs, starting with the 100-watt bulb, will become illegal. Instead of paying less than 20 cents for a standard incandescent bulb, we will all be forced to purchase compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) for about $3 each or more. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/21/fluorescent-bulb-follies/
Pelosi: House Lacks Votes for Health Care Bill WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama's signature issue.
http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/pelosi-healthcare-bill-votes/2010/01/21/i...
The 'Responsibility' Tax; Fannie and Freddie are exempt from the White House banker 'fee.' Mr. Obama's new "Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee"—please don't call it a tax—is being sold as a way to cover expected losses in the Troubled Asset Relief Program. That sounds reasonable, except that the banks designated to pay the fee aren't those responsible for the losses.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870428120457500304148914496...
A closer look at who will gain in political power after the 2010 Census
The U.S. Census does more than just count people, it also determines which states gain or lose a Congressional seat. According to an analysis by Election Data Services Inc., the nonpartisan consulting firm specializing in political demographics, eight states are poised to gain seats and 11 states are likely to lose them.
http://www.congress.org/news/2010/01/12/three_states_the_census_will_help
Communities put a halt to red-light cameras Nearly 1,000 motorists in south Florida have filed 18 lawsuits against the cameras, saying the devices are unconstitutional because they force drivers to prove their innocence rather than the government to prove their guilt.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-17-red-light_N.htm
DHS Making Plans to Entice Haitians to Risk Illegal Boat Effort Into U.S.?
A source from within DHS is hearing of an effort to gather all French and Creole speakers in DHS to move to our Gitmo base in Cuba. This is where Haitian boat people trying to illegally enter the U.S. would be taken after being intercepted on the seas. At Gitmo, according to this DHS source, the boat people would be processed and then allowed to enter the U.S. for some undetermined amount of time with work permits.
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/january-18-2010/dhs-mak...
Stealth Propaganda An obscure 2008 academic article gained traction with bloggers over the weekend. The article was written by the head of Obama's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein. He’s a good friend of the president and the promoter the contradictory idea: "libertarian paternalism". In the article, he muses about what government can do to combat "conspiracy" theories:
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/01/18/stealth-propaganda/#ixzz...
ABC's Brian Ross Hyperventilates Over 'Secret Bible Codes' on Military Guns Nightline’s Brian Ross on Monday filed a hyperbolic report on "secret Jesus codes" that are on the sights of rifles used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Ross featured two voices highly critical of the fact that Bible versus can be found on these weapons, but no clip of the opposing side.
http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2010/20100119055507.aspx
Ford Shines as Government Motors Stumbles
For decades, General Motors, Chrysler and Ford have been notoriously lumped together at Detroit’s Big Three but these days Ford is distancing itself from the pack. http://blog.heritage.org/2010/01/15/ford-shines-as-government-motors-stu...
The IPCC's Abominable Snowmen Global Warming: The scientists who said that Himalayan glaciers will be gone by 2035 have admitted the claim has as much credibility as sightings of the mythical Yeti. It's their fraudulent claims that are melting away.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=518615
Sleep Easy, America - Feds' Terrorist Watchlist Nabs Cub Scout …when the system is so unorganized that it cannot distinguish a kid from a terrorist, what’s going on here?
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=5302
The Revolution Part Deux: Now, *Earn* It Of the many things the American Revolution gave us, the weapons we would use if we ever needed to fight another one were the most significant. And, they were locked, loaded, and fired at point-blank range in Massachusetts last night: ballot boxes. http://www.redstate.com/haystack/2010/01/20/the-revolution-part-deux-now...
Nets Decry Campaign Finance Ruling, Fail to Hail Victory for Freedom of Speech The unencumbered ability to sway voters is great for the news media, but journalists are outraged others could re-acquire the same First Amendment rights. Instead of painting a victory for free speech in the Supreme Court's ruling that corporations, non-profit groups and unions can spend money to influence elections, the Thursday broadcast network evening newscasts feared a ruinous future:
http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2010/20100121083618.aspx
Funny how well capitalism works as liberal Air America radio hits the bankruptcy roles! Also interesting how it’s the fault of capitalism and NOT their message…
http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Air-America-Bankruptcy/2010/01/21/id/3...
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Funnies of the Week: From Patriot Post
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World's smallest violin: "You know, folks ask me sometimes why I look so calm. I have a confession to make. There are times when I'm not so calm. ... There are times when progress seems too slow. There are times when the words that are spoken about me hurt. There are times when the barbs sting. There are times when it feels like all these efforts are for naught. Change is so painfully slow in coming. And I have to confront my own doubts." --Barack Obama
Despicable: "I wanted to apologize for calling Senator-elect Scott Brown an 'irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea bagging, supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.' I'm sorry, I left out the word 'sexist.'" --MSNBC's Keith Olbermann
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Videos To Watch:
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Right to Work on Glenn Beck: Obamacare's Union Boss Giveaways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvduHEMxF9M&feature=player_embedded
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
CNN’s Jack Cafferty on Nancy Pelosi and Company’s trip to Copenhagen to separate us from more of our liberty through the UN’s Climate Change Summitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_xgKWzhRw&feature=player_embedded
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Word of the Day:
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Subsidiarity is a key principle of Catholic social doctrine, and a foundational principle of American self-government. Subsidiarity simply means that issues ought to be solved by the smallest and least centralized competent authority. Families, charities, churches and local communities, and even states ought to be the primary instruments of political change --- as opposed to a massive bureaucratic centralized federal government.
Used in a sentence: Scott Brown’s win was a victory for subsidiarity.
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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
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/
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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"He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing." --Benjamin Franklin, writings, 1758
"The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Shelton Gilliam, 1808
"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Ludlow, 1824
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." --Thomas Jefferson, Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774
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Cartoons of the Week
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But We Paid You Back
Health Care
Terrorist Interrogations
Racist Honkey
Educational Efforts
