1) Send a $1 to Washington, get back $0.22 in “benefits”. Stupid. You even outline this in your reply!

electric-rascal on May 7, 2009 at 3:49 AM

The alternative is getting back $0.00 in “benefits” — the $1 is going to Washington anyway. So Cindy is not stupid — pragmatic perhaps, but not stupid. The trick is to figure out which pennies of the $0.22 will be helpful in the long run to your state’s infrastructure, and to accept only those pennies, foregoing the rest. Any other path is damaging to the taxpayers who were required to give the $1 in the first place.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma…”

Go OK!!

If you put catsup or mayo on your burger and not just mustard, in Texas you run the risk of being called a Yankee if not worse a Okie.

No one likes Brad Henry no matter what the polls say. He was a political error, a “default Governor” because Steve Largent didn’t campaign enough. He’s been propped up by “good ‘ol boys” and is simply a pawn. Not to mention he whines when he talks, here in Oklahoma that makes you a pu**y.

This state is Red (conservative) to it’s core. Even people with “D” after their name vote more conservative than the Republican’s on the liberal coasts. Obama didn’t even bother campaigning here. We like clinging to our guns and religion.

And by the way, unless your South of the Mason-Dixon line and East of the Pan Handle, you’re a damn Yankee. Now that’s the Choctaw coming out in me.

No one likes Brad Henry no matter what the polls say. He was a political error, a “default Governor” because Steve Largent didn’t campaign enough. He’s been propped up by “good ‘ol boys” and is simply a pawn. Not to mention he whines when he talks, here in Oklahoma that makes you a pussy.

This state is Red (conservative) to it’s core. Even people with “D” after their name vote more conservative than the Republican’s on the liberal coasts. Obama didn’t even bother campaigning here. We like clinging to our guns and religion.

And by the way, unless your South of the Mason-Dixon line and East of the Pan Handle, you’re a damn Yankee. Now that’s the Choctaw coming out in me.

It should have some practical effect, when the state starts refusing to allow unfunded mandates from the feds. That will be the real test of each side’s cojones.

Vashta.Nerada on May 6, 2009 at 5:40 PM

I believe the one being debated for Ohio also refuses to allow unfunded mandates… and I agree with you… will be the real test for the states.

electric-rascal on May 7, 2009 at 3:49 AM

I’d be happy if it were only $116K. It will be more like $611K when all is said and done.

leftnomore on May 7, 2009 at 2:06 AM

Pollster: Do you support our new African American president or are you a fanatical right-wing racist tea bagging redneck?

Voter: Uhm, well I guess I support the president, sure why not.

Pollster: OK, now what about Nancy Pelosi, what do you think of her?

Voter: Don’t quite care for her.

silvernana on May 7, 2009 at 2:00 AM

Oklahoma sure isOK!

(from their license plates a few years back)

Go OK! SOONERS LEAD THE WAY!!

I notice that several people have spoken of states taking funds from the federal government, why shouldn’t they? The money the federal government is “giving” away came from the citizens of those states. The best thing the states could do would be to find a way to keep more of their citizens’ money in the state and reject “help” from D.C. I am sure that’s easier said then done on the state level as the individual. It is heartbreaking to think how much money we send to D.C. to support a departments and people that are more trouble then they are worth.

Cindy Munford on May 6, 2009 at 8:40 PM

Bzzt, wrong on multiple counts.

1) Send a $1 to Washington, get back $0.22 in “benefits”. Stupid. You even outline this in your reply!

2) Currently, the “funds” that they are offering are going to have to be paid by you, your kids and your grandkids; it’s not just taxes you’ve paid – the feds are spending far more than they have taken in.

I heard that for each worker in the US of A that is 20 years old right now, they will be taxed an additonal $116,000 over their working lifetime in the form of increased taxes just to cover the interest on this massive “stimulus package”.

You still all for states taking this money Cindy?

“The state law passed an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU said it would be a mistake. But this is a conservative state, based on Christian values….! Guess what…..We did it anyway!
We recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from. They all scattered. The Federal Government and the ACLU said it would be a mistake. Guess what….we did it anyway.
We passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegals to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional Guess what….we did it anyway!
We passed a law declaring Oklahoma a sovereign state. More states are likely to follow.
The federal government has made bold steps to take away our guns. We passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles.
By the way, Obama does not like any of this. Guess what…who cares…we’re doing it anyway.”

With the GOP now in control for the first time, that’s the reason we are getting all these things done.
Sorry for the length of this – thought it was important to share. If we can do it here, it can be done everywhere the GOP is in control.

Brackus Caesar and our despicably reprobate Congress are going to either shit, or they’ll have to get off the pot.

I’m betting they’ll grunt, groan and push until they’re red in the face and breaking a sweat. Then they’ll dump on us a giant steaming coil of Barackus Caesar Government interventions and squelching of rights and libertys so sweeping and severe that it will make every other living dictator on Earth green with envy. I’m also betting that all the defeatist liberal sheeple and our in-the-tank MSM who endlessly ballyhoo’d over Bush’s actions will gulp down Barackus Caesar’s edicts without a whimper of protest and even declare how wonderful our glorious leader is when it goes down.

native Oklahoma wine OkieDoc on May 6, 2009 at 9:08 PM

My absolute favorite wine is from Stone Bluff Cellars in Haskell, OK. YUM! Too bad I can’t get it in KS :(

A simple way to have fairer elections.

WashJeff on May 6, 2009 at 5:42 PM
You do realize you are now officially an Enemy of The One?

platypus on May 6, 2009 at 6:03 PM

No No not an enemy. The One may find this a great idea, But instead of getting a barcode from the voting both. He will tell us it would be better if we just had the barcode put on our body….say maybe on your hand or your forehead. He will explain that this way,no one will be able to commit voter fraud. He’ll explain how his barcode plan makes us all more safe and ahhh ummm more secure. He’ll tell us how it will help protect our children. After all if it saves just one child isnt it worth it?

I’LL BE FIRST IN LINE TO GO FOR THIS. BHO CAN SHOVE IT UP HIS EVER LOVING ASS. WE NEED TO START PROTECTING OURSELVES FROM HIM AND HIS MINIONS!!!

What’s the weather like in Oklahoma? Average price of housing?

Sounds like a lovely place to move to and leave the cesspool of Chicago/Illinois.

Knucklehead on May 6, 2009 at 6:04 PM

Knucklehead-
I am an Oklahoman, and have lived here my whole life. My husband and I bought a house a couple of years ago that’s 1800 sq feet in OKC, in a really nice neighborhood, for 100K. Cost of living here is amazing, the people are great. This is a conservative state. For the most part people try to make it on their own without help from the government. And our unemployment rate is about 5% right now. Also, we have all four seasons, with summer, winter, spring, and fall weather. I’m telling everyone out there, this is a great place to live.

Always remember: that it was an agreement between the states, called THE CONSTITUTION, that created the federal government.
It wasn’t and isn’t the other way around.

Amendment X on May 6, 2009 at 9:28 PM

Damn straight.