I was just informed that Hillary Clinton collapsed while speaking in Buffalo... I will post more as soon as I know anything.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
(Update)
Here is CNN's report on what happened. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.
Monday, January 31, 2005
Hillary Clinton
I was just informed that Hillary Clinton collapsed while speaking in Buffalo... I will post more as soon as I know anything.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
(Update)
Here is CNN's report on what happened. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
(Update)
Here is CNN's report on what happened. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.
Jesus Hates Yoga...
Jesus Hates Yoga. bible.com offers us enlightenment about Insanity inducing Yoga. What if someone does Yoga stoned? Do they get Yoga-Reefer Madness and become very flexible murderous heroin addicts?
Nutjobs are everywhere.
What Does the Bible Say About Yoga?by Michael SharifYoga is pervasive. Yoga is in the east and the west. Yoga classes are offered in Central Africa, in Russia, in Australia. Flyers for yoga are on university bulletin boards, in health food stores, in the elevators of high rise apartment buildings in downtown Los Angeles, and even as part of some YMCA physical education programs. Is yoga merely a physical exercise?(Cut)Yoga is marketed in the guise of an innocent, healthful technique, but it is far from it. H.Rieker Warns: "Yoga is not a trifling jest if we consider that any misunderstanding in the practice of yoga can mean death or insanity," and that if the breath is "prematurely exhausted, there is immediate danger of death for the yogi" (Rieker, The Yoga of Light (Los Angeles: Dawn House) 1974, P. 135). Blackouts, strange trance states, or insanity are listed from even "the slightest mistake" of practicing yoga. Swami Prabhavananda's Yoga and Mysticism lists brain injury, incurable disease, and insanity as potential hazards of wrong yoga practice.
Nutjobs are everywhere.
Jesus Hates Yoga...
Jesus Hates Yoga. bible.com offers us enlightenment about Insanity inducing Yoga. What if someone does Yoga stoned? Do they get Yoga-Reefer Madness and become very flexible murderous heroin addicts?
Nutjobs are everywhere.
What Does the Bible Say About Yoga?by Michael SharifYoga is pervasive. Yoga is in the east and the west. Yoga classes are offered in Central Africa, in Russia, in Australia. Flyers for yoga are on university bulletin boards, in health food stores, in the elevators of high rise apartment buildings in downtown Los Angeles, and even as part of some YMCA physical education programs. Is yoga merely a physical exercise?(Cut)Yoga is marketed in the guise of an innocent, healthful technique, but it is far from it. H.Rieker Warns: "Yoga is not a trifling jest if we consider that any misunderstanding in the practice of yoga can mean death or insanity," and that if the breath is "prematurely exhausted, there is immediate danger of death for the yogi" (Rieker, The Yoga of Light (Los Angeles: Dawn House) 1974, P. 135). Blackouts, strange trance states, or insanity are listed from even "the slightest mistake" of practicing yoga. Swami Prabhavananda's Yoga and Mysticism lists brain injury, incurable disease, and insanity as potential hazards of wrong yoga practice.
Nutjobs are everywhere.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Proof yet again of why the Daily Oklahoman is the worst newspaper in America
It snowed in Oklahoma. Does that happen everyday? No, but it is January for goodness sake. So here is the front page story on the snow.
Check out writer David Zizzo demonstrate his journalistic chops right up front.
See the rest here. I believe registration is required.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Check out writer David Zizzo demonstrate his journalistic chops right up front.
Snow dusts state
By David Zizzo
The Oklahoman
Much of the state turned white Friday, but it's not like Oklahoma became extreme ski country or anything.Not that some wouldn't, like, you know, go for it anyway.
See the rest here. I believe registration is required.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Proof yet again of why the Daily Oklahoman is the worst newspaper in America
It snowed in Oklahoma. Does that happen everyday? No, but it is January for goodness sake. So here is the front page story on the snow.
Check out writer David Zizzo demonstrate his journalistic chops right up front.
See the rest here. I believe registration is required.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Check out writer David Zizzo demonstrate his journalistic chops right up front.
Snow dusts state
By David Zizzo
The Oklahoman
Much of the state turned white Friday, but it's not like Oklahoma became extreme ski country or anything.Not that some wouldn't, like, you know, go for it anyway.
See the rest here. I believe registration is required.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Good Morning...
It's 3:18 am. As I was getting a drink of water, I felt the need to post.
Social Security is not in crisis and the Senate MUST vote "NO" on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales.
Good Night.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Social Security is not in crisis and the Senate MUST vote "NO" on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales.
Good Night.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Good Morning...
It's 3:18 am. As I was getting a drink of water, I felt the need to post.
Social Security is not in crisis and the Senate MUST vote "NO" on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales.
Good Night.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Social Security is not in crisis and the Senate MUST vote "NO" on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales.
Good Night.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Friday, January 28, 2005
Come and Ride the Dean Train!!!
Ex-Clinton Aide Ickes Backs Dean for DNC Chair
Get all of your juicy details here.
Thanks to Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) for the headline.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Get all of your juicy details here.
Thanks to Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) for the headline.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Come and Ride the Dean Train!!!
Ex-Clinton Aide Ickes Backs Dean for DNC Chair
Get all of your juicy details here.
Thanks to Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) for the headline.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Get all of your juicy details here.
Thanks to Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) for the headline.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Rats with Human Brains...
Very interesting article from over at National Geographic.
If this can actually be accomplished, then the way we test treatments for addiction, psychological disorders, and anything that effects the human brain will be advanced beyond our imaginations.
I give it exactly 2 minutes before nut jobs on the right start telling us these mice have souls and the practice is evil. (The same people will want to deny the mice public assistance and insist that they register for the draft.)
The mice are not human. The fact that we can bring our lab mice closer to possessing certain human characteristics in their biology only helps us cure human diseases.
If you are an anti-intellectual who is against science and for disease, please report to White House Office of personnel, the president wishes to make you his chief science advisor. No qualifications necessary outside of being a sycophantic yes-man.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
If this can actually be accomplished, then the way we test treatments for addiction, psychological disorders, and anything that effects the human brain will be advanced beyond our imaginations.
Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy
Maryann Mott
National Geographic News
January 25, 2005
Scientists have begun blurring the line between human and animal by producing chimeras - a hybrid creature that's part human, part animal.
Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to develop for several days in a laboratory dish before the scientists destroyed the embryos to harvest their stem cells.
In Minnesota last year researchers at the Mayo Clinic created pigs with human blood flowing through their bodies.
And at Stanford University in California an experiment might be done later this year to create mice with human brains.
I give it exactly 2 minutes before nut jobs on the right start telling us these mice have souls and the practice is evil. (The same people will want to deny the mice public assistance and insist that they register for the draft.)
The mice are not human. The fact that we can bring our lab mice closer to possessing certain human characteristics in their biology only helps us cure human diseases.
If you are an anti-intellectual who is against science and for disease, please report to White House Office of personnel, the president wishes to make you his chief science advisor. No qualifications necessary outside of being a sycophantic yes-man.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Rats with Human Brains...
Very interesting article from over at National Geographic.
If this can actually be accomplished, then the way we test treatments for addiction, psychological disorders, and anything that effects the human brain will be advanced beyond our imaginations.
I give it exactly 2 minutes before nut jobs on the right start telling us these mice have souls and the practice is evil. (The same people will want to deny the mice public assistance and insist that they register for the draft.)
The mice are not human. The fact that we can bring our lab mice closer to possessing certain human characteristics in their biology only helps us cure human diseases.
If you are an anti-intellectual who is against science and for disease, please report to White House Office of personnel, the president wishes to make you his chief science advisor. No qualifications necessary outside of being a sycophantic yes-man.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
If this can actually be accomplished, then the way we test treatments for addiction, psychological disorders, and anything that effects the human brain will be advanced beyond our imaginations.
Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy
Maryann Mott
National Geographic News
January 25, 2005
Scientists have begun blurring the line between human and animal by producing chimeras - a hybrid creature that's part human, part animal.
Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to develop for several days in a laboratory dish before the scientists destroyed the embryos to harvest their stem cells.
In Minnesota last year researchers at the Mayo Clinic created pigs with human blood flowing through their bodies.
And at Stanford University in California an experiment might be done later this year to create mice with human brains.
I give it exactly 2 minutes before nut jobs on the right start telling us these mice have souls and the practice is evil. (The same people will want to deny the mice public assistance and insist that they register for the draft.)
The mice are not human. The fact that we can bring our lab mice closer to possessing certain human characteristics in their biology only helps us cure human diseases.
If you are an anti-intellectual who is against science and for disease, please report to White House Office of personnel, the president wishes to make you his chief science advisor. No qualifications necessary outside of being a sycophantic yes-man.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
I firmly planted the flag of liberty...
"I firmly planted the flag of liberty for all to see that the United States of America hears their concerns and believes in their aspirations. And I am excited by the challenge and am honored to be able to lead our nation in the quest of this noble goal, which is freeing people in the name of peace." President George W. Bush - January 26th, 2005
I firmly planted the flag of liberty...
"I firmly planted the flag of liberty for all to see that the United States of America hears their concerns and believes in their aspirations. And I am excited by the challenge and am honored to be able to lead our nation in the quest of this noble goal, which is freeing people in the name of peace." President George W. Bush - January 26th, 2005
Seymour Hersh: "We've Been Taken Over by a Cult"
Let me first give credit to Tom Kertes for posting this over on Daily Kos. If you would like to see his original post, click here.
And thank you to those of you at Democracy Now for hosting the speech. You are true patriots.
No one has been more vigilant about voicing America's true problems under the Bush administration than Seymour Hersh.
Nothing I have seen or heard since the Democratic primaries finished up last spring has so directly articulated how I feel about what is going on in our country.
Take a minute and click on this link where you will find a video of Seymour Hersh's speech as well as a transcript. He is telling us how it is, and its our own fault if we choose to ignore him.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
And thank you to those of you at Democracy Now for hosting the speech. You are true patriots.
No one has been more vigilant about voicing America's true problems under the Bush administration than Seymour Hersh.
Nothing I have seen or heard since the Democratic primaries finished up last spring has so directly articulated how I feel about what is going on in our country.
Take a minute and click on this link where you will find a video of Seymour Hersh's speech as well as a transcript. He is telling us how it is, and its our own fault if we choose to ignore him.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Seymour Hersh: "We've Been Taken Over by a Cult"
Let me first give credit to Tom Kertes for posting this over on Daily Kos. If you would like to see his original post, click here.
And thank you to those of you at Democracy Now for hosting the speech. You are true patriots.
No one has been more vigilant about voicing America's true problems under the Bush administration than Seymour Hersh.
Nothing I have seen or heard since the Democratic primaries finished up last spring has so directly articulated how I feel about what is going on in our country.
Take a minute and click on this link where you will find a video of Seymour Hersh's speech as well as a transcript. He is telling us how it is, and its our own fault if we choose to ignore him.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
And thank you to those of you at Democracy Now for hosting the speech. You are true patriots.
No one has been more vigilant about voicing America's true problems under the Bush administration than Seymour Hersh.
Nothing I have seen or heard since the Democratic primaries finished up last spring has so directly articulated how I feel about what is going on in our country.
Take a minute and click on this link where you will find a video of Seymour Hersh's speech as well as a transcript. He is telling us how it is, and its our own fault if we choose to ignore him.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Over at the Nation...
Jonathan Schell let's us know why confirming Alberto Gonzales should be a question of Moral Values for our Senators.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Over at the Nation...
Jonathan Schell let's us know why confirming Alberto Gonzales should be a question of Moral Values for our Senators.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Hey all you paranoid militia types...
Stop worrying that the government is going to come after you or your guns.
The federal government has proven how incompetent it can be yet again.
The INS issued this guy a green card several 3 1/2 years after he died in the World Trade Center.
If you think the Feds could ever be organized enough to try and round up your guns or any of the other nonsense you spout, then do us all a favor. Figure out a clever way to remove yourself from the gene pool.
I can't really say it was nice knowing you idiots, but the thought of you morons has caused me to give another $50 to Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
If you are against hate, give them a few bucks.
If you're for hate... well, they only way you would know what I'm saying is if David Duke is reading it to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
The federal government has proven how incompetent it can be yet again.
The INS issued this guy a green card several 3 1/2 years after he died in the World Trade Center.
If you think the Feds could ever be organized enough to try and round up your guns or any of the other nonsense you spout, then do us all a favor. Figure out a clever way to remove yourself from the gene pool.
I can't really say it was nice knowing you idiots, but the thought of you morons has caused me to give another $50 to Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
If you are against hate, give them a few bucks.
If you're for hate... well, they only way you would know what I'm saying is if David Duke is reading it to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Hey all you paranoid militia types...
Stop worrying that the government is going to come after you or your guns.
The federal government has proven how incompetent it can be yet again.
The INS issued this guy a green card several 3 1/2 years after he died in the World Trade Center.
If you think the Feds could ever be organized enough to try and round up your guns or any of the other nonsense you spout, then do us all a favor. Figure out a clever way to remove yourself from the gene pool.
I can't really say it was nice knowing you idiots, but the thought of you morons has caused me to give another $50 to Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
If you are against hate, give them a few bucks.
If you're for hate... well, they only way you would know what I'm saying is if David Duke is reading it to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
The federal government has proven how incompetent it can be yet again.
The INS issued this guy a green card several 3 1/2 years after he died in the World Trade Center.
If you think the Feds could ever be organized enough to try and round up your guns or any of the other nonsense you spout, then do us all a favor. Figure out a clever way to remove yourself from the gene pool.
I can't really say it was nice knowing you idiots, but the thought of you morons has caused me to give another $50 to Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
If you are against hate, give them a few bucks.
If you're for hate... well, they only way you would know what I'm saying is if David Duke is reading it to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Secretary of Education saves our Nation's poor from Lesbian Farmers!
Thank to Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo for this link...
It seems that a children's show on PBS was going to air an episode that featured farm life in Vermont.
Not if Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has anything to do with it! It seems that some of the farmers might be...Lesbians.
Money Quote
I guess the kids in this country will have to flip back over to Cinemax to get their fill of hot lesbian farming...
-The Oklahoma Hippy
It seems that a children's show on PBS was going to air an episode that featured farm life in Vermont.
Not if Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has anything to do with it! It seems that some of the farmers might be...
Money Quote
The not-yet-aired episode of Postcards From Buster shows the title character, an animated bunny named Buster, on a trip to Vermont — a state known for recognizing same-sex civil unions. The episode features two lesbian couples, although the focus is on farm life and maple sugaring.
I guess the kids in this country will have to flip back over to Cinemax to get their fill of hot lesbian farming...
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Secretary of Education saves our Nation's poor from Lesbian Farmers!
Thank to Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo for this link...
It seems that a children's show on PBS was going to air an episode that featured farm life in Vermont.
Not if Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has anything to do with it! It seems that some of the farmers might be...Lesbians.
Money Quote
I guess the kids in this country will have to flip back over to Cinemax to get their fill of hot lesbian farming...
-The Oklahoma Hippy
It seems that a children's show on PBS was going to air an episode that featured farm life in Vermont.
Not if Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has anything to do with it! It seems that some of the farmers might be...
Money Quote
The not-yet-aired episode of Postcards From Buster shows the title character, an animated bunny named Buster, on a trip to Vermont — a state known for recognizing same-sex civil unions. The episode features two lesbian couples, although the focus is on farm life and maple sugaring.
I guess the kids in this country will have to flip back over to Cinemax to get their fill of hot lesbian farming...
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Even Stranger...
A Mormon student at Brigham Young University died after being hit in the chest with a hockey puck.
Mormon, Desert, Hockey, Death.
I couldn't have made this up if I wanted to.
I wish his family peace, but its still really strange.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Mormon, Desert, Hockey, Death.
I couldn't have made this up if I wanted to.
I wish his family peace, but its still really strange.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Even Stranger...
A Mormon student at Brigham Young University died after being hit in the chest with a hockey puck.
Mormon, Desert, Hockey, Death.
I couldn't have made this up if I wanted to.
I wish his family peace, but its still really strange.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Mormon, Desert, Hockey, Death.
I couldn't have made this up if I wanted to.
I wish his family peace, but its still really strange.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Um... Can we have that Purple Heart back?
The Army is trying to revoke this guy's Purple Heart even though he suffered severe injuries in a combat zone.
In my opinion, anyone in the Army injured for any reason in Iraq or any other theatre of war deserves to have his service and sacrifice recognized.
Aside from that, has the army ever heard of Public Relations? Pathetic.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
In my opinion, anyone in the Army injured for any reason in Iraq or any other theatre of war deserves to have his service and sacrifice recognized.
Aside from that, has the army ever heard of Public Relations? Pathetic.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Um... Can we have that Purple Heart back?
The Army is trying to revoke this guy's Purple Heart even though he suffered severe injuries in a combat zone.
In my opinion, anyone in the Army injured for any reason in Iraq or any other theatre of war deserves to have his service and sacrifice recognized.
Aside from that, has the army ever heard of Public Relations? Pathetic.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
In my opinion, anyone in the Army injured for any reason in Iraq or any other theatre of war deserves to have his service and sacrifice recognized.
Aside from that, has the army ever heard of Public Relations? Pathetic.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
More Good news for Gov. Dean
He has picked up some more endorsements in his drive to become DNC Chair.
For those who endorse, we salute you!
-The Oklahoma Hippy
For those who endorse, we salute you!
-The Oklahoma Hippy
More Good news for Gov. Dean
He has picked up some more endorsements in his drive to become DNC Chair.
For those who endorse, we salute you!
-The Oklahoma Hippy
For those who endorse, we salute you!
-The Oklahoma Hippy
First Amendment, I hardly knew ya...
When will the madness stop? A 26 year old woman in Denver was threatened with arrest by a police officer for refusing to remove an anti-bush bumper sticker from her car.
Quick! Get the Denver Police department a helping of Tort Reform!
-The Oklahoma Hippy
First Amendment, I hardly knew ya...
When will the madness stop? A 26 year old woman in Denver was threatened with arrest by a police officer for refusing to remove an anti-bush bumper sticker from her car.
Quick! Get the Denver Police department a helping of Tort Reform!
-The Oklahoma Hippy
No on Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales does not deserve to be Attorney General. It's a simple fact. Anyone who condones torture does not deserve our support as chief law enforcement officer of this nation.
I am joining the other signees over at DailyKos and calling for all Democrats and sensible Republicans (if there are any left) to urge their representatives in the senate to vote NO on Gonzales' nomination.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
I am joining the other signees over at DailyKos and calling for all Democrats and sensible Republicans (if there are any left) to urge their representatives in the senate to vote NO on Gonzales' nomination.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
No on Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales does not deserve to be Attorney General. It's a simple fact. Anyone who condones torture does not deserve our support as chief law enforcement officer of this nation.
I am joining the other signees over at DailyKos and calling for all Democrats and sensible Republicans (if there are any left) to urge their representatives in the senate to vote NO on Gonzales' nomination.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
I am joining the other signees over at DailyKos and calling for all Democrats and sensible Republicans (if there are any left) to urge their representatives in the senate to vote NO on Gonzales' nomination.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Monday, January 24, 2005
They still don't want you to see.
We do see.
Our soldiers are dying. They are dying for a lie.
Wake up, people.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Our soldiers are dying. They are dying for a lie.
Q Do you have any confidence in him at all, given his track record, that he will change his ways?
THE PRESIDENT: This is a guy [Saddam] who was asked to declare his weapons, said he didn't have any. This is a person who we have proven to the world is deceiving everybody -- I mean, he's a master at it. He's a master of deception. As I said yesterday, he'll probably try it again. He'll probably try to lie his way out of compliance or deceive or put out some false statement. You know, if he wanted to disarm, he would have disarmed. We know what a disarmed regime looks like.
I heard somebody say the other day, well, how about a beefed-up inspection regime. Well, the role of inspectors is to sit there and verify whether or not he's disarmed, not to play hide-and-seek in a country the size of California. If Saddam Hussein was interested in peace and interested in complying with the U.N. Security Council resolutions, he would have disarmed. And, yet, for 12 years, plus 90 days, he has tried to avoid disarmament by lying and deceiving.
Wake up, people.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
They still don't want you to see.
We do see.
Our soldiers are dying. They are dying for a lie.
Wake up, people.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Our soldiers are dying. They are dying for a lie.
Q Do you have any confidence in him at all, given his track record, that he will change his ways?
THE PRESIDENT: This is a guy [Saddam] who was asked to declare his weapons, said he didn't have any. This is a person who we have proven to the world is deceiving everybody -- I mean, he's a master at it. He's a master of deception. As I said yesterday, he'll probably try it again. He'll probably try to lie his way out of compliance or deceive or put out some false statement. You know, if he wanted to disarm, he would have disarmed. We know what a disarmed regime looks like.
I heard somebody say the other day, well, how about a beefed-up inspection regime. Well, the role of inspectors is to sit there and verify whether or not he's disarmed, not to play hide-and-seek in a country the size of California. If Saddam Hussein was interested in peace and interested in complying with the U.N. Security Council resolutions, he would have disarmed. And, yet, for 12 years, plus 90 days, he has tried to avoid disarmament by lying and deceiving.
Wake up, people.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Become a Citizen Co-sponsor of the new Democratic Agenda...
Dear Friend,
Senate Democrats open the 109th Congress steadfastly committed to keeping the promise of America, the promise that all Americans who work hard can build a stronger and brighter future for their families. By embracing and affirming our core values of security, opportunity and responsibility, Democrats are united to help America fulfill this promise.
We need to show them our support. Cosponsor the Democratic Agenda by visiting:
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured/
There no sense in being against abortion if you are for torture.
Become a Citizen Co-sponsor of the new Democratic Agenda...
Dear Friend,
Senate Democrats open the 109th Congress steadfastly committed to keeping the promise of America, the promise that all Americans who work hard can build a stronger and brighter future for their families. By embracing and affirming our core values of security, opportunity and responsibility, Democrats are united to help America fulfill this promise.
We need to show them our support. Cosponsor the Democratic Agenda by visiting:
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured/
There no sense in being against abortion if you are for torture.
This is a great post from another blog.
Homosexual touches bible and it doesn't burn.
One day we're going to leave Mary Cheney alone. The same day she and her father stop being such revolting hypocrites.
-The Oklahoma HippyThis is a great post from another blog.
Homosexual touches bible and it doesn't burn.
One day we're going to leave Mary Cheney alone. The same day she and her father stop being such revolting hypocrites.
-The Oklahoma HippyRemember the Brooks Brothers Riots?
You know what I am talking about... when the recount was going on in Dade county after the 2000 election, and all of those 'voters' who wanted to make sure their votes got counted by protesting outside the location of the recounts?
Every wonder who those guys were or what happened to them?
The Wasington Post is more than happy to let you know.
Democracy in Action, my ass.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Every wonder who those guys were or what happened to them?
The Wasington Post is more than happy to let you know.
Democracy in Action, my ass.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Remember the Brooks Brothers Riots?
You know what I am talking about... when the recount was going on in Dade county after the 2000 election, and all of those 'voters' who wanted to make sure their votes got counted by protesting outside the location of the recounts?
Every wonder who those guys were or what happened to them?
The Wasington Post is more than happy to let you know.
Democracy in Action, my ass.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Every wonder who those guys were or what happened to them?
The Wasington Post is more than happy to let you know.
Democracy in Action, my ass.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Sunday, January 23, 2005
They're still innocent...
When will the state of Arkansas finally own up to their mistakes and rectify this abhorrent situation?
-The Oklahoma Hippy
-The Oklahoma Hippy
They're still innocent...
When will the state of Arkansas finally own up to their mistakes and rectify this abhorrent situation?
-The Oklahoma Hippy
-The Oklahoma Hippy
This should be quite a clue...
When George Will is talking you up as DNC Chairman, even if it isn't framed as an endorsement, you have no business being DNC Chairman.
Mr. Frost, don't go away mad, just go away.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Mr. Frost, don't go away mad, just go away.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
This should be quite a clue...
When George Will is talking you up as DNC Chairman, even if it isn't framed as an endorsement, you have no business being DNC Chairman.
Mr. Frost, don't go away mad, just go away.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Mr. Frost, don't go away mad, just go away.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Johnny Carson
I grew up with him, as did my entire generation. May he rest in peace.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Johnny Carson
I grew up with him, as did my entire generation. May he rest in peace.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Friday, January 21, 2005
Thursday, January 20, 2005
150 More Days!
In 150 or less, Mrs. Hippy and I will no longer be a one income family! Woo Hoo!
Congratulations wife on graduating Law School and I forgive you for your plan to help rich people not pay their fair share of taxes!
-The Oklahoma Hippy: A Bleeding Heart Lawyer's Wife
(I'll just have to accept my role as the bitch I guess.)
Congratulations wife on graduating Law School and I forgive you for your plan to help rich people not pay their fair share of taxes!
-The Oklahoma Hippy: A Bleeding Heart Lawyer's Wife
(I'll just have to accept my role as the bitch I guess.)
150 More Days!
In 150 or less, Mrs. Hippy and I will no longer be a one income family! Woo Hoo!
Congratulations wife on graduating Law School and I forgive you for your plan to help rich people not pay their fair share of taxes!
-The Oklahoma Hippy: A Bleeding Heart Lawyer's Wife
(I'll just have to accept my role as the bitch I guess.)
Congratulations wife on graduating Law School and I forgive you for your plan to help rich people not pay their fair share of taxes!
-The Oklahoma Hippy: A Bleeding Heart Lawyer's Wife
(I'll just have to accept my role as the bitch I guess.)
Attention Men...
Do you wives and girfriends (and boyfriends too) a favor and buy this book.
Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why
If you have to ask why, I am talking to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why
If you have to ask why, I am talking to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Attention Men...
Do you wives and girfriends (and boyfriends too) a favor and buy this book.
Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why
If you have to ask why, I am talking to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why
If you have to ask why, I am talking to you.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Irony Abounds...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/poll/index.html
Enjoy. The Onion Couldn't have written it any better.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Enjoy. The Onion Couldn't have written it any better.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Irony Abounds...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/poll/index.html
Enjoy. The Onion Couldn't have written it any better.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Enjoy. The Onion Couldn't have written it any better.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Cinemax
It's 2:22 in the morning, and I am still up. I blame Cinemax.
The Rules of Attraction is on. I just watched to trip to Europe montage involving Victor. The character are abhorrent people, but the way its filmed is AMAZING.
It's the kind of movie that makes the Ministers in this part of the country tug their bibles a little bit closer as dreams of additional tithes dance gingerly in their heads.
Yes, at night they are all saying the same prayer, "Thank you Jeezus for that lucrative opportunity thou hast served to your faithful. Thank you for Hollywood Babylon!"
Let that stew for a while.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
The Rules of Attraction is on. I just watched to trip to Europe montage involving Victor. The character are abhorrent people, but the way its filmed is AMAZING.
It's the kind of movie that makes the Ministers in this part of the country tug their bibles a little bit closer as dreams of additional tithes dance gingerly in their heads.
Yes, at night they are all saying the same prayer, "Thank you Jeezus for that lucrative opportunity thou hast served to your faithful. Thank you for Hollywood Babylon!"
Let that stew for a while.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Cinemax
It's 2:22 in the morning, and I am still up. I blame Cinemax.
The Rules of Attraction is on. I just watched to trip to Europe montage involving Victor. The character are abhorrent people, but the way its filmed is AMAZING.
It's the kind of movie that makes the Ministers in this part of the country tug their bibles a little bit closer as dreams of additional tithes dance gingerly in their heads.
Yes, at night they are all saying the same prayer, "Thank you Jeezus for that lucrative opportunity thou hast served to your faithful. Thank you for Hollywood Babylon!"
Let that stew for a while.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
The Rules of Attraction is on. I just watched to trip to Europe montage involving Victor. The character are abhorrent people, but the way its filmed is AMAZING.
It's the kind of movie that makes the Ministers in this part of the country tug their bibles a little bit closer as dreams of additional tithes dance gingerly in their heads.
Yes, at night they are all saying the same prayer, "Thank you Jeezus for that lucrative opportunity thou hast served to your faithful. Thank you for Hollywood Babylon!"
Let that stew for a while.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Thank you Chairman Parmley...
I would like to let everyone know that I am extremely pleased with Oklahoma's State Democratic Party Chairperson Jay Parmley as well as with Vice-Chairperson Debbie Leftwich. They publicly endorsed Gov. Howard Dean in his bid to become the chairperson of the Democratic National Committee.
I think this is a very wise endorsement. Howard Dean single handedly put the spine back into the Democratic Party for a short glorious time between July of 2003 and March 2004. It was fleeting, but it was real. Its time we got back to it.
The Groupthink took control of the voters after the Iowa caucuses really is still a matter of bewilderment to me.
· "Oh, we have to go with Kerry, he's more electable."
· "Dated Dean, Married Kerry."
· "Howard Dean is Angry!"
· "Howard Dean is too liberal!"
WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE?
When I am trying to illustrate a problem with a reference to pop culture, I always try to go to Aaron Sorkin first. And, it just so happens that there is a scene in A Few Good Men that illustrates my point perfectly.
Assuming most of you know the plot, I will just say that it is the scene in which Lt. Cdr. Joanne Galloway objects to the doctor's testimony and is overruled and attempts to object three more times on different grounds. At the end of the hearing Lt. Sam Weinberg explains that objecting once puts it in the record. Objecting four times points out the jury that we are afraid of the testimony. As so eloquently put, "That's the difference between paper law and trial law."
Well, here we are, and now I wish to point out the difference between a candidate that looks good on paper, (John Kerry for those keeping score) and the candidate that connects with people for real.
So many people wish to say that Democrats were voting against Bush and not for their candidate. That was true for me in the General Election, but not so in the primaries. In the summer of 2003, Howard Dean made people believe. We were voting for him. We were donating money to him. We were volunteering for him. We believed in him.
Why? Here's why. Howard Dean believed in us. Howard Dean believed in the same issues we believed in. Howard Dean thought the war was an outrage. Howard Dean believed that the cronyism of the Bush administration was killing our country. Howard Dean believed it is pathetic that in the wealthiest nation on earth, there are children whose parents have to look at them and tell them they can't afford to take them to the doctor. Howard Dean believed that taking a huge surplus and turning it into a huge deficit was unconscionable. Howard Dean was right. Howard Dean is right.
He didn't have a stable full of spinners polling every word, looking for electability. He told us what he believed by God, and it was the same things we believed. He was the voice of Democratic Outrage. If he was angry, it was not because he was unhinged or somehow unstable. It was because he was right. We should all be angry. Why should our candidate be any different?
Then came Gephardt's suicide mission against Howard Dean. Don't get me wrong, Richard Gephardt is a great man and a great public servant, but he was never going to be president. God bless the man, but it was never going to happen. But, believing he had a shot if only Gov. Dean were out of the picture, he came out so negative against him in Iowa that Iowans bought into the idea that Gov. Dean wasn't electable. Unfortunately for Mr. Gephardt, they felt the same about him.
Kerry or Edwards?
Edwards hung in there by staying below the radar and not getting involved in the fracas. Good Strategy? Yes. Good example? No. Fast forward a couple of months. Kerry is the nominee.
War hero! 20 year Senator! He'll beat Bush!
Yeah, or not. Ironically after picking him because he looked electable on paper, Kerry's real problem stemmed from the one area in which he was the most different from Gov. Dean. He wouldn't tell us in clear and simple language what he thought.
Call it Senate Speak. Call it hedging. Call it having a polysyllabic policy nuance Tourette's. Call it whatever the hell you want, but honestly that man either couldn't or wouldn't tell us what he thought in simple terms.
Policy wonks such as myself have no problem listening to a half hour dissertation on the Social Security trust fund, but most people here in Oklahoma do.
Gov. Dean, whether you agreed with him or not, told you what he thought. (Confederate Flags anyone?) And I guarantee that had we nominated him, there would have been no accusations of Flip Flopping. Gov. Dean had the magic ability of taking complex issues and explaining his position in a simple way. Kerry could never accomplish that. (Bush gets away with actually believing the issues are that simple.)
Lunch break is just about over, and I have real work to do, so stay tuned, and in our next installment I’ll explain why Gov. Dean now needs to lead our party.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
I think this is a very wise endorsement. Howard Dean single handedly put the spine back into the Democratic Party for a short glorious time between July of 2003 and March 2004. It was fleeting, but it was real. Its time we got back to it.
The Groupthink took control of the voters after the Iowa caucuses really is still a matter of bewilderment to me.
· "Oh, we have to go with Kerry, he's more electable."
· "Dated Dean, Married Kerry."
· "Howard Dean is Angry!"
· "Howard Dean is too liberal!"
WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE?
When I am trying to illustrate a problem with a reference to pop culture, I always try to go to Aaron Sorkin first. And, it just so happens that there is a scene in A Few Good Men that illustrates my point perfectly.
Assuming most of you know the plot, I will just say that it is the scene in which Lt. Cdr. Joanne Galloway objects to the doctor's testimony and is overruled and attempts to object three more times on different grounds. At the end of the hearing Lt. Sam Weinberg explains that objecting once puts it in the record. Objecting four times points out the jury that we are afraid of the testimony. As so eloquently put, "That's the difference between paper law and trial law."
Well, here we are, and now I wish to point out the difference between a candidate that looks good on paper, (John Kerry for those keeping score) and the candidate that connects with people for real.
So many people wish to say that Democrats were voting against Bush and not for their candidate. That was true for me in the General Election, but not so in the primaries. In the summer of 2003, Howard Dean made people believe. We were voting for him. We were donating money to him. We were volunteering for him. We believed in him.
Why? Here's why. Howard Dean believed in us. Howard Dean believed in the same issues we believed in. Howard Dean thought the war was an outrage. Howard Dean believed that the cronyism of the Bush administration was killing our country. Howard Dean believed it is pathetic that in the wealthiest nation on earth, there are children whose parents have to look at them and tell them they can't afford to take them to the doctor. Howard Dean believed that taking a huge surplus and turning it into a huge deficit was unconscionable. Howard Dean was right. Howard Dean is right.
He didn't have a stable full of spinners polling every word, looking for electability. He told us what he believed by God, and it was the same things we believed. He was the voice of Democratic Outrage. If he was angry, it was not because he was unhinged or somehow unstable. It was because he was right. We should all be angry. Why should our candidate be any different?
Then came Gephardt's suicide mission against Howard Dean. Don't get me wrong, Richard Gephardt is a great man and a great public servant, but he was never going to be president. God bless the man, but it was never going to happen. But, believing he had a shot if only Gov. Dean were out of the picture, he came out so negative against him in Iowa that Iowans bought into the idea that Gov. Dean wasn't electable. Unfortunately for Mr. Gephardt, they felt the same about him.
Kerry or Edwards?
Edwards hung in there by staying below the radar and not getting involved in the fracas. Good Strategy? Yes. Good example? No. Fast forward a couple of months. Kerry is the nominee.
War hero! 20 year Senator! He'll beat Bush!
Yeah, or not. Ironically after picking him because he looked electable on paper, Kerry's real problem stemmed from the one area in which he was the most different from Gov. Dean. He wouldn't tell us in clear and simple language what he thought.
Call it Senate Speak. Call it hedging. Call it having a polysyllabic policy nuance Tourette's. Call it whatever the hell you want, but honestly that man either couldn't or wouldn't tell us what he thought in simple terms.
Policy wonks such as myself have no problem listening to a half hour dissertation on the Social Security trust fund, but most people here in Oklahoma do.
Gov. Dean, whether you agreed with him or not, told you what he thought. (Confederate Flags anyone?) And I guarantee that had we nominated him, there would have been no accusations of Flip Flopping. Gov. Dean had the magic ability of taking complex issues and explaining his position in a simple way. Kerry could never accomplish that. (Bush gets away with actually believing the issues are that simple.)
Lunch break is just about over, and I have real work to do, so stay tuned, and in our next installment I’ll explain why Gov. Dean now needs to lead our party.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Thank you Chairman Parmley...
I would like to let everyone know that I am extremely pleased with Oklahoma's State Democratic Party Chairperson Jay Parmley as well as with Vice-Chairperson Debbie Leftwich. They publicly endorsed Gov. Howard Dean in his bid to become the chairperson of the Democratic National Committee.
I think this is a very wise endorsement. Howard Dean single handedly put the spine back into the Democratic Party for a short glorious time between July of 2003 and March 2004. It was fleeting, but it was real. Its time we got back to it.
The Groupthink took control of the voters after the Iowa caucuses really is still a matter of bewilderment to me.
· "Oh, we have to go with Kerry, he's more electable."
· "Dated Dean, Married Kerry."
· "Howard Dean is Angry!"
· "Howard Dean is too liberal!"
WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE?
When I am trying to illustrate a problem with a reference to pop culture, I always try to go to Aaron Sorkin first. And, it just so happens that there is a scene in A Few Good Men that illustrates my point perfectly.
Assuming most of you know the plot, I will just say that it is the scene in which Lt. Cdr. Joanne Galloway objects to the doctor's testimony and is overruled and attempts to object three more times on different grounds. At the end of the hearing Lt. Sam Weinberg explains that objecting once puts it in the record. Objecting four times points out the jury that we are afraid of the testimony. As so eloquently put, "That's the difference between paper law and trial law."
Well, here we are, and now I wish to point out the difference between a candidate that looks good on paper, (John Kerry for those keeping score) and the candidate that connects with people for real.
So many people wish to say that Democrats were voting against Bush and not for their candidate. That was true for me in the General Election, but not so in the primaries. In the summer of 2003, Howard Dean made people believe. We were voting for him. We were donating money to him. We were volunteering for him. We believed in him.
Why? Here's why. Howard Dean believed in us. Howard Dean believed in the same issues we believed in. Howard Dean thought the war was an outrage. Howard Dean believed that the cronyism of the Bush administration was killing our country. Howard Dean believed it is pathetic that in the wealthiest nation on earth, there are children whose parents have to look at them and tell them they can't afford to take them to the doctor. Howard Dean believed that taking a huge surplus and turning it into a huge deficit was unconscionable. Howard Dean was right. Howard Dean is right.
He didn't have a stable full of spinners polling every word, looking for electability. He told us what he believed by God, and it was the same things we believed. He was the voice of Democratic Outrage. If he was angry, it was not because he was unhinged or somehow unstable. It was because he was right. We should all be angry. Why should our candidate be any different?
Then came Gephardt's suicide mission against Howard Dean. Don't get me wrong, Richard Gephardt is a great man and a great public servant, but he was never going to be president. God bless the man, but it was never going to happen. But, believing he had a shot if only Gov. Dean were out of the picture, he came out so negative against him in Iowa that Iowans bought into the idea that Gov. Dean wasn't electable. Unfortunately for Mr. Gephardt, they felt the same about him.
Kerry or Edwards?
Edwards hung in there by staying below the radar and not getting involved in the fracas. Good Strategy? Yes. Good example? No. Fast forward a couple of months. Kerry is the nominee.
War hero! 20 year Senator! He'll beat Bush!
Yeah, or not. Ironically after picking him because he looked electable on paper, Kerry's real problem stemmed from the one area in which he was the most different from Gov. Dean. He wouldn't tell us in clear and simple language what he thought.
Call it Senate Speak. Call it hedging. Call it having a polysyllabic policy nuance Tourette's. Call it whatever the hell you want, but honestly that man either couldn't or wouldn't tell us what he thought in simple terms.
Policy wonks such as myself have no problem listening to a half hour dissertation on the Social Security trust fund, but most people here in Oklahoma do.
Gov. Dean, whether you agreed with him or not, told you what he thought. (Confederate Flags anyone?) And I guarantee that had we nominated him, there would have been no accusations of Flip Flopping. Gov. Dean had the magic ability of taking complex issues and explaining his position in a simple way. Kerry could never accomplish that. (Bush gets away with actually believing the issues are that simple.)
Lunch break is just about over, and I have real work to do, so stay tuned, and in our next installment I’ll explain why Gov. Dean now needs to lead our party.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
I think this is a very wise endorsement. Howard Dean single handedly put the spine back into the Democratic Party for a short glorious time between July of 2003 and March 2004. It was fleeting, but it was real. Its time we got back to it.
The Groupthink took control of the voters after the Iowa caucuses really is still a matter of bewilderment to me.
· "Oh, we have to go with Kerry, he's more electable."
· "Dated Dean, Married Kerry."
· "Howard Dean is Angry!"
· "Howard Dean is too liberal!"
WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE?
When I am trying to illustrate a problem with a reference to pop culture, I always try to go to Aaron Sorkin first. And, it just so happens that there is a scene in A Few Good Men that illustrates my point perfectly.
Assuming most of you know the plot, I will just say that it is the scene in which Lt. Cdr. Joanne Galloway objects to the doctor's testimony and is overruled and attempts to object three more times on different grounds. At the end of the hearing Lt. Sam Weinberg explains that objecting once puts it in the record. Objecting four times points out the jury that we are afraid of the testimony. As so eloquently put, "That's the difference between paper law and trial law."
Well, here we are, and now I wish to point out the difference between a candidate that looks good on paper, (John Kerry for those keeping score) and the candidate that connects with people for real.
So many people wish to say that Democrats were voting against Bush and not for their candidate. That was true for me in the General Election, but not so in the primaries. In the summer of 2003, Howard Dean made people believe. We were voting for him. We were donating money to him. We were volunteering for him. We believed in him.
Why? Here's why. Howard Dean believed in us. Howard Dean believed in the same issues we believed in. Howard Dean thought the war was an outrage. Howard Dean believed that the cronyism of the Bush administration was killing our country. Howard Dean believed it is pathetic that in the wealthiest nation on earth, there are children whose parents have to look at them and tell them they can't afford to take them to the doctor. Howard Dean believed that taking a huge surplus and turning it into a huge deficit was unconscionable. Howard Dean was right. Howard Dean is right.
He didn't have a stable full of spinners polling every word, looking for electability. He told us what he believed by God, and it was the same things we believed. He was the voice of Democratic Outrage. If he was angry, it was not because he was unhinged or somehow unstable. It was because he was right. We should all be angry. Why should our candidate be any different?
Then came Gephardt's suicide mission against Howard Dean. Don't get me wrong, Richard Gephardt is a great man and a great public servant, but he was never going to be president. God bless the man, but it was never going to happen. But, believing he had a shot if only Gov. Dean were out of the picture, he came out so negative against him in Iowa that Iowans bought into the idea that Gov. Dean wasn't electable. Unfortunately for Mr. Gephardt, they felt the same about him.
Kerry or Edwards?
Edwards hung in there by staying below the radar and not getting involved in the fracas. Good Strategy? Yes. Good example? No. Fast forward a couple of months. Kerry is the nominee.
War hero! 20 year Senator! He'll beat Bush!
Yeah, or not. Ironically after picking him because he looked electable on paper, Kerry's real problem stemmed from the one area in which he was the most different from Gov. Dean. He wouldn't tell us in clear and simple language what he thought.
Call it Senate Speak. Call it hedging. Call it having a polysyllabic policy nuance Tourette's. Call it whatever the hell you want, but honestly that man either couldn't or wouldn't tell us what he thought in simple terms.
Policy wonks such as myself have no problem listening to a half hour dissertation on the Social Security trust fund, but most people here in Oklahoma do.
Gov. Dean, whether you agreed with him or not, told you what he thought. (Confederate Flags anyone?) And I guarantee that had we nominated him, there would have been no accusations of Flip Flopping. Gov. Dean had the magic ability of taking complex issues and explaining his position in a simple way. Kerry could never accomplish that. (Bush gets away with actually believing the issues are that simple.)
Lunch break is just about over, and I have real work to do, so stay tuned, and in our next installment I’ll explain why Gov. Dean now needs to lead our party.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Monday, January 17, 2005
First Entry... a Teaser
A Tease for the Interested...
The main problem with our current political reality is quite simple. The branches of our government are no longer serving the purposes for which they were designed. Rather than congress acting as a check on the powers of the executive, or the courts acting as a check on the legislative branch, we have the Republican Party, who in 1994 decided to reshape the role of the Congress.
With the Republican Revolution of 1994, the House and the Senate no longer acted as the constitutional check envisioned. Instead, the Republican Party declared all out war on the Democratic Party. At the time, the focus of this animosity was Bill Clinton. The idea was to take out the most popular Democrat in the country and replace him with a Republican. Through various tactics, they succeeded.
The Republican Party then shifted from a strategy of power-grabbing to power holding. Hold on to power regardless of the consequences.
The role of the congress was to make law, for the good of the people, faithfully fulfilling their responsibilities of representation to their constituents.
No longer. Now the barrier between the Executive and the Legislative branches is meaningless. Rather than act as a check on the President and his administration's foolish and failed policies, they gleefully point out that they are in control. Members of the party who rightfully have reservations about the President's actions are controlled and muzzled.
In the name of The Party, the Republicans in the House and Senate have turned our sacred institution of wisdom and legislation into nothing more than a bully pulpit from which the President and his advisors can vicariously push a radical agenda without fear of being challenged.
Without that challenge, democracy is dead.
In the coming days and weeks I will be expounding upon this idea and what it means for the future of this country.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
The main problem with our current political reality is quite simple. The branches of our government are no longer serving the purposes for which they were designed. Rather than congress acting as a check on the powers of the executive, or the courts acting as a check on the legislative branch, we have the Republican Party, who in 1994 decided to reshape the role of the Congress.
With the Republican Revolution of 1994, the House and the Senate no longer acted as the constitutional check envisioned. Instead, the Republican Party declared all out war on the Democratic Party. At the time, the focus of this animosity was Bill Clinton. The idea was to take out the most popular Democrat in the country and replace him with a Republican. Through various tactics, they succeeded.
The Republican Party then shifted from a strategy of power-grabbing to power holding. Hold on to power regardless of the consequences.
The role of the congress was to make law, for the good of the people, faithfully fulfilling their responsibilities of representation to their constituents.
No longer. Now the barrier between the Executive and the Legislative branches is meaningless. Rather than act as a check on the President and his administration's foolish and failed policies, they gleefully point out that they are in control. Members of the party who rightfully have reservations about the President's actions are controlled and muzzled.
In the name of The Party, the Republicans in the House and Senate have turned our sacred institution of wisdom and legislation into nothing more than a bully pulpit from which the President and his advisors can vicariously push a radical agenda without fear of being challenged.
Without that challenge, democracy is dead.
In the coming days and weeks I will be expounding upon this idea and what it means for the future of this country.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
First Entry... a Teaser
A Tease for the Interested...
The main problem with our current political reality is quite simple. The branches of our government are no longer serving the purposes for which they were designed. Rather than congress acting as a check on the powers of the executive, or the courts acting as a check on the legislative branch, we have the Republican Party, who in 1994 decided to reshape the role of the Congress.
With the Republican Revolution of 1994, the House and the Senate no longer acted as the constitutional check envisioned. Instead, the Republican Party declared all out war on the Democratic Party. At the time, the focus of this animosity was Bill Clinton. The idea was to take out the most popular Democrat in the country and replace him with a Republican. Through various tactics, they succeeded.
The Republican Party then shifted from a strategy of power-grabbing to power holding. Hold on to power regardless of the consequences.
The role of the congress was to make law, for the good of the people, faithfully fulfilling their responsibilities of representation to their constituents.
No longer. Now the barrier between the Executive and the Legislative branches is meaningless. Rather than act as a check on the President and his administration's foolish and failed policies, they gleefully point out that they are in control. Members of the party who rightfully have reservations about the President's actions are controlled and muzzled.
In the name of The Party, the Republicans in the House and Senate have turned our sacred institution of wisdom and legislation into nothing more than a bully pulpit from which the President and his advisors can vicariously push a radical agenda without fear of being challenged.
Without that challenge, democracy is dead.
In the coming days and weeks I will be expounding upon this idea and what it means for the future of this country.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
The main problem with our current political reality is quite simple. The branches of our government are no longer serving the purposes for which they were designed. Rather than congress acting as a check on the powers of the executive, or the courts acting as a check on the legislative branch, we have the Republican Party, who in 1994 decided to reshape the role of the Congress.
With the Republican Revolution of 1994, the House and the Senate no longer acted as the constitutional check envisioned. Instead, the Republican Party declared all out war on the Democratic Party. At the time, the focus of this animosity was Bill Clinton. The idea was to take out the most popular Democrat in the country and replace him with a Republican. Through various tactics, they succeeded.
The Republican Party then shifted from a strategy of power-grabbing to power holding. Hold on to power regardless of the consequences.
The role of the congress was to make law, for the good of the people, faithfully fulfilling their responsibilities of representation to their constituents.
No longer. Now the barrier between the Executive and the Legislative branches is meaningless. Rather than act as a check on the President and his administration's foolish and failed policies, they gleefully point out that they are in control. Members of the party who rightfully have reservations about the President's actions are controlled and muzzled.
In the name of The Party, the Republicans in the House and Senate have turned our sacred institution of wisdom and legislation into nothing more than a bully pulpit from which the President and his advisors can vicariously push a radical agenda without fear of being challenged.
Without that challenge, democracy is dead.
In the coming days and weeks I will be expounding upon this idea and what it means for the future of this country.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
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