So what would be on your bucket list after serving in Congress? Oklahoma’s own Representative Dan Boren had five things for fun.
Cloture Club’s Andrew Heaton (known for humorous interviews) recently sat down with outgoing Congressman Boren (D-OK). Retiring in January, Boren apparently provided a list that he and Heaton then acted out – everything from racing down the halls of congress to a doorbell-ditch of another congressman and you can watch the video at the links below.
Click here for Cloture Club’s original post.
The Blaze news site picked up the fun, but wondered if the stress of being a Blue Dog Democrat had twisted Boren’s sense of propriety. 
We doubt it.
Click here for The Blaze post.
As long-term observers from Boren’s Oklahoma, Tulsa Today suggests he may have a dozen more pranks he would have liked to pull, but resisted the urge.
We may totally disagree with his party and some of his own positions, but we appreciate Boren and, after his term over a cold beer, we would love to know what other pranks he considered and if he had something specific to leave a little "Okie Attitude" in answer to the heavy-handed "Chicago Way" of politics he endured from the Obama Administration.
Boren was quoted as saying on Obamacare, "you will have to walk over my dead body before I vote for this bill." He said tax increases in the bill would cause more job loss and he was right. He knows a bit of economics, the Constitution and his people in Oklahoma.
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is not running for reelection. If anything Coburn is looking forward to returning to his private life as a physician, business and family man. Most important for you to know, he said in Tulsa, “There is not a problem in the country that we cannot solve.”
“We can get our mojo back; we just don’t have the leadership,” Coburn said. “We don’t have a hundred people in Congress that have been successful as business people.”
Coburn had said Reid was “incompetent and incapable” then later apologized to Reid which one audience member did not appreciate. Coburn said Monday night, “What I should have said is that his leadership has been ineffective and bad for the country.” 
As a physician, Coburn has often pointed to problems in healthcare and said Monday night, “One in every three dollars spent on healthcare are wasted.” He said the basic problem is “We have not connected the patient to their own healthcare” and that “The latest [CBO] score is that Medicare is being reduced to fund state exchanges.” 
August 2, Sen. Tom Coburn appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and blasted the show’s panel for misrepresenting the principles of the Tea Party, saying they just don’t “get it.” He also gave the panel a solid history lesson on the Constitution after at least one panelist admitted he was unsure in which section the enumerated powers were located. 
Readers of Tulsa Today are responding in multiple ways to our call to reconstitute the Committee for Clear Communications. In short, there will be a Creative Conservative Christian media platform for our community and it is highly likely that will include broadcast and print. 
The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) is working with other state agencies and charitable organizations to provide assistance to wildfire victims.
The OID has Consumer Assistance teams in the following locations:
“This disaster has affected so many communities across the state,” said Ken Garcia, regional director of communications. “The Red Cross is offering assistance to alleviate human suffering and need.”
The Professional Bull Riders are bringing the world’s best bull riders and bulls to Tulsa’s BOK Center on Friday and Saturday (August 10-11) to compete for more than $125,000 in prize money.