State Fair reports picture perfect results

The 112 year old Tulsa State Fair represents heritage, family, values and quality entertainment in Oklahoma.

The 113 year old Tulsa State Fair represents heritage, family, values and quality entertainment in Oklahoma.

The 2016 Tulsa State Fair ran from Thursday, September 29 thru Sunday, October 9. This year, a combination of unique attractions, wonderful weather and cheerful fair guests, resulted in an estimated attendance of over 1.2 million people.

“Our outstanding staff and stakeholders are dedicated to creating the best possible environment for the Tulsa State Fair.” stated Mark Andrus, President and CEO, “Every day our top priorities are to provide a safe, clean and family friendly event, where life long memories are made.”

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Republicans keep promise in Congress

Sen. Inhofe in committee

Sen. Inhofe in committee

Republicans have been focused on restoring transparency and regular order in the 114th Congress. Despite having a Democratic White House, we’ve overcome many odds and moved forward many priorities that you have been contacting me about over the years.

Here is a brief look back at what we’ve accomplished:

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FBI officials allege ‘quid pro quo’ Clinton email

HillaryClintonTextualRelationsThe Hill is reporting today that a State Department official pressured the FBI to alter the “Top Secret” classification of an email regarding possible arrests in the Benghazi attacks because the code “caused problems,” FBI officials told investigators during the agency’s probe into Clinton’s email server.

The two unnamed officials reported an alleged “quid pro quo” arrangement with the State Department, under which the FBI would declassify the document in exchange for expanded authorities in Iraq.

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Racism, Truth, and Politics in 2016

Bill Clinton and Danney Williams

Bill Clinton and Danney Williams

Opinion:  In my abnormal human psychology class a half century ago, we studied Sigmund Freud’s neurotic defense mechanisms. While Freud has been discredited in many ways, his idea of projection seems obviously valid to me—not so much as a sign of a psychiatric illness, but as a political tactic: Accuse your opponent of what you yourself are doing. Maybe that’s a subset of “the best defense is a good offense.”

Half of Trump’s supporters—the ones in Hillary Clinton’s irredeemable “basket of deplorables”—are presumed guilty of the unforgivable sin of racism. If whites are unaware of racist feelings, they are still there, buried deep in the subconscious, to be exposed by corrective psychoanalysis or reeducation.

But many psychologists or psychiatrists these days prefer to look at behavior. We might ask: what is the most egregious thing a racist could do? How about denying or “banishing” her own biracial child—or stepchild?

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