Inhofe: Peace, goodwill from Christmas parade

JimInhofeParadeThe “war on Christmas” has come to an end in Tulsa this year. For nearly 90 years, residents in Tulsa commemorated the Christmas season with one large parade downtown, but in 2011, local leaders decided to jump on an unfortunate national trend of removing the word “Christmas” from the event.

 After 40 years of riding a horse in the parade, I joined many others and said that if Christ wasn’t welcome, then I also would no longer be participating in the event. This is because Christmas isn’t just a holiday that can be sugar-coated for the sake of political appeasement.

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CA attack could have been prevented

BackgroundChecksA counterterrorism program gutted in 2012 may have been able to thwart the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee declared on Fox News during an interview with host Megan Kelly.

Phillip Haney said that during his work on the Intelligence Review Unit (IRU) at DHS, he flagged the Redlands, Ca., mosque that was attended by Syed Farook, one of the two shooters in California. Haney said the program would have likely singled out Farook and prevented him from bringing the other shooter, his fiancée Tafsheen Malik, into the country on a K-1 visa.

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OK Presidential filing: 19 candidates

Vote2016aUpdated: Oklahoma voters have seven Democrats and 12 Republican candidates to choose from on the March 1 Presidential Preferential Primary ballot, Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said Thursday.

Candidate filing for the primary closed Wednesday at 5 p.m. and the final list of those in the race follows.

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Let Trump run free

DonaldTrump2Editorial: With all the raving rhetoric in pushback from Leftists, Democrats, and establishment Republicans; Donald Trump must be doing something right. Even Tulsa’s daily paper rushes today to diminish and dismiss him.

The fact is that Donald Trump, Republican Candidate for U.S. President, has re-gifted free speech to a people in need. Overripe for discussion is Islam and invasion and the safety, stability and future for our children. Now we can talk – thank Trump.

David French for the National Review Tuesday wrote, “While many of Trump’s actual proposals are misguided, nonsensical, or untenable, by smashing the window, he’s begun the process of freeing the American people from the artificial and destructive constraints of Left-defined discourse. Serious and substantive politicians like Ted Cruz will get a more respectful hearing, and PC shibboleths about allegedly boundless virtues of Islam and immigration will be treated with the skepticism they deserve.”

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Wildlife rule change proposals

OkWildlifeDuckHuntingEach year, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation proposes changes in Title 800, the rules that govern hunting, fishing and Wildlife Department operations. The public comment period is now open for this year’s proposed rule changes.

Many proposed changes for 2016 are simple housekeeping matters, while some are more substantial. Highlights of this year’s rule changes follow.

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