Norman music festival announces

Norman Music FestivalThe Norman Music Festival is preparing to rock the streets April 24, 25 and 26, 2014 for the seventh annual epic event promoters announce.

For six years the festival has provided Norman with the fuel to fire up the Oklahoma music scene and creates a buzz around local and statewide artists.

“Our festival of music and art will highlight the great opportunities that are in Oklahoma,” says Steven White, Norman Music Alliance Chair.  “Norman has the perfect balance of talented entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to host a festival like this and grow it to a national phenomenon.”

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Republican birthday rally

TulRepubLogo1The Republican Party of Tulsa County will be hosting a party and rally in celebration of the 159th birthday of the Republican Party from 12 noon to 2:30 pm on Saturday, August 17th at the Spirit Bank Event Center, 104th & South Memorial in Tulsa.

The Grand Old Party was established in 1854.  It all started with people who opposed slavery. They were common, everyday people who bristled at the notion that men had any right to oppress their fellow man. In the early 1850’s, these anti-slavery activists found commonality with rugged individuals looking to settle in western lands, free of government charges. “Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men,” went the slogan. And it was thus in joint opposition to human enslavement and government tyranny that an enterprising people gave birth to the Republican Party.

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Devastating definition of liberalism

Rush LimbaughConservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh recently broke down “liberalism” in a detailed-yet-simplistic way for his listeners.

Limbaugh argued that “in a free country, people will not choose liberalism.”

“If they want to eat salt, they’ll eat it. If they want to eat trans fats, they’ll eat it. If they want to eat beef, they’ll eat it,” he explained. “The only way liberals can get you to live the way they want you to is to deny you freedom to do what you want to do. And they’re not happy with you living and thinking in ways other than the way they live and think. You must conform.”

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Inhofe demands RFS repeal

InhofeFlagWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of the 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard volume mandates.

“Not surprisingly the Administration waited until Congress was out of town to make a major announcement about the ethanol mandate in our nation’s gasoline supplies,” said Inhofe.

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May tornado claims top $1 billion

By Staff Report

TornadoOKLAHOMA CITY – Insurance payments from the May tornado outbreak across central Oklahoma have now topped $1 billion.

“These numbers are staggering,” said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak. “We’ve topped $1 billion in payments and the rebuilding is just beginning. We expected to see these amounts and they continue to go up every week. This is a major catastrophe that’s impacted thousands of Oklahomans. Some survivors are still dealing with insurance and rebuilding issues. We can’t fix everything overnight, but we will be here for them until the last claim is paid.”

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