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Members and friends of the Oklahoma Conservative Political Action
Committee (OCPAC)

The OCPAC luncheon will be 12 noon Wednesday, February 11th at
Italiano’s Restaurant, 4801 North Lincoln in OKC.

– AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING
– ANNOUNCEMENTS
– ALMOST AN UNBELIEVABLE DEAL ON AN IMPORTANT BOOK !!!
– TIDBITS
– MY THOUGHTS ON LAST WEEK’S MEETING ABOUT “NICKS” LAW & AUTISM
– MEMBERSHIP

– AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING

Prior to the general election of this past November, I had some
communications with Scott Cooper, editor of the Oklahoma Gazette. The
Gazette is a widely read weekly tabloid which, for the most part, is
distributed free on news stands at many restaurants in central
Oklahoma. While I consider the paper to be liberal on social issues,
thus my pet name for the publication being the OKLAHOMA “GAY ZETTE”,
they do publish a wide ranging perspective on issues and sometimes
print stories not covered in the Oklahoman, or perhaps more in-depth
than the Oklahoman would go. Scott is an excellent communicator as I
used to listen to him on the radio show hosted by Kyle Loveless and
Keith Gaddie. I have also invited Ben Fenwick, one of their reporters,
or is he a columnist?

As an interesting aside, the current issues of the Gazette on the
stands right now has, as the cover story, an article by Mr. Fenwick
about the Clouds Over America Conference held just a couple of weeks
ago here in OKC. The article titled, “It’s A CONSPIRACY”does a good
job of getting many of the quotes correct and points made from some of
the speakers. However, the tone of the article has a heavy dose of
sarcasm and obviously aims an inordinate amount of focus on State
Representative Sally Kern, who only had 15 minutes of the 2 day
program. The most amazing part of the article for me was the ending.
Pick up a copy and let me know what you think of it. Next week, I will
suggest an alternative ending, which I believe would have made it much
better.

Don’t miss this meeting as it should be very interesting. Some might
ask why I would invite these speakers? That is a simple answer. When
you meet 52 times a year, for 18 years now, it is necessary to have a
wide range of speakers and topics to keep our meetings fresh and
interesting. Just remember, our reputation is “tough but not mean” and
our motto is, “conservatives and constitutionalists we love and
liberals we enjoy.” That motto ought to just about cover most
everyone. Besides that, it is smart to listen to people with different
ideas.

– ANNOUNCEMENTS

OKC AREA Wednesday, February 11th, the Business and Professional
Chapter of the John Birch Society will have our monthly meeting.
Breakfast and fellowship begins at 7:15 a.m. with the program part of
the meeting beginning at 7:45. The location is the Character First
Center, 520 West Main in downtown OKC. This month’s speaker will be
George Wallace, President of Oklahomans for Sovereignty and Free
Enterprise (OK-SAFE). Though Mr. Wallace lives in OKC, there are
probably more members of OK-SAFE that live in the Tulsa area. It is
truly a statewide organization and George will talk about the goals
and purposes, as well as successes of this outstanding organization.
Set your alarms and come on down. The food and fellowship are great
and the information is very important.

STATE CAPITOL There will be very important legislation presented
before the Rules Committee on Wednesday afternoon, February 11th at
3:00 p.m. The legislation is HJR 1003 by State Representative Charles
Key (R-OKC) which is a resolution about the Tenth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution. I don’t know the room number at this time but it
will probably be heard in one of the 4th floor conference rooms,
probably room 412-C. If you can attend the meeting you will see your
government in action and learn a lot about the issue as well as the
process.

While this is just a resolution, it is very important as the people in
the red states are going to have to wake up and demand their state
governments begin to push back against the rapidly rising
intrusiveness and tyranny of the federal government.

In a related matter, this past Wednesday I went with our good friend
and long time OCPAC member Russ Reinhardt, visiting from Salida
Colorado, to the Capitol after the OCPAC meeting. I wanted to go
support and watch the proceedings in the Rules Committee regarding HJR
1004 by John Wright (R-Broken Arrow). This legislation, if it passes
through the full legislative process, will notify the federal
government that Oklahoma has rescinded all of its previous calls to
convene a Constitutional Convention. This is very important. If a
convention was convened, our whole constitution and bill of rights
could be discarded and a completely new form of government could be
instituted.

Other than having to listen to the incessant blabbering of State
Representative Richard Morrissette (D-OKC and man who’s word means
nothing as he broke a hand-shake promise to me last year in front of 2
witnesses), the hearing was a beautiful thing to see. Committee
Chairman Gus Blackwell (R-Goodwell) did an outstanding job of
conducting the meeting. He kept order, was fair to all sides, allowed
plenty of discussion among lawmakers, made time for citizens, then
used the new electronic voting systems in the hearing rooms to
expedite the process which covered a number of bills.

In my opinion, Representative Morrissette makes what could be
important debates with State Representative Randy Terrill (R-Moore)
held weekly on Channel 9 TV as well as radio on 1520 AM little more
than dog an pony shows. I think Morrissette, a union patsy and former
lawmaker from New Hampshire, has allowed all of this air time to go to
his head as he obviously thinks much more highly of himself than he
should.

– ALMOST AN UNBELIEVABLE DEAL ON A MOST IMPORTANT BOOK

Week before last I was minding my own business like I almost always
do, listening to the Laura Ingraham Show (heard weekdays 8:00 to 11:00
a.m. on 1520 AM in central Oklahoma) when I heard an interesting
commercial. The commercial was offering the listeners a special deal
if they will order a copy of the book THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND
by G. Edward Griffin. This 600 page book is on my top 10 most
important books to read. At 600 pages it is the definitive work on
money and the Federal Reserve system.

Here is the deal. Normal paperback price at a book store is $25 then
add on sales tax. If you order this book by phone at 1 800 686-2237
your credit card will be charged $26.45 which will also cover shipping
and handling. However, on top of that you will also receive an early
1900's U.S. silver dollar. No matter what the spot price of silver,
these silver dollars are almost always worth $18 to $20. However, as
the price of silver is rising and it is, the value of these silver
dollars could rise much more. I got my book in the mail last week with
a 1922 silver dollar and noticed the postage was almost $5. You are
getting the book for almost nothing. This is now the 3rd copy of this
book I have owned. The first was loaned and gone, my second is loaned
to a man in Lawton and now I have another copy to refer to or loan out
again. And yes I also have a silver dollar.

Following are a few of the reviews on the back of the book: “This is
a murder mystery about the financial ‘murder’ of the middle class.” by
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad “A superb analysis.
Be prepared for one heck of a journey through time and mind.” by
Congressman and former Presidential candidate Ron Paul. “Scary.
It’s the story of the world banking system. Enough said.” Willie
Nelson, Musician/Author “A gripping adventure into the secret world
of the international banking cartel.” Mark Thornton, Asst. Professor
of Economics, Auburn University; Ludwig von Mises Institute

All I can say is, don’t pass up this opportunity, you can’t lose.
Order the book, read it then loan it to a friend. This is all about
waking up a sleeping nation and informing them with factual and
important knowledge citizens must know so they can understand the root
problems with our economy and the coming financial ruin of this nation
if we don’t change course from what we have been doing for such a long
time.

– TIDBITS

1) While I have just been made the recipient of the 3 annual award for
Patriotism from Dr. David Yeagley’s Bad Eagle Foundation, the award is
really deserved by all the hard working and committed members of
OCPAC. Log on to www.badeagle.com and see the February 5th post. Dr.
Yeagley posts 2 columns per week. Scroll down toward the bottom of the
current column and click on the Ob-Ed section on the right or you can
go back to the previous article.

2) State Senator Randy Brogdon (R-Owasso) is featured in an article by
Dr. Jerome Corsi, posted on February 6th on World Net Daily. The
article is titled: Lawmakers in 20 states move to reclaim sovereignty.
You might be able to find it at www.stopnaustopspp.org.

3) Senator Brogdon has recently posted a far better piece than I wrote
last week about Governor Henry’s proposal to find permanent funding
for his EDGE program. To find out the philosophical problems with the
idea, check it out on Senator Brogdon’s web site, www.randybrogdon.com.

4) State Representative Rex Duncan (R-Sand Springs) was successful in
advancing HB 1025, his legislation to prohibit public or private
employers from asking prospective employees intrusive questions about
their ownership of fire arms. Representative Duncan’s legislation is
in response to President Obama asking prospective cabinet members if
they owned or possessed a firearm, and if so for its registration
information on their background application. Duncan correctly
identifies this kind of enquiry as an infringement on Second Amendment
rights and wants to make sure Oklahoma employers don’t ask the same
kind of questions on job applications.

5) Wilbur Mason passed away this past week. Wilbur and Flo, his wife
of many years, have been in this culture war for longer than the 25
years I have been active. While Flo is the more outgoing of the two,
Wilbur was as solid as they come. Flo’s health has been problematic
for some time and Wilbur was faithful in assisting her with daily
needs. Please pray for Flo and the rest of the family. They will
greatly miss him. Also pray that the family will be able to care for
Flo as she wants and needs.

6) Our tax dollars being used for dis-information? This past week an
e-mail went out to all students, faculty and staff at the University
of Oklahoma announcing: The University of Oklahoma will join hundreds
of institutions from across the country for the “National Teach-In for
Global Warming Solutions” to show the President and Congress that
people are ready to pass a bold climate and energy policy that
prioritizes renewable energy, green job creation, and an aggressive
cap on carbon-emissions. Here is the problem with all of this BS (Blue
Smoke). Over the past 10 years the climate change has switched from
warming to cooling, there is little to nothing man could do to affect
climate change in the first place and above all, carbon emissions are
GOOD for the atmosphere, not bad.

7) One of our friendly set of eyes received an e-mail from the Obama
campaign machine trumpeting his new plan to spread his liberal
propaganda by gathering people in the homes of his supporters to see a
video production about his stimulus plan. This will occur all over
America and those watching will surely be encouraged to contact their
congressional delegations to make it look like a wave of Americans
support this plan.

Are you now beginning to understand how “community organizing” works?
An underlying theme in my e-mails this year will be organizing.
Patriotic Americans are going to have to give a little more of their
time than they have in the past to organizing with other like minded
people to stop the denigration of this nation. We must turn back to
God and back to the principles of our founding. While there are many
good organizations fighting different aspects of our problems, I
certainly think 2 of the best are OCPAC for state issues and the John
Birch Society for national and international issues. Both
organizations are broad based and address almost every problem we face
at one time or another.

– MY THOUGHTS ON LAST WEEKS MEETING ABOUT “NICKS” LAW & AUTISM

There was an article by Michael McNutt about our meeting in last
Thursday’s edition of the Oklahoman. Michael has always been fair in
his reporting about what goes on in our meetings, so I am in no way
criticizing him for reporting on what I thought was and unfortunate
part of our meeting.

When we got into the question and answer session, one of the folks in
attendance made what I believe was a silly and unkind statement to Mr.
Rhode, that is unless the statement can be backed up by some kind of
credible research. It wasn’t a question but a statement that the
Rhodes should rub some kind of cream on the temples of their child,
forget about it and get over it.

Anytime you really allow for free speech in an open forum something
like this can happen. Often times when people say something that is
off the wall, most people will see through it. The person making
foolish statements will usually suffer the consequences of people
losing respect for their opinions. Passions were high this past
Wednesday, as I expected because this situation is at the heart of the
conflict in our society.

While I have the up-most respect for Mr. Rohde as he is so focused on
accomplishing what he believes is the best for his son and the
autistic children of others, I do have a criticism toward him. In his
focus, I just don’t believe he is interested in really considering any
free market solutions to this problem. As I saw it, Mr. Rhode used the
reasoning that he was against the socialism aspect where government
would take care of these children. Therefore he was supportive of
government forcing insurance companies to cover this malady (with pre-
existing conditions) which is the definition of fascism. To me, that
kind of thinking is kind of like exchanging one kind of cancer for
another.

I believe there are at least two market answers in this situation. I
have already expressed an idea for a basic minimum health care
insurance, with the ability to add on additional coverages such as
autism care for additional charges. By the way, I just visited with
the father of an autistic child who is now 24. His son went from the
severe range of autism as a child to a high level of societal
functioning today. He thought my cafeteria plan for insurance was very
reasonable.

The more I think about the second solution, the better I like it. The
second idea really cuts to the core of so many of our problems in
America today. In the idea of our Founding Fathers each state was
sovereign, yet they were a part of a confederation of states that made
up the nation. Their idea was for the federal government to be very
small and to allow states to compete with one another for the best and
most efficient forms of self government within each state. That way,
if a state was doing a particularly good job of governance it would
attract like minded people and the state would advance in its
prosperity. If a state did a worse job of governance, their lacking
might create the incentive to do better. Over time, the best would
rise to the top and be recognized for such.

Here is the conflict. In America, some people think it is the
responsibility for government to own and control the means of
production of goods and services and be responsible for the well being
of its population. That mind-set is the pure and classical definition
of SOCIALISM. Again, there are citizens of this land who are all for
that.

There are also folks who believe individuals should own the means of
production of goods and services, but government should control those
activities, determine who will benefit from privately owned businesses
and at what prices, set wages, determine who gets the favored
opportunities and who will have to perform the less favorable grunt
work. That is the classical definition of fascism. There are huge
numbers of people who believe in at least some degree of this kind of
government philosophy.

There are also other people who have the mind set of our Founding
Fathers. They believe the only purpose of government is protect the
people’s God given right to life (as long as you are not convicted
with due process of a capitol crime), liberty, (as long as you are not
convicted through due process of harming your neighbor) and the
pursuit of happiness (through your ability to own and control your own
private property). For government to do any thing else would be
tyranny. I believe government can be involved with other services, but
only through user fees, not from tax revenues. Those services could be
such things as providing roads for which the public has open access,
or say water, sewer and utility services. There are large numbers of
people spread out over this nation who believe in these principles.

THEREFORE, my suggestion is for people wanting socialism, why not move
to Boston, or perhaps to Vermont or California (government is really
working well today for the people in the liberal bastion of
California, as citizens have just been notified, if they are due a
refund from their state tax returns, those refund checks will have to
be delayed as the highly taxed state is broke. Also hundreds of
thousands of state employees are being furloughed, again the highly
taxed state doesn’t have the money to pay their wages).

If people prefer fascism, why not move to a state that wants to
practice that form of government to the upmost efficiency. If on the
other hand, you love liberty and want to be able to have and control
to the maximum amount, your private property, then why not move to a
state that wants to practice a very limited form of government to its
up-most? May I insist, that people with that kind of philosophy move
to Oklahoma !!! Maybe now you can see why the federal government wants
to mandate sameness in the states, they don’t want to lose control and
allow liberty and private property advocates to shine.

– MEMBERSHIP

People are continuing to join as dues paying members. With all
volunteer leaders at OCPAC, none of the dues you pay for membership is
burned up in the paying of salaries. Other than an ethics fee and
occasionally a banking fee, all of your dues monies are used to
support conservative candidates, reward conservative incumbents, or
used for our accountability efforts toward those pesky RINOs
(Republicans In Name Only). To join OCPAC, please follow the
instructions following my sign off.

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