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12:30 - Sunday, Feb. 01, 2009
The Constitution Upheld
We here at the political desk of who did it and ran, ink!! are happy to report that Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson has dismissed criminal charges against three political activists and finally ended his assault on popular democracy in the Sooner State.

In 2007, Mr. Edmondson accused Paul Jacob, Susan Johnson and Rick Carpenter of trying to defraud the state. The Oklahoma Three, as they came to be known, faced 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted. Their alleged crime? Working to get a Taxpayer Bill of Rights initiative on the ballot that would limit increases in government spending. The political class despises spending caps, and Mr. Edmondson wants to curry favor with unions and other groups that oppose tax and spending limits.

The AG claimed the organizers hired people from outside of Oklahoma to gather signatures, which violated a state law that banned nonresidents from circulating petitions. But Mr. Jacob maintained that he and his codefendants sought the advice of state officials before hiring anyone and were acting in good faith. Last month the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Oklahoma law as unconstitutional, noting that the circulation of ballot petitions is "core political speech" protected by the First Amendment.

Mr. Edmondson announced late last week he wouldn't appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and would dismiss the charges. That's the good news. The bad news is that this ordeal will make more people skittish about attempting to petition government for redress of grievances. Mr. Edmondson has designs on higher office, but his willingness to resort to such politically motivated prosecutions raises doubts about his judgment, and how much he can be trusted with power.

Keep in mind this constitutional violating thug, he is a product left over from the civil rights violating Bushwhacker Administration, and those citizens who live within spitting distance of this thug, should vote him out of office at the earliest opportunity; if this thug is allowed to be elected to higher office, you can bet your bottom dollar that he will try his shenanigans on an even higher level! We as Americans MUST have our say in the voting booth. and we must not allow thugs like this to sweet talk us into voting for such vermin, if more of these specimens are allowed into office, then our whole system of democracy will surely disintegrate.

Just shining examples such as this is why i post these lil political tidbits here, when ever i find them; to make y'all aware of what our elected leaders are trying to do, no matter at what level of government office they hold. I post the good, also, as you well know. I know as a whole, you dont like to see politics discussed here, but i do it anyway on occasion, to try to let you know what is going on in different parts of the country.

in mission news:

jon, whom i drink coffee with in the mornings, as you know was in the hospital overnight they removed an infected boil from his ass, and just in time, too! hes fine and i just got done seeing him, and he will be back at the mission this evening. no sign of frank, who sold his truck, but that is normal, as he often goes onna toot the beginning of the month.

bright and early tomorrow after morning coffee, i have to go and see this lil diner down the street as they have a "HELP WANTED" part time lunch sign on the window, and i need to get that early so i can see if i can get that gig; ALSO, tomorrow, i have an interview at safeco field, whereas the baseball season is coming up, and line cook jobs a plenty starting in just a few weeks!! so, hopefully i can get on with that, and if i do, i'll be set!! my hopes are up, i hope your's are too!!

hava wonderful sunshiny super bowl sunday! I been to the near future and I see the Pittsburg Steelers whipping up on the Arizona Cardinals, 32-10!!!

so, thats all the crapola i have from here, what say ye? speak yer piece down below in the comments, and have a swell sunday funday!!!

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