Wednesday, October 31, 2007
BOO! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
The Grapevine wishes you lots of treats and NO tricks this Halloween. Please keep an eye out for the "little intruders" as they canvass house to house in search of goodies.
OU - OSU: "MOVE LESS THAN CLASSY"
In what's being described as a "less than classy move," employees of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University confiscated materials from vendors at last weekend's "Affair Of The Heart" crafts show in Oklahoma City and now face possible larceny charges.
Vendors at the show said the OU and OSU representatives, identified as Suzanne Staley, OU director of brand development, and Judy Barnard, director of trademarks and licensing at OSU, were accompanied by an off-duty police office as they worked the show, confiscating items.
At least 15 vendors have filed complaints against the women. The women [Staley and Barnard] face larceny of merchandise complaints following their actions at the show, one of the country's largest arts and crafts shows. They also may face civil lawsuits by those seeking damages due to lost or reduced merchandise sales. Read more at < http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/>
Vendors at the show said the OU and OSU representatives, identified as Suzanne Staley, OU director of brand development, and Judy Barnard, director of trademarks and licensing at OSU, were accompanied by an off-duty police office as they worked the show, confiscating items.
At least 15 vendors have filed complaints against the women. The women [Staley and Barnard] face larceny of merchandise complaints following their actions at the show, one of the country's largest arts and crafts shows. They also may face civil lawsuits by those seeking damages due to lost or reduced merchandise sales. Read more at < http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/>
Friday, October 19, 2007
Rush Senate Letter brings BIG Buck$!
The Rush Limbaugh 'US Senate Memento' offered by Rush for auction on eBay, today brought over $2 million dollars! The Senate letter - which dished Rush - was signed by 4 top Dims including (Dirty) Harry Reid and it brought a whopping $2,100,100.00!! Betty Casey, a DC resident and a trustee of the Eugene B. Casey Foundation, is said to have purchased the letter.
Rush had pledged from the git-go to match the selling price and is now calling on the Dims who signed the letter to do the same. The money goes to the Marine Corp Law Enforcement Foundation.
Cha-ching!
Rush had pledged from the git-go to match the selling price and is now calling on the Dims who signed the letter to do the same. The money goes to the Marine Corp Law Enforcement Foundation.
Cha-ching!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
NO 'Packin at Workplace!
According to theTulsa World, a Tulsa federal judge has ruled against the state in its attempt to make sure employees can take guns onto their employers' property.
U.S. District Judge Terence Kern issued a permanent injunction against an Oklahoma law that would have kept employers from banning firearms at the workplace under certain conditions.
Kern decided in a 93-page written order issued Thursday that the amendments to the Oklahoma Firearms Act and the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, which were to go into effect in 2004, conflict with a federal law meant to protect employees at their jobs.
More at <www.tulsaworld.com> or <http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com>
U.S. District Judge Terence Kern issued a permanent injunction against an Oklahoma law that would have kept employers from banning firearms at the workplace under certain conditions.
Kern decided in a 93-page written order issued Thursday that the amendments to the Oklahoma Firearms Act and the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, which were to go into effect in 2004, conflict with a federal law meant to protect employees at their jobs.
More at <www.tulsaworld.com> or <http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com>
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Republican Women Straw Vote: Giuliani!
At the 34th Biennial NFRW Convention this past week-end in Palm Springs, CA, a majority of delegates threw their support behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the organization’s Republican Presidential Straw Poll.
Giuliani received 50.21% of the 765 votes cast. Other top vote-getters were former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, 20.94%; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 14.42%; and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 6.66%. Those four candidates accounted for more than 90% of the vote. The straw poll also featured US Senators Sam Brownback (.28%) and John McCain (1.8%) and Congressmen Duncan Hunter (4.02%), Ron Paul (.42%) and Tom Tancredo (1.25%).
(Please note: the NFRW does not make endorsements during the Republican primaries, but supports all Republican nominees during the general elections.)
In other NFRW (National Federation of Republican Women) business, Oklahoma's own Jeannine Long of Guthrie was elected as one of the women who will help lead the Federation in 2008 - 2009. Jeannine was elected Secretary of the National organization. Jeannine has long been active in NFRW as well as the OklahomaFRW.
Giuliani received 50.21% of the 765 votes cast. Other top vote-getters were former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, 20.94%; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 14.42%; and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 6.66%. Those four candidates accounted for more than 90% of the vote. The straw poll also featured US Senators Sam Brownback (.28%) and John McCain (1.8%) and Congressmen Duncan Hunter (4.02%), Ron Paul (.42%) and Tom Tancredo (1.25%).
(Please note: the NFRW does not make endorsements during the Republican primaries, but supports all Republican nominees during the general elections.)
In other NFRW (National Federation of Republican Women) business, Oklahoma's own Jeannine Long of Guthrie was elected as one of the women who will help lead the Federation in 2008 - 2009. Jeannine was elected Secretary of the National organization. Jeannine has long been active in NFRW as well as the OklahomaFRW.
GOP Consultant Speaks Out.....
Republican consultant Jessica Caswell, profiled in a KWTV-Channel 9 report on the GOP ethics controversy Tuesday night in which a former candidate questioned her abilities, on Wednesday released a statement with information she claims was left out of channel 9's report.
Read Caswell's statement at
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com
As this 'controversy' continues to heat up, read Steve Fair's take on 'political consultants' at http://www.stevefair.blogspot.com
Read Caswell's statement at
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com
As this 'controversy' continues to heat up, read Steve Fair's take on 'political consultants' at http://www.stevefair.blogspot.com
Monday, October 1, 2007
TV Coverage Lacking in Credibility!
To: Blaise Labbe, News Director, Channel 9 TV - OKC
I am appalled at your channel's handling of the Oklahoma Republican House
Victory campaign story. I am not a journalist, but it's common knowledge to
everyone that you must cite your sources in order to have any credibility.
And certainly where there is an ongoing Ethics Commission investigation, you
all are being grossly unfair to Lance Cargill by only naming him when you
know that as a respondent, he cannot break the confidentiality that is in
place with this or any ethics matter!
How in the world can you claim to be any kind of credible media organization when you continue to cite, "unnamed sources" and conceal the identity of the person you interview? You are acting more like a partisan blog than a TV news station!
As for concealing the identity of the man you interviewed last night, what possible reason do you have to justify concealing his identity?
How could this silhouetted person call on Lance Cargill to "come clean" when he himself is hiding behind the curtain of anonymity? Clearly, there is no physical threat to him - this isn't some New York City mafia scenario. We are dealing with public servants, not Sammy the Bull or John Gotti.
Channel 9 has lost all credibility now and I urge you to respect the ethics laws and the standards of journalism before you sink even lower.
Bobby Cleveland, Norman
I am appalled at your channel's handling of the Oklahoma Republican House
Victory campaign story. I am not a journalist, but it's common knowledge to
everyone that you must cite your sources in order to have any credibility.
And certainly where there is an ongoing Ethics Commission investigation, you
all are being grossly unfair to Lance Cargill by only naming him when you
know that as a respondent, he cannot break the confidentiality that is in
place with this or any ethics matter!
How in the world can you claim to be any kind of credible media organization when you continue to cite, "unnamed sources" and conceal the identity of the person you interview? You are acting more like a partisan blog than a TV news station!
As for concealing the identity of the man you interviewed last night, what possible reason do you have to justify concealing his identity?
How could this silhouetted person call on Lance Cargill to "come clean" when he himself is hiding behind the curtain of anonymity? Clearly, there is no physical threat to him - this isn't some New York City mafia scenario. We are dealing with public servants, not Sammy the Bull or John Gotti.
Channel 9 has lost all credibility now and I urge you to respect the ethics laws and the standards of journalism before you sink even lower.
Bobby Cleveland, Norman
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