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The Oklahoman, Ogle Mock Occupy OKC
If they want to know what they're up against locally, the Occupy OKC protesters need to look no further than a recent scathing editorial in The Oklahoman that labeled them "idiots."
Of course, you can also read the editorial as a collective expression of deep fear among the local, corporate oligarchy, and in that sense it serves as a form of flattery, showing the protests are working on some level. The rhetorical attack, coming from one of the most conservative newspapers in the country, indicates the entire "Occupy" movement has the throughout the world unnerved.
In a Wednesday editorial ("Occupy Wall Street movement: Raging against what exactly?," Oct. 12, 2011), The Oklahoman plays on the term "useful idiots" in describing the protesters here and across the nation and then makes these mocking, outlandish claims:
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Democracy for New Mexico
Just the facts! Food & Water Watch, joined by Conservation Voters New Mexico and the New Mexico Federation of Labor, today released a report (pdf) that outlines numerous examples of how Governor Susana Martinez has given special privilege to industries like oil and gas, industrialized dairy, homebuilders and mining -- at the expense of environmental protection and the local economy. The well-documented report also provide useful charts that demonstrate -- in no uncertain terms -- how and why the Martinez administration puts politics and campaign donor wishes ahead of the needs of New Mexicans and protecting our vital natural resources.
Miklosi draws a challenger
The Republicans have found a candidate to run against freshman Democrat
Rep. Joe Miklosi in House District 9.
When Robert Lane ran for State Senate against Joyce Foster, he pulled nearly a third of the vote. Coming from a career in financial services, he ran on a platform that included gems like:
Health care is a private service that should be shopped for and purchased by consumers just like any other product or service.
"We are not the Soviet Union!"
And bragged that he...
Has creative ideas to increase our energy production including an innovative idea for oil shale processing. Will support all "common sense" reductions in taxes and regulations on oil and gas producers...
Go get him, Joe.
Big oil companies in bed with Bush Administration... literally
Looks like Denver may get a little more play this election season.
Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
The alleged transgressions involve 13 Interior Department employees in Denver and Washington. Their alleged improprieties include rigging contracts, working part-time as private oil consultants, and having sexual relationships with — and accepting golf and ski trips and dinners from — oil company employees, according to three reports released Wednesday by the Interior Department's inspector general. - MSNBC
The Minerals Management Service is at the center of this news.
NM-02: Cheney to Stump for Tinsley at Hobbs Fundraiser
According to an AP story, VP Dick Cheney, who did not attend the GOP convention in St. Paul and whose name was never mentioned formally there, will attend a fundraiser for Ed Tinsley on September 26th in Hobbs. Hobbs is the hometown of Tinsley's Dem rival, Harry Teague. No further details were immediately available on the fundraiser.
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