OklahomaRock.com is reporting that 105.3 FM The Spy will be returning to OKC airwaves next week!!! I couldn’t be more stoked!
Oklahoma’s middle-income families pay between nine and 10 percent of their overall income in taxes compared to the state’s wealthiest families, which pay only 5.5 percent, according to a new study.
According to the Oklahoma Policy Institute, which issued a statement about the study, [...]
Only Mississippi is ranked lower than Oklahoma when it comes to residents overall health, according to the latest annual rankings by the United Health Foundation.
The low ranking this year and in past years certainly don’t help Oklahoma’s economic development or its educational [...]
OKWatchdog will be there to talk about health insurance reform. Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland, Wayne' [...]
“Why was the Stimulus Bill called the 'stimulus bill' and not a 'jobs bill'?”
American households that faced food insecurity sharply increased in 2008, and Oklahoma remains a state that continues to struggle with hunger issues, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The report, which shows an 11.1 increase in food-insecured households over 2007, [...]
Do you ever read a story in the paper (or online) and just wish that they had taken more time to flesh it out? That is exactly what I thought after reading this piece. [...] 
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is drawing criticism from a Washington, D.C. civil rights organization for threatening to filibuster a judge nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Inhofe's action contradicts his earlier stance against judicial filibusters, according to a statement released by the Leadership [...]
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is drawing criticism from a Washington, D.C. civil rights organization for threatening to filibuster a judge nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Inhofe’s action contradicts his earlier stance against judicial filibusters, according to a statement released by the Leadership [...]
Here are some excerpts from recent Okie Funk posts:
The news here is this: Although President Barack Obama's approval ratings have fallen, the GOP has failed to rebuild its broken infrastructure after a stinging defeat in the 2008 elections. The numbers also show the GOP remains [...]
* The Peace Report
I’m not sure yet what I will do with JMBzine.com, if anything, but I will be posting monthly newsletters over at peacereport.org. Please check it out. Thanks! [...] 
Here’s an important question to ask this Veteran’s Day: What does U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn really think about the troops?
Well, apparently, not much. Coburn has placed one of his infamous holds on the Veterans' Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009, which is' [...]
Today Sesame Street turns 40. This story includes some great facts and trivia about the show. 
Perhaps the most symbolic fact about why it’s so difficult to pass rational health care reform in this country involves U.S. Rep. Dan Boren’s no vote on the U.S. House bill Saturday night.
The bill, which passed the House and now faces stiff [...]
This morning, prior to the vote on health care reform, the GOP orchestrated, in the now world-renowned teabagger style, an ugly disruption of the Democratic Women’s Caucus statements for the record (which had already been shortened by agreement between the two parties. The Dem leadership persists in making these agreements [...]
It’s welcome news some local college students and outside forces are now protesting the draconian abortion-reporting bill passed by the Oklahoma Legislature last session, but where were these people when the bill was first proposed and signed into law?
House Bill 1595 would create [...]
The ties between economic freedom and social freedom are intricate and complex. Economic freedom encourages social freedom and when you try to destroy social freedom the only way you may do so is to destroy economic freedom.-- CLS from the post How conservatives undermine economic freedom [...] 
"Here Comes Your Man" by Pixies
"Simple Song" by Avail
"Never Said" by Liz Phair
"No Division" by Hot Water Music
"Stuck with Me" by Green Day
"Covered" by Public Image Limited
"The Life of Riley" by The Lightening Seeds
"Planet Love" by The Dylans
"I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" by Lush
"Breather" by Chapterhouse
"Bed for the Scraping" by Fugazi
No one in Oklahoma is surprised.