Oklahoma

just how much money the Oklahoma State Legislature wastes every session. Their focus is not on how to make Oklahoma attractive to business, it is not about improving education, and so on. It is all about what unconstitutional law can they try to put on the books and then have our State Attorney General defend it in the inevitable court case. Not long after I moved here the most controversial issue was whether or not to ban cockfighting. Yes cockfighting. Then Sally Kern wanted to try to pass a bill that would have denied funding to PUBLIC libraries if they did not BAN certain types of books. Then there is the 10 Commandment Monument law (with a built in defense fund). If you have to build in a defense fund into a law that is a pretty good sign that you know that your law is unconstitutional. The law to ban sharia law (they prefer to have the Christian version of Sharia law). Kern tried to pass another law that included trying to dictate who might be able to speak at a public assembly in school (only Class Leaders, Merit Scholars, Team Captains, etc.). If a student is not a somebody, she didn't want them speaking at a school rally. Governor Fallin hates the little people. She does not want them to have health insurance. She doesn't want them to earn a decent wage or to earn annual and/or sick leave. But she probably will sign the bill giving the Highway Troopers their raise (it must be the fond memories that she had with one of her State Trooper guards when she was Lt. Gov.).