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Your Thursday Oklahoma (on Friday)

Your Thursday Oklahoma (on Friday)

Courtesy of Esquire's Charles P. Pierce with help from yours truly.

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Big damn thanks as always to good friend Charles P. Pierce of Esquire for the shoutout and for reminding us, if such reminders were necessary, that in Oklahoma, we believe government is of, by, and for the people — as long as there ain’t too many of those damned city people involved.

And we conclude, as is our custom, in the great state of Oklahoma, whence Blog Official Outdoor Cafe Specialist Friedman of the Algarve brings us the tale of a state legislature grown exhausted by an excess of democracy. From Tulsa Public Radio:

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