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62. Okahoma! We The People Built That!

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:22 AM

Aug 2012

We The People Built That! is my new motto.

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If you read *anything* about last night, read this: Charles P. Pierce is a man on fire. [View all] WilliamPitt Aug 2012 OP

I would like to respectfully add that it was OUR FUCKING OIL! Scuba Aug 2012 #1

And still does, it's just being shunted through the middle man corporations. Who count on the whole freshwest Aug 2012 #26

I don't understand why Rustycup Aug 2012 #68

Why do the Norwegians get 4X the royalty per barrel of oil as the US? Scuba Aug 2012 #69

It might have something to do with the leadership of Norway Quantess Aug 2012 #70

Yeah, you're way out on a limb there. Scuba Aug 2012 #71

I really am just guessing. Quantess Aug 2012 #72

Yeah, the lousy Socialists! maddiemom Aug 2012 #74

K & R. n/t FSogol Aug 2012 #2

Kick! Oilwellian Aug 2012 #3

Charlie Pierce is the best there is hifiguy Aug 2012 #4

Oklahoma settlement was made possible by forced removal/massacre of native people, LeftinOH Aug 2012 #5

Thanks William Pitt coldbeer Aug 2012 #36

is heaven05 Aug 2012 #75

no, poorly worded on my part. coldbeer Sep 2012 #79

ten four heaven05 Sep 2012 #80

It was also the part of trail of tears defacto7 Aug 2012 #59

And they didn't create farms from vacant wilderness. fasttense Aug 2012 #64

"the Event Horizon of utter bullshit" hifiguy Aug 2012 #6

I was just about to post that. bleever Aug 2012 #11

What IS the Schwartzchild radius of bull poop? longship Aug 2012 #44

I don't know, but the gravitational pull of bovine excrement hifiguy Aug 2012 #45

Then that would be, by definition, within the Schwartzchild radius. longship Aug 2012 #57

That was good. mgc1961 Aug 2012 #56

Everyone should be reading Pierce's election coverage. EVERYONE. Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #7

Ignorance is their forte. Smilo Aug 2012 #8

I laughed out loud at this part: steve2470 Aug 2012 #9

Me too. That's the sort of reaching across the aisle... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2012 #35

LBJ was an iron fist in an iron glove. hifiguy Aug 2012 #41

So Bill Clinton's their hero now . . . janet118 Aug 2012 #73

And she is not even a native of the state. BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #10

US Capitalism is really just veiled socialism. Always has been and always will be. cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #12

It's a funny veil too Hydra Aug 2012 #31

Now you see what we have to deal with on a daily avebury Aug 2012 #13

Best article yet -- a stunning summation of LuckyLib Aug 2012 #14

K&R Nothing better can be said to sum up that convention. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2012 #15

Her statement was awful, but Pierce's reply not much better hfojvt Aug 2012 #16

the picture of her xxqqqzme Aug 2012 #17

K&R Sedona Aug 2012 #18

Free land from the government, hmmm. . . but B Calm Aug 2012 #19

Doesnt really follow does it. Blanks Aug 2012 #54

And this gem from Krispy Kreme. geardaddy Aug 2012 #20

oxen moron Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #24

Zing! geardaddy Aug 2012 #30

Re-creating history every day get the red out Aug 2012 #21

brilliant Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #22

That struck me, too. Empty? Couldn't see 'them injuns'? What paralled universe do they live in? freshwest Aug 2012 #23

Empty of white people. Only white people count. tclambert Aug 2012 #49

I made an OP on that subject from an article here: freshwest Aug 2012 #50

Since 2007, Oklahoma has had 24 presidential declarations for major disasters and five presidentiall Cosmocat Aug 2012 #25

The 'Government' did one good thing for the Native Peoples in Oklahoma formercia Aug 2012 #27

I don't think my great great grand parents thought much about that defacto7 Aug 2012 #60

The Oil was a financial boon to the Tribe formercia Aug 2012 #65

Yes, you built that. On bodies, with slaves, and by raping the land. nolabear Aug 2012 #28

I have been in OK during one celebration of the Land Rush, to which no American Indians were invited patrice Aug 2012 #29

Brilliant!! n/t ceile Aug 2012 #32

Big AMEN to THAT. The whole essay. +1000000. closeupready Aug 2012 #33

Pierce is tragically a member of the reality-based community deutsey Aug 2012 #34

Don't forget the "Louisiana Purchase"! livingonearth Aug 2012 #37

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #38

He is my favorite blogger mcar Aug 2012 #39

k&r n/t RainDog Aug 2012 #40

Wouldn't it be dishonoring Custer to tell the truth? Jack Rabbit Aug 2012 #42

Posted this on FB... Atman Aug 2012 #43

And "their own money" & "not the federal government's money" Amonester Aug 2012 #46

Oklahoma is also the state Caeser67 Aug 2012 #47

a terrible time... defacto7 Aug 2012 #61

yeah heaven05 Aug 2012 #77

That was gross just having to read the LIES The GOP Built.. Cha Aug 2012 #48

John Galt founded Oklahoma, without anybody's help, cutting down the forests with his own two hands, tclambert Aug 2012 #51

Now the native tribes have lots of casinos. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 #52

Brilliant malaise Aug 2012 #53

You'd think that with all the historical fetishism in the Republican party. . . theinquisitivechad Aug 2012 #55

They grasp at straws for their invented history. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #67

Kicked and recommended. xtraxritical Aug 2012 #58

Okahoma! We The People Built That! TeamPooka Aug 2012 #62

Good editorial Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2012 #63

"That dog won't hunt." She got that much right. geckosfeet Aug 2012 #66

Nothing but endless, shameless lies jsr Aug 2012 #76

Wasn't Oklahoma populated with First Americans before 1889? SemperEadem Aug 2012 #78