Okay, by now you’ve heard that “Big” Jim Roth went all John Wayne on some hit and run driver in Oklahoma City the other day. The husky 135 pound 6 footer chased down the perp through Oklahoma City streets and threatened to perform a smackdown after he pulled a Smokey and the Bandit blocking maneuver on the perp’s car.

Out the door flew the superhero, confronting the perp and calling him stupid because Roth was “offended.” We know this is true, because we saw it on Newsok.TV! For real! Right there in front of his campaign signs, interviewed by a Hot Wings waitress reporter from the newspaper TV station! It’s much, much better than cops!

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?? STOP IT!! This is Jim Roth, Superhero and official spokesman for Chesapeake Energy Corporation!! Why I’ll bet the perp was a 300 pound weightlifter, and you have got to stop laughing.!!

I’m thinking you’re not taking this seriously. There is much to be learned about crime fighting from Big Jim: always do crime fighting debrief pressers in front of your signs; always select a reporter such as Angie Brus to ensure high quality journalism; (NOT!) make sure that you interview with media conglomerates who are respected world-wide and aren’t in the bag for your election. Frankly, we think adding another crime fighter to the corporation commission is a great idea. Perhaps they can track down those responsible for rulings that are causing your electric bills to skyrocket, and then regular Oklahomans can chase THOSE perps down, pull them out of their car and beat the crap out of them. Just like Big Jim!

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Muskogee Phoenix’s Dave Gerard: “So why are we suspicious of oil and gas companies?”

“This past week, Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge proposed an energy plan for helping reduce the state’s dependence on foreign oil. Benge wants the Legislature to help finance the expansion of publicly available compressed natural gas stations from 28 to 56 in the next five years.

He also proposes the state help fund the conversion of state, city and school district fleets to compressed natural gas, and finance CareerTech programs to train technicians to work on natural gas-powered vehicles.

There are more incentives: low interest loans and tax credits, to encourage the use of compressed natural gas.

Using natural gas, which Oklahoma has a lot of, for vehicles, is a good idea.

But why should the state build gas stations for natural gas companies?”

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