It was the best political TV of the weekend: Rep. Richard Morrissette going off on Oklahoma’s Republican congressional delegation for doing nothing about the Obama Administration’s anti-veteran sacking of the new hospital in Southeast Oklahoma County, which will cost the Oklahoma City area 500 jobs and deny veterans and military families access to quality health care. Rep. Morrissette is particularly critical of Congresswoman Mary Fallin, who he says has does nothing.

Examiner.com: Obamacare closes hospitals for veterans & minorities; media & OK Cong. delegation remain silent

Federal Recovery Act funds are helping to bring a fresh water source to a small town in Southeastern Oklahoma.

Hat tip:OklahomaHorizonTV

From The McCarville Report Online:

“As I ponder this obsession on my part, I note that many of those who operate in the Oklahoma blogosphere are not so inclined; the posts, opinion or story, come days (or weeks) apart. Some have faded into nothingness as the writers obviously have become bored, lost interest, or moved on to other things. Some of the sites previously listed on this page fall into that category; those that have quit posting are dropped. Those that go days or weeks between posts are likely, ultimately, to fade away as readership diminishes.”

If you’re talking about OKPNS Mr. McCarville, man up and mention us by name!

Related:

“Scott Meacham’s decision not to seek reelection as treasurer, and not to seek any other elective office, stunned many.” - McCarville

Ummm, not us Mike!

OKPNS 8/12/09:

“The public has a right to know, and the folks on the 4th floor have an obligation to ask. We’ve mocked the Oklahoma press corps for their often indolent and lazy attitude toward news that matters, and their evident indifference to scandal, but there’s smoke here. We’ve done our job. Let’s see if the press can figure out how to do theirs. Here’s a hint for the press. The elected official will be announcing soon that they are not running for re-election.” Read more…

EXAMINER.COM:

Last week, we told you about how Oklahoma Gas & Electric received $130 million dollars in “stimulus” funds to install new “smart grid” electricity meters. (We have yet to figure out how this saves or creates a job yet!) But thanks to the New York Times (of all places!) we do know of one person’s bank account that is being stimulated quite handsomely:

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner.

The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient. It came to Mr. Gore’s firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers, looking for $75 million to expand its partnerships with utilities seeking to install millions of so-called smart meters in homes and businesses. Read more…

Oklahoma City (October 30, 2009) – Republican Congressional candidate Kevin Calvey today denounced a new federal program to provide cellular phones and airtime to welfare recipients.

“Taxpayers are hurting during this recession,” said Calvey. “It’s hard enough for working families to make ends meet with today’s tax burden, including having to pay for unjust corporate bailouts and other people’s health care and housing. But forcing taxpayers to pay for someone else’s luxury, like a cell phone, just adds insult to injury. Let those people buy their own cell phones.”

The new cell phone handout, recently added to federal program called Lifeline which subsidizes landline phone service to the poor, allows recipients of welfare programs to receive a cell phone and air time at taxpayer expense, and at no cost to the recipient. Oklahoma is not yet one of the states covered, but apparently plans exist to expand the program to Oklahoma.

Details of the program can be found here.

Kevin Calvey has been a small business owner since 1994, and served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998-2006. During the 2003 state budget shortfall, Kevin helped negotiate 7% cuts in state agencies rather than raise taxes. In 2005, Kevin authored House bill 1547, the largest tax cut law in Oklahoma history, which saves taxpayers over $400 million per year. Kevin left politics in 2006 and then volunteered to deploy to Iraq with the Army National Guard. His mission in Iraq was to prosecute al Qaeda leaders and other terrorists in the Iraqi court system. Kevin was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service. Kevin and his wife, Toni, live in Oklahoma City with their baby, Anastasia.

TAXPAYER COMMENT — I am going to be even more ticked if they have fewer dropped calls with their service than I am