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		<title>OKPNS New Website Growing!</title>
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We want to thank those of you who have joined our new social network. We also want to encourage those who have not yet joined to check out the site.
Similar to MySpace and Facebook, this companion site will allow members to set up their own profiles with their own pictures, videos, blog posts, you name [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/03/okpns-new-website-growing/</link>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: Blogger Endorses Murphey&#8217;s Lobbyist Gift Ban</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From okiepolitics:
&#8220;Jason Murphey (R - Guthrie) deserves credit. He doesn’t take shi “gifts” from lobbyists.
Lobbyists  like Pat Hall do not “know why we need a law” banning lobbyists giving  legislators gifts. Hall continued by suggesting that giving legislators trinkets  has “never been a problem.” Read more&#8230;
OKPNSnet Forum Question: Should lobbyists be banned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/03/quote-of-the-day-blogger-endorses-murpheys-lobbyist-gift-ban/</link>
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		<title>Video: Voter Explains His Vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[F.W. Mize of Norman, Oklahoma, explains why he voted the way he did to an OU journalism student. The video was taken from the YouTube page of OU visiting Professor Warren Veith. 
Professor Vieth is a national reporter and editor returning to Oklahoma after an 18-year career with the Los Angeles Times. He covered the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/03/video-voter-explains-his-vote/</link>
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		<title>Patrice Douglas Announces for Edmond Mayor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is for those of you suffering from acute campaign season withdrawal syndrome. Good news, we received this email early this morning!
Here&#8217;s an excerpt:
EDMOND, OK &#8212; Citing the need for strong leadership and vision, Patrice Douglas announced Tuesday her candidacy for Edmond Mayor.
“I have a passion to serve Edmond and a desire to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/03/patrice-douglas-announces-for-edmond-mayor/</link>
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		<title>OK Legislators&#8217; Blog: Dec. 1</title>
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Hello again, everybody! One of my favorite quotes from President Kennedy perfectly sums up some of our challenges as we work to create a brighter future for Oklahoma.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic,” he said. “Belief [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/01/ok-legislators-blog-dec-1/</link>
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		<title>Obama Birth Certificate Story Won&#8217;t Die</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since this post last week, we are still receiving emails from well meaning organizations pushing this non story. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from last week&#8217;s post:
&#8220;It’s sad to now see the OK alternative press pickup the alleged Barack Obama birth certificate controversy. First reported during the election on prominent, national right wing blogs, others soon followed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/01/obama-birth-certificate-story-wont-die/</link>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: &#8220;Thomas Kinkade is the Artistic Equivalent of Simultaneously Listening to Kenny G&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Art connoisseur &#8220;Sinister&#8221; - of the blog with the same name - takes issue with blogger Michael Bates on his appreciation of Christian artist Thomas Kinkade. This excerpt is taken from a post titled, &#8220;Michael Bates: Blogger of stupid.&#8221;
&#8220;Thomas Kinkade is the artistic equivalent of simultaneously listening to Kenny  G, eating at the Olive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/01/quote-of-the-day-thomas-kinkade-is-the-artistic-equivalent-of-simultaneously-listening-to-kenny-g/</link>
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		<title>Video: &#8220;What Now?&#8221; What Happened to Separation of Church &#038; State?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a serman titled &#8220;What Now,&#8221; Tulsa Unitarian Universalism Rev. Marlin Lavanhar describes his &#8220;tears of joy&#8221; after President-elect Obama&#8217;s victory on November 4th. Rev. Lavanhar also predicted a &#8220;new America.&#8221; We don&#8217;t fault the good reverend for his exuberant support (from behind the pulpint) for our new president, We just ask what ever happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/12/01/video-what-now-what-happened-to-seperation-of-church-state/</link>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: &#8220;It’s Better to Work Together Than End Up in Court&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Conium
W.A.D. Are you listening?
From Green Country Values blog:
 “Arkansas and Missouri officials agreed Monday to meet annually to study ways to protect watersheds and aquifers that cross state lines, a pact both states said would help keep water fights out of the courtroom.
&#8220;It is not only important to set and enforce standards for your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/11/25/quote-of-the-day-it%e2%80%99s-better-to-work-together-than-end-up-in-court/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Wishes &#038; Property Tax Reform</title>
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A Thanksgiving Story
 
By Sen. Jay Paul Gumm 
Thanksgiving is a time my thoughts turn to my late mother, Harlene Taylor Gumm. It was the most special of the holidays for her because she had a prayer answered over Thanksgiving Weekend 1963.
Just like Deena and me, my parents were told they could never have children. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.okpns.com/2008/11/25/thanksgiving-wishes-property-tax-reform/</link>
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