The Gadfly On The Wall

Bode's Resignation: Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode's resignation surprised most. Some insiders say her heart hasn't been in the job since she lost last year's congressional primary, the theory being she wanted to return to D. C. Others say she'd grown weary of the daily grind at the Commission. Whatever the case, she's gone (with three and a half years left in the term) as of May 31st and Governor Brad Henry now gets to name her replacement. Is Cody Graves parked on the governor's door?

Adios, Gary: Gary Stearman, for 20 years a Saturday morning fixture at KTOK-AM 1000, has resigned. His final broadcast is today. Stearman has hosted the Home & Garden Shows and reportedly will be replaced by longtime Sunday night talk show host Gwin Faulconer Lippert.

U.S. Gun Control Plan from the Australian Shooter Magazine ~ "If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.The firearm death rate in Washington DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S., than you are in Iraq. Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington."

Howard Dean: The screamer, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will be the keynote speaker at the Oklahoma Democratic Party's Convention in Oklahoma City on May 19th.

From Keith Gaddie at www.tailgatepolitics.blogspot.com ~ Mike McCarville is bemoaning the lack of a Zydeco music station on the Sirius network. Well, Mike, until you can get over here to Southfork and listen to my collection of Ambrose Sam, John Delafose, Fernest Arceneaux, and the Zydeco Hurricanes, I'm directing you to a few places down in Louisiana where I get my fix when I'm online . . . laissez les bon temps rollier!
http://www.kbon.com/
Louisiana variety, Cajun and Zydeco
http://www.klrzfm.com/
Cajun mornings & swamp rock
http://www.krvs.org/
KRVS-Lafayette (has Zydeco weekends & Mon-Fri 5am-7am)
http://www.wwoz.org/
WWOZ Community Radio in N.O.
radiolouisiane.com
pretaped show on live365 player

Istook-isms: Former Congressman Ernest Istook presents some interesting twists on his new blog, http://istook.blogspot.com. Given his experience, it should be interesting. Among his first posts was one analyzing the "burn rate" of presidential candidates and their money, the burn rate being how fast they are going through their cash. Istook says he likes to shoot turkeys in the field and in politics.

Senate Bill 507: Don't be surprised if Governor Henry vetoes this one, a legal reform bill with lots of provisions, including one that holds gun manufacturers harmless if their products are used in crimes. The bill is backed by the National Rifle Association, which endorsed Henry for reelection last year. A sticky wicket for the governor.

Rock On: Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder. Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week after she saw her dog run into a storage building where thieves had previously made off with old farm equipment.

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