by Irving Two Smokes | Feb 25, 2015 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
In November, I blogged about the impact on mineral producers in Osage County, Oklahoma from a new mandate issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, requiring an environmental assessment as a precondition to any future drilling activity. I made mention of a federal...
by Irving Two Smokes | Dec 17, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
“You know, a person’s mailbox is federal property, and it is against the law for anyone other than a postal carrier to put anything in it.” Have you ever heard that and wondered whether it is true, or just an urban myth? The first time I really wanted to know...
by Irving Two Smokes | Aug 31, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
According to Forbes, the U.S. has hiked the fee to renounce U.S. citizenship 422%, so voting with your feet is becoming more difficult. This is how the government responds to a record number of citizens leaving for greener pastures — all stick and no...
by Irving Two Smokes | Jun 23, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
A North Carolina court discovered such a thing in Rothrock v. Cooke (N.C. Super. Ct. June 11, 2014). Mrs. Rothrock had sued her husband’s paramour, Miss Cooke, for Alienation of Affection and Criminal Conversation. Underlying these alliterative...
by Irving Two Smokes | Jun 13, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse.” That is the retort frequently given by the arresting officer, prosecutor, or judge to the cry of a citizen surprised by an obscure law. In a decision as recent as 2008, the Oklahoma Supreme Court offered...
by Irving Two Smokes | May 2, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
In January, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma released its ruling in Bishop v. United States, declaring Oklahoma’s legal definition of marriage to be unconstitutional. As part of his constitutional analysis, Judge Kern...
