POLITICS AS USUAL

Tulsa City Council elections are coming up. The candidate field includes:

• One convicted felon.
• Two deadbeat dads.
• One deadbeat mom.
• One arrest for assault with a deadly weapon.
• One arrest for assault on a policeman.
• One arrest for obstruction of justice. 
• Two DUI arrests,
• Four bankruptcies.

Let the campaigns begin!

CHICKEN CHOW

The letter board outside my local Tulsa Burger King reads --

Chicken Meal

$3.49

Does this sound appetising to you? To me it sounds like the stuff you spread on the ground for the chickens to peck at.

CALLING JIMMY CARTER

Here in Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation held an election to choose a chief.

They've counted the vote three times.

They came up with different figures each time.

Where are the U.N. observers when you need them?

HOLD THE APPLAUSE

There's a new form of anti-government  protest in Belarus.

First, someone stands on a sidewalk, clapping. Then others join in, clapping. Eventually a crowd forms of people just standing there, clapping.

Then the police arrive, beat the clappers up and arrest them. Finally, a judge sentences them to 15 days in jail.

In Belarus, applause is illegal.

THE JEW FROM GALILEE

My local library pulled the book "The Man From Galilee" by Daniel Halevi Bloom after a patron complained the book was too Jewish.

The book is about the life of Jesus Christ.

The patron also complained that the book was written by "a Jewish author."

The Tulsa Library says it didn't pull the book because of the complaint. A committee reviewed the book and noted that it had been read so many times that it was in poor condition. So rather than replace this popular book with a fresh copy, they just dropped it from the collection.

Bold move, Tulsa library.

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