Oklahoma Independent Media Center

Jim Roth Earth Day Fundraising Event
"A New Energy for Oklahoma"
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
5:30pm - 7:30pm
The Boldt Company
101 W. Hefner Road
Oklahoma City, OK 73114

Join us at the Boldt Company, Oklahoma's first privately owned
building to earn silver LEED certification by the US Green Building
Council. (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

Live music from guest Kyle Dillingham
Local Oklahoma organic cuisines by Kam's Kookery
Featuring Tidal School Vineyards and Bricktown Brewery refreshments!
Community Earth Day education booths

http://roth2008.com/
4056091929

roth4commissioner@cox.net

Jim Roth '08 Earth Day Fundraising Event

"A New Energy for Oklahoma"

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
5:30pm - 7:30pm:
The Boldt Company
101 W. Hefner Road @ Broadway Extension
Oklahoma City, OK

4056091929
roth4commissioner@cox.net

Live music from special guest Kyle Dillingham
Local Oklahoma organic cuisines, wines and entertainment
Community Earth Day education booths

Please join us!

Friar Louis Cappio must live

Cesar Benjamin

I look for a book on the bookshelf at home. In the face sheet I read: "To Cesar, who also walks on the same side of the same river. Gentio do Ouro, October 2001. "From inside the book falls a card that was already forgotten:" Cesar, grateful for your unexpected softness, for your lucid and firm presence. Thank you for you there. I hug you. Adriano. "I can't contain my emotion.

Between 1992 and 1993, for a year, Adriano and three more people held a walk of 2,700 km, from the springs to the mouth of San Francisco river. The book, which they gave me when I visited them in the desert-From the mouth to the source, the message of the river, Nancy Mangabeira Unger-poetically tells the works of this group of heroes whose lives are confused with the struggle for life of the river and of populations that depend on it.

Reposted, with permission, from Okie Funk.

It has been a tough week here for sure.

Tragically, 23 deaths have been blamed on the ice storm that stunned Oklahoma this past week. At one point, more than 600,000 homes and businesses were without power, and thousands still remain in the dark.

Some Oklahomans shivered through the storm with blankets and candles while others headed to shelters. The damage to the local tree population here is incalculable. Once the thaw is complete, we will know more, but it appears the state has lost thousands of trees. Meanwhile, the state’s college students trudged through finals week under some of the worst weather conditions possible.

Overall, it appears the state’s emergency systems once again worked well during the storm, and no one can fault the utility companies in their immediate efforts to restore power. Crews came in from other states. These crews worked long hours in biting cold weather to get the job done.

But the ice storm raises at least three major issues for Oklahoma’s leaders, and the severity of this storm demand new initiatives and open-minded, intelligent thinking. Will there be discussion and action or will this recent storm quickly recede into Oklahoma weather lore?

Here are those issues:

(San Francisco) The 350 ft long military spec transport ship is not welcome on Kauai, Hawaii, local residents made clear to the military / civilian transport officials with Superferry Corporation Monday, November 26, 2007.

The catamaran, twin hulled vessel is a dual use civilian / Troop transport. The 40,000 HP ship is capable of high speed transport at 42 mph on the open ocean, about twice the speed of other transport ships. It gets very poor gas mileage, about 5 gallons per mile, due to military speed requirements.

Andy Parx, veteran reporter on Kauai stated "The people of Kauai object to the high handed way Gov Lingle bent over backwards for such a bad idea for Hawaii. Governor Lingle then had the clueless State Lege re-write some state environmental laws for one special corporation, which, of course, is illegal and unconstitutional."

(San Francisco) The 350 ft long military spec transport ship is not welcome on Kauai, Hawaii, local residents made clear to the military / civilian transport officials with Superferry Corporation Monday, November 26, 2007.

The catamaran, twin hulled vessel is a dual use civilian / Troop transport. The 40,000 HP ship is capable of high speed transport at 42 mph on the open ocean, about twice the speed of other transport ships. It gets very poor gas mileage, about 5 gallons per mile, due to military speed requirements.

Andy Parx, veteran reporter on Kauai stated "The people of Kauai object to the high handed way Gov Lingle bent over backwards for such a bad idea for Hawaii. Governor Lingle then had the clueless State Lege re-write some state environmental laws for one special corporation, which, of course, is illegal and unconstitutional."

Global Warming Event In Oklahoma City On
Saturday, November 3rd To Ask “Who’s A Leader?”

As Part of Step It Up's Second Historic Event
To Support Plan to Curb Global Warming

Oklahoma City, OK - Step It Up will host another global warming event in Oklahoma City on Saturday, November 3, 2007 to call for leadership on climate change. The event will build on Step It Up's April 14 rally that produced more than 1,400 events, in all 50 states, including one in Oklahoma City, the largest global warming event in U.S. history. The events across the country—held one year before the 2008 election— will show the contrast between the intense concern of Americans and the leadership vacuum in Washington.

Global Warming Event In Oklahoma City On
Saturday, November 3rd To Ask “Who’s A Leader?”

As Part of Step It Up's Second Historic Event
To Support Plan to Curb Global Warming

Oklahoma City, OK - Step It Up will host another global warming event in Oklahoma City on Saturday, November 3, 2007 to call for leadership on climate change. The event will build on Step It Up's April 14 rally that produced more than 1,400 events, in all 50 states, including one in Oklahoma City, the largest global warming event in U.S. history. The events across the country—held one year before the 2008 election— will show the contrast between the intense concern of Americans and the leadership vacuum in Washington.

Global Warming Event In Oklahoma City On
Saturday, November 3rd To Ask “Who’s A Leader?”

As Part of Step It Up's Second Historic Event
To Support Plan to Curb Global Warming

Oklahoma City, OK - Step It Up will host another global warming event in Oklahoma City on Saturday, November 3, 2007 to call for leadership on climate change. The event will build on Step It Up's April 14 rally that produced more than 1,400 events, in all 50 states, including one in Oklahoma City, the largest global warming event in U.S. history. The events across the country—held one year before the 2008 election— will show the contrast between the intense concern of Americans and the leadership vacuum in Washington.