Mom framed by daughter!

McCurtain Gazette-

A woman was cited for disturbing the peace after fighting with her 16 year old daughter Wednesday. Neighbors called police after hearing the two fighting loudly. The girl said she and her mother started fighting when a store wouldn't cash her Social Security check. When the girl tried to take her mother's truck to the bank, she said her mother acted like she was going to hurt her, so she hit her with a picture frame. Both then began hitting each other, she said. Neither would give a statement to police.

Matthew Wilson Found!

A Rice University computer science student whose disappearance eight months ago made national news was found Wednesday, not begging in the streets or roughing it in the wilderness, but using a laptop at the University of California, Berkeley. Matthew Wilson, 21, was in temporary custody today pending an evaluation after a campus police officer discovered him in a classroom, according to police."You don't know how good I feel about this. It is better than anything in the world," his mother, Cathy Wilson, said by phone this morning from her home in Oklahoma."We know he is alive and physically OK," she said. "I've got to gun it out there."As of this morning, he was being kept in a health-care facility, his mother said.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that UC Berkeley Assistant Police Chief Mitch Celaya said late Wednesday that the laptop Wilson was using was stolen. They have started a theft investigation, but no charges been filed.Wilson had shaved off his beard since withdrawing $500 from his bank account and mysteriously leaving Houston in December and failing to turn in all of his exams.He apparently didn't say goodbye to anyone or let them know where he was going or what he planned to do.
rest of story http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5942772.html

Tropic Thunder or Tropic Blunder

Special Olympics Breaking News:
Boycott of "Tropic Thunder"
August 12, 2008

Dear Friends:
On August 13, "Tropic Thunder," a DreamWorks production starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise and several other Hollywood actors, will open in movie theaters nationwide. While intended to be a satire on Hollywood actors and producers, the film contains scenes which are offensive and demean people with intellectual disabilities.
In "Tropic Thunder," there is a movie-within-the movie called "Simple Jack...Once upon a time there was a retard" where Ben Stiller plays a simple man with an intellectual disability. Both "Tropic Thunder" and "Simple Jack" contain extremely offensive material promoting the idea that a "retard" is funny. This theme runs throughout the film and occurs on numerous occasions.
The "R-word" is used at least 16 times in one scene alone and portrays people with intellectual disabilities in a derogatory and demeaning way. Special Olympics has joined forces with national disability organizations to combat the use of the "R-word" in everyday vernacular. It is time to eliminate the use of the "R-word" in today's society in much the same way as we have over the years with other forms of hate speech. It is time to acknowledge the value and capabilities of people with intellectual disability and respect and accept them as we would our own friends and neighbors.
I have seen first hand the negative impact the "R-word" has on individuals with intellectual disabilities. When I ask a Special Olympics athlete what they think of the term "retard," they immediately inform me that they just don't like it. It's time for someone to take a stand against this politically incorrect term. I'm taking a stand against the use of the "R-word" along with the athletes, volunteers, family members, coaches and supporters of Special Olympics Oklahoma.
So, what can you do? A LOT! Continue to Be a fan of Special Olympics and human dignity.

ACT NOW!
Pledge to not use the "R word"

Go to our website for more information and updates

Watch the "R-word" video on-line

Sincerely,

Adrian DeWendt, Executive Director
Special Olympics Oklahoma

“None of us with intellectual disabilities like the r-word at all!” said Amy Wollmershauser, Special Olympics Oklahoma Athlete from Tulsa, Okla. “Just because I learn slower doesn’t mean I don’t feel bad when people use that word. A lot of my friends don’t like hearing that word either. When I was in school, kids used the r-word a lot. I work hard just like anybody. I serve on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics Oklahoma; I am a Global Messenger, which means I make speeches about Special Olympics to companies and civic groups; and, I train really hard for my sports competitions. I would like the r-word to disappear completely!”

“When people use the r-word it makes me unhappy, it’s mean, it’s rude and not very nice,” said Chris Paynter, Special Olympics Oklahoma Athlete from Edmond, Okla. “I would like to tell people that when they use that word that it hurts my feelings and nobody should use that word in front of me or in front of anyone.”

C-Word Chink, N-Word Nigger, R-Word Redskin, S-Word Spic, ...... Just words, words that insult people, words that hurt people. R-Word RETARD.....just a word, a word that insults people, a word that hurts people.

ARK Adoption Night

Pet Adoption Saturday August 16 at Video Land in Broken Bow 6:00pm to 9:00pm. This event is in honor of National Homeless Animals Day.

I want this little puppy so bad.. but I already have four "dumpster drop dogs". If your interested in adopting an animal check out the ARK http://www.arkofmccurtaincounty.org/index.html or go by the pet adoption event Saturday night. And if you adopt this sweet baby..please give him extra love for me.

LOL Idabel

This scene from the movie Porky's makes me LOL so hard.... I bout pee my pants every time I watch it.

Voting for my right to bitch!

In the recent election only 32 percent of McCurtain County's 16,296 registered voters showed up to vote. 32 percent of us now have the right to bitch, and the other 68 percent have the right to keep their damn mouths shut!

Most of those 68 percent just didn't have the time or energy to actually go vote. So I say, they shouldn't have the time or energy to bitch about who was elected.
But that 68 percent will be the people that scream the loudest when things don't go their way. And that 68 percent will sit around and wonder why the people that were elected aren't doing more for them.

The right to vote is a privilege! A privilege a lot of black people and women fought for! I wonder how many of those 68 percent were woman? How many were black? How many were black women?

That 68 percent can find the time and energy to bitch about their rights. But that 68 percent can not find the time or energy to exercise their right that so many fought for.

Blizzard Belly

On Thursday, August 7, participating Dairy Queen® and DQ Grill & Chill® locations will celebrate the third-annual Miracle Treat Day (www.miracletreatday.com) and donate proceeds from every Blizzard sold that day to Children's Miracle Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children's hospitals.

*Me and four of my ten readers went and did this yesterday...we ate blizzards for the children..all day long we ate blizzards for the children...and now we all look like we're gonna have children.*

Goodbye Wal-Mart!

It's been fun but the fun is over. I spent between $175 to $275 a week at your store....no more! I will now spend my $175 to $275 a week in stores that are locally owned. Hello Pruett's Food! Hello Farmers Market! Hello Sherman's Shoe Store! Goodbye Wal-Mart!

Sibling Rivalry

McCurtain Daily Gazette- A canoe trip turned violent Saturday as a brother and sister began fighting on Mountain Fork River. The woman said she and her brother were arguing after tipping over in their canoe. The man then pushed her down in swift water, causing her to hit several rocks. When she finally got up, she said he punched her several times in the face. She made an assault complaint against her 35 year old brother.

Kid Kudos

Kudos to the Idabel Passport to the Future mentoring program. 12 mentees and 5 mentors picked up trash in the Briarcliff and Idabel Housing Authority area. Afterwards the group had lemonade and cupcakes.

*I'm thinkin'.........I want the recipe for those cupcakes and lemonade. These kids went out into the heat, picked up trash at Briarcliff and got lemonade and cupcakes for doing it! Lemonade and cupcakes!.. most kids won't even pick up trash in their air-conditioned bedrooms for money ......you know those gotta be some darn good cupcakes and lemonade.*

Library Rivalry

This is the Idabel Library

This is why Idabel needs a new Library

This is the site for the new Idabel Library

This is what the new Idabel Library will look like

as soon as the Idabel Library gets more of this

Feel like making a donation? You can go here
http://www.idabel.lib.ok.us/

And if the water damage, falling ceiling, moldy walls and wet carpet don't make you wanna donate, then how bout this........Broken Bow's Library is better than Idabel's Library! Oh yes! you know Broken Bow's lovin' that. I can hear em' over there now...."Not only is our football team better than yours, our library is better than yours!".... Makes you wanna get that library built don't it? - and win that damn football game!

Scene at Idabel Wal-Mart

NO! Not the school supply aisle! Please not the school supply aisle! It's not time! School just got out! Why? Why god why? Why does it have to be time for school to start?... No more staying up late! No more sleeping late. No more vacations. No more nights with no homework.. OH GOD THE HOMEWORK!! Oh god whyyyyy!!!! Why school! I hate school! I have to get up early and get dressed and brush my hair! Noooo I'm not goin' down this stupid aisle! Stupid School Supplies!!!! Stupid Aisle!!!