Oklahoma Family Policy Council

What can Mama say besides wow?! Mama was so glad to come across such a wonderful organization on Facebook. Mama is a fan and recently visited their website.

They support the sanctity of human life and stand for many other important issues including teen purity, tax reform, and local control of the schools.

They are hosting a family day in April. Mama thinks you should check it out! It will be held at the State Capital building. For more information, visit their website.

Hey Oprah - Shut Up

Dear Oprah -

Once again you've opened your mouth about something Mama is positive you know nothing about. You have no child of your own. You have never parented a teenager...let alone a teen who had a baby out of wedlock. Since so many women, for reasons Mama cannot really begin to fathom, look up to you why don't you stick to topics to which you can relate?

Bristol Palin made a brave choice to announce that she would wait until marriage before she had sex again. What do you do? You attack her decision like a coward and tell her "good luck". It is obvious you've never parented a child...let alone been a teen mother OR a single parent.

Mama was a teen mother AND a single parent. Bristol Palin should be applauded for her decision, supported for it, and looked up to instead of women like you who open their mouths without a single clue.

Your de minimis opinion is exactly why the teenage pregnancy rate goes up. Young women continue to hear that sex is good. It is good....and it is better in the confines of marriage. Young women hear that they can't withstand the pressure (gee Oprah thanks for the vote of confidence in today's young women...why not just come right out and tell them it's okay to be treated like unpaid whores?).

Hey Oprah - shut up. You're certainly no parenting expert...and frankly Mama is dancing with anticipation for when your show...your tired, liberal, false prophecy drivel...goes off of the air.

Marriage Secret

Mama had a great laugh about 40 seconds ago. Mama was channel surfing and saw something on CNN about the "secret" to a happy marriage for the Obamas. Mama will admit to being slightly intrigued. Mama kept the urge to throw the remote at the TV under control while listening to the gossip and droning about some nobody being addicted to plastic surgery.

Ready for the secret to a long and happy marriage? Mrs. Obama watches ESPN Sports Center in the morning with President Obama while they work out and she knows her sports.

Mama thought she might have a Linda Blair moment. There was no reference to making time for one another....or doing cute little things...or the importance of treating each other as a boyfriend / girlfriend...or the marriage being God centered.

Wow - if Mama knew that's all there was to a happy marriage maybe Mama would have started ignoring her beloved's needs long ago and just sat down and watched ESPN (with a barf bag close by). Mama didn't realize that a marriage depended on watching on television show that is almost as exciting as watching spackle dry. We all know just how exciting it is to watch spackle dry...Mama did it today while patching nail holes in the youth room at church. Mama thought she might have to fan herself.

Oh, and just in case you were wondering...they only let their daughters watch TV on weekends...and only Nick and Disney. Apparently the Obama adults haven't (a) watched some of the "pre-teen" shows on either channel or (b) realized that some of our more...uh...questionable "role models" for young women came from those channels. Who really wants their daughters looking up to Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera?

Well, Mama has to close for now. Looks like Mama needs to get rid of The Love Dare, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage, and the Bible. Turns out all Mama needs is ESPN. Huh.

Party Crashers

So Mama heard from a little bird that some party crashers showed up to the big Tea Party Event held at the Bricktown Coca Cola Center. They were handing out CDs. Now, unfortunately Mama was under the weather and didn't get to attend...which means Mama did not get a CD.

Of course from what Mama heard (hear say! hear say!) they never quite said what their stance was about anything. Mama is not going to give out the links directly because Mama will not support 9/11 conspiracy theorists...

It is a group called We Are The Change Oklahoma. Mama hasn't been out of college too terribly long. Mama remembers that her Legal Research and Writing professors taught her something very valuable. If you can't find legitimate contact information OR an address OR when the site was last updated...you probably shouldn't use it.

Mama did a little digging on the site. They listed the fakest phone number on the doman registry information. Ever. It looks like the address is either a PO Box at a UPS store (which in itself is not a sin....) or ran behind another company in a certain shopping district in Moore.

Yet...no legitimate contact information? Do they really expect to be taken seriously? Mama found out as much as she could and handed it off to someone very special. This very special person did a little more digging and found out that at some point this particular group was once known as End The Fed OKC and had a different contact name listed and the link will purposely break if you do not take out the www. It redirects you to a youtube channel.

People....please...if you aren't invited to a party...and particularly if your beliefs do not in any way, shape, or form line up with the group you are around...perhaps you should find your own party goers.

Additionally, if you are going to try and scam people for money you might want to run a better front.

That's Mama's opinion. Mama wouldn't support either organization and she doesn't think you should either. Should such a group garner your interest do your homework on the organization AND the people running it.

Bad Parenting 101

Gather round, children, and learn from the stupidity of others.

This one was particularly engaging.

Mama says never engage in a kidnapping hoax...

Stereotypes

Nothing will get a person into trouble faster than making an over-generalized stereotype.

It doesn't matter if it is a stereotype based on gender, race, or social status (or a perceived social status). It is still a stereotype.

Mama thinks all should note that if you make those types of statements you would do well to prepare yourself for tough questioning or backlash.

Simply because someone has a tongue piercing or lives in a trailer does not make them uneducated or stupid. Perhaps you've never seen a doctor with a tongue piercing because he or she takes it out during office hours. Perhaps the mere thought of someone coming from a less-than-prominent past or background being more educated (or just down right smarter) than you is scary.

To that, Mama says tough. Perhaps you should expand your social circle to include people from different walks of life. By that, Mama means that you should spend more than five minutes with those particular people to find out that there are educated and uneducated people from all walks of life.

There is a quote that says we are all born ignorant, but we must work hard to remain stupid. Some people in this world show the truth in that statement.

For the record - Mama lives in a trailer AND bought it by choice. Why? Because at that time it made good sense. Mama's beloved husband just got out of the Air Force and hadn't found civilian employment. It made no sense to leave housing to chance. We bought the place outright completely remodeled on the inside. We certainly did not have to worry about making a rent payment, now did we? Oh, and Mama graduated with a Bachelor's degree in three years and did it working full time AND was awarded Summa Cum Laude honors.

Education takes place more than in a classroom. It takes real world experience that a lot of people apparently miss out on by limiting their choices.

Lesson number two in how not to be a jerk - don't make over-generalized stereotypes and maybe take a critical thinking course or two...

Rest in peace

Rest in peace, Stephanie Wilcoxson. Jesus has you now.

You were a good and sweet girl and you will be missed at CIMS and in the entire town of Noble.