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Merry Holidays and Happy Christmas from the Friday Clean Limerick Challenge

By WAYNE GREENE Senior Writer on Dec 3, 2010, at 2:11 PM  Updated on 12/03 at 2:13 PM



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In a happier day, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe left his hoof prints on the Tulsa seasonal December parade. World file


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Will state laws that prevent Tulsa setting harsher anti-smoking regulations go up in smoke? World file


U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says he won’t be riding his pony in the Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights because parade organizers changed the event, which used to be the Christmas Parade of Lights.
No Christmas, no Inhofe:

The senator has had his say:
He won’t march for a “Holiday.”
It’s Christmas or bust.
Is his boycott just?
Will Santa Claus be in his sleigh?

New Police Chief Chuck Jordan says anyone who sees a Tulsa cop doing something illegal should call his new tip line:

If you see a cop copping some cash,
Or a cop walking and smoking some hash,
You can call in your tip,
And quick as a flip,
The cop cops will clip that cop’s sweet stash.

Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange issued a temporary restraining order preventing a voter-approved Constitutional amendment that would prevent courts from considering Shariah law, not that there’s any evidence they ever have in the past.

There once was a judge named LaGrange,
Whose judgment to some seemed quite strange.
She said the Shariah,
Was OK with she-a,
A legalist’s foreign exchange.

Hey, look, the state Capitol gang is getting back together! That should keep us in limericks for weeks.
New state Speaker of the House Kris Steele wants the Legislature to allow local city councils to make public smoking rules that are more stringent that state law:

The Speaker’s a good Eagle Scout,
Of that there’s precious small doubt,
He wants local folks,
To outlaw bar smokes,
And tell smoky diners, “Butt out.”
WAYNE'S WORLD

OK, OK: Here's an easier American history quiz

Coworkers have been riding me all day that my American history quiz on Monday’s front page was too hard.

At first, ...

How time will not heal old wounds

Healing historic injustices – whether they are five years old or 5,000 – starts with acknowledging them, a retired diplomat ...

Good news from the recession? Fewer homes hitting property tax cap

The number of local homeowners who see their property tax assessments go up 5 percent automatically every year is decreasing, ...

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Wayne Greene

918-581-8308
Email

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