So our family and another homeschooled family decided to take a little road trip down to the OSU Auditorium to meet our Oklahoma Governor and hear her speak. We had a nice drive in the pouring rain!
Headed to Tulsa in the pouring rain!
Where is our freedom now?
Me and my brothers Josiah (right) & Isaiah (left)
Qadoshyah Fish, riding with us on the way down to Tulsa :)
Our crazy little group before we go inside
Unfortunately, the meeting was largely centered around science and technology, instead of focusing our destroyed liberties.
Governor Mary Fallin, along with her legislative cabinet
During this meeting, the Governor allowed some of the citizens to ask questions publicly, and my dad was able to get a question in. Later, we met Mary and spoke with her for a bit. She hates the constitution and does not know what freedom is all about, since she, at the Oklahoma State Convention this year, called Ron Paul supporters "Obama supporters". She also endorsed Mitt Romney for president, the candidate who supports the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for indefinite detention of any American citizen, without charge, trial or due process of law. So, the way I see it is, big government against the people!
Anyway, the drive back was a blast, filled with singing, junking out on candy bars, and good conversations!
JUNK FOOD - I rarely eat this kinda stuff, but hey, we were on a road trip :)
The back window
Politics is a large part of my life right now, since it involves our liberties being taken away piece by piece. I'll try and post more!
Hi all,
The past few days have been a whirlwind! Going to a Republican State Convention is probably not what a "normal" teenager would choose to do on a weekend :) I'll give you a basic rundown of what went down...
On the drive to OKC...some people needed some rest before the eventful weekend ;)
Friday
(May 11th), my dad, a few friends and I carpooled to Oklahoma City for
the Oklahoma Republican National Convention. When we got to OK City,
we went to a committee meeting hosted at the Embassy Suites, to fix some things, but the RNC did not follow their rules! (will hopefully post a video I took of the meeting soon)
Me, Suriyah and Ezriyah at the Friday night Committee Meeting
After
the Committee meeting at the Embassy Suites, we left there and went to a Casino for the Liberty Pep rally. We watched and sung along as Jordan
Page played for us all. We also got to hear Tom Woods and Jason Rink
speak. I, along with several others, gave a 60 second stump speech. To
sum up the day, it was an exhausting and exciting day, especially getting to meet other liberty-minded people like me!
Jordan Page playing at the Friday night Liberty Pep Rally
Suriyah, Me and Ezriyah at the Friday night Liberty Pep Rally.
Me giving my stump speech. (my flip-flops broke...that's why I'm barefooted :))
This is Justin Rink speaking...
Saturday
(May 12th), we got to the Embassy Suites at a bright and early 6:45 a.m. My friend Suriyah and I volunteered about 3 hours of our time to help
register delegates into the convention, starting at about 7:30 a.m. That job was very fast paced and fun! After that was done, the convention started a little bit after that. Suriyah set
up a Ustream account (live video stream) and we used someone's camera to live stream the convention online. The camera was set up for the entire convention (which lasted about 8-9
hours inside). Suriyah was typing and chatting away with almost
1900 viewers and I was giving vocal updates part of the time.
Me and Suriyah working the Live Ustream camera in the convention
Mary Fallin, the Governor of Oklahoma got up on stage and spoke. Everything she was speaking sounded great. She said she was going to pass the Open-carry law, which is awesome! Then, she ruined her whole speech by endorsing Mitt Romney for president!! There was massive booing and jeering at her, and then the Ron Paul chant started. I couldn't help but participate in the booing and chanting :)
From the beginning, the Oklahoma Republican Party did NOT follow the rules, once again! Many motions from the floor were ignored, too many to mention here. At around 4:30 p.m., the RNC ordered the hotel staff to shut the walls in, which means half of the crowd was shut from the other part of the room. Then the lights went off briefly. Then they unlawfully adjourned the meeting, even though there was much unfinished business.
Parking lot patriots having a convention, following the rules to the letter
We reconvened outside in the parking lot (all Ron Paul supporters since everyone else went home) to
finish the convention, legally and according to the rules. My friend and I live streamed the entire 4 hour process outside, while Ustream viewers plotted how they would get pizzas sent to the hungry crowd. MANY pizzas arrived, all by the hand of caring patriots from around the world.
