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Besides, who here thinks state governments are any better than the national government?
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Bingo!!!!
I live in OK and can tell you that this state is the most corrupt place north of the Rio Grand river. Okies never have the guts to clean up the mess themselves, the federal government almost always has to come in and do the job.
In the early 80s the feds charged about 200 county commissioners in OK with fraud. The FBiI operation was called OKScam. In the end the feds got 280 fraud convictions. Read:
A Bad Day For The Good Old Boys.
http://prowlingowl.com/Comments/OKScam.cfm
In the mid 60s three OK Supreme court justices were found guilty of taking bribes. The lawer of one justice was the former mayor of OK City: The mayor went to federal prison for lying to a federal grand jury. The speaker of the OK house also went to jail. Read:
Justice For Sale.
A few years ago the feds had to clean up a scandal that involved the issuance of truck license plates.