Why is the Governor of Oklahoma Traveling to Turkey? (Hello?!)
Update in BOLD, below.
(Original Post, 7/25/08 ) A staff member for Gov. Brad Henry’s office confirmed this morning that our Oklahoma Governor is traveling to Turkey today with the Institute of Interfaith Dialogue (IID). Diane, of the Governor’s office confirmed that the Governor is planning to meet with the ambassador of Turkey, that the the trip is being sponsored and payed for by the IID, and that a formal press release is forthcoming.
Update 7/28/08: No press release has been posted to the governor’s website as of 9:20 am today. I called the Gov. Henry’s office, and was told that the server is down…no other information available. The Oklahoman is reporting that Governor and Mrs. Henry, along with Scott Meachum are safe after a two deadly explosions rocked Istanbul on Sunday evening.
The IID is an anti-Jewish organization, currently based in Houston, TX.
This trip is part of Governor Henry’s fascination with Islam. Last September, he “dedicated September 16, 2007 as the interfaith dialog day through a proclamation,” and in 2004 Henry created Oklahoma’s “Ethnic” American Advisory Council, made up of Muslims. This council distributed centennial copies of the Quran to Oklahoma legislators last year, annoying some, and drawing the ire of some Christians, who have been fighting for the continued right to share our faith in public for many years, now.
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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." 
You’ve gotta be f’ing kidding me right? You have the audacity to post that it was annoying a racist/bigot in Rep. Duncan? Who gives a shit if that loser was annoyed? I remember his statement from last year, and it sounded as pathetic then as it does now.