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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Aug 30, 2017, 06:23 AM Aug 2017

Oklahoma isn't working. Can anyone fix this failing American state?

A teacher panhandles on a roadside to buy supplies for her third-grade classroom. Entire school districts resort to four-day school weeks. Nearly one in four children struggle with hunger.

A city overpass crumbles and swarms of earthquakes shake the region – the underground disposal of oil and gas industry wastes have caused the tremors. Wildfires burn out of control: cuts to state forestry services mean that out-of-state firefighting crews must be called in.

A paralyzed and mentally ill veteran is left on the floor of a county jail. Guards watch for days until the prisoner dies. A death row inmate violently convulses on the gurney as prison officials experiment with an untested cocktail for execution.

Do these snapshots of Oklahoma show a failing state?

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/29/oklahoma-education-system-four-day-school-weeks-poor

Might try electing Democrats for a change....

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Oklahoma isn't working. Can anyone fix this failing American state? (Original Post) n2doc Aug 2017 OP
I really want to like Oklahoma Pope George Ringo II Aug 2017 #1
Oklahoma is what Republican "Christian" family values gets you. Squinch Aug 2017 #2
Required reading BeyondGeography Aug 2017 #3

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
1. I really want to like Oklahoma
Wed Aug 30, 2017, 06:58 AM
Aug 2017

Nice people, the weather's not bad, some attractions. But so much of what's wrong with Texas is wrong with Oklahoma too.

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