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By ZIVA BRANSTETTER and DYLAN GOFORTH
The Frontier
When President Barack Obama arrives in Durant today and travels to the towns high school to give a speech, he will apparently be greeted by residents waving Confederate flags.
In this video, shot this morning by a source for The Frontier, a woman says she doesnt know when Obama plans on arriving. Hes set to give a speech at 5 p.m. about expanding economic opportunity for communities across the country, including the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, according to the White House.
In the video, the woman tells the man about a Facebook group called Stand by the flag rally, and anticipated people from Ardmore, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area to join them later today.
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http://www.tulsafrontier.com/obama-to-be-greeted-on-oklahoma-visit-by-confederate-flags/
bunch of losers...
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)maxrandb
(15,373 posts)and flammable crosses?
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Was Oaklahoma even a state during the civil war? Answer, no, it was Indian territory. I also thought Oklahoma was part of the Midwest, not the south. And I'm correct, Oaklahoma is part of the Midwest.
Stupid, ignorant tools.
WDIM
(1,662 posts)There is a very heavy southern influence in that part of the state.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)no matter how many times it is said.
WDIM
(1,662 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But then, if they had any smarts they wouldn't be Oklahoma Republicans, would they?
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Joey Liberal
(5,526 posts)I live in Oklahoma and sadly, I'm surrounded by republicans of the worst sort. This really is a backwards state. Still, there is a good number of great Democrats here.
SamKnause
(13,112 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 15, 2015, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)
to the human race.
Uneducated hateful racists.
It makes me ashamed to be a white woman.
randys1
(16,286 posts)who cant be successful unless he or she DESTROYS him.
I wish I had a more eloquent way of saying this.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)lpbk2713
(42,770 posts)Is anyone driving a four door sedan around there considered some kind of a troublemaker?
chalmers
(288 posts)Or what look like generators in their beds. Is this some new red neck thing like the diesel dusting idiocy?
TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)Probably welding. The one in the foreground is rigged up for oxy-acetylene, at least, and the others could be for arc welding.
madokie
(51,076 posts)some may do red iron work when there isn't a pipeline to build. Pipelines are where the money is at though.
TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)Cheers.
madokie
(51,076 posts)thats why they have the lincoln pipeline welders on their trucks. for the most part they get paid as much using their own welder as they do for their time. Thats how pipeline work works.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Someone please remind me why I should give a damn about what upsets the defeated racist inbreeder crowd. If they don't like their Versailles, maybe they'd like Nuremberg better.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Nor is it now.
tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)we wouldn't want to enrage DU's resident right wing assholes.
randys1
(16,286 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Creek, Choctaw or Seminole flags? OK was simply a territory during the civil war, only 3,000 white males even lived in modern day OK, no major battles were fought there, and the only conflict of any real note (Battle of Honey Springs-- an overwhelming victory for the good guys in blue) totaled fewer than 10,000 solider-- a proverbial drop in the bucket when compared to standard engagements during the war. It didn't become a state until 1902.
Less losers and more under-educated half-wits.
madokie
(51,076 posts)was fought partially on my home place, we kids still own it. Not a very big battle but as kids we used to find all kinds of union army stuff. A long gun and a pistol were in our finds too.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)tjwash
(8,219 posts)Unlike dubya - the hero of the same traitor flag crowd.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)does a better job than they have in the past and keep him safe. I wouldn't put anything past these idiots.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)progressoid
(50,008 posts)spanone
(135,916 posts)0rganism
(23,978 posts)i'm sure Robert E. Lee will be right there with checkbook in hand, handing out emergency relief funds to deserving white folk
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)How do you feel about them? Fuck 'em?
0rganism
(23,978 posts)how do i feel about non-racist Oklahomans? is that the question? specifically, when impacted by tornadoes?
like any people in this country who are hit by a serious natural disaster, i would want them to get disaster relief from our society. our society, as represented by the US Constitution-based, elected, and sometimes-generous federal government.
like anyone else in the union.
why don't you ask some confederate flag wavers how they'd like to handle it?
randys1
(16,286 posts)outrageous act of hate for our president based SOLELY on his color.
Yeah, ignore that nonsense.
still_one
(92,487 posts)haikugal
(6,476 posts)Wishing ill on people. Just pointing out that anti-government T-baggers aren't thoughtful people.
still_one
(92,487 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Our country's flag represents the Unity of our nation.
The Confederate flag craps all over that.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Maybe if they showed the president their new college diplomas we'd see less idiocy and dependence on silly symbols that only highlight their ignorance and immaturity.
I don't see any "beat up old trucks", I see 5 newer models, 3 with flatbeds on them with most likely Lincoln 300's on them.
By the way ... those 300's http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/Equipment/Pages/product.aspx?product=K3003-1generally sell for about 14K new.
Here is a 18 year old one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-300D-diesel-lincoln-engine-driven-welder-low-hrs-remote-leads-/381326400401?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58c8d31b91
These guys are most likely in the top 10% of wage earners in the US. Here in Houston they are making about $75/hr, when I ran my truck back in 2003 I got $60.
Pretty they don't give a shit about your diploma. While I would disagree with the flag they are flying ... talking about them like they are poor folks is pretty foolish, most likely would be injurious in person.
procon
(15,805 posts)Thanks, anyway.
Cha
(297,890 posts)Adam Snider ?@AdamSniderKFOR
Durant prepares for President Obama's visit! #ObamaInOk @POTUS @kfor
9:11 AM - 15 Jul 2015
Adam Snider ?@AdamSniderKFOR
Crowds lining up hours before @POTUS speech. #ObamaInOk @kfor
9:37 AM - 15 Jul 2015
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/15/a-warm-welcome-4/#comments
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)The majority of the people who greet the President, though, will be waving Old Glory or homemade signs to welcome him. Chances are President Obama won't even see these screwballs, though I imagine the Secret Service will.