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Common education committee chair calls education cuts “fake news”

State Representative Michael Rogers, R-Broken Arrow, denied in an email last week that funding for Oklahoma schools has declined, calling reports of such “fake news”. And boy howdy is it a relief to know that Oklahoma schools just suck on their own, completely independent of our rapidly tanking economy.

“You can see how we have increased funding per pupil every year since 2010,” the email stated. As The Oklahoman noted, however, Rogers’ source includes funding from nonstate sources, such as the federal government. The state education allocation has actually decreased by almost $200 per student in the last ten years, even as costs rise.

But that isn’t Rep. Rogers’ job to know, now is it? You can’t possibly expect a man to keep track of all those alternative facts as well as reality.

Gubernatorial candidate represents anti-vaxx group in defamation lawsuit

Gary Richardson, a Tulsa attorney and Republican candidate for governor, will be representing Oklahomans for Vaccine and Health Choice in a defamation lawsuit filed against them.

“I believe it should be the parents’ priviledge to decide,” Richardson said.

And good for you, Gary. Living in America is all about doing what you think is right, regardless of actual consequences. Has measles made a comeback in areas where parents don’t vaccinate their kids? You bet your ass it has. And does choosing against vaccination weaken our herd resistance against any number of horrible diseases? Of course! But watching kids die on the altar of personal liberty is a price we are willing to pay.

The lawsuit, which was by filed by pediatrician Eve Switzer, alleges that Oklahomans for Vaccine and Health Choice spread misleading information about Switzer’s practice after she advised Governor Fallin against signing a bill the group authored.

Who says a doctor gives better medical advice than a helicopter parent with an internet connection? There might not be any “evidence” against vaccines, but wouldn’t you rather stick with polio, just to be safe?