INAUGURAL SPEECH A NATIONAL VISION Published Monday, January 16, 2023 A note from OCPAC FOUNDATION PRESIDENT BOB LINN FROM OKLAHOMA'S CAPITOL A NATIONAL CHALLENGE It was Oklahoma’s steadfast and unshakable commitment to Christian and conservative ideals last November that made possible some lofty moments on the capitol steps last Monday as Governor Kevin Stitt delivered his second inaugural address. November’s voters remained unmoved by the well over 50 million dollars of combined campaign money from outside organizations including the teacher’s union (NEA/OEA) begging us to shun both Governor Kevin Stitt and Education Superintendent Ryan Walters. None of this was lost on the Governor, as he said: Because it was you - the voter - who rejected special interests last November that were fighting to stop our Top Ten agenda. You recognized that these hidden groups were fighting to preserve their monopolies, their control and unfair advantage. Governor Stitt elevated his comments to a national audience as he quoted two U.S. presidents, Lincoln and Reagan, and boasted that unlike much of the rest of the nation, Oklahoma did not set the constitution aside during the global Covid scare in 2020. He stated: In 2020, Oklahoma did not put our Constitution in the attic! Nor did we set aside the principles of our forefathers who sought to establish a government guaranteeing the individual’s right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. The great American Dream has endured in this state. He spoke of the American dream as having found a home in Oklahoma when emphasizing that we maintained our loyalty to constitutional principles. The Governor noted further that it was for that reason alone, while the rest of the world’s economies shriveled, Oklahoma grew. He reminded us of those Reaganesque ideals of the eighties when he reflected on the essential nature of government that is small and limited: In Oklahoma, we acknowledge that the government doesn’t create jobs! Government’s role is to ensure a level playing field for everyone to compete. We have bureaucrats in Washington DC who think the only solution to improving the plight of our fellow Americans is more government. But government is not the solution to our problems… Most of the time, government IS the problem!” He gave more than a tithe of his time to speak of the future of education in Oklahoma. He spoke of a future where education is placed under the full authority of parents who are set free from governmental control over children. The Governor envisions a time when the individual taxpayer, the one who funds education, will determine how those funds are used for each child. Governor Stitt further stated: And that means, we must give students more access to learning methods that fit their unique needs. We need MORE schools - not less schools like the fearmongers claimed when we called for change. We expanded education freedom for more students because we believe every kid deserves the best education possible, regardless of his or her economic status or zip code. Referencing the national economic and moral disasters imposed upon us from Washington, he closed with a challenge: Friends, today I am asking you to join me. Leave Washington DC to its political games and let us focus here at home where we are all Oklahomans. With that kind of bold talk and with equally bold action, I believe Oklahoma may have a man who can serve as an example to the nation. A man who, in his faithfulness in the smaller things of state government, will inspire a return, nationally, to the Christian and conservative ideals that made the nation great. We are in desperate need of returning our nation and our state to Biblical foundations. Thank you for your activism. IMAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL BALL Our OCPAC Foundation Board of Directors were well represented at the ball. Many of our members were in attendance at this year's Inaugural Ball as well. May God bless the Governor May God bless the Governor's family May God bless Oklahoma _____________________ Table of Contents WADE BURLESON Democracy, the Enemy of Liberty  LAST WEEK Riley Flack "The Dad from Stillwater" _______ SEND THIS NEWSLETTER AS A LINK TO A FRIEND Copy and paste: [link removed] WADE BURLESON Democracy the Enemy of Liberty Rachelle and I attended Governor Stitt’s Inaugural Ball in Enid on January 7, 2023. Kevin is doing a great job leading our state, and Ryan Walters is joining him as the Superintendent of Public Instruction to help future generations of Oklahomans understand our heritage. Our elected state leaders need OCPAC Foundation support as they are preserving the Constitutional and Christian principles of Liberty that have made our nation great. One of my favorite authors is Erik von Keuhnelt-Leddihn who wrote multiple classic works on Leftism before his death. Some of his best works can be downloaded for FREE from the Mises Institute: Liberty or Equality: The Challenge of our Time Liberty or Equality: The Menace of the Heard Leftism: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Marcuse Erik von Keuhnelt-Leddihn will help you understand that democracy is dangerous; a representative Republic is the Constitutional government of the United States. Marxists want the United States to become a democracy. Fight the idea that the United States should be a democracy. Fight it with every fiber in your being. The United States is a representative Republic; if we ever become a simple democracy, we will die as a nation. Benjamin Rush wrote: A simple democracy is the devil's government." Every democracy throughout history has died a violent death under eventual dictatorship. Erik von Keuhnehlt-Leddihn writes: Democracy turning to dictatorships is no new story. Even Burke welcomed the French Revolution in the beginning. Eminent Americans praised it. But it all ended in a forest of guillotines. Mr. Woodrow Wilson enthusiastically welcomed Alexander Kerensky's government which was to make Russia "fit for a league of honor." But how long did it last? The Weimar Republic, the near-republican Italian monarchy, the Spanish republic, the "decolonized" free nations from Haiti to Tanzania, from North Vietnam to Indonesia, Latin America from Santo Domingo to Buenos Aires all have been grievous disappointments to "progressive" Americans, all terminating in dictatorships, civil wars, crowded jails, confiscated newspapers, gallows and firing squads, one-party tyrannies, sequestrations, nationalizations, "social engineering." ~ Erik von Kuehneldt-Leddihn in his classic work, LEFTISM. Governor Stitt and Ryan Walters will make some "unpopular" decisions as they lead our state in 2023. Support them. Fight for them. These leaders advocate the foundational Constitutional and Christian principles that have made the United States and the state of Oklahoma a superior place to live in terms of liberty. LAST WEEK AT OCPAC RILEY FLACK STILLWATER HERO OCPAC Foundation Board Chairman, Wade Burleson, did a magnificent job of providing context for Stillwater dad, Riley Flack, to tell his story. Oklahoma will see a rapid turnaround as more parents follow his lead and let school boards know that Oklahoma parents represent a Christian and a moral people who will not tolerate uncivilized behavior and pornographic educational materials in the schools for which our tax dollars pay. Watch the Riley Flack interview here. Watch the complete meeting here. Find the presentation on Rumble here. ___________ OCPAC | P.O. Box 2021, Edmond, OK 73083 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!