Only In Oklahoma!

President Barack Obama was in the Oval Office when his telephone rang.

"Hello, President Obama a heavily accented southern voice said.

"This is Ed Brocksmith, down here at Ned's Bar in downtown Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and I am callin' to tell ya'll that we are officially declaring war on ya!"

"Well Mr. Brocksmith," the President replied, "This is indeed important news!

How big is your redneck army?"

"Right now," said Ed, after a moments calculation "there is myself, my cousin Gerald, my next-door-neighbor Lowell Lehman, and the whole sales team from the Fish's BBQ up on the hill. That makes eight!"

The President paused. "I must tell you Ed that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command."

"Wow," said Ed. "I'll have ta call ya back!"

Sure enough, the next day, Ed called again. Mr. Obama, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be Ed?" The President asked.

"Well sir, we have two manure spreader trucks, a bulldozer, and Max McCullough's new 4X4 Branson farm tractor."

President Obama sighed "I must tell you Ed, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army to one and a half million since we last spoke."

"Lord above", said Ed, "I'll be getting back ta ya."

Sure enough, Ed rang again the next day President Obama, the war is still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified Bob Kellogg's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the local American Legion have joined us as well!"

President Obama was silent for a minute then cleared his throat "I must tell you Ed that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"

"Oh Lord," said Ed, "l'll have ta call you back."

Sure enough, Ed called again the next day. President Obama! I am sorry to have to tell you that we have had to call off this here war."

"I'm sorry to hear that" said President Obama. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

Well, sir," said Ed, "we've all sat ourselves down and had a long chat over a few beers, and come to realize that there's just no ways we can feed two million prisoners.."

*OKLAHOMA CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE SHAKEN*

If you are a REAL OKIE, you won't even need to be told to pass this on.

GOD BLESS OKLAHOMA!

"If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted."
--Noah Webster