Sooner State ABATE Sentinel - Volume 4 Issue 1
Letter from
the Editor
To Our Readers and Riders,
In the coming months we here at Sooner State
Sentinel will be bringing you some new features.
There will be puzzles and cartoons as well as
your regular articles from our featured members.
Some of the new content will need your help and
feedback.
BIKER BRAGS- This will be a section where our
readers can send in a boast about a fellow rider.
We are looking for people that have gone above
and beyond for their brothers and sisters or for
the community at large. A picture of this rider and
the reason for their BRAG can be sent to soon-
[email protected] We look forward to
helping improve the community views of all bikers
with your help.
BIG SAVINGS- Here we will be posting the local
area businesses that offer discounts to Sooner
State ABATE members as well as other members
of the biker community. If you know of a business
that this applies to, please let us know so we can
add them to the upcoming list.
Letters 2 the Editor- If there is something you
would like to have covered, or you have a com-
ment or com-plaint, here is where you can have
your voice heard. Just email us at soonersta-
[email protected] and put Letters2Editor in
the subject line. We will do our best to respond to
every letter.
Be sure to keep your eye on Sooner State
ABATE’s website at www.soonerstateabate.
com . The staff over there is adding new items
and updating the calendar on a regular basis.
Information on how to join Sooner State ABATE
is available from the website as well as contact
information for individual Outpost locations.
We here at Sooner State Sentinel want to thank
you for your continued support; and with your help
we will keep growing and improving.
With Respect and Thanks,
Jessy “PET” Moore
Sooner State ABATE
Sinners and Saints Outpost
When Will Our Voices Be Heard?
Just poured myself a hot mug of coffee. With the torturous
heat of the Oklahoma summer behind me, I had been
waiting for the coolness of fall for a brisk morning ride sur-
rounded by the bright colors that only fall can bring and
the open sky. It’s a time of change. Riding free makes me
a part of the past trailing behind me and the future ahead.
Fall tells us to prepare for hard days to come.
Right now in my thinking there are hard days ahead for
the Oklahoma motorcycling community and there are
preparations to be made, actions to be taken and results
to be demanded of ourselves, law enforcement and our
legislators.
Of ourselves it is demanded by those who rode before us
and those who stood for us, fought for us and for many
who made the ultimate sacrifice for our constitutional
rights and freedoms, demanding no less than taking
personal responsibility to defend our nation from ene-
mies abroad AND DOMESTIC! Authority must be kept in
check by the citizenry. If left unchecked authority leads
to a social breakdown of trust and respect of its leaders.
The only way we as the motorcycling community can
stand together is through mutual respect and service to
each other. Remember, in Waco they arrested everyone
without distinction at a COC (motorcycle rights) meeting.
Waco law enforcement with the WACO deputy attorney
destroyed the lives of so many with blanket arrest fill in
the blank arrest warrants, million dollar bail and a series
of unethical and immoral acts which continues to the day
of this writing. We demand of ourselves unity when in the
service of a noble cause, justice, liberty and freedom!
For Law Enforcement, I have no problem with good law
enforcement. I do have a problem with bad law enforce-
ment. I have a problem with indignant self-righteousness
perverting the ideals of justice and liberty into a list of
acceptable actions and conduct that are only acceptable
to those who knowingly and willingly strip away our hard
earned freedoms such as pulling riders over without war-
rant or cause only to start “safety inspections” resulting in
tickets, unlawful searches and seizures. Then there’s all
of those questions that have nothing to do with why you’re
being pulled over, like “Where are you headed or where
are you coming from?” All of that information is being fed
into what is called the Frisco Data Base. It’s not just you
brother. They are keeping tabs on everyone. You, your
wife, your kids and so on. Now day’s law enforcement can
confiscate property and finances because of suspicion
of breaking a law as opposed to being convicted and it’s
up to you to prove your innocence as opposed to law
enforcement proving your guilt. THIS IS AN ABOMINA-
TION THAT STRIKES AT THE FOUNDATION OF A FREE
SOCIETY! Does law enforcement be lieve that any of this
promotes trust among its citizenry? When these actions
are taken all I sense is resentment and distrust making
citizens uncooperative and resentful. How about more
protect and serve and less intrusion into our lives. How
about a little more respect for our privacy. I don’t have
to look or act like general society to have the same love
for my wife, kids, my fellow man or love of my country. If
I or any other citizen break the law do your job.
Otherwise leave us alone. What American citizen
doesn’t expect the same respect from law en-
forcement?
For our Legislators…What the hell is wrong with
you!
“I don’t believe we are a poor state. I never have
believed that,” Richardson said. “I believe we are
a state with poor leadership.” (Tulsa Attorney
Gary Richardson. Candidate for governor)
It would be fruitless to list the failures of our
Oklahoma lawmakers who have proven to be
inept in governing our great state. Oklahoma
incarcerates more women than any other state,
we face years of imprisonment for offenses that
are minor in other states. Legislators misuse and
misappropriate state funds causing a meltdown
of our hard earned and establish state and civic
services designed to help those who cannot help
themselves. Makes me wonder about that state
motorcycle and education fund we all voted for by
raising our motorcycle registration fees. I’d like to
know how all of that money has been spent and
why the directors withhold the information. We
have good reason to question it considering we
are paying for it. When will our legislators stand
for something in a positive light again? They fight
hard to bring back the Ten Commandments mon-
ument to the capitol grounds while turning a blind
eye to profiling and collection of your information
by Oklahoma law enforcement. What was it our
veterans are fighting for again? Legislators, why
not put a foot forward toward a noble cause. Pass
Motorcycle Anti-Profiling Legislation. Failure is no
more or less than subverting our constitutional
freedoms and liberties against every American
citizen!
Well Coffees gone. I really would like to clear my
head and enjoy this ride. Truth is Sooner State
ABATE has submitted anti-profiling legislation to
our legislators who profess their support then for
one reason or another have an excuse at the end
of the session why the legislation didn’t pass…..
but maybe next year. I hear a lot of talk but all
I see is an inept Oklahoma leadership without
action while we all pay the price of lost liberty
and freedom resulting in a loss of faith in our
legislators and a breakdown of trust in good law
enforcement.
Bottom line is we are stronger standing together
than lying down divided. Know who your legislator
is, be seen and be heard! It’s kind of like this ride
I’m going to take. I know to watch out for different
road conditions and obstacles out there but until I
put the bike in gear and release the clutch, I’m not
going anywhere………
Think about it. RayMan