I was surprised to find out how much Oklahoma and New Zealand
have in common at least in certain areas.
Both have about the same population with a high emphasis on agriculture
as you get away from Tulsa and Oklahoma City which each have about half
a million people in their general metro areas.  We also have some cotton
and the very same off-the-books cash crop which dwarfs wheat which is our
official #1 cash crop.

        Every late Summer and early Fall, the television fills with
pictures of lawmen from many jurisdictions engaging in joint projects to
slash, burn, and otherwise destroy pot fields in remote areas of the state.

        High officials always claim major victories against the growers.
It would almost be funny if it wasn't so dangerous.  Both sides are more
than willing to use deadly force to achieve their goals and there is no end
at all in sight.

Martin McCormick