Recent legislation legalized and regulated tattooing in Oklahoma. Many considered this development a positive for economic and health reasons.

People had been leaving the state to get their tattoos, and took their dollars with them. Also, with no regulatory health commission to guide them, the illegal tattoo industry in Oklahoma did not have to follow any procedures to protect themselves and others from disease.

Finally, lawmakers saw the light and changed the draconian laws prohibiting the practice, thereby protecting Oklahomans and keeping money in the state.

Now, the state has a chance to eliminate another outdated law -- and help save our future.

I'm talking about Oklahoma's final frontier: Pornography.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking this is a pathetic plea on the behalf of sex-crazed young men across campus for better access to filth. But I assure you, the future of our children depends on easy, local access for Oklahomans to porn.

One of the hottest topics on the planet is related to the planet's hotness: Global warming. I don't really know what to believe when it comes to global warming.

Most of my sources for information are hipsters wearing Birkenstocks who hate SUVs and petroleum engineering majors who get twinkles in their eyes whenever gas prices go up by a dime. I just don't know who to trust.

But I do know that it's hot outside, so I guess I can agree that the globe is warm.

And one of the culprits causing global warming (if you believe that it's happening) is vehicle emissions. People are going to drive what they're going to drive, and more people across the planet are going driving as the world's population explodes and countries continue to develop. Our job is to limit the driving we do.

With Oklahoma already eliminating the need to drive to a neighboring state to get inked, we can help the world out a little more by eliminating the need to drive far away for porn too.

Oklahoma's high school seniors travel to Texas or Kansas to get porn on their 18th birthday. It's a rite of passage. Think of the thousands -- nay, millions -- of gallons of gas that could be saved on those trips alone.

It is true that porn is available on the Internet, even if purchasing it is still technically illegal if one is doing it from Oklahoma soil. But, if that is the only way to get porn in Oklahoma, why is there a porn shop as soon as you cross the Red River on Interstate 35? Clearly, there is a market.

These are only the ritualistic buyers of porn. Gallons of gas by the millions can be saved on the regular trips to satisfy prurient interests, too.

We have casinos on Indian land. You can go get a tattoo you'll probably regret for the rest of your life. Why not go a little further and save the world while we're at it? It's a noble cause and a noble idea, I just had to be the first to propose it.

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