I was going to write up a lengthy rant and rave
why the Murrah Building was blown up
and all the people I felt were responsible for
motivating Dummy #1 to do what he did.
As I reflected on the bombing and the six years
since, I thought about The Leg.
Someone's leg was found and never matched to any
of the bodies.
They buried the leg.
Who was this person?
168 people, 8 unborn children and 1 leg.
Pardon my tears, I am working on forgiveness
today.
Since I used to live in Food-Phone, near Oklahoma
City, I thought about going
to the memorial and there would be our notorious
republican Senator, Jim Inhofe.
I want to yell, "Hey Jim, how many federal workers are playing hooky today?"
Senator Jim Pissquick told Michael Kinsley on
Crossfire that week,
he didn't know how many federal workers were
killed in the blast because
"so many federal workers play hooky from their
jobs, an accurate count wasn't possible right then."
But, as I said, I am trying to practice forgiveness today.
I was a mortgage broker in those daze. I got up
that morning and was going to go down and see my
jack booted friends at HUD. I knew the office
manager, couple of the secretaries and a few of the appraisers.
You know HUD, the oppressive government agency
that helps make affordable home loans to millions of Americans.
I had to see a couple of the appraisers on paper
work stuff. I turned on the radio right before I left and after listening
for a while, it seemed I wouldn't be needed at
the HUD office that day.
My anger is starting to well up at the thought
of my friends that I lost,
so I need to remember I'm into forgiveness today.
It was a ground level blast. Most of the people
were killed from the blast on the first and second floors.
Then as the building collapsed, some were killed
in the fall. A friend had her three year old in the day care facility
at the YMCA which was right across the street
from the Murrah building. His face was horribly cut up by the flying glass.
Bombs don't kill people, people kill people. I just tell little Timmy,
"try and turn that glass scarred cheek, neck, face,
and we will practice a little forgiveness today."
You know Mr. Dummy #2 lives in town at the Oklahoma
County Jail. He has a private room.
He's scheduled to go on trial for murder. We
have the death penalty here and we use it.
Dummy #2 slipped by on his federal charges without
getting the death penalty,
so Oklahomans want to see if they can get him
convicted on the rest of the killings and slip him the needle.
Personally, I would like to see Oklahoma let
all three dummies loose. Yep, just let them go.
Of course we want maximum public relations and
media hype on the time and place of letting them go.
I think the whole matter would be settled in
a few short hours at a very minimal cost to taxpayers.
In fact, I KNOW the matter would get handled
quickly.
However, I am just trying to forgive today, so
let's set those dummies free!
Let's not forget Vernon Lee Howell, stage name
David Koresh ascending into heaven eight years ago today.
We are remembering all his follower victims and
the law enforcement personal that lost their lives that day
because of another misguided individual. I was
going to try and get Carol Howe to drive a yellow Ryder truck
into downtown Oklahoma City this morning, but
I'm trying to practice forgiveness today.