OKC THUNDER ARE A GREAT TEAM, BUT THEY DO NOT REPRESENT OKLAHOMA

Unfortunately an Okie · 2012-06-20T14:32:55-04:00

The Oklahoma City Thunder have had a fantastic season. They are a talented group of kids who have put Oklahoma City's name in the national, and global spotlight. They have contributed to the economy of Downtown Oklahoma City, and given some.......just some.......Oklahomans a mindset of pride for their city. The Okc Thunder may be the greatest thing to ever happen to Oklahoma. However, do not let a basketball team full of foreigners (non-oklahomans and non-americans) convince you that Oklahoma is good place to live. Oklahoma is, statistically, the most conservative state in the Nation. In the 2008 election, not a single Oklahoma county voted for Barack Obama. Now, i'm sure that may seem good if you are a right-winger, but allow me to continue. Everything in Oklahoma is half-strength. The people, the law, the media, the clubs, the drinks, the entertainment, the entire atmosphere of the state is extremely limited and weak, due to it's tradional political climate and capitol full of politicans that are afraid of change. They are afraid of progression. There is no 6 point beer in Oklahoma. Its all half strength. There is no full nude bars in Oklahoma, only half nudes. Oklahoma was the LAST STATE to legalize tattooing. Oklahoma does not sell liquor in any type of grocery store of convenient store like other states. You must go to a special store to buy it, and the liquor laws in Oklahoma are so extreme, that it's almost impossible to hide inside your own home and drink. It currently has to be inside a bar or inside your own home. Oklahoma is attempting to ban tobacco and cigarrettes entirely. Oklahomas democratic party has invested millions and millions of dollars into a American Indian Cultural Center, 3 miles from Downtown, which is now half built and recently informed to the public that it may never be completed, due to Oklahomas legislature pouring all of its money into the Highway Patrol. Oklahoma has never and will never want any relationship at all with the minorities that live there, including the tribes. Oklahoma is not known for its diversity or acceptance. Its known for its bigotry and profileration. The only "brothas" in Oklahoma are the ones that play for the Okc Thunder. They are also the only Brothas that Oklahoma respects. And the irony of all this, you ask? These Brothas came from Texas (with exception to Ibaka and Sefolosha). Although there are 2 states that statistically score worse on highschool tests (mississippi and louisianna), dont let that fool you. The scores and Department of Education have been continuously found as corrupt and dishonest about the performance of youth in this state. Funding is put into the wrong places, and every child is LEFT BEHIND due to pushing them through the system and seeking a graduation number, not actual knowledge gained while in the institution. I am a former Tulsa citizen who now lives in Texas due to Oklahomas outrageously poor political climate and lack of determination to even keep up with other states. Although Oklahoma has always been behind the other states in every single aspect of life, since the 1980s, its like every other state "took off" and Oklahoma just got left behind again. In their own zone and being blissfully unaware of how behind they really are in the advancement of a society. I am a Texas citizen now, and could easily tell a world of difference from the second I crossed the state-line into Texas. While my new state is a GLOBAL MODEL for economics, freedom, the legal system (and death penalty), I am much ashamed of the fact that I ever inhabited Oklahoma, the state who has nothing going for it but a basketball team and being #1 in the Nation is female inmates, divorce rates, and loratab addiction. Enjoy Oklahomas name in the spotlight while it lasts, as everything "good" about this state has come from elsewhere. Ex-new orleans hornets, Seattle SuperSonics, and any decent athlete at the collegiate or professional level. It is virtually impossible to "love" a basketball team without loving the city they are from, because a team is intended to be a representation of that area. Nothing could be further from the truth regarding the Thunder. I am only one of thousands and thousands of original Oklahomans who have moved elsewhere since the Thunder came to be, due to Oklahomas inevitable socio-political decline. There is 1 word for the future of the Okc Thunder..........Satisfactory. There is only 1 word for the future of Oklahoma and its citizens prosperity...........Hopeless.

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13 years ago 06/20/2012 4:37pm EDT

re: mr ummm....

Terrible analogy, millions of white guys play basketball. How many Black hockey players do you see? They simply can't skate or swim.

mr ummm.... wrote:
Basketball is Racist wrote:
Population Of Oklahoma by Race:
White 2,706,845 72%
Native American 321,687 8.6%
Black 277,644 7.4%
2 or more races 221,321 5.9%
Some other alone 154,409 4.1%
Asian 65,076 1.7%
Native Hawaiin/PacIslnd 4,369 0.1%
Oklahoma Thunder Basketball Team by Race:
Black 13 86.6%
White 2 13.3%
All Others 0 0.0%
So I guess that makes Hockey and Lacrosse racists because nearly 100% of the players are white? You're an idiot.

13 years ago 06/20/2012 4:41pm EDT

re: Unfortunately an Okie

Unfortunately an Okie wrote:
The Oklahoma City Thunder ... blah, blah, blah.

Learn to edit.

13 years ago 06/20/2012 5:11pm EDT

re: Thunder Up

Texas has 26,403,743 people all coming to this state of the jobs.AND Carrie Underwood is hot and I stand by that.The reason young Texas footballers go to OU is only for the money. In fact, they rarely want to leave and go into the NFL. Why?The don't want to take a pay cut.

Thunder Up wrote:
However, it is more than fair to prefer Texas or any other state for that matter. There are 18 million people in Texas .

13 years ago 06/20/2012 5:48pm EDT

re: Unfortunately an Okie

I reckon I'll be waiting for the Reader's Digest version of that post.

13 years ago 06/21/2012 7:27am EDT

re: Unfortunately an Okie

I have to admit I have been surprised at how Oklahomans have taken to this team.

13 years ago 06/21/2012 8:26am EDT

re: Mukresh

My home state of Kansas is much more regressive.

But OK has this oft overlooked bit of history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot

13 years ago 06/21/2012 8:46am EDT

re: Yaaawn

Yaaawn wrote:
Professional athletes are mercenaries and they go where they get paid to go. Unless they just happen to be from the area, the Miami Heat players have nothing to do with Miami, the Yankee players have nothing to do with New York, etc.
LeBron "represents" Ohio, not Miami, even tho they hate him in Cleveland now.
Do you really think the Minnesota Vikings reflect the racial make-up of Minnesota?

He's trying to point out that basketball players from different parts of the US and all over the world wearing the OKC uniform are no different than Stephen Cherono ditching Kenya for Qatar. He moved to a team that was a better fit for him.

13 years ago 06/21/2012 9:05am EDT

re: Freewheel

It can't be all bad. You have the Flaming Lips.

13 years ago 06/21/2012 9:30am EDT

re: lenny

GIVE US OUR SONICS BACK

13 years ago 06/21/2012 11:28am EDT

re: the 206

oklahoma state's wrestling teams are not usually half strength.

13 years ago 06/21/2012 1:20pm EDT

re: the 206

Send Serge Obaka back to africa where he come from.

For the record, the Miami heat dont have a single foreigner on their team.

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