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.