I spent all day yesterday down at the Lucent Building, helping out with the Red Cross.
I was literally the last to arrive at the briefing and one of the only four they grabbed to immediately take down.
For all they new I was a pedophile on the lamb from some other state...we just flew to the other side of town.
What made me sick was how the Facilitator was speaking about, and to, this group of volunteers...telling them "if they dressed up it was their fault if they got raped"
(Good thing we weren't in a courtroom huh?)
She spoke of the refugees like they were animals, like they were inhumane creatures of the night, ready to pounce and take your soul.
If a disaster hit Oklahoma, it would be Mer and I in a shelter somewhere...all any of us have is temporary, it doesn't matter as long as we're safe. Why are these people any different?
I met a kid named "Red", who only wants a basketball goal and music (Red likes music).
The MEDIA is lying...again, telling us they have computer access and televisions, when the TV is a big screen with no sound, and the gazillion computers are allocated for red cross, police, civic, etc. personnel only.
The Red Cross has a website up, but no one can access it. Most of these people don't know how to use computers.
Yesterday, I was told they were expecting 2200 additional evacuee's due to flooding.
Can we get a little human decency here?
What would YOU want if YOU were in their position?
Why hasn't our Mayor organized a bus trip to the OKC Zoo, or Frontier City?
Not one single political person has gone down to that shelter, the red cross has it organized like a cluster fuck, we were doing things by hand, PAPERWORK, that could have easily been handled by an email to Jonathan.
A small piece of software would make it so much easier, safe, and fast...but no, we had to do it their way. (Good God, people are out of money, patience and time...let's see how long we can drag this out K?)
Oh, here's the one that'll get you...
The bus trip, the one that everyones screeching about, all of those 32 buses that brought the refugees in to OKC, do you know who had to PAY for the bus trip?
THE EVACUEES! Some people spent their last dime to get their family to safety and now have no money, no way to get home.
I spent 30 minutes speaking to a group of people telling them the Governor had requested financial assistance, disaster assistance for the state of Oklahoma, and assuring them WE, as OKLAHOMAN'S would make sure they got home when it was time.
Now OKLAHOMA, I'm speaking to you.
WE had, as of 3:00 p.m. yesterday, 1879 people in the Lucent building, with the youngest being ONE WEEK OLD.
WE had 187 children under the age of 17, most under the age of 12.
They have no toys, they have nothing to do, the need OUR help.
If WE cannot organize something for these children, I'm ashamed to be an OKLAHOMAN.
Lets get "Red" her basketball goal music, because no one else is going to do it.
I want this GRAND country we live in to stand up and say "I'll help, because I'm an AMERICAN"
Where the hell is BILLY RAY when you need him, or TOBY KEITH?
WE have GUESTS in our fine state who are sleeping on cots in a warehouse, and I'm ashamed of our HOTELS, I'm ashamed we have been told they are animals.
They are human beings, the question is...
Are WE?
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