We're just glad this guy's not an Okie.
Yusef Samad, 26, decided this week to make a statement at the trial of Terry Nichols in McAlester, Okla.
So during a lunch break, Samad dropped trou. According to law enforcement quoted by someone else who then put it on the Internet, Samad said, "I want to make a statement. Oklahoma needs to be known for more than killing 161 people."
See, we told you he wanted to make a statement.
And he was arrested for indecent exposure.
Samad is reportedly from California, and that makes all kinds of sense. We mean, have you ever met a Californian?
But we agree that Oklahoma needs to be known for more than the Murrah Building bombing, as tragic and senseless as that was.
So let it be this: Some terrific people are from Oklahoma! And we are one of 'em!

Posted at June 10, 2004 09:24 AM