The Forbidden Post

I’ve reached my 200th post.  I honestly didn’t think I’d reach 50.  I thought I’d run out of ideas by now.

I wondered how I should celebrate 200.  Blog extras?  A rejected ideas post?  Close the blog?  None of the above.

I’ve decided to share what has become known as “The Forbidden Post.”

Why is it called the “The Forbidden Post?”  Occasionally I’ll test material before I post it.  When I passed this one around, my friends said, “Do not post this.”

I responded to the Picher tornado media coverage from May. I was told it was too soon and too insensitive.  And yes, I too am shocked someone called me insensitive.

I posted an alternate version that became Brad’ll Do It, but this is the original.

I’m going to share it now.  It’s been long enough.  And for the record, I’ve only written four Toby Keith posts.  Chill out TK Warriors.

Here it is: 

Picher Tornado, the Self-Cleaning Oven 

The May 10, 2008 tornado destroyed what was left of Picher, Oklahoma.  

The next day on the news I see a story of a man who is digging through rubble to find memorabilia.  The woman interviewed said, “He is truly a hero.”

No, he is not a hero; he is a man digging through trash. 

Does everyone in Picher have a survivor story?

How many more stories are we expected to listen to?

A tornado destroyed a superfund site that should have already been cleared of people.  One mention of lead contamination in my home, and I will be packed and moved by the hour.

If I am somewhere I should not be, or doing something I should not be doing, I will suffer consequences. This is called the “Self-Cleaning Oven” theory.

For example, when someone drives 165 mph into the back of a diesel, they will die.  They were stupid.  This is because the “Self-Cleaning Oven” theory removed them from humanity.  One less stupid person.  Self-cleaning.

When someone with a meth lab blows themselves up, it is the “Self Cleaning Oven” theory at work.  One less leech sucking what ever is good off society.           

I sympathize with the people who lost family members, but not everyone.  Weren’t you already prepared for the town to be demolished anyway?  Nature came through and took care of the work with its own “Self Cleaning Oven.”

The real victims here are not the people that were hit by the tornado, but the people who have to keep hearing survivor stories on the evening news.  When will viewer survivor stories hit the headlines?