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Sears RF7, Sensia 100

Got the kids to school-Check

Went to the doctor's-Check

Went to Dollar General-Check

Stopped at the town store for cigs and scratch cards-Check

Called and Updated Randy on Knee-Check

Waiting on Mail for Bonus Check-Pending

Mailed last of Holiday presents-Check

Cooking Lunch-Pending

Lots of Household Chores-Pending

 

 

Okay so that is some of what I did between 7:30 and now today.

 

I am pysched though.  Got my stitches out with only a lil trouble with the one that kept crusting over.  Sooooooooo glad I took a loafa sponge to that stitch this morning to get it loose!  The doctor came in bent my knee every which way, got the low down of what happened after surgery with it, and we discussed his uppity nurse and issues I had.

 

Doc Samulson was NOT happy when he heard that my surgery was switched from the Hospital Surgery Center to the New Surgery Center across the street WITHOUT my okay.  Nor was he happy that Peg gave me hell for cxling the appointment I did NOT remember agreeing too even if I did and attempted to chew my ass out.  He goes that explains why she passed off your chart to the younger nurse.  I said yep cause she didn't want to be in here when I was laying it out to you about her behavor.  She may be just fine with the older crowd of paitents but she isn't going to pull that crap with me.  I reminded him he wasn't affiliated with any of the Clinics or Hospitals in the area and I could easily move my knee issues back to my highschool knee surgeran even if I do NOT like his new facility and how it is in SD and away from all the hospitals.  And if I move my care over there so does my dad and so does my uncle (he is having knee surgery this month from via a different doc in same office) and he would loose a potintal paitent with my hubby's shoulder.  He apologized and said he will discuss Peg's behavor and she will NO LONGER be my nurse when I go.  Get uppity with me we will have issues.  I don't buy into I am a Nurse therefore I must know more than you bullcrap.  Kiss my ass!  My mom's a RN, my sister's an RN, I have multiple cousins that are nurses, paramedics, doctors, PA's, and physical therapist NOT to mention Vet's and Vet techs. 

 

Anyway I got clearance to hit the gym but no reistant weights on my legs-I am to use free weights where I can control the actual weight on that knee.  And I can go back to taekwondo with walk throughs and pivots but no jump kicking as of yet.  And I go back in a month to get final clearance and discuss periodic care of my knees as I get older.

 

Yay me!  Starting next week every morning I am hitting the gym after I drop the kids off-barring any other appointments!

   Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) was a U.S. Army veteran who was convicted of being an accomplice to Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of murder in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S, April 19, 1995), which claimed 168 lives.

Nichols was convicted of eight counts of manslaughter in a United States District Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment in ADX Florence, a super max prison in Florence, Colorado. The state of Oklahoma then charged him with capital murder. The McAlester, Oklahoma trial started March 1, 2004. The jury selection and the testimony phase began on March 22 and he was convicted on August 9, of 161 counts of first-degree murder. As in the Federal trial, the jury spared him the death penalty and he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

   Nichols since then has alleged that a high-ranking FBI official was directing Timothy McVeigh in the plot to blow up a government building and that plans may have changed the original target of the attack, according to a new affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Utah on February 9, 2007.

   Somewhere around 27 October 2000, while working as a Lieutenant Jail Commander for the Oklahoma County Jail facility, I was temporarily re-assigned to guard Terry Nichols. My duties were to insure that he did not escape, would eat three meals a day, receive his one-hour exercise period three times a week, did not communicate with any unauthorized person, that he received his proper cleaning supplies daily to clean his cell, to monitor anything or anyone having access to his living quarters area. Sight checks were made unannounced to monitor his activity. Normally, Terry spent a majority of his time preparing for his court case or going over paperwork for either his defense or for other reasons. His medications were always given in a timely manner. The main door leading into his living area was behind two steel jail doors that remained locked at all times. Location of his holding area cannot be disclosed for security reasons.

   Terry and his daily actions were supervised twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week by a deputy sheriff or by myself. During his time in the County jail, Terry was never mistreated by anyone working the jail or who came into contact with him to my knowledge. Terry was a quiet person who only spoke when needing something or asking a question, he appeared highly intelligent and acted respectively at all times. He would not say anything else nor was he asked by anyone to elaborate about his alleged involvement in the Murrell building bombing.

   He had a sense of humor now and then. When I was finally transferred back to jail operations again … Terry managed to leave a written letter for me. I am not a judge or the executioner … I was a detention officer doing my job regardless of who the prisoner was, being a detention officer is never easy. You are always required to treat prisoners fairly, respectively, and honestly regardless of their crimes. I am writing this short story as to what occurred during the time I was watching over him. He was a prisoner under my care as any other prisoner I was required to supervise, no special treatment was given to him. The bombing was a major tragedy and that I had participated in the recovery of some remains, property items and in security operations for the United States Marshals Office. I have no opinions or statements concerning Terry Nichols other than what I have already written.

Below is a copy of the letter and drawings that he had given me.

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By Author and editor: Jim Heitmeyer 30 October 2007
Retired

I waited a while to calm down before I blogged about this.  And before anyone says I am jumping on the current discrimination/reverse discrimination bandwagon, I am not!  I am goign to tell you about what happened to my boy and myself in the past weeks. 

 

This is the defination of Discriminate found in the dictonary.  Please notice the date it was first introduced into the dictonary

 

  Etymology: Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare, from discrimin-, discrimen distinction, from discernere to distinguish between — more at discern Date: 1628

Main Entry: reverse discrimination

Date: 1964

: discrimination against whites or males

 

I don't use reverse discrimination when talking about discrimination.  Because simply put, discrimination is discrimination no matter who is doing it.  And on that note let me tell you what has upset me to a point where I am still strongly debating about contacting the Arch Diociese of Omaha and the Accrediation Organization for one of the Tribal Colleges.

 

The first issue was my son.  He didn't get to go down to Omaha to the Joyclin Art Center with his Drum Group.  They gave me a bogus excuse that he was misbehaving during Drum Circle on Monday's and Fridays.  Even the Administrator said that was bogus and if that was the case, then the majority of the boys wouldn't be allowed to go.  The Drum Circle is for all the boys in school, K-8th grade.  And what really torked off Donnie (the school adminstrator) was the fact the priest went along with the Drum Circle Leader on banning my boy from going.  We also came to find out that the lil Kindergardner that wasn't allowed to go either was also banned from going!  He was devasted more so than Coltin because he lives with his Great Grandparents and they don't get out much.  So when I take Coltin on a day trip, we have invited him along so he can go someplace also. 

 

After Donnie and I did a lot of digging to find out the reasons as to why my boy and this other lil boy was banned from going by the Drum leader, it became apparent that it was because Coltin is a full white boy and the lil Kindergardner is 3/4s white.  The Drum Leader is of the Snake Clan.  Now from what I understand of the Snake Clan in the Bago Tradation, is they are NOT Leaders and are NOT to hold any major title and such with in any aspect of the tribe or various tribal workings.  And to be quit honest the majority of them don't they follow tradation as much as possible.  But this particular gentleman decieded that he didn't want a full white boy and a lil 3/4 white boy even though the lil guy is an enrolled member of the Bago tribe to be seen at this fund raiser!  And what I find extermly funny is one of DeLaney's class mates and his older brother's are 3/4s white also even though they look full indian!  How do I know this?  Well their mom is half white and their dad is full white!  But they got to go even though they are the lil trouble makers of the school and the drum circle because they were related to the Drum Circle leader!  Donnie the school administrator is half Omaha and half white so he completely understands why my boy and this lil guy was extermly upset!  He has been discriminated against by non indians and indians alike! 

 

My mom is on her Church Board and informed some of her church members (where my kids also go to mass and is apart of the Mission and the Mission School) and a couple of  the board members (which Donnie is on also) took MAJOR offense to the fact my boy and the lil guy wasn't allowed to go.  A couple of the older members both none indian and indian took it up with their Priest who realized he better take it up with the Head Priest at the Mission.  My boy and the lil guy have yet to recieve an apology but the older indian ladies and the older none indian ladies have managed to convience the head preist who went along with the drum circle leader that he will be coming up with some money so Donnie, his wife, Randy, and I can take Coltin and the lil guy out for a day on the Missioin's Dime.  And my mom rather enjoyed with her older indian lady friend who is the priesdent of the church board in Bago, the dressing down that a 94 year old indian man from the Macy parish gave the Head Priest for allowing the Drum Circle Leader to be out right discrimintory towards two young men of the communities who are both being taught that everyone bleeds the same!  We even had a couple of middle age men and women who are Asian from the Homer Mission Parish get in on the dressing down of the Priests and Drum Circle Leader!  They are donating some treats for our day out when we can get it planned and get the lil guy's great grandparents to agree to it!  Cathy, Donnie's wife and Mission Secratary/School Secratary, and I are more excited for the treats I think!  One of the couples donating the treats owns an Asian Bakery in the city and that is what the treats will be!

 

Now on to what happened to me just in this last week.  The college I have been strongly debating about going to is a Tribal college.  It is accredited and only a two year college but a lot of people both none indian and indian alike go here.  Which means since they are accredited they are held to the same standards as public colleges and recieve public and gov't funding!  Well about 10 years ago they redid the majority of their small campous and when they did this, they included a library.  A library that is also the town's public liberary.  Well my girl Tab and I decieded that we had some time to kill before we pickedu p my kids last week from school to go get library cards and check out some books.  They even had a HUGE sign outside of the building and a smaller sign in the builddingthat said "Public Welcome to Get Library Cards."  Well I picked out a couple of books that I didn't want to buy but wanted to read and attempted to get a library card. 

 

Before I go much further:  "IF YOU IMMIGRATE TO THIS COUNTRY GREAT!  PLEASE PLEASE BEFORE YOU TAKE A COMMUNITY SERVICE OR CUSTOMER SERVE TYPE JOB, LEARN TO ENNOUCEATE YOUR WORDS WITH YOUR ACCENT!  IT DRIVES ME AND YOU BATTY WITH ME OR YOU CONSTANTLY ASKING WHAT THE OTHER IS SAYING!"  Thank you!

 

The lady refused me a library card!  I asked her why.  She left the station and went into the Library Director's office and came back and asked me a seris of questions. 

 

 Are you an enrolled member of any Indian tribe? 

 

Me:  Do I looke indian to you?

 

yes.

 

Me.  Well, no I am not indian nor am I an enrolled member of any tribe.

 

Do you work in Bago?

 

Me.  No.  Why.

 

I can not give you a libary card then.

 

Me.  Why?

 

Because you are not a indian and you do not work in bago.

 

me.  my kids go to school here and i live on one of the two reservation communities and have my entire life minus a few years.

 

I am sorry.  The library is for only enrolled members of tribes and for none indians who work in bago.

 

Me.  I see so your discriminating against me due to the fact i am not indian and i do not work in bago is that correct

 

Yes.  I am sorry and I actually don't agree with it.

 

Me.  Then I guess I won't be going to school here next year like I was planning on it.  Thank you.

 

My girl Tab is enrolled member of the Omaha tribe.  She heard the by play of what happened.  Put her book down and walked into the Director's Office and promptly told them off for being bigets, racists, and assholes.  And that she was also thinking about returning to school to the college next year when I did and now she will NOT and she will also inform the Omaha Tribe of how the Bago Tribe is NOW discriminating against EVERYONE and not just Omaha people.  And walked right on out, while the director of the library was trying to inform her that she was more than welecomed to recieve a library card.

 

I was LIVID!  I calmed down a few days later and when I did, I contacted teh President of the newly elected Bago Tribal Council and informed them what was going on up at that college.  I also contacted the CEO of a major Tribal company and left a message.  I know the CEO through our family's even though I don't know him personally.  His assistant got back to me took down what happened and Lance passed on his thoughts and what happened to the Tribal President also and the College President.  See the CEO is half white and is also enrolled in the Bago Tribe.  He gets it both ways like Donnie the school administrtor that my kids go to school at.  The Tribal Council President knows my mom so she went and talked to my moms.  Got some input there and then called me that evening.  The College isn't going to like some of the new policies that the new president of the tribal council is going to suggest.  Meaning if it says open to the Public it is going to mean the entire reservation communities public!  Indian, White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Purple, Pink, or Blue!  And if they can't take everyone's money for a library card then the sign will come down that says Public welcomed and go back to being just a Tribal College Library for the students only!

 

See discrimination happens to all races by all races.  There is NO SUCH THING as reverse discrimation.  Stop using words that men have put int he dictonary that means the same thing for all races!