I agree. From the frat minutes offered, he sounded like a regular kid.
Something's very wrong with this picture.
Remember the black woman who was killed in the Olympics bombing? They well could have pinned this on her if Richard Jewell hadn't been an easier mark.
When I was in college in the '70's, it was common knowledge in my BF's frat that a brother was into explosives. They were a little afraid of him. If they all knew, and my sister and I knew, how many other people knew? How many people at OU knew about Joel, particularly if he was talking about ammo in class? It would make him an easy mark to exploit.
There are a number of questions that must be answered to validate the "lone nut" scenario:
1) Where did this kid obtain the high-grade explosives used in this bombing?
2) Did this kid do any test explosions anywhere to make sure his bomb would work? If not, why was his bomb so powerful on the first attempt, or did someone else give the bomb to him?
3) Did anyone who lived in his building notice that he was working with blasting caps, explosives, or written plans for a bomb? If not, when and where did he design this bomb, and if he didn't design it then who did?
4) Why did "authorities" tell an AP writer that the bomb was "attached to his body"? How could anyone know for sure that the bomb was attached to his body and he wasn't carrying the bomb?
There are a lot of unanswered questions in this case. Nothing can be ruled out based on what WE know at this time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495602/posts
Some new info...at this thread.