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  • 04-18-2007 1:24 PM In reply to

    Aother reason may be.....

    because of you or rather the agency of the law.....crooked cops are everywhere and most of them are doing EXACTLY what these inmates do to supplement their meager incomes. Before you say anything, I've seen quite a few personally. There are many that have been on fox 2 news but they are above the law so they still are out trying to catch exactly the kind of people that they are but since they are police it makes it better. Hopefully you don't work for the Detroit Police 40% of the crooks and dealers are right now employed there to lock up the bad people!!!!What a joke!
  • 04-18-2007 1:26 PM In reply to

    Actually your wrong....

    they can get a big hairy man out here.....there are a whole lot of gays in Michigan that would do them just fine so...........thats not it either. Close but yet again you fall short!
  • 04-18-2007 1:56 PM In reply to

    jenny can't blame engler

    because the LAST GOVERNOR was HER. SHE should have done something in her FIRST term, but she DIDN'T. she is using POLICE CUTS and PRISON CLOSINGS for political purposes. these cuts infuriate the right wing, and please the left. they do NOTHING for the current situation except change where the money is going to be spent next year. this year we MAY save on prison spending, but i doubt it, next year we WILL have to spend more on police. i notice that none of the DUPLICITOUS departments that DO NOTHING but duplicate ANOTHER DEPARTMENTS WORK are just doing fine and dandy. there is no talk of closing any of them. no talk of stopping gun registration, for example, which is a totally unnecessary expense for the state. no talk of cutting the many unnecessary "regulatory boards" that dot the political landscape. no talk of getting government out of things it has NO BUSINESS DOING. cutting police and closing prisons shows a lack of concern for the safety and security of the citizens of this state, but shows a GREAT concern for the CRIMINALS of this state. all the changes jennie has made so far only benefit the criminals, not the citizen. now, explain to me how releasing inmates before their sentence, to rob and rape and kill is supposed to HELP michigan. i can hear it now, residents of other states sitting around discussing vacation plans, and saying.... "oh awchie.... let's go to michigan cuz they dun let the PRISONERS OUT OF PRISON AND FIRED THE STATE POLICE." "Stifle it, eee-dit."
  • 04-18-2007 2:12 PM In reply to

    i'm still waiting for your

    explanation of WHY YOUR LOVED ONE DOESN'T LOVE YOU. if he did, he would CHANGE his wicked ways for you, wouldn't he? he would toe the straight and narrow path to keep you by his side, wouldn't he? the REST of the population does, why doesn't he? i can see no other motivation to dedicate a substantial portion of one's life to the activities that lead to sleeping next to a man if the GOAL isn't to sleep next to a man. now, your 'insights' into MY life are comical, but as i am NOT in jail, and your loved one is, your point is moot. just admit it. he SAYS he loves you, but he kisses his cellmate goodnight, and not you. i think you need to find somebody who DOESN'T commit multiple felonies. somebody who ISN'T looking at a twenty year stretch for his latest MISTAKE. just because HE refuses to learn from his mistakes doesn't mean that you shouldn't. learn from YOUR mistakes and move on. there ARE better people out there. and they ARE NOT found behind bars.
  • 04-18-2007 2:22 PM In reply to

    oh, and save us the

    drivel about how 'the system' put him in jail, or "the man" had it out for him. let's also not hear about how "poor" he was, if he had enough money to get drugs, he couldn't have been too poor. let's also not hear about how it's the president's, or engler's fault that he is in prison. also, don't 'gloss over' the details about what your loved one did to get to jail, those are important too. let's hear about the brilliant decision making that lead him to where he is today. also, let's hear about YOUR support of those decisions. what is YOUR responsiblility in this matter?
  • 04-18-2007 7:05 PM In reply to

    when comming before the parole board you are told..

    you have to take these certain corses before you can be paroled. ok...where do you go when there are NO corses available. now wait a minute.... you have to take corses, but, there are no corses available. DOESN'T THIS SOUND LIKE LANSING, MICHIGANISTAN. does the right hand really know what the left hand is doing ????? why don't these stupid people in office quit bulls****** the public. we vote them in to do a job, they don't do thier job. they pussy-foot around when all they have to do is THIER JOB !!! it should be a law that if you don't show improvment in three months after election, your ass is out on the sidewalk. all this b.s about i'll vote for your bill if you vote for mine. hey senators and house reps...grow some balls and get things done. you women senators and house reps do the same. many some of that extra anatomy will help !!! DO WHAT YOU WERE HIRED TO DO. QUITE MILKING IT !!!
  • 04-18-2007 10:53 PM In reply to

    coment 195

    that was one of the best things i've heard on here. i'm so happy to here that there are some intellegent people out there. the guy you were talking to is an idiot. i highly doubt that he is or ever was a cop. he's probably the smae idiot that was making a bunch of homosexual comments to me. anyway, i agree with all of your comments and wish that more people would actually read this bill and research some things about it before they comment on it, with their only sorce of knowledge being a tv show or movie they watched about cops and robbers
  • 04-19-2007 5:20 AM In reply to

    hey ninja

    you are just pissedbecause all the things he said were TRUE.
  • 04-19-2007 6:40 AM In reply to

    hey, YOU voted for them

    they promised YOU that they would release your loved one, and they are. along with about 5,499 of his buddies. what a party there is going to be. there won't be enough whores in detroit to handle them all. MAYBE when he's finished drinking, drugging, killing, and whoring around, he'll come back to his loving home and family. or maybe not.
  • 04-19-2007 10:49 AM In reply to

    Why would the whores.....

    have to be in Detroit? Are you trying to insinuate something? Sounds like to me you are. People like you with your little snide comments sicken me. Do you think that all inmates are from the city? So the subburbs do not contribute at all to the prison population? LUDICROUS and false. THIS is the problem with Michigan you blame Detroit for all the woes of the state and then you wonder why the citizens of Detroit do not welcome people from the outlying areas with open arms-doesn't make sense. By this comment I guess you also feel that all the whores in this state are in the city of Detroit. Are you stupid, hateful, ignorant, or well one of Imus's kind? There are plenty of unsavory women in the outlying areas as well buddy so quit trying to pretend as if all your country women are innocent because believe me I know more than a few that are not. With that out of the way I will say this what is your proposal to reform the prison system, what do you propose they do when the beds are full by September, how would we build new prisons to accomodate inmates if everyone sits in jail for life for every crime which it sounds like that is what you are proposing when the state is already in debt? Do we cut education which is needed for our children to make this counrty prosperous in the future? Or do we start to do the logical thing and release those who are already over their minimums and are eligible for release anyway-it makes to much sense for some of you to understand. These inmates that she is releasing by the standards of the LAW your LAW the LAW of your country says that at their minimums they are legally allowed to be paroled what part of that do you not understand. The second FACT which is also to easy for you to understand is that these good time credits are FIVE days off of every month ONLY if the inmate is FOLLOWING THE RULES and is not reprimanded which logically speaking is what we hope they will do when they reenter society right? These do not include those with life with no parole, or to those who cut up in prison (which is not that hard to do despite what you might think)and have obviously not learned anything. So instead of following the debt causing system put in place by ENGLER which was TIS replace it with what makes sense first of all, and what is inevitable and by the law legal which is good time.
  • 04-19-2007 10:55 AM In reply to

    No actually he's not right.....

    and if you had any knowledge of the prison system or the crooked police or the homosexual prison guards who get off more on the inmates than the inmates do on each other I think you be surprised. Cause its probably your huband or wife who's lusting after the big hairy men inside! The truth hurts but if you can't take it don't dish it. Until you've seen and witnessed things for yourself you don't know what you are talking about!
  • 04-19-2007 12:47 PM In reply to

    once again, name calling..

    and false innuendo. is that all you have to bolster your cause? let's hear YOUR answer to why criminals re-offend. as a criminal, you may give some INSIGHT into the thought processes (or lack of them) involved in recidivism. if you are going to tell me that most criminals intentionally re-offend without giving ANY THOUGHT to the damage they do, or the lives they take, then i DO agree with putting them away till they quit breathing. now, i HAVE had experience in prisons, but i have seen NO homosexual guards that you speak about. which prison were YOU in that a guard bent you over and had his wicked way with you?
  • 04-19-2007 12:57 PM In reply to

    the bill cut the part

    that covers FOLLOWING THE RULES and DISCIPLINARY TIME. they have gone away. that means that EVERY INMATE gets good time, whether they deserve it or not. read the AMENDED LEGISLATION and the TIEBAR bills. also read the OTHER legislation that cuts the words DISCIPLINARY TIME out of the existing law altogether. i would tend to agree MORE with this law if the legislators had LEFT THOSE WORDS IN THERE. but they didn't. they TOOK THEM OUT. i'm all for reducing costs, but i'm MORE for reducing crime. as for 'cutting education', it's a BROKEN SYSTEM that should be cast out in favor of HOME SCHOOLING. now, five days a month is ONE YEAR IN TWELVE. if the sentencing judge would have WANTED him to have a SHORTER SENTENCE, he would have GIVEN HIM ONE. the goal is for the prisoner to "obey the laws and rules" BEFORE he goes to jail. the object of the exercise of prison is PUNISHMENT for breaking those laws and rules. how does shortening that sentence advance the goal of making the inmate law abiding? IT DOESN'T. it just sets him free with a "reduced sentence" (A.K.A. a SLAP ON THE WRIST).
  • 04-19-2007 1:00 PM In reply to

    engler instituted

    t.i.s. because the PEOPLE DEMANDED IT. he DIDN'T authorize the INCREASED PER INMATE SPENDING that is sucking all the money from this state. i DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY as to where the money is going. other states don't spend anywhere NEAR this amount on prisoners, why do we? BECAUSE WE LOVE CRIMINALS HERE.
  • 04-19-2007 1:18 PM In reply to

    the people also

    ... demanded that Jennifer Granholm continue to be governor of Michigan. only they did that by an actual vote.
  • 04-19-2007 1:33 PM In reply to

    We don't love......

    criminals we are just realistic sir. The fact of the matter is that in our neighboring states we incarcerate for longer periods of time which costs our state more. Simple numbers! The other states are not having the problem of the parole board not following it's guideline for deciding whether or not an inmate is released, therefore these other states have that even flow of inmates going in and inmates coming out. If you look it up ours are drastically out of proportion. Simple concept. The fact remains that the judge also set a minimum so if you are so concerned in sticking to what he says if they are released at their minimum there should be no problem with any of you but that is not the case either because you all don't know really what you want I think you just want something to complain about and of course this issue is the easiest. Furthermore if you all are so worried about curbing crime then demand change in your schools instead of cutting it because if people are not educated in today's society they have little other choice then to resort to supplementing their meager incomes in other WAYS. Stop cutting spending for SOCIAL programs that help those that are less fortunate and most importantly STOP VOTING REPUBLICAN because they don't stand for ANY OF THESE!
  • 04-19-2007 1:39 PM In reply to

    None I've never been.....

    incarcerated but I have studied it and have heard really good complaints and seen many guards, while visiting, who take a real long time groping the crotch region of the inmate and then smile. If you think that all these men go to prison to be gay, then I would say that the guards must love to work there, stripsearch and look at naked men too, I wouldn't want the job so there has to be something behind it. Getting a paycheck and seeing naked inmates boy they are in heaven!
  • 04-19-2007 1:45 PM In reply to

    TIS did.....

    cause more spending on inmates is something wrong with you? I realize that it may be hard for you to fathom that ENGLER messed up but think man think! If you hold people in jail for longer sentences it = more time in which to pay for their stay, if you incacerate longer and the crime rate goes up it = more money to pay for EACH of their longer stays, if you don't parole around that of which they are coming in it = an out of balanced and overcrowded prison so you have to build more prisons (more $) plus you have to hire more guards (more$) so did TIS cause the deficit to increase and did it eat up part of the budget YES YES YES please stop and think Engler didn't and this is precisely what happens!!!!
  • 04-19-2007 1:51 PM In reply to

    I'm free so.....

    I have no responsibilty in it, I didn't aid nor abet, nor ignore. I'm not blaming anyone but him for HIS actions and if you look in one of the above comments I have already said what he did no need to repeat myself since your so interested look. That will tell you my stance and I need not justify anything to you, I know the morals that I have and regardless of any choices he made it does not reflect on anyone in his family. Stop watching so many movies where it is a big conspiracy if you don't know every family of every inmate stop trying to pretend like you do.
  • 04-19-2007 1:59 PM In reply to

    first of all I'm not a criminal are you?

    cause you seem to have some close knowledge of the wicked ways of getting bent over what's that about fantasy or movie or maybe real life? The fact of the matter is that there are alot of different reasons people reoffend 1. once you have a felony it is hard to find a job that pays enough for you to support yourself let alone contribute to your family 2. Once incarcerated it is a proven statistic that inmates (some) adapt to it to the point that they feel like it is home 3. some of them are just deviant 4.Some reenter not on a new charge but on a violation such as failure to pay child support but the statistics don't show this they just label it as reoffending 5. some who have been out of touch with society for years have not been given the proper training to survive in a world that has changed in every way since they went in 6.some have no positive people in their lives to encourage them, true enough they should want to do it themselves but hey let's face it everyone needs alittle help sometimes- need me to keep going, I'm one thats not afraid to debate this issue with you!
  • 04-19-2007 2:17 PM In reply to

    lets take a look at

    your reasoning, shall we? you said, "The fact of the matter is that there are alot of different reasons people reoffend 1. once you have a felony it is hard to find a job that pays enough for you to support yourself let alone contribute to your family [seeing as since the GOVERNMENT has been supporting the inmate for YEARS, and by statistics, is probably supporting most, if not all, of the family that he isn't going to contribute to, i can see why you brought this up. the inmate needed to mull this one over just a little bit more before doing what he did, didn't he? sorry, i don't feel sorry for a person who works hard to put himself into a BAD SITUATION MULTIPLE TIMES.] 2. Once incarcerated it is a proven statistic that inmates (some) adapt to it to the point that they feel like it is home [SOME??? let's try over sixty percent.] 3. some of them are just deviant [this should have been reason number one.] 4.Some reenter not on a new charge but on a violation such as failure to pay child support but the statistics don't show this they just label it as reoffending [failure to pay child support IS a "new charge", it is a different felony than whatever put him in jail in the first place. just because he is put away doesn't mean that we will forgive him for being IRRESPONSIBLE. that's what he's SUPPOSED TO BE, A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN. you obviously have a PROBLEM with that.] 5. some who have been out of touch with society for years have not been given the proper training to survive in a world that has changed in every way since they went in [it takes no "proper training" to survive in this world or the world that was around when he went in. by the way, he DID have the PROPER TRAINING, it's called school. did he MISS THAT?] 6.some have no positive people in their lives to encourage them, true enough they should want to do it themselves but hey let's face it everyone needs alittle help sometimes- [so, you believe that it takes positive people in their lives to allow some to succeed while others are forced into jail? a LOT of people are POOR, a lot of people are UNEDUCATED, a lot of people have NO POSITIVE ROLE MODELS, but they stay out of prison.] you would have me believe that simply because your loved one had no GOOD JOB (read that UNION JOB paying top dollar for bottom smarts), SUFFICIENT TRAINING TO SURVIVE (that the rest of us somehow magically got, but he didn't)POSITIVE ROLE MODELS IN HIS LIFE (even you), that is what CAUSED HIM TO COMMIT THE CRIMES HE COMMITTED? maybe it's because he's JUST DEVIANT. by the way, what did your loved one DO that got him hard time, that everyone ELSE who is under the same circumstances DIDN'T DO?
  • 04-19-2007 2:28 PM In reply to

    so, JENNIE'S answer

    is to release the prisoners and fire the cops. very astute financial planning. if we CUT THE SPENDING on each inmate, we can AFFORD to keep them IN JAIL for their ENTIRE SENTENCE. that way, the goals of incarceration (which is to PUNISH the inmate, not to REHABILITATE.) are met. now, the ONE ISSUE you seem to ignore here is the fact that michigan pays over a hundred dollars a day for each inmate they incarcerate. michigan pays 36,000 per inmate per year, missouri pays only 12,000. only nine states pay HIGHER per inmate charges than michigan. i call that IRRESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT. you are fine with that kind of irresponsibility, as you are fine with the release of inmates and firing of police officers across the state. these are NOT the solutions to the problems, they are simply creating NEW problems. truth in sentencing adds to our prison expenses, yes, but not to the level you would be led to believe by the liberal media. if the inmates were not offending, then they wouldn't be in jail, you seem go GLOSS OVER THAT POINT as well. T.I.S. only adds about 15 to 20 percent to the total, as that is the percentage of LONGER SENTENCES that are seen. the rest of the high costs lies squarely on the mismanagement of the state.
  • 04-19-2007 2:29 PM In reply to

    you are not blaming

    him for doing what he did, if you WERE, you would be mad as hell that he 'got off easy' for his crime. the rest of us certainly are.
  • 04-19-2007 2:34 PM In reply to

    hey, the DEMOCRATS

    have been in power for longer than both of us have been on the planet. THEIR system of social programs either hasn't been adopted (by them) or ISN'T WORKING. if you wish to contribute YOUR tax money to whatever social program you support, that's fine, just check off the box on the tax form. oh, yeah, that's right, our DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR DOESN'T TRUST US TO DECIDE HOW BEST TO SPEND OUR MONEY. SHE doesn't support those social programs you insist that i pay for either. if she DID, we would HAVE THEM. so, go get over being lied to, and start living life in the REAL WORLD. i'm not going to tell you how to vote, it's not any of my business, and you won't listen anyway.
  • 04-19-2007 4:17 PM In reply to

    you are the same idiot

    you are the same idiot that i was talking to. all you do is obseessover the gay things that may go on in prison and keep responding to comments with the same bs. you obviously have no idea about what goes on in the "justice" system. you just think that you are somehow better than everyone else for some reason. well, you're not better than anyone. ya, i used to get high. however, i would be willing to bet that you do, too. maybe not on illegal drugs, but you still get high. infact, i would be willing to bet that sometime in your life you have driven home drunk. if you've been to the bar, then it's safe to say that you have driven home drunk. what about when the speed limit sign says 45 and you do 50. aren't you breaking the law then? oh, you didn't hurt anyone so it's ok. what about the lady driving next to you with her 2 kids that you've endangered by exceeding the speed limit? true, some of the points you bring up do have merit, howeever, they are invalid and have no relevency to what we are talking about here. here we are talking about giving people in prison 5 days off of every month that they have not gotten in any trouble. why shouldn't we? why are you so against it? all i've heard you do is talk about how other people are wrong, how you're so smart, and about alot of gay stuff. and, if you want my professional opinion, you are gay or, at least, have some type of gay isuues. anyone with a little bit of training in phsycology could see that, by what you write. that's ok, though. i know you're gonna write some comment back about how i'm stupid or gay and whatever else but that doesn't matter. all that matters is that the state is broke and they really have no choice but to instate this bill. so, it doesn't really matter how many people you say are gay or how many times you cry, unless you have $100,000,000 to give the state, they are gonna pass this bill. which brings me back to my point. you and everyone who is like you and thinks like you and even me and the people that think like me, don't matter. because, unless you make ten million a year (and that's just to get you foot in the door), you don't matter. you are just another no name person in our society that is there for the elite few to make money off of. always remember that.
  • 04-19-2007 4:51 PM In reply to

    are you the same idiot

    that brags about spending time in jail? no wonder no one will hire you. i certainly won't.
  • 04-19-2007 5:02 PM In reply to

    so, ninja, are you

    admitting to being "professionally gay"? you DID volunteer your 'professional opinion'. don't you know that prostitution, especially MALE prostitution, is ILLEGAL? you should quit confessing so much on the internet, someone will get your IP address and come look you up. and i don't think that offering them a 'freebie' in the back of the police car is going to keep them from bringing your faggot ass to jail. and by the way, i AM better than you. i've never been imprisoned. i've never broken the law, not even speeding. i don't have a problem OBEYING the law, you OBVIOUSLY DO.(maybe the previous poster was right, you ARE just deviant.) i don't make a profession out of being homosexual. you OBVIOUSLY DO. i didn't do whatever was necessary to get myself in jail, you did. do i have a problem with you, and people like you? HELL YES. do you have to like it? HELL NO. do I have to like YOU? HELL NO. get over it.
  • 04-19-2007 5:14 PM In reply to

    what do your morals

    tell you about bringing a convicted felon back into your home? what do your morals tell you about even associating with a convicted felon in the first place? did you know he was doing what he did to go to jail? did you ACTIVELY try to stop him, up to and INCLUDING calling the cops on him? did you ALLOW him to continue living with you AFTER you found out that he committed his crime? did you turn him in or did you keep your mouth shut and let him go on living in your house? you don't need to answer, the statistics already speak for you. chances are, YOU DID aid and abet his crime by ignoring his criminal activities and NOT turning him in. this is what the RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN would have done, DID YOU? MORALS IS ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG. why are you hanging around waiting for a man who by your own admission, DONE WRONG???
  • 04-19-2007 9:43 PM In reply to

    get over what?

    what made you even think of asking if i thought you liked me or whatever it was you said? i'm flattered that you would care so much as to whether i like you or not, but why would i care? i don't care what you like or don't like. i don't control you or anyone else. to me, you are just an idiot and, thus, not important. i really loved the part about were you said that you don't even speed. ok, it's your story so i''ll let you tell it. by the way, didn't i tell you before about all that tough guy talk? remember, don't be a computer gangster. anyway, just wanted to tell you that you're an idiot. it's not that i don't agree with some of the things you say. you just come across as an asshole. you don't want to debate things because you don't want to take the time to research things, so you have nothing intellegent to say about this bill and the oteher things that we talk about, so you resort to personally attacking people. i've told you plenty of times before to either read what i write or research the topic before you comment on either one of them. because you have a really bad habit of just reading what you want to read. for example, you made all those sly reply comments to that lady (further down the page), and, in one of them, you were talking real bad about her and started talking about her husband then were almost taunting her to say what her husband did, like she would be scared to say. the funny thing was, though, is that she had already said what those things were that he did. i thought that she had already told what he did (in a different comment) and then i read another comment from her later that comfirmed it. she responded and told you the same thing that i always do, read what was written. anyway, i'm just tryin' to give you some pointers that will help you get along better with others. oh, one last thing. even if i was a male prostitute, why you gotta knock my hustle?
  • 04-20-2007 3:07 AM In reply to

    i know that you want

    to get back to your cellie so he can have you 'come across as an asshole', but you have to commit ANOTHER CRIME FIRST. okay, mister ninja (what a pathetic nickname) you go ahead and support this bill, it will be GOOD FOR YOU when you go back to jail. it will be GOOD FOR YOUR CELLMATE when you go back to jail. let's see how long you can keep your NINJA self out of jail. by the way, ninja's are MOSTLY figments of japanese author's imaginations. the LAST REAL ninjas died off a couple of hundred years ago. you have neither the discipline or the skill to be even considered a serious threat, much less a serious killer. you COULD be delusional, like the guy who recently killed in virgina, but only time will tell that. let's see... 1. been in jail. 2. does recreational drugs. 3. considers himself a killer. 4. showing signs of delusion. 5. already shown signs of being a danger to others. maybe we should keep a very much closer eye on you.
  • 04-20-2007 3:21 AM In reply to

    knock your hustle???

    oh yeah... that's it... just admit to it. you might as well post your price list while you are at it. some of your 'fellow gray-bar hotel guests' will be 'getting out' soon, you'll be able to go back to your 'usual clientele'. all your posturing and blustering has done is prove me right. you don't agree with punishing criminals because you ARE ONE.
  • 04-20-2007 3:30 AM In reply to

    remember ninja...

    the 'elite few' takes the money from the 'no names' out there to build jails to PUT YOU INTO. you were the guest of the 'elite few' for a few years. yes, the state IS broke. yes, they paid WAY TOO MUCH TO MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE when you were 'in stir'. no, i DIDN'T enjoy paying YOUR WAY. and by the way, the woman you speak of who's husband is in jail, he won't be even ELIGIBLE for release for another fifteen or so years. and they call it TRUTH IN SENTENCING because to sentence an inmate to 20 years and have him do less than three is A LIE.
  • 04-20-2007 9:07 AM In reply to

    MISSOURI?????

    How in the world do you compare Michigan to Missouri what are they in for tipping cows? We I would venture to say have more INMATES so if you have a certain number for each inmate and we have more inmates what does that equal????? More money! Furthermore you conservatives are the ones that want her to cut everything to solve the budget so why are you crying when she cuts police? You would have no problem with her cutting education which to me is just as if not more important then that so are you confused about what you really want her to do or do you just want something to complain about because tricky dick didn't get elected. Even if you wanted to lower the cost per inmate what would they do without? Food? A cot? A uniform? 1 pair of shoes? Or maybe it would be water-so that disease can spread rampant throughout the prison and eventually to the regular citizens, no wait maybe it's electricity so that they can't keep them locked in and the guards safe? Because right now that's all your paying for. The family pays, through a commisary anything else like dental care, doctors visits, extra clothes, extra food, and the prisoners do much of the groundwork cooking and cleaning so you are not paying any money for outside people to do that either. All these practices originated with your boy Engler he didn't deal with prison reform either, all he did was make a knee jerk response and implement TIS which YES is responsible for the majority of the prison spending why do you not understand simple math? When you have inmates in for longer sentences it does equal a longer time to pay for that inmate! Also when you have many more going in than coming out it causes overcrowding, having to aquire new bills by building more prisons that costs us more money, and yes that means there are double the amount of prisoners that we are forced to pay for. I'm not glossy over anything buddy I know very well why they are there however I am also a realistic person who understands that it's the attitude that they don't need to be rehabilitated that causes the reoffender rate to be what it is-so if you cry about the reoffender rate as being a motivating factor to not release early you also need to SUPPORT rehabilitation so that it will go down but then again I don't think you know what you want other than to cry about a democrat which is typical instead of dealing with the reality of things.
  • 04-20-2007 9:17 AM In reply to

    Your right I won't....

    because no matter what I will never vote republican why? Because I do not respect a party who tells others how to be so moral and then are the biggest crooks here. Don't do drugs-Rush limbaugh the biggest druggy ever, don't be gay-republican man caught engaging in courting another male page, Cheney's daughter gay and he hasn't disowned her, war based on lies (proven lies), treat everyone equal-Hurricane Katrina (no need to explain that one)the list goes on and on. The fact is that yes all politicians are liars thats their job however based on my principles I can't vote for someone who makes the rich richer who is destroying the middle class who doesn't believe in letting people control their own bodies (abortion) and who kills innocent young people essential to our nation's future based on lies.
  • 04-20-2007 12:05 PM In reply to

    typical liberal.

    can you tell me what the medical condition is that would make a 'PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION' a medical necessity? what disease or condition makes it so that, to save the life of the mother, the child has to be partially birthed, and then have it's brains sucked out, killing him in the birth canal? how many women are liable to catch this disease? is there ANY OTHER CURE? oh, by the way, how much money did hillary and obama collect? (in other words HOW RICH ARE they?) how much of THAT money is going to the POOR? how much to the MIDDLE CLASS? the problem with katrina was that not everybody WAS treated equally. the people who we GIVE housing, who we GIVE money, who we GIVE food, ALL WANTED TO BE GIVEN A FREE RIDE TO SAFETY. EVERYBODY ELSE HAD TO GET OUT ON THEIR OWN. the city is doing quite well now, WITHOUT FEDERAL AID.
  • 04-20-2007 12:24 PM In reply to

    there IS NO

    medical necessity to have a partial birth abortion. the michigan house and senate both passed a bill saying so. JENNIE VETOED IT. where is the outrage that she would condone killing in the womb for no other good purpose than the woman doesn't want to be pregnant anymore, and opposes killing of those who kill innocents? there WON'T BE ANY FROM THE DEMOCRATS. THEY AGREE WITH HER.
  • 04-20-2007 12:28 PM In reply to

    what?

    you are against killing "innocent young people" but support "killing innocent young people"? how can that be? please explain yourself... on second thought... DON'T.
  • 04-20-2007 12:41 PM In reply to

    truth in sentencing is only

    responsible for 20 percent of the massive spending. inmates in jail are responsible for 100 percent of the massive spending. liberal legislators are responsible for the spending of FAR TOO MANY DOLLARS PER INMATE.
  • 04-20-2007 1:23 PM In reply to

    First of all....

    that is the problem with you conservatives case proven. You want to be able to tell me what I can and can't do with my body just because you don't agree with it, basic human rights are leaving us and you are the cause of it so when it does affect you don't complain cause once you let government in to your home they'll take it over. It is too bad that you don't see that despite your beliefs it does not give you the right to rule mine that is supposed to be what our country is founded on limited government and we are regressing at an alrming rate, you can't have an abortion even though its your body and should be your decision but you can buy guns which kill many kids already born and you cry if gun legislation is talked about doesn't make sense but hey that is the hypocrisy of the republican party. Women should be particularly upset about yesterday's ruling because this decision was voted in by a primarily male supreme court yet again a group of men that patronize women into believing that we can't and shouldn't be able to make an informed decision about our bodies without the help of a man. You people should be ashamed of yourself for shoving your beliefs down the throats of others who are quite capable of paying the same taxes that support this government as you do and should be able to decide for themselves what they can do with their own bodies. STAY OUT OF MY HOME AND LET ME MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS ABOUT MY BODY!!!!!!!!! This shouldn't surprise me though coming from the party that would rather people die from diseases INSTEAD OF LETTING A POSSIBLE CURE BE FOUND BY THE USE OF STEM CELLS.Hypocrites........don't want to kill unborn children but have no problem killing young soldiers for a lie and young Iraqi's by the thousands oh but I forgot if the pres says it's alright all his brainwashed croonies follow suit!
  • 04-20-2007 1:28 PM In reply to

    PUHLEASE!!!!

    Poor little rich folks made to fend for themselves for once what a joke. Thanks for giving me the best laugh I've had all day now I know civilization is going down the toilet! They are doing fine because they've all been shipped to other states so that the wealthy corporations can take the ninth ward like they've been hoping they could do for years.
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