OUR PRISON SYSTEM - Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein is quoted above and I feel like I am accurate in stating, "Doing more of what works, works." I heard it in a seminar on Life and Career Management and it is amazing how powerful some basic some principles are.

I received an email from a friend of mine that is worth some thought because it gives an alternative to the way most other people are managing the prison system. This is not a comparison of the different systems, but a call to think about what we are being told.

1. There are riots in prison with extensive damage and physical harm.

2. There is a court system which blames overcrowding for the poor quality of the life of the inmates.

3. There is a pending court order that this overcrowding must be solved or the prisoners released.

4. How much thought does it take to muse over the fact that if you play to the media and the court system and create as much chaos as you can to prove that the caring ones are right, you will not have to pay for your crime.

This line of reasoning is, in my opiniion, the same reasoning used to close GITMO. We have the best facility in the best location which operates painfully well (not perfect), but we are concerned about world opinion fed to us by MoveOn.orgers and MSNBC types. al Qaeda uses the information for their recruiting propaganda. The alternative is, "Let's move the detainees to American soil where we can expose our civilians to a spectacular al Qaeda operation made for TV and where these poor abused victims can plead for fair treatment while enjoying their confinement and still presenting al Queda with propanda. I am puzzled, but I did come up with the explanation. There are both gullible fools and intelligent people whom I define at http://factsforreality.net/
as mooreons and WIIers respectively. I have not heard a better explanation and I remain open to a challenge. It just does not make sense to me, but a negotiating class lab enlightened me that humans will work to their own detriment.

I believe that there is a movement playing on Roger Dawson, an Englishman teaching negotiation, talking about the most powerful negotiating gambit to use against an American is, "What do you think is fair?"

The following quote describes an emotional tool which is now used for more than money. "A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money." "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." George Bernard Shaw (1944)

Please excuse the unclean formatting - I need to get to work, but I checked my email and felt we need to pay attention to how we analyze and implement what we do in this world. We really can go through life without thinking about anything if we want. We only have to think about and protect that which is important to us, like our country's place in the world and fiscal well being.


SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe! Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million> > dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe> > offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said> > okay.�> >> > The animal shelters are now all> > staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the> > strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice> > daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition> > and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to> > adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the> > street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place> > in dog shows.�> >> > The best part? His budget for the> > entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted> > a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered,> > and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a> > microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us> > $78.�> >> > The prisoners get the benefit of> > about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free,> > just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is> > for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners> > out of the fees collected for adopted> > animals.�> >> > I have long wondered when the rest> > of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail> > system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated> > to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow> > most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work> > and harvesting by hand.�> >> > He has a pretty good sized hog farm,> > which provides meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas> > tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living> > Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later.> > We have six trees in our yard from the> > Prison.�> >> > Yup, he was reelected last year with> > 83% of the vote.�> > Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He> > painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural, that has a> > special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call> > and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs> > Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40> > deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws,> > started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling> > folks back to the border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of> > Sheriff.�> >> > TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH> > JOE ARPAIO�> >> > HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY> > SHERIFF�> >> > AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER> > AND OVER�> > THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS> > WHY:�> >> > Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who> > created the ' Tent City Jail':�> > He has jail meals down to 40> > cents a serving and charges the inmates for> > them.�> >> > He stopped smoking and porno> > magazines in the jails. Took away their weights Cut off all but> > 'G' movies.�> >> > He started chain gangs so the> > inmates could do free work on county and city> > projects.�> >> > Then He Started Chain Gangs For> > Women So He Wouldn't Get�> > Sued For> > Discrimination.�> >> > He took away cable TV Until he found> > out there was A Federal Court Order that Required Cable TV For> > Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only Let In The Disney> > Channel And The Weather Channel.�> >> > When asked why the> > weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot It's Gonna> > Be While They Are Working�> > ON My Chain> > Gangs.�> >> > He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero> > Nutritional Value.�> >> > When the inmates complained, he told> > them, 'This Isn't The Ritz/Carlton......If You Don't Like It,> > Don't Come Back.'�> >> >> > More On The Arizona> > Sheriff:�> >> > With Temperatures Being Even Hotter> > Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees Just Set A New Record), the> > Associated Press Reports:�> > About 2,000 Inmates Living In A> > Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The Maricopa County> > Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their> > Government-Issued�> > Pink Boxer Shorts.�> >> > On Wednesday, hundreds> > of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds> > or chatted in the tents, which reached�> > 138 Degrees Inside> > The Week Before.�> >> > Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink> > Towels As Sweat Collected On Their Chests And Dripped Down To> > Their PINK SOCKS.�> >> > 'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,'> > Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In The TENTS for 1> > year. 'It's Inhumane.'�> >> > Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff> > who created the tent city and long ago started making his> > prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit> > sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates:> > 'It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents> > Too, And They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear,�> > But They Didn't> > Commit Any Crimes,So Shut Your Mouths!'�> >> > Way To Go,> > Sheriff!�> >> > Maybe if all prisons were like this> > one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders.> > Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in> > luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and> > commit another crime so they can get back in to live on> > taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have> > for themselves.�> >> > If you agree, pass this on.. If not,> > just delete> > it.> >