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Inmates Complain After 5 Turkey Dinners
ABC News ^ | Aug 4, 2005 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/04/2005 2:24:13 PM PDT by mdittmar

Five straight turkey dinners prompted El Paso County jail inmates to go on a brief hunger strike. The inmates refused to eat Saturday, arguing that meals such as turkey chili mac, turkey a la king, turkey stew and turkey sausage were unnecessarily cruel.

Sheriff's officials said Wednesday that the hunger strike ended after about half an hour.

"Turkey, turkey and more turkey is not a form of punishment," the Sheriff's Office said in a tongue-in-cheek prepared statement. "The inmates accepted this reasoning and gobbled up their dinner meal."The inmates had spaghetti for dinner Wednesday with turkey-based meat sauce.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cary; inmates; waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah; whiners
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

HA! The good ol days of a case of Ramen a week. 3 squares a day... mmmmmm.. tasty ;) /sarcasm


21 posted on 08/04/2005 2:31:42 PM PDT by BigTex5
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To: mdittmar

"arguing that meals such as turkey chili mac, turkey a la king, turkey stew and turkey sausage were unnecessarily cruel."

And in other news, the National Turkey Growers Federation has file suit against certain inmates at the El Paso detention facility for defamation of a food product.


22 posted on 08/04/2005 2:32:25 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (The Democrat party is the official party of the Morlocks.)
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To: mdittmar

Guess they got the authorities to talk turkey, huh?


23 posted on 08/04/2005 2:32:44 PM PDT by Junior (Just because the voices in your head tell you to do things doesn't mean you have to listen to them)
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To: Cinnamon
Soon the poor will be clamoring to get into jail for the food and accommodation.

Oh it's a funny world isn't it ?

24 posted on 08/04/2005 2:33:13 PM PDT by Supercomputer One
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To: glorgau
I don't like spam!
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25 posted on 08/04/2005 2:33:15 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
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To: mdittmar

that stuff sounds great better than the stuff my monster in law fixs for me and mrs beeber


26 posted on 08/04/2005 2:33:20 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: Junior

You're talking Gobble Gobble Gobblydook !

:)


27 posted on 08/04/2005 2:34:10 PM PDT by Supercomputer One
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To: mdittmar

Alert Senator Durbin.


28 posted on 08/04/2005 2:34:26 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mdittmar
Just wait till Thanksgiving!

A week of Spam should cure their turkey overload.

29 posted on 08/04/2005 2:34:27 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: mdittmar

30 posted on 08/04/2005 2:36:42 PM PDT by zencat (The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
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To: freepertoo
"I'm laughing at this because during my "broke" periods I will buy taco shells and eat tacos for fourteen days straight if need be!!!"

I'll never forget the ramen noodles era of my life.

31 posted on 08/04/2005 2:36:43 PM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: zencat

Man...What I wouldn't give for a turkey sandwich with mayo and a bowl of stuffing right now. Alas, it's tuna again.


32 posted on 08/04/2005 2:38:33 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: mdittmar; blackie; Liz; Rennes Templar; little jeremiah; Rome2000; PhilDragoo; Boazo; pookie18; ...

Jonathan Swift suggested a Final Solution in his "A Modest Proposal."

Let them eat NARAL by-products. NARAL will say it's not cannibalism...just tissue.






/EXTREME sarcasm & Swift BUMP



(pardon me while I retch at the truth about NARAL.)


33 posted on 08/04/2005 2:39:13 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: mdittmar
Five straight turkey dinners prompted El Paso County jail inmates to go on a brief hunger strike. The inmates refused to eat Saturday, arguing that meals such as turkey chili mac, turkey a la king, turkey stew and turkey sausage were unnecessarily cruel.

"I'm not going to count to three. I'm not even going to count to one. You WILL shut the %^$& up NOW or I'll sing you a lullaby!" (Clancy Brown, The Shawshank Redemption)

That's about how much sympathy I have for these whiners...

34 posted on 08/04/2005 2:42:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Graham Petrie, 1911 - 2005: Rest in Peace.)
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To: mdittmar

They inmates, and they are not dining in a five-star restaurant. They're griping about turkey chili mac and turkey a la king? Many times during my army career I would have traded my cold C-ration or MRE for a hot meal like that!


35 posted on 08/04/2005 2:42:16 PM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: mdittmar

I have found the two greatest condiments to make any food tasty..

1. Hunger

2. Gratitude


36 posted on 08/04/2005 2:43:43 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Save the whales. Redeem them for valuable prizes.)
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To: mdittmar

I bet those people they robbed, raped, and killed would rather eat turkey for a week rather than be dead, raped, or robbed.


37 posted on 08/04/2005 2:43:57 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: mdittmar

Give em Spam!!!!

Spam omelet
Spam a la king
Spam benedict
Spam & cheese sandwich.......

That will fix em.


38 posted on 08/04/2005 2:45:01 PM PDT by international american (Tagline now flameproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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To: joesnuffy

can we get an AMEN???


39 posted on 08/04/2005 2:45:20 PM PDT by cajun-jack
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To: mdittmar

What? Do they think the El Paso detention certer is Club Gitmo?


40 posted on 08/04/2005 2:47:06 PM PDT by ol' hoghead (never, ever go to "FREECREDITREPORT.COM. Trust me on this.)
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