Posted on 11/30/2006 11:21:21 AM PST by Froufrou
The core of the democrat party. 100% true blue democrat voters.
Yeah, it's a tragedy for the kids, that's for sure. But I don't know of many mommies who've gone to prison for simple possession of a joint, for example.
Living in a household where mommy makes meth in the kitchen is also pretty hard on kids.
They obviously didn't poll my in-laws...........
I wonder how many of these people are in jail for non-violent offenses.
Oh, you missed that, did ya? The whole article just drips with the blood of liberal's bleeding hearts...
I've seen a couple of those "non-violent" drug offenders. A couple of female meth addicts. They were stealing from stores all over Pocatello. They took a deskside computer from computer surplus shop while I was shopping there. I called my wife (the duty dispatcher at the PD) with a description of the women just moments after the theft. They were apprehended the next day. The deskside computer was found along with almost $20,000 in other merchandise reported stolen from local stores. The thieves are back in prison where they belong. They aren't fit to be free among law abiding citizens. Both of them already had extensive records of theft and incarceration. They also had some domestic violence convictions.
Here's a couple of more facts. My family and friends are all European-Americans. I don't know anyone who has ever been in jail or on probation. Talk among yourselves.
"on probation"
Um, folks can be "on probation" for something as simple as a traffic ticket, where after 6 months it drops off your record. I imagine the vast majority fall in this category. The statistics are meaningless.
The true criminals: those who put drug users and dealers people in prison.
See my #11. Not everyone on "probation" for a traffic or parking ticket will tell you. But you know someone, believe me.
I do know what you were getting at, though.
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers.-Ayn Rand
Point being,damn near everything is a crime now.
Good for you!!! I know Pocatello, that's a nice little place. I used to travel through there to and from Tri-Cities, WA. Or maybe on the way to the Umatilla Nat'l Forest, where we used to camp out.
People like you should be given a $$$ reward.
This number will only increase when Deval Patrick takes over as Massachusetts Governor.
I'm amazed how I initially missed the liberal spin, but thanks to Kenton I've been Hannitized...
I know what you mean. Yes, the fact of the guilty plea is still there. More accurately, no "conviction" is entered. Lotta good it does you later when you are asked to report if you ever "entered a guilty plea" on a job application.
My point was many so-called "probationists" are everyday folks who just got a ticket taken under advisement or court-supervision, so that we get to "1 in 32 Americans in Jail, Parole."
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