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Ariz. sheriff makes inmates pedal for television
Arizona Daily Star ^
| 4/4/10
| KNXV-TV
Posted on 04/04/2010 4:49:05 PM PDT by Nachum
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has started a program he calls "Pedal Vision," in which inmates pedal stationary bikes to generate electricity for television sets.
The bikes are customized to turn on connected TV sets once inmates at Phoenix's Tent City Jail pedal enough to generate 12 volts of electricity.
An hour of pedaling equals an hour of television.
Arpaio says inmates only will be able to watch television if they choose to pedal.
He says he started the program with female inmates because they seemed more receptive.
Arpaio says the only exercise female inmates have been getting is speed-walking around the tent yard.
He says Pedal Vision gives them a reason to get moving and a way to burn calories.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: ariz; inmates; pedal; sheriff
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Well~! We can all get behind this "green initiative".
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posted on
04/04/2010 4:49:05 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
Excellent idea. Although I wonder if inmates in excellent physical shape is such a good thing. I wonder if we could hoook it up to the city power lines and make them power the city through pedaling all day and night.
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posted on
04/04/2010 4:52:04 PM PDT
by
Niuhuru
(The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
To: Nachum
LOL yeah greenie heads are gonna splode.
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posted on
04/04/2010 4:52:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Nachum
Ed Begley should be proud, as I heard he as a pedal powered toaster.
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posted on
04/04/2010 4:58:54 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
To: Nachum
Great Fat Fighting Idea. Michelle should commend Sheriff Joe for a way to fight youth obesity. LOL
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posted on
04/04/2010 4:59:47 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: Nachum
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:00:16 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
To: cripplecreek
LOL yeah greenie heads are gonna splode. LOL!!! That Sheriff Joe is sumpin else! When he's not busy saving Arizona, he's out there saving the planet!!!
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:01:44 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Dude! Where's my Constitution!)
To: Allegra; SoConPubbie; SoCalPol; rintense; Lakeshark; Nachum
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:02:21 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Facts don't matter. Proof not required. Anything goes! Racial slurs, death threats.....)
To: onyx
He's awesome. Just awesome.
/begin sarc
Too bad he endorsed that flaming socialist Romney.
/end sarcasm
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:06:40 PM PDT
by
rintense
(Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
To: Niuhuru
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:10:20 PM PDT
by
randita
(Sarah Palin has the same computer that I have.)
To: onyx
I think ol’ Joe would make a wonderful Governor of AZ.
To: randita
Here’s hoping we see a win.
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:13:14 PM PDT
by
Niuhuru
(The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
To: rintense
LOL. and “you betcha” he’s awesome!!!
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:13:18 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Facts don't matter. Proof not required. Anything goes! Racial slurs, death threats.....)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:13:44 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Facts don't matter. Proof not required. Anything goes! Racial slurs, death threats.....)
To: onyx
wow, would be nice to seee the inmates of California help solve the issue of lack of energy for that Green State.
To: Niuhuru
Although I wonder if inmates in excellent physical shape is such a good thing.It's not. That's why here in Ohio, we got rid of weights in prisons after a deadly prison riot in 1993.
To: rovenstinez
Never happen in the inmate-coddled Leftist state of CA.
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:18:07 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Facts don't matter. Proof not required. Anything goes! Racial slurs, death threats.....)
To: Nachum
Yet another innovation in in penal services from Sheriff Arpaio! Not only is it a form of green power but it can be used to counter obesity in our jails.
Way to go Joe!
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:19:38 PM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(California -- Ya es como Mexico)
To: Nachum
Hey Joe do pay-per-view on the sports channel and let people bet on who generates the most juice too, there’s help for the budget too.
The ultimate bet would be how long it would take to fry someone in the electric chair that way.
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posted on
04/04/2010 5:21:41 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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