cnn.

[SUPREMEOPRESSOR]

Re: cnn.

I'd like a story covering how the US has more prisoners than any other country in the world. I'm not sure thats ever gonna get on tv though.

[thesightless]

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id like a story on why we have more prisoners... oh yeah, they know they can get away with it and we have the best police force outside of the UK..... they are committing crime and the cops are doing thier jobs. you want them to stop policing criminals and abandon law b/c you feel our jails are too populated? must be nice to live in a shelter....

[day_for_night]

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i think you need to know the types of people you've got locked up. 60% are nonviolent drug offenders, many of which are first time offenders. not really sure nonviolent people who havent wronged anyone belong in jail...

and the united states imprisons more people now (as a % of total population) than communist russia did...that's saying something.

[thesightless]

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yeah, ill say it, stop breaking the law. without law, you have ppl doing whatever they want. if we have a problem with class b,c, and d, drug offenders, then we need to pressure the legilature into relaxing the laws and panalties. IMO, even nonviolent class A offenders should face the consequences.

[day_for_night]

Re: cnn.

yeah, ill say it, stop breaking the law. without law, you have ppl doing whatever they want. if we have a problem with class b,c, and d, drug offenders, then we need to pressure the legilature into relaxing the laws and panalties. IMO, even nonviolent class A offenders should face the consequences.

you ever tried a class a drug?

[thesightless]

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yup, and if i got caught, then i get whats coming, its not like i didnt know blowing lines was illegal until i got out of college. there is a line of responsibility there being that evryone knows what will happen if yer caught...

[Localizer]

Re: cnn.

as to what ben just wrote...

notice that there hasnt been any media covering how well our economy is doing???
also note that NO ONE has covered the public works the UN and US are constructing in afhghanistan and iraq, they never tell us how the US funds half the governments in africa aznd the middle east through exrtremely large foreign aid.

The economy is doing well because we're at war. A lot of companies are thoroughly benefiting from the war which is causing a rippling effect to companies that provide the good's to those companies, etc...

[Localizer]

Re: cnn.

yup, and if i got caught, then i get whats coming, its not like i didnt know blowing lines was illegal until i got out of college. there is a line of responsibility there being that evryone knows what will happen if yer caught...

Ya, I have to agree with that too.

[day_for_night]

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but thats not my point...the punishment doesnt fit the crime.

[KinKyJ]

Re: cnn.

I'd like a story covering how the US has more prisoners than any other country in the world. I'm not sure thats ever gonna get on tv though.

total or pro rata?

[thesightless]

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The economy is doing well because we're at war. A lot of companies are thoroughly benefiting from the war which is causing a rippling effect to companies that provide the good's to those companies, etc...

gonna disagree with you here. simply because i know market economics. the companies that should be benifitting from a war, arent. all the manufacturing and textile industries have fell back tothe regular market, and it isnt like the 40's in that only a few companies are bound to gov't contracts. there isnt a war effort going on.