Comments on: Dear Arnold & Jerry: Forget the Appeal, Make a Deal

By: Clancy

Clancy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:17:32 +0000

In response to #3’s comment: You Sir are an astute judge and a fair and equitable purveyor of truth when you chastise the ever-repetitive Don Quixote for his constant drone as regards ALL THINGS. The blog host could cite the presence of green amoebas in Tehachapi’s drinking water and Don would have a 3 paragraph rant on the evil entities therein. The readers may stare aghast at the words he displays, but God help the nay-sayer.

By: Don Bla..Bla...Blaso

Don Bla..Bla...Blaso — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:35:46 +0000

I will be using my favorite words and expressions Ad nauseam.

1) Draconian
2) Prison Industrial Complex
3) Robber Baron Gavachos
4) Bush/Cheney republican devils
5) Vitriol
6) Xenophobe
7) Menudo

I will also be ever vigilant in exposing the evil Woody, Mary Cummins and Anonymousa, using many wacky “anonymousa” names of my own. And if that isn’t enough to bore you to sleep, I will also tell fictional and amazing stories about my abuelita for those still awake.

By: Woody

Woody — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:58:00 +0000

Why should California spend money on prisons when there are so many more things important to liberals?

Artist Scott Donahue of Emeryville, Calif., was paid $196,000 by Berkeley's public arts program to create two large statues, which feature small, artistic medallions that show dogs doing what dogs do best. "Various things," Donahue said. "Biting each other, chasing each otherâ€¦. One dog is defecating, two dogs are fornicating."

By: don quixote

don quixote — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:41:56 +0000

Excellent and timely post Celeste, the 3 strikes = life law and the other draconian, dark ages consequences meted out for crimes as petty as the example you cite have helped bankrupt the State of Calif.
Pushed on not only the poor souls who live in the barbaric conditions of our numerous penal institutions, but also on the taxpaying public who are now on the hook for billions of dollars more.

Shoved up our collective ass’s by the big money lobbyists from the prison building and maintenance industry, the prison guards union, the weak, greedy, morally and economically corrupted Calif state lawmakers of past and present (excepting a few like Sen Gloria Romero who is slimed constantly by the pro prison mordida-ista’s),who have continually rolled over in favor of money at the expense and suffering of so many.

And it’s not just the old nitwit, Republican, law and order screwballs, but the supposedly Liberal Democrats who have been the recipients of the big money that prison lobbyists throw around, they have become adamant voices of the lock em all up and throw away the key proponents.

What’s so incredibly pathetic about the whole Calif prison system scandal is that it would take years and millions of dollars in court costs, finally ending up with a Federal mandate and threat of seizure, before the State Govt finally got off their ass’s to address the problem seriously.
It’s not only a good lesson about what money can get you with politicians, but also how money can prevent any action on a very serious issue, with our representatives in a collective state of paralysis and a public be damned, give me my money philosophy