Is it really obstruction?

[gordon30307]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Agreed, but today, we have all the "bleeding hearts" that think the prisoners are not treated properly. So my claim of an 8 x 8 with toilet, sink & cot will handle the concerns of them (bleeding hearts). Twelve to fifteen hours of hard work and nothing to look forward to, day in and day out is all that a convicted individual needs. Rehabilitation comes in the form of tough rules and breaking the spirit of the inmates. If they survive the sentence then they can go free - just like the work camps of old!


Stocks in the Village Square, Hang drawn and quartered, or better yet, make them gladiators. What happens when you beat a dog? It only makes him more vicious. Keep in mind most will be released evetually. United States is right up there in terms of the number of people incarcerated per capita. Kind of ironic don't you think? I would venture to guess most are related to drug related crimes.


And still, that is a better life than many of our young men & women. They committed no crime - they just decided to put their lives on the line for the rest of us! In combat, they have no sinks or toilets. No three squares or cots. No TV or video games. No clean laundry. Do you hear them complain? Screw the prisoners!


God Bless our boys & girls in the military!

Ditto concerning our military.

[greymule]

I agree that the government has gone too far incarcerating nonviolent drug offenders, especially while two monsters—each with more than 20 (!) burglary convictions—were free in Cheshire, Connecticut, to commit that state's crime of the century earlier this year. (Google Komisarjevsky Hayes for the horrendous details.)

The War on Drugs has succeeded only in making drugs of all kinds cheaper and more plentiful, and as with prohibition, it has created and fostered a drug-specific criminal class. It has also built a huge and apparently permanent edifice of special interests with a stake in keeping things exactly as they are. But I don't have the answer. Legalize drugs? Crack? Meth?

Yes, the U.S. incarcerates a lot of people, but too many nonviolent offenders and too few violent ones. A few miles from my house, violent felonies are committed one after another: stabbings, shootings, armed robberies, beatings, gang attacks, carjackings, and so on apparently without end. And that's just in Trenton, which is nothing compared to Newark or Camden. They catch maybe a fifth of the perps, but if you do the math, even conceding that juveniles routinely get a pass, there should be a million guys in New Jersey's prisons.

Anyone who thinks the authorities have a clue should know that NJ recently passed a law making it a crime to recruit for gang membership while on school property. Isn't that great? Just wait till those Bloods and Crips find out that if they're caught recruiting in science class, they'll have to go to the principal's office.

And yes, thank God for our brave and dedicated military.