A Call For A Criminal Justice Revolution

Now that President Obama has spent half of our children's and grandchildren's life earnings on liberal programs and rewarding political allies, government needs some money-saving ideas. Ah-nold has threatened to release thousands of California's inmates from prison because of their especially awful budget crisis (is it a coincidence that the most leftist states are in deepest recession?), but he might not have to if he follows my prescription.

Simply put, you give inmates a choice. You can have a traditional sentence, or your sentence can be reduced by two-thirds if you agree to:

1) Solitary confinement with no visitors except family, clergy, medical and legal professionals;
2) Productive labor for eight hours a day at whatever task is assigned to you (this must be something that can be done within the prisoner's cell);
3) No media of any kind except reading materials that can be considered educational or spiritual; and
4) Excellent behavior.

What about exercise?
Millions have done aerobics in the few square feet in front of their TVs. Inmates can do the same, except without the TV. Not to mention push-ups, sit-ups, jump-rope, isometrics, and running in place.

It would be far cheaper to keep an inmate in "lockdown" all of the time. An inmate who accepts this offer wouldn't be able to intimidate or be intimidated by other inmates. He wouldn't be pumping himself up in the weight room to facilitate overpowering the guards during the next riot. Therefore the prison would need fewer guards. New prisons could be made smaller, especially since many inmates would leave 66% faster, so there would be fewer inmates. The prospect of solitary confinement keeps the incentive to avoid prison. And the fact that it's a choice made by the convict keeps the ACLU away.

Outrageous Money-Making Scheme

Hey, let's get a bunch of tall guys to put on silly clothes and fight each other over who's better at putting a toy ball through a metal ring. We'll need to get a ton of taxpayer dollars to build a place to play this game, of course, and maybe a lot of those taxpayers will actually pay a bunch more money to visit the arenas that they paid for because they'd really want to see these games.

OK, I guess it's a silly idea...no one would fall for such an outrageous money-making scheme.

Remember those who have paid dearly for our blessings

I searched the internet in vain to learn who this quote originated with, but it's still worth repeating:
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to his country for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'
Thanks to all who have served honorably in our armed forces, and a special appreciation goes out to those who have lost loved ones serving our country. God bless you.
A happy yet pensive Memorial Day to all.

Altruism, Vengeance Not Condusive To Darwinistic Survival

My Miniature Pinscher killed a sparrow. I didn't see it happen, but I heard and then saw the ruckus as the surviving birds swirled around, threatening revenge on Buster. Why would they do that? Why would they take turns swooping down within a couple of feet of the one who had just demonstrated his willingness and his ability to kill? (He's killed at least twenty birds in his eight years of guarding our home) It couldn't have been some maternal or familial instinct to protect the species, you Darwinists out there, because most of the eight or nine birds that were trying to intimidate Buster were pigeons or blackbirds. Only one sparrow sought to avenge it's bird-of-a-feather.
Again I ask, why would they do that?

Ten Non-Theological Reasons To Oppose Homosexual Marriage

If homosexual marriage becomes entrenched in the law...
1) there can be no rationale to refuse polygamists the right to legally wed...
2) there can be no rationale to refuse incestuous relationships the right to legally wed...
3) there can be no rationale to refuse inter-species relationships the right to legally wed...
4) through this precedent activists will force churches, religious counseling agencies, religious schools, and everyone else to hire homosexuals against their consciences...
5) every government institution (including schools) and every institution that has any government assistance (such as tax exemptions) will eventually be forced to portray homosexual marriage as normal...
6) it will become illegal to prevent children from being adopted or foster-cared by homosexual couples, even though more than ten thousand studies have concluded that the ideal for raising kids is having a father and a mother for a variety of reasons...
7) the health-care system, already strained, will be devastated with hundreds of thousands of new dependents, many of whom are infected with STDs, including HIV...
8) the Social Security system, already strained, will be devastated with hundreds of thousands of new dependents...
9) many retirement policies, already strained, will be devastated with hundreds of thousands of new dependents.
Finally,
10) homosexual intercourse is disgusting, dirty, and unhealthy in and of itself, and homosexuals are much more likely to add even more dangerous and unhealthy sexual methods and instruments to their sexual expressions, and homosexuals are generally extremely promiscuous (not the marrying type). So it would be wrong for the State to sanctify homosexuality.
Instead, the State ought to promote the cure.
For further information, see
http://www.wevotevalues.com/11arguments.pdf
http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosexuality_and_Promiscuity