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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:23 PM Original message |
60 Minutes: "One out of every 75 men is in prison." |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. The counselor called the ex-con "an addict, not a bad guy." |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. nobody's "just" drug-addicted |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That seems to be this guy's MO |
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minnesotaDFLer (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. think about it |
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TnDem (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. A concept |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. In democracies |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. The arguement is democratic when |
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firefox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. That would be the utopian theory |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Yes, there should be personal responsibility, but |
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Ronnie (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 08:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. "a Democrat at heart" |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. My thought exactly. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Does "Democrat in appearance" strike you as better? |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Sorry igil, but I heard Nancy Reagan in that post. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Just say no doesn't even work with chocolate on the long term |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 06:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Depends on how broke you are in this economy! |
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TnDem (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Actually.... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. With addiction, there is a point where there's a chemical dependency |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Actually most of the addictive |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. So I have an excuse for my chocolate addiction! |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 06:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. You obviously need to do some medical research. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. well, if everybody who used illegal substances |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. What exactly is wrong with doing drugs? |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Well put. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 09:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Not all drugs are created equal too |
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steelyboo (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Because prohibition and abstinence are the policies we are following as a |
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minnesotaDFLer (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. its a personal decision |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. So tell me, TnDem |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Not when the death penalty is cheaper. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Here's another concept, Jack: |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. You obviously |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. It would be a disservice to legalize drugs. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. "probably"? There is no legitimate reason for criminalization of pot. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. And the tax money |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Half are black. |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The guy they are following is black |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. And yet, after locking up all those men |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Think about the 58% return rate. |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's one of the things the program didn't go into |
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Joebert (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 11:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. As much as I hate Wal-Mart. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You beat me to it. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It started with Nixon's "Southern Strategy" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. thank you for pointing out |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Racial disparities in incarceration are ASTOUNDING! |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I heard it was bad, but I didn't know it was that bad |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Systematic data on crime and punishment generally are not available, |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. Are |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Of course it's not slavery. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Can we make it 1 in 74 and |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Your lips to God's ears |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. So ehm, that's not counting the women... |
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Spectral (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Lots of women are in prison because they had the wrong boyfriend |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
34. Documentary |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well over one out of every ELEVEN black men age 25-29 |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. You are absolutely right |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. Another question: what would the unemployment statistic look like ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Of course, with legalization we could put them to work |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. Over 70% |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. They "ain't winnin' their bullshit war on nutt'n!" |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. You've got that right |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. ewww maybe I should go to prison! |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-05 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
59. But,but...didn't EVERYONE feel sooo safe when Tommy Chong was in jail? |
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