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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:15 PM Original message |
Obama just noted the irony of having a nation of new prisons and old schools |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oooh, good one. |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Aren't a lot of prisons being built by private companies |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yep - Poppy Bush got into the business of private prisons in the 90s. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow. That's a great point. It's also very sad. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Really, talk about whacked-out values... |
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Texas_Kat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Then he should go talk to the Governors of the states |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Don't mandatory minimum sentences |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You don't know the role that the federal government plays in the prison system across the country? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Loved that line! "New prisons. Old schools." |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. packing a lot of substance into a political rally |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. He gets what is really important |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent Point |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think the prison spending shows how racism is alive and well |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. throwing away our people, instead of interveneing early and putting them |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm sure they could, but there's no money for that. |
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