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Posted by Carl Mitchell on Saturday, August 21, 2010,
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“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” ~ Fyodor DostoevskyJokes about it are a part of every comedian’s repertoire; cops use the threat of it to scare suspects into cooperating with them; prisoners use it to dominate each other and guards use it to humiliate prisoners. The problem: prison rape. Estimates based on a 2007 DOJ survey of inmates suggest that more than 60,000 prisoners -- or about 1 in 20 -- are raped each year. That same study i... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Saturday, August 7, 2010,
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Judging by the TV show Cops you would think that police officers love being videotaped. Every week millions of viewers watch the long running Fox show as gallant, police officers stop and arrest a rouges gallery of seedy criminals. The police stops are always done with probable cause. All the arresting officers seem fair but stern; compassionate but streetwise. They also all seem reasonable in the use of force. Well cops do love being videotaped – when it is they who control when, wher... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Thursday, August 5, 2010,
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After a series of brief technical and personal difficulties, I am proud to announce to those who read this blog that I will be resuming new post shortly. A lot has happened that I have been anxious to write about. I ask that the reader/subscriber be patient as new post will begin this week. Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Thursday, June 24, 2010,
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So far in my blog I’ve refrained from writing extensively about the nation’s friendly neighborhood demagogue - Glenn Beck. I’ve refrained because it’s kind of hard to keep up with his rants and harder still to find adjectives to describe the depth of his psychosis. However, things have been getting stranger than usual in Glenn Beckistan lately and I cannot let his latest delusions go without comment. You see according to Glenn Beck he is the re-incarnation of Martin Luther King Jr.... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Saturday, June 19, 2010,
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Isn't it ironic ... don't you think? ~ Alanis Morissette – Ironic
The final McCain/Obama debate of the 2008 presidential campaign contains two particularly memorable moments for me: The first moment was when McCain, looking rather confused, wandered the floor and nearly collided into a camera. The other moment was when during that same ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Wednesday, June 16, 2010,
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In April of this year I, like a lot of people, sat in shock and watched the “Collateral Murder” video that went viral and that purported to show a July 12, 2007 incident in Iraq in which two Apache helicopters fired upon and killed two dozen people in the suburb of New Baghdad. The video was from the site Wikileaks a site that according to it is, “…a multi-jurisdictional public service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive materials to commu... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Saturday, June 12, 2010,
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More than a decade after the so-called “Trial of the Century,” most people can still remember the names of the key players – Mark Furhman, Chief Darryl Gates, Marcia Clark, Johnny Cochran, Robert Shapiro, Ronald Goldman, Nicole Simpson Brown and of course O.J. Simpson. Nor or those old enough to remember likely to have forgotten the images associated with the case – the low speed car chase, the bloody glove, the gory crime scene photos, the inconsolable parents. Well, several of the... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Wednesday, June 9, 2010,
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Last night the mainstream Republican establishment held its collective breath over the possibility that Israel émigré Orly Taitz would win the Republican nominee for California’s Secretary of State. The loss suffered by professional lawsuit filer Taitz was beginning to make me wonder whether Republicans had finally found someone too crazy for them to back. (Taitz, who has racked up California attorney $20,000 in sanctions from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for her frivolous lawsuits,... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
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It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. ~Alfred AdlerFor some time now I’ve wanted to write about conservative casualties in their self-proclaimed culture war between them and us immoral heathens but have been stopped by this fact: every time I try to make a list of conservative hypocrites who have been caught with their pants down another scandal emerges. So I’ve decided to take my chances knowing that another scandal may emerge after I finish this post. Th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Sunday, May 16, 2010,
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I am one who greatly values diversity of opinion. I believe that people should look at many difference sources for their news and that today we should all take advantage of the multitude of information sources we have at our fingertips. I understand that MSNBC, which is one of my sources and has a reputation for being a voice for us lefties, could want a Mika Brzezinski or a Joe Scarborough, Mike Smerconish, David Gregory, Willey Geist or a Chuck Todd to give itself greater balance. I appr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Monday, May 3, 2010,
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Lately, I’ve been searching for people who occupy the middle ground between the anti-immigration, Teabagger, let’s-keep-the country-as-white-as-possible-crowd and the let’s-completely-collapse-the-border-between-US-and-Mexico-and-have-blanket-amnesty-crowd. Both sides make me uneasy as both bring a lot of heat but very little light to the subject of illegal immigration. On one side we have Governor Jan Brewer who essentially blames the Federal government for forcing her to enact Arizo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Sunday, April 25, 2010,
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On the issue of Health Care Reform: The Republican Party and The Teabaggers – simpatico! On the issue Gun Control: The Republican Party and The Teabaggers – simpatico! On the issue of Climate Legislation: The Republican Party and The Teabaggers – simpatico! On the issue of Immigration Reform: The Republican Party and The Teabaggers – Danger! Danger! Warning Will Robinson! As divided as they are on most issues, the establishment of both the Republican and Democratic Parties recognize o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Friday, April 23, 2010,
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“If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.” Eric Schmidt, CEO Google on CNBC. Let’s face it Google is an indispensable part of the Web. Its many services such as Chrome, Gmail, Buzz and Street View are a part of our everyday browsing habits. Google is also, of course, one of the most successful companies in the world. According to finance.yahoo.com Google made more than $2 billion in the last quarter of 2009 and thi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
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In a previous post I wrote about 15-year-old Phoebe Prince, a student at South Hadley High School in Massachusetts who hanged herself as a result of having been bullied by several students at her school. Recently the true extent of the harassment has come out in court papers filed in the case. Incidences revealed in court papers
· On January 14, 2010 while in the library at South Hadley High School, Prince was with friends when several of her alleged bullies - Sean Mulveyhill, Kayla Nare... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Monday, April 5, 2010,
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I was not a popular kid in school. I liked learning new things, got along with most of my teachers and had parents who taught me not to succumb to peer pressure. Consequently, I never snuck into the boy’s restroom to smoke. I never cut classes. I never felt compelled to wear the same thing the other kids were wearing. Seeing as how I was a diligent student, an independent thinker, loved learning and had a rapport with my teachers, I was not exactly accepted by my fellow students. I was... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Sunday, March 21, 2010,
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“You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind!” ~ Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein 1974. Back in the summer of 09’ Michele Bachmann, United States Representative of Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, stated on Fox that she would not be filling out her Census form. Part of her reasoning (for lack of a better word), lies somewhere in this quote from a Fox interview that year: “Take this into consideration. If we look at American history, between 194... Continue reading ...
Posted by Carl Mitchell on Saturday, January 9, 2010,
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Society
Recently while I was surfing the Internet and
checking out other blogs, I came across this little gem and, as it so happens, the
subject of this post. The photo, which I
got from www.slightlywarped.com,
speaks for itself and as they say “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, in this picture the phrase “child
abuse”, would have to be included among those words. No one, not even this woman I suspect, starts
out saying, “toda... Continue reading ...
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