Dear Michael Moore - Democratic Underground

malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:08 PM
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Dear Michael Moore

When you're finished exposing the crooks on Wall Street, would you please start working on the Get Rich Private Prison neo-slavery.
Who else is profiting from locking up young men. How does the network operate? This is the next scandal waiting to erupt.

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valerief

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:11 PM
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1. Right. If you lock up enough young men and send the others overseas in war,

there won't be enough angry young men around to revolt. Plus there's all that free labor for private businesses and plenty of bodies to provide a liver or kidney here and there for the privileged.

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malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:13 PM
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3. Ding ding

Of course you can also test all sorts of medications on them as well.
If these prisons hold really dangerous men, you alone control their movements as well, so you can also let them out for certain 'jobs'.
This is a very dangerous business.

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valerief

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:23 PM
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7. Absolutely. Manchurian candidates, all. nt

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monmouth

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:12 PM
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2. Isn't Cheeeeney heavily invested (personally) in prisons???...n/t

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malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:15 PM
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4. $87 million

according to BBC.

Who else? Congressmen and women? Judges (two were caught recently), lawyers?
Police? School principals? Big pharma?
This needs to be investigated.

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monmouth

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:18 PM
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6. Absolutely. And here in Palm Beach County the local county jail

has so many problems. Very bad food,under staffed and the list goes on. Vendors provide the meals and many other services because it's cheaper...

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malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:54 PM
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10. Vendors provide the meals because they are making

money.

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stillcool

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:18 PM
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5. People don't care...

I think for the most part the American people are eager to throw their fellow citizens in jail, if not kill them, regardless of their age. There is zero interest in any kind of rehabilitation..again..regardless of their age. 15 year old kids being sentenced to adult prison for life. No thought as to why this is happening. No thought as to cause and effect. I, me, mine, and everyone else can go eff themselves.

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Fire1

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:33 PM
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8. Pretty much.

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malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 06:53 PM
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9. They'll care when they find out the truth

They cared a lot more about both Bushco's reign of terror after Fahrenheit 911 and the state of healthcare after Sicko.

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Jane Austin

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Wed Mar-25-09 07:02 PM
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11. Yes mainly they just can't bring themselves to believe that

the pillars of their local communities - in many cases - would be that evil.

It the reason BushCo got away with so much.

People don't want to believe the leader of our country could be that bad.

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stillcool

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Wed Mar-25-09 07:12 PM
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12. I wish I believed that...

I posted something about the prison system, as well as child abuse statistics here..if you want to take a look.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2456063

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malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 08:04 PM
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13. Thanks for that link stillcool

Edited on Wed Mar-25-09 08:07 PM by malaise

:hi:

I read that back in December but forgot to bookmark the page.

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stillcool

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Wed Mar-25-09 08:22 PM
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14. You're welcome..

it's depressing as hell, isn't it?

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malaise

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Wed Mar-25-09 08:35 PM
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15. Indeed

the number of incarcerations from foster homes is beyond frightening.
Child abuse is always depressing.

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