Comments on: Texas County Indicts Cheney, Gonzales

Charges Against Vice President Relate To Investment In Private Prison Companies

[aldon61]

It''''s afunny thing...since the US adopted the use of private prisons, our prison population has skyrocketed. It''''s no coincidence that a lot of the government big-wigs have large investments in the parent companies of the folks who run these prisons...it''''s also no coincidence that these same politicians are constantly changing US law to throw more people into prison. It costs the taxpayer about $50,000/year to keep people in jail - we need to put the violent people in jail and find alternatives to deal with those in prison for things that are not really a threat to the public. We have more people in the justice system in the US than the rest of the world combined...to believe that that is a good thing is to believe that the average American has a criminal mind. We are either jailing too many people or doing something wrong in this country that drives people to crime (as we define it). Maybe both.


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Posted by Strangeworld at 11:05 AM : Nov 19, 2008

I think you''re on to something here. Maybe have work camps or prison farms for the less violent, so they can actually pay for their incarcarations. There is no way the tax payers should be shouldering the burden for non-violent offenders.

[aldon61]

The indictment is being made by a man who is a "lame duck". George W. is a "lame duck" that can issue pardons. The presidential "lame duck" trumps the local "lame duck"; these guys will never be in court to answer these charges. Too bad, it is a good fantacy thoughm, would love to see it happen!

[strangeworld]

It''s afunny thing...since the US adopted the use of private prisons, our prison population has skyrocketed. It''s no coincidence that a lot of the government big-wigs have large investments in the parent companies of the folks who run these prisons...it''s also no coincidence that these same politicians are constantly changing US law to throw more people into prison. It costs the taxpayer about $50,000/year to keep people in jail - we need to put the violent people in jail and find alternatives to deal with those in prison for things that are not really a threat to the public. We have more people in the justice system in the US than the rest of the world combined...to believe that that is a good thing is to believe that the average American has a criminal mind. We are either jailing too many people or doing something wrong in this country that drives people to crime (as we define it). Maybe both.

[dblbar]

so am curious......will anything really be done about this or not? Also if it is, don''t you imagine Bush will simply pardon the both of them and get his cronies off the hook? Just askin.....

[oldguy4truth]

od, I hope they can keep the Bas *** on life support long enough to put him in prison. Now Gonzales, He will be Bubba''s pet for years.

[dblbar]

I agree with nokoolaid.........FINALLY someone with juevos enough to do something! Now if they can just get a couple more indictments on a few other crooks!

[biblethumpar]

Obama_Dkhed , you have that right.
Texas is dealing wiht these Unamerican GOP Incompetent
war criminals at the grass roots level.....

[oldguy4truth]

closet racist .. Who said this guy was in the closet?

[observantx]

And, nowadays all Dumboturds and Dumboturd worshippers best represent all things un-American.

JFK didn''''t get out of Texas fast enough....

I suggest all Dumboturds should take a lesson and get out as fast as possible.

Posted by Obama_Dkhed


You know, I''ve been reading the reantings of this closet racist for a while now and I have just two words for them


Bite me.

[terrapin78]

Cheney should have many more charges leveled against him. I can''t wait for the floodgates to open.

But Dubai doesn''t extradite criminals. He may get off scott free.

[pirmin3]

I think capital punishment is called for in this case and Texas is big on that.

[marcodele]

That takes some guts to indict Tony Soprano. I think somebody''s gonna get some bird shot in the face.

[oldguy4truth]

Who is surprised? Speak up