Overall US death toll in Iraq hits 4,000
hmmmm…
see a problem?
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I’ve written before about prison camps for teenagers and the abuse that happens there, but this one’s the worst I have seen described INSIDE the U.S. Nothing, NOTHING these girls did could justify this. Never!
AP: 13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers (AP)
from Yahoo! News
AP - The Columbia Training School [...]
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I write about prisons and prisoners a lot, so you might never know that it’s a really hard subject for me to write about, but it is. It’s not just numbers and statistics and information; it’s family. My mom is in prison, on drug charges, and would be much better off in a drug treatment [...]
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When I was 8, 9 and 10 I was a bully. I hit and kicked other kids all the time. I never threatened a teacher though. But I could have.
This little boy threatened his teacher with a plastic knife or fork. And he had to go to jail. Would that happen in other “civilized” [...]
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In general, I have really strong opinions about things. But I am not sure how I feel about the reports of online bullying of kids. On the one hand, kids need to be protected from sexual abuse and all that kind of stuff. On the other hand, is the online world better or worse [...]
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If we (the United States) turned everything over to the Iraqi government and we’re so proud of how democratic things are becoming there, then why are we (Condi Rice) trying to overturn their rules? We have nearly run out of soldiers and marines to send to Iraq, but the private mercenaries are [...]
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Wouldn’t it be nice if Bush would nominate some honest lawyers to head up the justice department? All of the top spots are empty. But he will want people he can trust to not investigate his administration, someone who agrees to illegal wiretaps and torture and prisoner rendition around the world, and I really hope [...]
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In recent months anti-Death Penalty activist have won two major victories. The first came when Troy Davis was granted a 90-day stay of execution. For those unfamiliar with the case, in 1989 Troy Davis was convicted of killing police officer Mark Allen MacPhail. Although the murder weapon was never found and there was no physical [...]
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Via Shakesville I’ve just learned that, officially, no one in the United States has rights anymore. Really, they’re a thing of the past. Bush has just issued an Executive Order titled “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq” which states that the Treasury Secretary is now solely responsible for deciding who [...]
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