So, what do we, as a nation, do about Obama?

We will send our deserving criminals (only those convicted) up to Toronto and Ottawa so that you can hug them. This will help our northern neighbor score full marks in the area of diversity. How many do each of you want to harbor in your house. Or perhaps you could get your lord mayor to request a transfer of a few hundred thousand of these felons as a humanitarian gesture. What do you say Laddies ?? Maybe they can loot the Eaton Center or the Banff Springs hotel with impunity or they could go on a frosty skate on the Rideau Canal.

Ignorance isn't something you should be proud of William.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/press/LLGSFP.PR

An estimated 28.5 percent of black men, 16.0 percent of Hispanic men and 4.4 percent of white men can be expected to serve a state or federal prison term.

WHY?

Complex answer based on research: Black men and Hispanic men are more often poor because of institutional racism. They are less likely to be able to access a good lawyer, there is an inbuilt prejudice in the system, they are more likely to be falsely accussed. They are more likely to end up in crime because it is harder for them to get a job, good education etc etc etc. All the lovely things that go with prejudice and racism.

Although growth in the U.S. prison population over the past twenty-five years has been widely discussed, few studies examine changes in inequality in imprisonment. We study penal inequality by estimating lifetime risks of imprisonment for black and white men at different levels of education. Combining administrative, survey, and census data, we estimate that among men born between 1965 and 1969, 3 percent of whites and 20 percent of blacks had served time in prison by their early thirties. The risks of incarceration are highly stratified by education. Among black men born during this period, 30 percent of those without college education and nearly 60 percent of high school dropouts went to prison by 1999. The novel pervasiveness of imprisonment indicates the emergence of incarceration as a new stage in the life course of young low skill black men.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8808005

Residents were seen running out to pick up the cash, even running into the street in front of police vehicles.

Gary, can the State of California afford that? California already spends more on incarceration than education.

I dont like either canadate. I hope the debates can shed some light on who I might vote for, But I doubt it.


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I dont like either canadate. I hope the debates can shed some light on who I might vote for, But I doubt it.

James. follow the money. Big bucks are involved and I am not talking about campaign contributions.

I dont like either canadate. I hope the debates can shed some light on who I might vote for, But I doubt it.

James. follow the money. Big bucks are involved and I am not talking about campaign contributions.

Interesting. So it seems school is the issue. But WHY do so many drop out of free available high school education? What allows or forces a child to drop out?

ES you make some good points. I know here in NY state kids can quit school when they are 16 with out parents consent. Change that stupid law is one thing that should be done.
Some schools shoot there own foot also though. I never see a superintendent take a pay cut, Or lose any benefits. It allways the teacher who takes the hit.

I do kind of disgree with your incarcerations statement. I do think that minor drug offenses are way over punished, But If its a major felony than they should be in jail. But then foster homes are no picnic for most of these kids either.


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ES you make some good points. I know here in NY state kids can quit school when they are 16 with out parents consent. Change that stupid law is one thing that should be done.
Some schools shoot there own foot also though. I never see a superintendent take a pay cut, Or lose any benefits. It allways the teacher who takes the hit.

I do kind of disgree with your incarcerations statement. I do think that minor drug offenses are way over punished, But If its a major felony than they should be in jail. But then foster homes are no picnic for most of these kids either.

I thought that when the boomers came into power that Pot would have been legalized. I think as more states have a let it be used for medical reasons , That will be the backdoor way in.

Drug inforcement is a big cash cow. Why would the MAN give that up? Ive heard that some police departments are fully funded by confiscating everything a person owns when they have a bust.
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