USA #1 in Prisoners

RE: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners

I agree with Evelyne, 5/30/06

This is what cable tv was supposed to be about, not 30 channels of repeated
entertainment and 60 channels of home shopping and infomercials.

I am exasperated that we don't have a couple of Canadian stations and a
couple of Mexican stations, they have to have some available in english or
english captions,...our neighboring countries. maybe sprinkle in 24 hour
programming from several other nations.

Continuing education or even degree program classes, should also be made
available also on cable. Cable tv is so much less than it could be and so
expensive for what is available.

An alternative is webcasts. I watched the ncaa men's basketball from
webcasts for free from wcbs tv which was outstanding. I also obtain some
computer technical training from webcasts. The New School in nyc presents
several forums that one can attend in person or as a webcast. There should
be a Webcast Guide magazine available for webcasts like there is TV Guide
for TV because it is sometimes difficult to find the webcasts. I have found
most webcasts to be free, but many have a fee that you pay online with a
credit card.

Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: spiers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiers@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
Evelyne Rocard
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:52 AM
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners




Dear Nancy

How to think?
The biginning is in school normally ......with civic, history,
geo-politic. And about the all world. America is not the world but a part of
the whole world.
That is not because you leave differently, or with another skin, ect... that
you are not good.
In school not option A, B, C or D but really learn your lessons . Not just
a good guess.
You learn that in school and in all your life with the LIBERTY to think. It
is not someone with a big mouth or beautiful words that tell you how to
think or because he is rich.
Center wich teach people how to think? OK but free, since here nothing is
free !
Normally all international channel TV should have been free. TV for rich and
poor.
So anyone can lessen what other country think about each other. It is very
interesting and sometimes SURPRISING.
Since American love to watch TV . A Free teaching TV. To learn the
important language (even English sometimes you have adult that are a shame
because they do not know how to read), what is good for your health, how to
read the ingredients for food, To do not leave for eating but eating to
leave, why to do not offer for christmas gun for your children........ect.
How to fill out your tax form. 15 Minutes film on every country in the
world. So if you don't have the money to travel you can see how it look like
and how people live and their customs.
Some type Like home and garden TV. With fun things and no commercial ads.
Being sponsered by red cross, human right.........NO POLITIC OR LOBBIES
(petrol, weapons, cars, churchs, pharmacies, salt, sugar.....)

HELPING you to TRY to do not be conditioned. Maybe I am wrong, but maybe
not.

Evelyne.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners


> Nancy,
>
> One of my favorite entrpreneurs is "Gen'l" William Booth who believed
> social charity in Victorian England was lacking. This was quite a
> statement given how superior Victorians thought of themselves when it came
> to charity. He acted on his beliefs, and started the Salvation Army.
>
> If I read you right, you are saying education is USA is lacking. Well..
> what are you going to do about it?
>
> John
>
> Isn't there a more important message underneath all this rubble? Why is
> pornagraphy such a huge and growing business? American's idol is
> American Idol.
> Why did the majority of the country support Bush at the beginning of this
> unjust murderous financially sucking war? Now after this war has done
> its
> unfathomable
> damage, it is sad that the majority are now opposed to it. Too little,
> too late. What is needed in this country is more centers
> which teach people how to think. Maybe someone can come up with an idea
> that will make people so motivated to read, contemplate, examine issues
> with
> the same
> momentum that they have in running home and sitting in front of the
> television fillng themselves with garbage. Doomsayer, I don't think so.
> This is reality.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hamons, Melanie"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:57 AM
> Subject: RE: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners
>
>
> Our prisons are country clubs compared to other prisons around the world.
> I
> think if we had a prison exchange program, alot of bitching by prisoners
> would be quited to a great degree.
>
> It doesn't break my heart to see people live a better life in jail then
> those people they calously hurt when they were free. I think prisons
> should
> go private. See how many fewer repeat offenders their are when prison
> actually SUCKS!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spiers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiers@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> Chris
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:38 AM
> To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners
>
>
>
> Prisons are big industry - towns beg to have a prison built near them
> because of the jobs and money they bring in. they are also sources of very
> cheap labor, and to punish a prisoner he/she can even have what wages they
> did manage to earn fined away I have heard. Not only does big business
> avail
> themselves of this windfall but plain citizens can hire cheap day labor
> from
> the prisons. Breaks my heart what we are doing to our people, to our
> country.
> chris
>
> --- On Mon 05/22, John Spiers < john@johnspiers.com > wrote:
> From: John Spiers [mailto: john@johnspiers.com]
> To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: 22 May 2006 15:03:43 -0000
> Subject: [spiers] USA #1 in Prisoners
>
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> USA is # 1 in everything, and USA is # 1 in the world for incarcerating
> its
> citizens, with blacks
> jailed at a rate 700% higher than whites, and minorities make up 60% of
> our
> prison
> population. Nearly one in twenty black men are behind bars, (not to
> mention
> blacks on
> parole, awaiting trial, or burdened by conviction after time served),
> according to US Justice
> Department figures.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nnn5s
>
> I am assured blacks have a higher rate of conviction because they commit
> more crimes. I
> think the explanation is simpler. But what bothers me is what with blacks
> proving such
> excellent competitors in sports and entertainment, I regret so few are
> competing in business.
> Of course, being a convict is a serious disadvantage to competing in
> business. And thus
> convicted, we are denied the good of blacks' competitive efforts in
> business.
>
> Drugs are the #1 violation leading to prison in USA, and I've already
> pointed out my view that
> this is merely war on pain relief.
>
> A free market in medicine is the solution to "drug abuse" but that is
> unlikely. But the more
> people self-employed, the more likely a free market will occur. Of
> course,
> government would
> find another war to fight, as once in England the govt made war on glass
> windows. I am not
> making this up.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Compete on Design!
>
> www.johnspiers.com

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