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Stand with you? Stand with you!? That proposition doesn’t sound very enticing to me, Mr. Schwarzenegger. And I have some very good reasons for me feeling that way. But before I get into all that, I want you to know that the only reason I’m writing this letter is because you are the one who has endorsed activity from the citizens of California…constantly telling us to “contact our senators, our representatives; call them, write letters” and so on. So I, as a First Amendment sort of guy, have decided to do just that…exercise my right to participate in our democracy. And so here I go…
For starters: I don’t believe that any state budget is going to rectify our problems here in the Golden State. The Elites can sit in their offices and do all these things with the budget, and no matter what they come up with I will not be satisfied. I refuse. And, as I’m sure you can tell from my voraciousness, I have good reason: there is no justification to be given, as to why the guards’ Union – the C.C.P.O.A. – should be paid anywhere close to $100,000 a year. The number is astronomical and is an insult to the millions of other people who work hard in this state. On top of that salary, they get health benefits, vacation, etc. They sit at their tables, kick they’re feet up, and occasionally when there’s a scuffle they get up and mace everybody.
That simple assessment – which was made by a true, first hand observer: ME! – is exacerbated by the repercussions in failing to make the necessary adjustments. “Criminals produce more criminals.” So easy to understand, even you should be able to get it. Being a Republican, I would certainly expect you to fall right in line when the other Neo-Cons and sanction Nazi-related crimes. Like the crime of producing more criminals. It’s more subtle over here in America…we criminalize drugs then lock them up with harder criminals where they become…gasp…better criminals! What a shocker. Hitler had his Nuremburg rallies, where he induced the masses into believing all his bullshit, creating monsters, and now you are doing the same thing when you pay the Union to assemble their monsters. All under a different banner. This one being “rehabilitation.”
But you know all about Hitler, don’t you? You were friends with one of his comrades…Mr. Kurt Waldeim, I believe. He could lie about it all he wants, but the medals, the signatures attached to all those deportation slips, witness accounts, his initiation to the National Socialist German Student League, not to mention that the U.N. said he was a war criminal…these revelations say differently. And it’s unfortunate that the (numerous) articles written about your connection with him have gone mostly unnoticed. But that’s no surprise, seeing as our media is a well-oiled propaganda machine. The people, subsequently, fall into tight grasp of ignorance and apathy. The only thing they do pay attention to is the stuff that affects their immediate life…like health care, or the economy, or the crime statistics, etc.
Fortunately, you have managed to screw up a great number of these things. You have just recently exercised you’re tyrannical right to veto some of the budget measures – including MEDI-CAL and state parks – while advocating the building a new section on death row. On top of that, the tentative release of 58,000 inmates is going to have to face an appeal from you. So instead of my first suggestion of cutting the salaries of the guards Union and implementing more rehabilitative programs into the prison, you’d rather just “cut, cut, cut”, but always making sure to have enough money to lock up more inmates and fill the pockets of the bastards who create the problems.
Hey, don’t get me wrong, I know that the Union is powerful. But aren’t you the Governator? You’re supposed to strong-arm these things.
Anyways, you can not put a band-aid on a gun shot wound. And that is what you are doing here. “Releasing them into different custody”, or whatever the language is, is practically the same thing here. You need to push for the judges’ original order of 58’000. You should be able to find just about that many first-time, non-violent offenders with only a year or so to go. Pretty close.

I sympathize with you though Arnold. I really do. And I can agree that in a State as complicated as California there are going to be problems. But if you are so serious about solving our problems you would do something with the prison problem, and put a few more dollars where it is needed.
And if you were really that adamant about shutting off our borders (as a voice recording some years back had proved) you’d put more energy into that as well. Instead, these problems go unnoticed…and, as always, you – along with all the other people not paying attention – have perpetuated our problems. Mexicans immigrants, devastated by NAFTA and you’re willingness to promote drug cartels, which lead to horrendous conditions, have made them come over here for a better life. Can’t blame ‘em. But there goes the health-care costs…there goes the incarceration rate…and there goes the whole fucking state.

Convictedly,
A Red Wolf

Written November 2008

…For me, it could have been groundhogs day. In prison it all seems like the same old shit; feet hit the floor in the morning, I eat, read, walk, and then work-out. With to many endless sighs in between – the tired kind that exaggerate your frustration with something.
However, I know in the back of my head, beyond the frustration, and the apathy, that it is an important time in the World. As irritating as this place is, it’s given me an opportunity to reflect upon Life and all Its’ Positives and Negatives, which, as we’ve come to accept them, are merely random occurrences.
I sit in here, and by the simple task of reading the newspaper and catching bits of CNN, I watch society attempt to overcome the hardships. Sort of the way a little kid rides in the backseat and sees the everyday public go about their business. Knowing that one day they’ll be out there to, navigating the hurdles. Just like me in here.
But for right now I’m sitting in here, longing to participate in America’s current happening: which is, of course, Election 2008.
The Grand Arena of Politics – giving me a new sense of reality. One that is so important, yet so goddamn technical at times. As handicapped as I am in here without the Internet, or and magazine subscriptions, I find a way to learn, and always feel triumphant when I’ve got the advantage in a heavy conversation.
But my pride shouldn’t run so deep. My mastery of political issues is irrelevant to most people in the facility. While I delve into the so-called “conspiracy theories”, these guys seem quite content discussing prison life, which, obviously, encompasses the entire criminal culture. Drugs, gangs, prison war stories – all those activities that give them a reason to come back.
Yes Mr. Gangster Tough Guy – the C.D.C. is quite happy doing business with you. Continue lying to yourself as you grow old and your family slowly forgets about you…I’m sure your kids will have a lot of fun with your wife’s Sancho.

…A bit of subject, and I couldn’t possibly resist, but now it’s time to return to what is important…current events. Like I’ve said many times before, solitary thought combined with deep reflection make a person come to great revelations. I’m having deep thoughts about all those “random occurrences”, defined more specifically here as History, which every so often gives us an event so monumental, so massive in what it is, that they are not soon to reach oblivion.
The morning of September 11th 2001 is one that this Generation will certainly never forget. It is something that will go down in records, books, and archives forever.
And that last word is a rarity in my vocabulary, because I am one who realizes that Everything ends eventually. But practically, in humanistic terms, those two planes flying into the World Trade Center is something that even thousands of years from now, as the Age of Capricorn reaches the Cosmos and these years will be mere numbers to be mentioned in a time long forgotten, our future generations will still speak of Nine-One-One as a day of infamy.
Some will not the heroism, others, more cynical – maybe even more realistic – will examine all the consequences of that day and wonder if mankind regressed back to its’ primal, savage nature. After all, the most powerful Nation in the world was supposed to be dedicated to justice, not vengeance.
Seven years later, as a “culprits” remain uncaught, and the people see an endless war, a collapsing economy, and a slavery to foreign fuel – all those most detrimental factors that indicate a civilization on the brink of destruction – they see the face of one man…Mr. George Herbert Walker Bush.
It’s beside the point that Bush will probably go down in History alongside such monsters as Hitler and Stalin – these mentioned pretences are what lead up to Barack Obama’s landslide victory. The people reflected upon all these things, and immediately correlated a political party to a failed policy. Obama couldn’t lose, because to the people – which unfortunately are an ignorant mob – he embodies something different.
How does a no-name forty seven year old senator from Illinois, handicapped by the color of his skin in a country only accustomed to Anglo-Saxon presidents, manage to raise more money in a campaign than any other presidential candidate in history? Then go on to become elected into the highest office. Necessary questions, but I think I know why…
First, that’s small talk. Those are trivial facts you hear about all over the place. However, the facts you only mentioned in the media outlets but held strongly in the average public conversation (and conservative talk radio) is that of Mr. Obama’s “radical associations.”
For starters, he attended a church whose pastor shouted anti-American statements. “U.S. of KKK A”, “the chickens have come home to roost” – meaning, essentially, that the Nations victimized by the U.S. have finally come to pay back their oppressor. All these hate-filled sentiments are confirmed by Wright himself. When interviewed, he even tried to justify them, “You can’t commit terrorism on others and not expect it to happen to you.” It was even rumored that Wright’s church offered publications out by Hamas; the terrorist organization currently embattled with Israel.
Obama’s other “radical association” is one Mr. William Ayers. Who is an unrepentant domestic terrorist from the 60s’, and a former member of a communist group that bombed the pentagon, among many other national buildings.
For years Barack Obama held close relationships held close relationships with these gentlemen. One could imagine the conversations amongst them. Sitting around long after the church congregation has, wistfully talking about how the rich should be taxed and the wealth divided among the poor.

All these things are known. Someone wish a reflective mind could get an idea on how Obama feels about such important issues. There’s no way the United States population so ardently supported him if the majority of them didn’t agree – or at least relate in some small way.
The fact remains that throughout the years, throughout the Age of Information, long past since Vietnam and other conflicts forced people to question the motives and actions of the American Government, a new depiction has been developing among the masses. Barack Obama is the incarnation of these revelations. He represents all these unanswered questions. This is why the whole world sees him not as a black man, or a socialist, but as a man symbolizing what Governmental policy has forced us to desire – Change.
He could have been running around with a copy of The Communist Manifesto, shouting anti-Zionist epithets, and he still would have been adored by the people.
This election was a no-brainer. All his campaign had to do was pronounce “change.” And say it loud enough and long enough until the prospect was engraved in our heads. Quote a little of John McCain’s voting record, and the rest is History. Having Sarah Palin as the Republican’s running mate didn’t hurt his chances either.

For the passing days after the historic win I’ve been in deep contemplative thought. Obama? OBAMA?! I recall my political guru, Noam Chomsky, and think about the past, oh, six presidents we’ve had. “They’ve all got dirt under the rug” a political grad student once told me. And indeed they do. While their actions wouldn’t normally warrant the old cliché do to the prevalent belief that “America can do no wrong”, at the very least our past President’s actions are those which would receive condemnation on other national leaders.
But as already stated: the times are changing. While there are still many seeped in patriotism and praise our former leaders the facts about their actions are becoming known and the old perceptions are wearing thin…America can do wrong.
National pieties aside; Nixon still ordered 18 months of relentless bombing on Cambodia – furthering the Vietnam War and U.S. hegemony; Reagan supported death squads all over Latin America – also for U.S. hegemony; Clinton had some thirty people murdered in Arkansas – without a single prosecution (nobody other than Bob Barr cared about the blowjob); and Bush Junior….well, almost needless to say, but the Iraq War was an embarrassing blunder. Morally, it’s condemned. Especially from men proclaiming Christian ethics. But it is inevitable. Because it is the American Agenda. It is, for intents and purposes…conquest. While during the campaigns we see just average Joes and Janes, you and me, wandering around Anytown, U.S.A., shaking hands, kissing babies, we know, as alternative reading tells us, that once these politicians get put into office, they commit atrocities.
They’re obligated to fulfill a position. Only it’s not one “of the people”, but of Elite influence. Whether it be business interests or the sole purpose of global control; all presidents must comply with it.
Now, most of our former presidents fill that role nicely. But when I look at Barack Obama, and after learning of his upbringing, reading his book, and even seeing his kids – I just don’t get it. It has me baffled. The mold has been broken.
Regardless, the Agenda must progress. To say that he’s going to abolish our hegemony is utterly unrealistic. American Corporations still demand dominance in the World Market, requiring the suppression of the citizens of other nations; Israel still needs our funding, no matter how many war crimes they commit; and until an alternative fuel comes out, we’re going to remain the number one consumer of the world’s oil. No matter what.
We should be anxious to see what happens next. What policies shall Mr. Obama and his squeaky clean administration implement first to further accelerate the all powerful American Empire?
I’ll be devastated when I learn of another travesty ala Operation Iraqi Freedom. But I know it’s unavoidable. It’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of time.
These are the reasons why it’s easier for me to believe that Obama, like every president before him, was pre-selected for his mission. But in power via huge contributions and voracious campaign mantras so that he can garner massive public support and “win” the vote. Oozing charisma, pronouncing a paragon shift in politics, he appeals to this new generation. The Elites knew he couldn’t lose.

Flatteringly, these guys want my thoughts on all these matters. And I told them basically the same thing…Obama’s figurehead. He’s a puppet adhering to his political party, elite businessmen, and other outside influences. He doesn’t speak for me, or you, but for those in which he has undoubtedly made promises to.
Maybe this is the reincarnation of the rebellious 60’s. A time when a new face was put in the White House and the public was unwavering in its dissidence. And we all waited for the horizon to bring us something different.
Be warned though; for we shouldn’t be surprised if we hear about something happening to Barack Obama. Kennedy was taken out by his own administration because he refused to follow the Agenda.
That won’t happen as long as Obama follows suite and “fills” his position correctly. As horrible as it is, remember; these are mere truths as known throughout time. Authority, tyranny, and corruption all work together. There’s little we can do but sit back and see what happens.

“When you guys figure it out, come back and tell me. Until that time I’m sticking with my Judeo-Christian Philosophy.”
-Bill O’ Reilly in an interview with Richard Dawkins

In another quick segment on YOTUBE you can see the tag team efforts of Bill O’ Reilly and Glenn Beck attempting to dismiss New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for a supposed piece he did commenting on the latter hypocrites’ stories about the FEMA camps. The clip itself was hilariously devastating. In it, the two make comments about Krugman “not caring if you said it or not.” And then in a perfect example of YOUTUBE journalism, clips of Glenn Beck’s almost hysteric voice tells his Fox viewers that he cannot debunk the FEMA camps. Repeatedly.
One then begins to wonder if Glenn Beck is a real journalist, or maybe a poltroon who was threatened by the New World Order. The clip does a deliver a rather damaging blow to Beck’s profession. If you haven’t seen it I highly suggest you do. Recently I’ve begun a phrase that I repeat from time to time. “The more you dismiss it without argument, the more credibility is granted to it.”
In regard to the FEMA camps – pretty cut and dry. A mainstream commentator for the FOX news network, Glenn Beck, at first and then repeatedly, tells stories of the reality of the clandestine camps propping up over the country. Then, all of a sudden, he and his propaganda cohort, Bill O’ Reilly, slam a columnist who reiterates the original piece. Well shoot…you said it Glenn!

My thinking tells me this… Bill O Reilly, along with so many other persons’ of Faith are willing to dismiss all the evidences of evolution, astronomy, and the such, and give all rights and privileges of Creation to an unverified claim (a ridiculous one) that “God” spoke to illiterate peasants in a remote desert – somewhere around 4000 years ago. A man walked on water, was born of a virgin, died and was resurrected…all things completely and literally believable. Except that the Truthers are ridiculed and insulted for bringing serious and legitimate questions to the doorsteps of our elected officials. Unbelievable. But once again…our faith deceives us. It tells us that we’re right when we probably know that there is a good amount of doubt.
Because science is not (yet) able to answer every single question regarding the origins of life on earth, Bill O’ Reilly says that he will stay with his belief system. Can that that same logic be reversed? Can it be said that “I’m sticking with the Truth Movement until the Government of the United States answers the unanswered questions of 9/11?” Is that credible? Can I ask about the FEMA camps that are reported to hold 50 million Americans? And why they’re all empty.

Disturbing revelations about our Free Country.

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There is a cancer growing inside the State of California. It is crushing the social stability of our counties and destroying the lives of thousands. The mass media has lied to you, saying it is in your best interest. But do not be deceived by this creature, for it is our own prison system – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations.
Since 1970 the prison population in the Golden State has grown from 22,000 inmates to anywhere between 160-170,000 inmates (depending on what report you read) in 2009. And it will continue to do so. The simple reason being; there is absolutely no deterrent for criminals to stop committing crimes. When you get to the bottom of it, it is very simple logic: criminals will produce more criminals. This is exactly what is taking place behind the prison walls. And the officials and politicians who are supposed to watch over this monster are in reality endorsing this behavior. Sworn officers who are paid by your tax dollars actually advocate the escalation of criminal activities, for their own so-called “job security.”
How do I know this? Because I have just finished serving time behind those walls. I have watched very intently on what is happening. That time has given me the opportunity to see things that would probably make the average, tax-paying person sick - for nothing else but the blatant insanity of it all. Anyone doing any sort of research on this matter could clearly see the fraudulent creed of “Rehabilitation.” With roughly seven out of ten inmates returning immediately back into jail, a sensible person would probably realize that there is something dangerously wrong. But perhaps it would take the experience of somebody who was inside to explain what is really going on. So regrettably I inform you of this: there is a breeding ground in our State Penitentiaries, with people making a lot of money in the form of luxurious benefits and huge paychecks.
The first thing that is imperative to understand is the general mentality of the prison population. The public has a widespread illusion that because it is prison, it must be a place no one would want to go. This is a mistake. The truth is behind those gates there is an entire community of very comfortable inmates. Indeed, they are quite happy being the statistics that you read about in all the reports.
As would be expected, the majority of the prison congregation comes from street gangs. Surenos, Bloods, Crips, Skinheads, Wah Ching – just to name a few. There is a wide variety to choose from. Naturally, of course, the gangs are almost always divided up by race.
The Caucasian inmates usually fall between two primary groups; the Peckerwoods (‘Woods) and the Skinheads. The former consist of just about every white man that walks onto the yard while the Skinheads have established more of hierarchy, constantly stabbing each other to move up the ranks. These hypocritical, Hitler-saluting, scumbags have a mixture of racist ideologies, blending Nazism and the infamous “88 Precepts” to formulate their supposedly “superior way of life.”
Hispanic inmates move in a similar fashion, betraying each other to move up the latter of command. With over 500 Hispanic gangs in the Los Angeles area alone, they are the major players in the prison game and “run” most of the yards. Not to mention that a large majority of them work for the murderous drug cartels in Mexico, running the drugs and doing the dirty work. Their main enemies are the Norteno’s from the northern part of the State.
The African Americans are a bit different – less organized and far fewer politics. The majority of them are either Crips or Bloods, again with dozens or hundreds of different sects and turfs. When they’re not feuding with each other, they usually fight with the Southerners, which is also a very prominent rivalry on the streets. Asians and Indians are the minority in prison, and they round out my list of categorized prisoners.

Now, read your newspapers. Turn on your T.V. The next time you see a person being arrested for one of the countless crimes committed in the State, remember that that offender first goes through the County Jail. In Los Angeles County alone, that process can take up to three days, transferring from one cramped cell to the next. It is not uncommon to see people passed out on the urine soaked floor, or prisoners putting graffiti on the walls. My most vivid recollections of the County Jail could easily be likened to a medieval dungeon.
However this is but the tip of the ice burg. When one eventually does get settled into either a dorm or a cell, the real problem will suddenly come to full understanding, the one that set the entire Justice System astray from its original purpose of rehabilitating criminals.
As stated, the gangs are divided up mostly by race, so depending upon the color of your skin, you will be instructed on how “things” will be working in the dorm (or whatever housing unit you are assigned to). This will be done via the “shot-caller.” He will explain in detail about the mandatory politics which were established long before you got there. For example; if you are white then there will be no eating, drinking, or showering with any black man. Sharing and conversations will be kept at a bare minimum.
These pathetic rules, made only by another inmate, will be strictly enforced by the remainder of the “car.” If anyone violates these rules it shall be considered a treasonous act and it will be dealt with by rigid discipline, almost always by a group of men pummeling you in the back corner of the room.
Many of these synthetic regulations apply to the other races, there are few exceptions. And perhaps this might sound almost natural at first. After all, it would seem quite normal to stay with your “people” in an environment filled with vicious gangs. But it doesn’t stop with the racist unity. These rules have a much deeper effect. They penetrate into every County Jail, every prison, and every yard in the entire State. (The exception is the Sensitive Needs Yards, in which I’ll return.)
Try now to imagine the socially ostracized inmates, longing to be accepted into a group of similar delinquents, wanting to “fit-in”, “be part of things.” The perfect opportunity presents itself. Instead of rejecting the oxymoron (that is – breaking rules, then following them), these individuals now try desperately to be part of a seemingly decent way of life…prison life. They look at the older “homies” as their mentors, and expectedly, the older homies comply – more than happy to have a new fertile mind to corrupt, and do their dirty work.
It is not long after that when the ignorant young inmate is stabbing other people on the yard, on orders of the shot-caller. When these “torpedoes” carry out their mission, they are given a tattoo as a sort of praise for their obedience, along with a new release date.
Even more disturbing is, while many are happy to please their new Masters, there are many who are never given the choice. Many times the shot-caller instructs the new arrivals to faithfully carry out any demands he might make. Whether it be stabbing of another inmate, or simply a brutal assault, the order is given and the shot-caller expects execution. Disobedience, perpetually, requires rigid discipline.
Understand that every time something like this happens, it affects the order of things. No longer is there even the slightest hint of reform. It is criminality compounded with criminality. Once the inmate paroles this newly enforced mentality goes back to the streets, and thus the reason seventy percent (perhaps more) come right back.

This does not happen by itself, indeed there is a master designer at work, pulling the strings. California Correctional Peace Officers Associations (C.C.P.O.A.) is a union comprised of roughly 57,000 workers. 32,000 of them are sworn officers of duty and pleading an Oath, similar to most law enforcement agencies…something to the effect of purporting to be beneficial to the State.
They are one of the strongest Unions in the State which has also garnered a Ten Billion dollar budget for their operations in 2008-2009, compared to half that amount five years ago. With this enormous increase in money to work with, the average taxpayer might expect the crime rate to eventually drop, or at least stagnate. As just explained, this can’t happen as long as inmates are forcing other inmates to commit more criminal activates.
Believe me; this happens with full encouragement of the C.C.P.O.A. It’s the old rule of “divide and conquer.” Separate the prisoners, label them according to their race (or gang) and segregate them into allocated cells. From there, one can constantly be told to “follow the program”, which essentially means do what you’re told – by either an officer or another inmate. The Wardens and all the other “higher-ups” are aware that as long as the inmates are busy fighting each other, they won’t be giving them much trouble. So they enforce the racial hatred to keep the population preoccupied.
I have personally seen wardens’ laugh in an almost hysterical tone, while their officers tell me they wish everybody was out committing more crimes. Simply to fill their $100,000 paycheck, complete with full benefits for the rest of their lives. In 1980 the average salary of an officer was $14,000 a year, now it’s $54,000, and usually much higher.
This tyranny is added to the extreme lack of any educational or vocational programs. There might occasionally be an “AA” meeting and sometimes motivational speakers speak at one of the chapels, but as a whole there, is no beneficial programs inside the prisons. They are simply to appease required State Standards. Nothing more.
Once again, any hard-working person who pays there dues would expect more money directed towards schooling and vocational job training, instead of the luxurious benefits of the corrupted officers. How does a State, whose creed is supposed to be “For the People, By the People” allow a tax-dollar supported institution like the C.D.C.R. to make non-negotiable contracts without any oversight?

When all these complications are put together they formulate a very backwards, if not downright evil System - one in which criminals have no chance of becoming the reformed, productive members that society expects. It is nothing less than modern slavery.
Everyday an officer breaks his or her oath of Justice, and actively supports this perversion. That is why the incarceration rate grows every year. And C.C.P.O.A. constantly demands more and more money. All the while the people see no progress. To put it figuratively: why would they slay the monster when they get paid so much for fighting it?

How can you be so deceived? Because the mainstream media is rarely allowed behind those walls. And even then, they never show an accurate picture. Because most people would be appalled at what is happening; fifty naked men cramming their way into one showerhead, or rat feces inside the food. So that all you know is the distorted facts produced by the incompetent media.
If it isn’t the press that lies to you, then it’s the bogus ads run by the C.D.C.R. itself, complaining about the abuses they’re subjected to, expressing their grievances to the public as to invoke sympathy and justify budget increases. The truth is most of these clips are taken from Level 4 yards, where violent altercations occur more often than on other yards. It doesn’t happen as often as one is led to believe and, subsequently, it is their own fault anyways, for refusing to bestow any sort of rehabilitation on any inmate, or even giving them the chance to do it there selves. Pure Propaganda.
The only one who makes any sort of statement regarding these conditions is our own “Governator”, Arnold Schwarzenegger. And then he tells the people that a reform on the 3-Strikes Law would be a detriment to our well-being. In 2004 proposition 66 would have required the third strike to be violent and/or serious. But a week prior to voting, Schwarzenagger launched an intense campaign of making sure this would not happen, saying that 26, 000 rapists and child molesters would be set free. This was an outright lie, seeing that at the time only 8,000 people were sentenced to life in prison under the 3-Strikes. The legislation almost passed with 47.3% of California’s population voting yes, and 52.7% voting no. Now the courts give out 25- life sentences for extremely minor infractions, thanks to the Governator’s rhetoric about “not allowing violent predators out on the streets.” Perhaps Mr. Schwarzenagger is trying to live up to his heroic persona depicted onscreen, but I believe he should have stayed in Hollywood and not come to Sacramento, because the fact is: he is ignoring the issue.
There is another perception that is still very prevalent among the masses. That is: the glorification of prison life. If it isn’t the rap “artists” who glamorize criminal behavior and make it look so stylish, then its “true-life” reality series like Lock-Up and Gang Land. People seem to be so captivated by the decay of society. And it will only be a problem when a recently-released convict breaks into their house and violates their Freedom. So as long as the public sees prison as a form of entertainment nothing will ever be done about it, because nobody will ever take the situation seriously. Even then, what could be done about it? What would be the first step towards resolving this growing problem?

Right now a large number of prison yards are converting over to “SNY”, or Special Needs Yards. Originally these yards were designed to house sex offenders who are typically the target of “mainline” abuse. However, throughout the course of the last several years these yards have been opening up to a larger variety of inmates; homosexuals, snitches, guys who owe debt. But a lot more of them are those who have grown tired of the prison politics, and wish to do their own time.
This is a good thing! It shows willingness on behalf of the inmates to do their own time, and get away from the gang-lifestyle. However, while this might be necessary first step in alleviating the problem, it is not an overnight solution. But certainly we must pressure our Government to accelerate the process.
My proposal is this, however extreme it might be: first, all the prison politicians must be locked down for at least 23 and half hours out of the day. No longer must they be given the option to give orders and manipulate the rest of the prison population, for that is the sole element that is completely undermining the purpose of this States’ correctional facilities.
When that happens, the prison yards will then be converted into “Program Yards” in which inmates will finally be allowed to do their own sentence, without the hindrances of other influences. Anyone trying to call shots and give orders will be locked up indefinitely until otherwise stated.
The second action that must be taken is the immediate elimination of the C.C.P.O.A. As unlikely as it might seem, their Union is destroying the State. What must happen is this: the People of California must make a temporary amendment to the Constitution as to make it possible to hire an outside security agency. Only temporary! During this time the State will implement new Laws that will allow greater oversight with our State workers and their budgets. No more egregious benefits and non-negotiable contracts. With the money saved from the termination of the current State baby-sitters and thus, their outrageous budget, more money can be used towards educational programs.

This critical issue is of the greatest concern. If it is not resolved swiftly then it will eventually ruin the State. For any taxpayer who is interested in Freedom and Justice, this letter is for you. Call your Senators, call your Representatives. Propose new ideas and incentives and begin getting the word out. Negligence will only result in disaster. Something must be done!!

POST SCRIPT
It might seem irrelevant to the message I’m attempting to convey, but I also suggest that every American exercise his or her Second Amendment, and never to hesitate if a low-life scumbag – like a Skinhead or a Sureno – comes breaking into your window, to decorate your wall with his brains.
Also, although there is plenty of argument against drug legalization, one must objectively discern the horrible underground economy that methamphetamine, heroin, and, to a much lesser extent, marijuana have generated in the streets. Legalization and controlled environments would eliminate the lucrative businesses of the drug cartels.

Be upset about it all you want. Hate it. Despise it, even. But in the end you’ll never be as upset as all those poor Native Indians who were slaughtered during the coming of the Europeans. You couldn’t have shared their despair if you lived a 100 years inside of a prison wall – ostracized from all that you know and love in this World. It’s simply something you’re not capable of doing…and neither am I for that matter.
But when you do attempt such compassionate empathy, you might begin to acquire a certain amount of sympathy as will; for all the Hispanics who go through a virtual hell and virtual high water to come over to this country – taken from them many years ago – simply to pick strawberries in one-hundred degree weather…only to go home to a cold case of Budweiser.
Now, you would think that drinking the Budweiser would be torture enough, but then, my god; they crossed hundreds of miles and risked getting caught by border-vigilantes and “good-ole-boy” border patrol guards, just to work in such misery and dread. I can’t bring myself to hate them for that. At all. I have to realize the conditions that brought them here in the first place: namely, United States hegemony. Starting with the imperialism that founded this country and continuing through trade agreements like NAFTA, the standard of Mexican life in the homeland is not prospering these days.
These are the reasons why Hispanics are coming over here. And, again, I can’t bring myself to be upset about it. If the shoe was on the other foot (the Red, White, and Blue foot) and the Mexican War was won by the Mexicans, we would have been equally upset about it. Because that’s the leading force in the World: not morals or ethics, but strong-arm and force. “Might makes Right” or so it’s been said.
So at the very least, we can be happy that the Mexican people don’t have the firepower to take it back from us. Instead, they’ve been trying a smaller revolution. A “drop, drop, drop” of reintegration back into the Land that was once theirs’. And, like I already stated, this personally doesn’t offend me. But on a political perspective, I couldn’t exactly say it’s the right thing to do either. After all, when they do work, it’s usually “under the table” – meaning they don’t pay any taxes. On top of that, the money that is paid to them is almost always split into one-third…with a third going to rent, a third going to Budweiser, and the last third going back to Mexico to pay the bills…and, perhaps: pay the smugglers (called Coyotes) who are bringing his children next week.
No, I can’t be entirely upset with them for these efforts to survive. What I can be upset about is their offspring. Because while the majority of illegal immigrants do strive to live an honest life, it’s the younger majority that feel the irresistible need to join gangs and destroy innocent lives. These are the ones we should be exported back across the border. Not the ones trying to work and live.
Ah, but then what is the solution for thee woes? What discussion shall we have? For starters: the firepower that is held by Mexicans is usually, if not always, in the hands of the drug cartels, who lobby for stricter laws on drugs so that their profit margin goes up. Eliminate the drug laws and you eliminate their power. For all the immigrants who do want an honest life, we could speed up the citizenship process and bring more jobs (and more tax-revenue) for the States’.
There is always another option, but we choose not to discern them. Ask yourself why? Right before you ask yourself: if you were kicked out of you’re country, and were forced to live in an impoverished one, wouldn’t you break a few laws to make things better for yourself?

Ask yourself one question: if you were born in a different part of the world, with different surroundings, might you have a different religious belief? Would it be wrong to have that belief?

“God.” A three letter, one syllable word that mankind has used for thousands of years to describe the Highest, most powerful Entity in or outside of our Universe. When we look into a telescope, or witness the miracle of birth, can we possible sum of these wonders by a word?
Thus, can we possible know the entire secrets of the Universe in one book? Religion becomes a mere symbolic interpretation for the Unknown. It consists of metaphors, cultural history, and a lot of myths.
Immediately we give the Creator a sexual preference. By using “he” we are indicating that “god” has a penis. Now, the paradox of this assessment is that Yaweh had commanded the Jews to cut off the foreskin of their children. Does this mean that “god” was circumcised? Was the Creator mutilated?
Next, “god” is shown to leisurely walk through the Garden of Eden with his first creation, Adam. If we deduce this myth, we will find that “Adam” is an anagram meaning “many.” And if we are to believe that “god” was just casually walking through a garden, then it would be equally possible for Zeus to have been throwing lightening bolts off of Mount Olympus.
Further, are we supposed to believe that the kind, loving Creator – that is taught in all our churches – is the same Being depicted in the Old Testament as a bloodthirsty monster, who, out of all the inhabitants of earth, chose the Jewish tribe as “his” vessel, and, in turn, ordered the death of hundreds of thousands? Or condoned Moses’ order for rape and murder? Right after the Ten Commandments were given to them!
Or what about all the other hundred of legends of a catastrophic flood found in every corner of the earth? Is it impossible to believe that any other population of the World has the concept to build a boat? And, if Noah and his family were the only humans that survived, how is it that they evolved into the different races of man within a relatively short period of 6-8 thousand years?
And yet, time after time the religious zealots are constantly trying their hardest to defend these blatant inconsistencies. Very rarely do they ever even entertain the possibility of another philosophy because of their herd-mentality – or complete close-mindedness.
This writer truly believes that the reason for this stubbornness is because the average person is scared. They demand something to look forward to after death. In doing so they convince themselves that this book has all the answers and that it’s only in black & white – Right & Wrong. Knowing in the back of they’re mind that the Bible and other religious beliefs have failed to answer the hard questions.
The answers to dinosaurs, and extraterrestrials, and past civilizations, and even the cure for Cancer are not to be found anywhere in the “perfect” book. Constantly I hear “but it doesn’t say it does” or “it doesn’t say it doesn’t.” All I can say to that is: omission is the worst form of mistruth, and the book leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
On top of all this, the majority of these same people are deliberate hypocrites. They must have their belief as to flaunt their moral superiority. But how many time does someone preach about Jesus Christ’s love and then turn around and perform the most wicked of crimes? Completely disregarding the Golden Rule. “Forgive me for my sins” becomes a very often repeated phrase in their months and has absolutely no validity. The mentality is “I can do anything I want as long as Jesus is there.” Without ever truly trying to better thereselves.
These ignorant masses do not even realize that the “Savior” myth has been used many times before Jesus in the personas of Horus and Krishna. So why is it so hard to believe that certain governmental powers orchestrated the creation of the whole Jesus legend by combining Judaic belief with Pagan belief, ala the Sabbath becoming a Sunday and the traditional holidays of Christmas and Easter, then adding Christ’s influential attributes to fabricate the most ingenious form of political and profitable organization in the history of mankind? Why is it that Christ couldn’t have healed the sick and taught wonderful things while still having erections and begging for bread? If the Lord was supposed to have experienced everything that man had; how is it possible without and antagonizing wife and children to feed?
Is it not remotely feasible that within 2000 years the Gospels were rewritten and retranslated so many times that today they are no longer the original text? In reality I could take this very rant, go out to the desert, dig a big hole, and 1000 years from now the discoverers of this work would claim it as absolute truth. Further, they might again add or take away with it as they please.
Now, I admit – we don’t even have the slightest idea of God, but I’ve often heard a quote from one time or another.

“We are, in truth, all that existed, and ever will exist, I am you, you are me, I am everything, and everything is me. We are not only part of that infinite energy, we are that energy.”

Even our thoughts and our emotions could be considered such. The existence of all this energy and matter certainly gives the impression of a Creator – the Watchmaker if you will. But this Creator could not possibly be secular – it is impossible to say that God can only be found in this religion or that culture or this kind of prayer. And everything else is condemned to damnation for eternity. It makes no sense that the god of the Abrahamic religions spoke only to half-stupefied peasants in the desolate Middle East.
Would the Creator who gave me this free will damn me for using it and questioning that that does not make sense? Especially when it’s concerning the corruption of man? Or the fate of our souls (or “energy” inside of us)? If my conclusion is different will I suffer forever in a fiery realm? Even if I was a good-natured, loving, giving person…raised with a different set of beliefs?
The “freewill” that was gifted to us is limited. As humans we use much less than one percent of our functioning brains. If we could use more freewill might we have a more complete understanding? With, by Hebrew definition is the true meaning of “faith.” This is of course impossible with our limited knowledge – which was “blessed” to us by our all powerful Creator.
I am not suggesting that the Torah and the prophesies in it - or a man named Jesus – are in no way legitimate. But the fact that anything is possible in this Universe, along with the truths about our subjects at hand, leads me to doubt and to strive for a more accurate account. Because, for me, it is intellectually dishonest to say that I’m sure of all the teachings found in our major religions.
In this modern day, technology has the capability to determine the age of certain text and writing through chemical analysis and carbon dating. With this, we can at least come pretty close to the age and the location to a given artifact. But there is no test we can use to prove that it was written by “god.” Again, we come back to faith, but using the same logic; how can one so full of doubt have a complete understanding? Can we not say that this is God’s Will? Perhaps the Creator wanted those to doubt as to show alternatives to the conventional belief system.
We can also use this same logic to a slightly more extreme. If one were to feel compelled to commit an act. Violent or peaceful, and had felt so strongly about their own justification for this undertaking that they were convicted to perform it, can we not also say that it is God’s Will? Is this the same way the Israelites were told to slaughter all those tribes? And there is to be no argument from the simplistic answer of “no – that is not God’s will.” Because we already know from the Bible that God has dealing with the Satan. Book of Job anyone? Also, as the Zealots proclaim, God knows everything. Well then, monsters like Hitler and Stalin were not only created by God, but also allowed to commit their evil crimes. It’s the same as letting your dog go and play in a park full of little kids – but knowing that it’s a vicious animal with rabies who likes to attack children. You have all the power to stop the beast, and you know that the dog can’t tell the difference between kibbles and little kids…so you have to ask yourself: what is the right, moral thing to do?
One more particular concern in regard to religion and the belief in the biblical god is that it promotes a certain distain for everyone who does not believe in their religion. Extreme examples of this come from personalities like Patterson and Falwell and the martyrs of September 11th. People who themselves denounce the so-called evils of harmless freewill and demand radical changes in our society and right to individual freedom. They would happily implement curfews and censorship and mandatory prayers into the schools. Or suppress the study of evolution and the cosmos because it doesn’t fit in with their values. Or even worse – cowardly blow up innocent families for the expansion of totalitarian religious regimes.
But none can said to be true followers of any religious book. The Bible says “eye for an eye” and “turn thy cheek.” And it has all sorts of passages about killing your own children and selling your daughter into slavery. Who then can follow such absurd laws? And if we don’t follow them, can we be said to be follower? Would the pastors who preach Christ sell their Ferrari’s and help the poor? Very doubtful, indeed. So who is a real believer?
The closest could probably be credited with the Islamist Nations…and I personally don’t want that sort of government anywhere close to the Western hemisphere. There’s no need to be driving down the street and seeing a woman getting beheaded because she forgot to cover her face; or homosexuals being stoned to death because of the way they were born; the list is endless of deplorable atrocities. But the good part is that over here we have a separation of Church and State, and thus won’t have any sick shit like that anytime soon. Hopefully.
Religion can be said to produce more wars, more false hopes, and more hypocrites than any other element on earth. There is nothing wrong with the individual belief, but the conditioning and forcing of another without proper investigation – both into the religion itself and the consequence of the one succumbing to it – is an extremely harmful effect. If for nothing else than the constricting of critical thinking.
Everyday a new child is subjected to the religious mutilation of circumcision. And already mentioned are the barbaric practices in the Middle East. These evil methods are part of “god’s” plan? If so, then that is not my God, and not my Creator.
Who could ever possibly determine who is right and who is wrong? Or perhaps it might be better to let the next child find their own way and go about their own values? Before this merciless forcing of one’s will becomes the end of us all.

Written July 1st, 09….so it’s a little dated

Call it supernatural phenomenon. Call it superstition. Call it even paranoia delusion. But it always seems that celebrities die in groups of three. Ever since the fateful plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson in 1959, there has been a persistent myth that once one goes, two are sure to follow. It always seemed that way. Or at least my limited memory on the subject perceives it to be that way.
But then one morning I realized that it had been awhile since any big celeb had passed on. The last I could remember was probably Paul Newman. And then, the unthinkable happened. It was unexpected. It was startling. And it was mildly enticing…that’s right: David Carradine tied his balls up to his throat and strangled himself to get a hard-on. I’ll never be able to watch Kung-Fu ever again; a spiritual holy man was in reality a sexual weirdo…just like me. Dire thoughts, indeed.
A few weeks had passed and – in almost a small bit of irony, due to Conan O’ Brian’s triumphant return to ‘Latenight as new Host to the Tonight Show – Ed McMahan passed away at the age of 86. A good man, and fellow drinker who, as Conan pointed out, had a laugh which became the “soundtrack of the Tonight Show.” I just hope that McMahan caught a couple of episodes of Conan’s hosting – as it is the new genius of late night.
Then, on the 24th of June, I found myself in a comparatively mild drinking binge, contemplating the evils of Government and the endless stupidities of human nature…when it suddenly occurred to me that: there’s one more. Isn’t there?
Who was to be next then? I KNEW! In my mind there was only one possible person: that timeless beauty – who even at 50 looked gorgeous nude – Ms. Farrah Fawcett. I went over it in my head for a few minutes, about how her condition has been made rather public and well-known. I had just seen a report the previous night.
Sure enough, the next morning I woke up, fired up the computer, and the first report I read: “Farrah Fawcett dead at 62.” Suddenly, I felt really bad. Because if I had made a some-what “dead-pool” like gamble the night before – I would have been a richer man. So instead of spiraling into a guilt-filled nightmare, I decided to amass myself with old Playboy photos of Farrah that I found online, along with a cold bottle of Mickey’s. This helped.
“That was three” I told myself. The nightmare was over, at least for the time being. No famous people would be dying anytime soon. Or so I thought.
Then, sometime in the afternoon I turned on the news. The breaking story out of Los Angeles was that Michael Jackson had been rushed to the hospital. “Oh well”; these things happen all the time. But then I read the caption at the bottom of the screen: cardiac arrest? This could potentially be a bad outcome for the King of Pop. But hell, I’m sure they’ll figure it out, right? After all, Michael doesn’t go anywhere without his personal medical assistant, and I’m sure he’s got a whole assortment of pills that open the heart, close it, and do all sorts of medical miracles. I convinced myself that Michael was going to be okay, even though I wasn’t a fan of his. He did, as anyone can surely admit, have an unhealthy relationship with little children.
All he needed was a little Jesus Juice, a couple pills, and his pet monkey; that would surely restore the color to his face. I mean…err…anyways; I jumped back on the computer to look up a few things. Then, about 10 minutes later, I get a phone call from my mother:
“Did you hear?!”
“No…” I replied.
“Michael Jackson died.”
“They said he was in the hospital right now.”
“No, it’s just been reported that he’s dead.”

And sure enough, TMZ was right on the money. The King of Pop was dead at 50. After a lifetime of amazing talent, a bizarre lifestyle, and several lawsuits; the biggest musical name since Elvis Presley (probably) was dead.
“Oh man.” Suddenly I felt even worse; first my prediction of a Farrah Fawcett, and then my wrong prediction that this was going to round out the 3 celebs. Then I realized that poor Farrah was going to be forgotten in the coming…minutes. If not sooner than that. International child molester Michael Jackson was going to swallow up the media with his untimely death.
And that’s the point I believe most fans are neglecting. Jesse Jackson might be able to sound prolific with all the rhetoric about “his shortcomings not outweighing his strengths” or something like that, but the fact is that Michael Jackson had an extremely unusual, and, in my opinion, very inappropriate relationship with little kids. By his own admission! Sleeping with them, having nude pictures on the bed stand; all sorts of things that most parents look at as unhealthy. But Jacko, somehow, was able to make all the parents of all those kids who stayed at NeverLand Ranch forget about these things.
Is this the age of stupidity? Or just parental neglect on such a large scale as to even allow such an event to happen? Not an isolated incident, but one that occurred all the all time because parents continued to let their kids go over his house, even after the testimony came out.
There could be a good thing to come out of this. We are just now hearing that Michael’s children might not be his. They might in fact become biological specimens of some unknown person. If this turns out to be true, then years from now those kids are going to be extremely grateful. At least they won’t have to worry about being put in a dangerous situation, like being dangled off a balcony. Unless the sperm donor turns out to be a Saudi Arabian prince, and he gains custody of the kids…then they might be become little jihadist in the near future. The sick bastard would be destroying little kid’s lives even from beyond the grave. But it’s best not to think about it now.

So that’s four. And wasn’t it three’s they di…oh my god!! Before I could even finish the realization…T.V. pitchman Billy Mays was found dead at his home in Tampa. “What the hell is going on?” My mom asked. One after another. But I’m in serious doubt, and for one very good reason that I pose as a question: is Billy Mays constituted as a celebrity? Well, we’ve been seeing him for years on T.V…he’s the guy most people mute when they hear his voice come on. And Fritzy thought I’d be glad to hear the news. But – although he was as annoying as a hemorrhoid – it was a sad story.
So, that’ now five. There’s one more, there has to be! It’s the law of…err…superstition…just like Christ. Is it time to play my own Deadpool? Time to take bets? I say Patrick Swayze. The man just doesn’t look good. I’ve also heard that legendary newsman Walter Cronkite is pretty bad.
Ah what am I talking about? That’s sick. Life is far too precious for stupid guesses like that. Forgive me. I’m just in complete and utter shock at the bombarding of celebrity deaths in the last few weeks. And most of which were unexpected.
I really hope I’m wrong anyways; the old myth is probably just that – a myth. I doubt anyone will kick the bucket anytime soon. Unless that shadow in the curtains is what I think it is: angry parolees who are upset about my essay Cancerfornia, and, alas, I become number Six…