JANUARY 26, 2009
SHERIFF JOE...
THE MAN WITH THE RIGHT PLAN!
STOLE THIS ONE FROM MY FRIEND NORMIE!
TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
HE IS THE MARICOPA, ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
HERE ARE FEW OF THE REASONS WHY HE KEEPS GETTING THE VOTES IN
MARICOPA, ARIZONA !
He has replaced all prison supplies with pink as the color of the prisoner jumpsuits, underwear, socks.. and even towels and washcloths are all pink.
He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.
He cut out coffee when he found out it had 0 nutritional value.
He started chain gangs so the inmates could do work on county and city projects to earn the meal money .
When the ACLU noticed his activities, fearing discrimination suits, he created female chain gangs also.
He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails.
Took away their weights
Cut off all but 'G' movies.
He took away cable TV Until he found out there was Federal Court Order that required cable TV for jails, so he hooked up the cable TV again, but only allows into the prison, The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.
When asked why the weather channel He Replied," So They Will Know How Hot It's Gonna Be While They Are Working on the Chain Gangs."
When the inmates complained, he told them,
"This Isn't The Ritz/Carlton......
If You Don 't Like It, Don 't Come Back."
He created the "Tent City Jail"
With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports:
About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their Government-Issued Pink Boxer Shorts.
On Wednesday, instead of being on the chain gang, hundreds of men wearing pink boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees Inside The Week Before.
When inmate James Zanzot, who has been living in the tent jail for over a year now, complained that it was "like a furnace" and " it was inhumane treatment" got this answer from the good sheriff,
"It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too,
And They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear!
But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes,
So Shut Your Mouth!'
Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
This is his latest accomplishment!
Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors gladly agreed to hand the problem to him.
The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
The best part?
His budget for the entire department is now under
$3 million.
One lady who adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago says, " He was neutered, current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78."
The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.
It makes one wonder when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.
The portion of the farm that is dedicated to hogs, provides meat for the prisoners to eat, and fertilizer for the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work. You can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later in your yard.
Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again.
He painted all his buses and vehicles with a large eye catching mural, printed beneath is a special hot line phone number.
It is a direct line for citizens to report suspected illegal aliens.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so in an effort to aide them in their job, he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws.
Started the hot line, to involve others in the help he was providing them, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border.
He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.
YYYYEEEEEHHHAAAWWW
SHERIFF JOE....
THIS IS ONE GUY
I MIGHT STILL TRUST
THAT IS IN GOVERNMENT!
lockerridge
JANUARY 25, 2009
DECISIONS....
WHAT TO DO? .. WHAT TO DO?
All of our lives ... from the moment our eyes open in the morning.. till they close at night.. we are making decisions. Small everyday decisions.. but decisions never the less. You know what I mean.. Everyday we have to decide what we want to eat... what we want to wear. What time to go to bed and what time to get up. What kind of toothpaste to use, what kind of deodorant, or dish washing liquid
Things that businesses zero in on to target advertising campaigns, in an effort to get us to buy products. Effectively giving us yet more to decide upon.
Things that won't really matter much if you make a wrong choice about it. No real damage done if you try a new deodorant and it does not work.. unless of course your on stage accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, and you have underarm salt rings, or people start to back up when you walk into the room, and pull out a paper mask for their nose, while spritzing the air with Febreze..
Then you might want to use those clues to realize.. your, "Secret, Extra Heavy Duty, Strong Enough For a Man But Made For a Woman..".
is not living up to its advertised promises., and make the decision to buy something with a name like... .
" Gorilla Secret... Made Especially For the Animal Bather at The Zoo, But You Can Use It Too."
"Conveniently Sold in Bulk, by the 55 Gallon Drum,
(not responsible for chemical burns to the armpit.)."
But there are times when you are faced with some that simply humble you before God and man, with the knowledge you are not up to the challenge...
Never the less ...
"YOUR"
the one who has to make the decision, right now! Right or wrong.. it is to be done .. immediately! There are no clues to use to help you along.. you just have to go with your gut feelings.
Those are the ones which make me feel like I'm coming down with an intestinal flu, and just ran out of Toilet Paper. You are scared to death to do anything.. cause the wrong move can cause the shit to hit the fan, and no way to clean it up. Where is Bounty or Brawny when you really really need them? There have been times when a used Handi Wipe would have been welcomed with open arms.
Those kind that influence other peoples lives are the worst ones... If I were bumbling along in life all by myself.. 
then it would not be so harrowing to make these big life changing decisions.. cause no one would get hurt but me if they were the wrong ones.
But that is not the way it is in my bumbling along lifes' course. So right or wrong... I have made those kinds of decisions.
like what to do when my husband passed away and faced with running a poultry farm alone with a 15 year old son for my main helper.
Like when to shut down that farm.
Like when to walk out the door of my job one day when I could not handle the stress level any longer.
Like putting my Dad into my car and putting my foot to the floor that day when he could not breathe and begged me not to let him die....
Wait for the ambulance or just haul butt, looking and praying for a cop to stop me on the way..
Not one cop..
Not one!
sigh..
I am an only child and so therefore I was never really burdened by any kind of competition for anything while growing up, so having to make a decision about things wasn't really too big an issue for me. Dad always made the kind of decisions which changed my life and it was never argued that he might be wrong. Mom and I just paddled along assuming everything would be for the better in these decisions. I have often wondered in my adult life how he pulled off the "cool as a cucumber" act when he made one of these decisions, until I asked my Mom after he had passed away.
She told me a truth that has really put me on a better path to making those kinds of decisions
She told me that he knew that no matter what he decided.. he had her to handle all the details of making it work out.
That really made a lot of sense when I remembered how he handled everything.. If he decided to buy a new car, he would find the one he wanted, come home and tell her how much the payments would be, and then SHE cut the corners and tightened up the budget belt to make it happen..
I can't understand people who want to be in the Managers or CEOs positions in a company...
They "WANT" to be the ones who have to make these spur of the moment mega decisions...
They are well paid to be under that gun I guess.. Personally.. I think I just want to have a deal like Mom and Dad did, seemed to work out pretty good for all concerned.
But for all the women like me out there bumbling along in life... wondering from day to day...
"What to Do.?. What to Do?.."
All I can say is..
" Ain't Life a Bitch?"
See what I mean.!
That is just one more decision for you to make today
Sorry bout that!
Terri McCain/lockerridge
lockerridge
