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  1. hey now, she is pretty smart. don't forget, she reads ALL the newspapers.
  2. harleys will get you chicks with a 9:1 tattoo to tooth ratio and skin that looks like old leather.
  3. michigan sucks. dont know if anyone told you or not. but now you know. also, syracuse has the largest basketball stadium, with 33,000 seats. crisler only holds 13K... def. not a "big house"
  4. i was picturing something like this
  5. what about for car drivers? should we be able to just get in a car and go on our 16th birthday?
  6. maps.google.com try it, its amazing.
  7. o rly? In 1999, researchers at the University of Cincinnati analyzed 33 cost effectiveness evaluations of public and for-profit prisons from 24 independent studies. The results revealed that for-profit prisons were no more cost-effective than public prisons, and that other institutional characteristics such as the facility’s size, age and security level were the strongest predictors of a prison’s per diem cost. In September 1999, Dennis Cunningham, private prison administrator, Oklahoma Department of Corrections, presented comparative cost data for public and for-profit prisons in Oklahoma at the 4th Annual Privatizing Correctional Facilities Conference. The analysis showed that, in 1999, the average cost of housing an inmate in a publicly run prison in the state ($41.57 per day) was less than the cost of housing an inmate at any of the for-profit prisons in the state. Congress mandated the Attorney General to study correctional privatization, including an analysis of its cost effectiveness. The 1998 study concluded that available data do not provide strong evidence of any general pattern. Moreover, the conclusions about relative costs of public versus for-profit provision are based on a small and dated sample. In 1998, the Tennessee Legislature compared the cost of having a for-profit company run one of its facilities with the cost of running two comparable state prisons. The study showed little difference in total costs between the three prisons. It did show, however, that CCA generated a 2 percent profit by paying its employees almost $2 million less in annual salaries and benefits than state employees. The Florida State Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) conducted a cost comparison of the CCA-operated Bay Correctional Facility with the Lawtey State Prison for the 1996-97 fiscal year. The comparison showed that the per diem cost for Bay was $46.08 while the per diem for Lawtey was $45.98. The CCA-run facility cost the state of Florida 10¢ more per inmate day. The United States General Accounting Office (GAO), the congressional watchdog agency, spent a full year examining operational costs at publicly and privately run prisons. The 1996 GAO report detected “little difference,” “mixed results,” and ultimately could not conclude whether privatization saved money.
  8. according to the SS website: Today, the Secret Service is authorized by law to protect: -The president, the vice president, (or other individuals next in order of succession to -the Office of the President), the president-elect and vice president-elect -The immediate families of the above individuals -Former presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes, except when the spouse remarries. In 1997, Congressional legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former presidents for a period of not more than 10 years from the date the former president leaves office -Children of former presidents until age 16 -Visiting heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States, and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad -Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election -Other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
  9. security of all federal courthouses and judges is the jurisdiction of the marshals service, not the secret service. however, secret service can provide protection to justices/judges etc upon special request of the president. judges and representatives do not have 24 hour security from any federal security force, absent a known threat.
  10. what about the apache video? why was that hidden in the first place? shouldnt the people know what the goverment is doing in their name? we all know that horrible mistakes are made in war. should these mistakes be hidden from the public eye? its not the media's job to protect secrets, thats the governments job.
  11. works for the executives and shareholders of the private prison corporation. not for the people or the state, or the DOC employees or the people incarcerated. are the people who are advocating these private prisons among the people who stand to benefit? many studies have shown that private prisons are simply no more cost effective than public prisons.
  12. and private prisons to eh? great. people profiting off of locking people up. then they get the judges in their pocket and tell them to be "tough on crime" and send people up the river for every little thing, or they lobby the legislature for more mandatory sentencing. if we want to save money, maybe we shouldnt lock up first time non violent offenders for victimless crimes. im all for keeping murderers and rapists locked up, but IMO its kinda fucked up that if you possess 5 grams of crack (the weight of a nickel = about 100 dollars worth) you get a 5 year mandatory sentence, but to get that same 5 year mandatory sentence with powder cocaine you have to have 100 times that amount. 500 grams = 1.1 lbs = about $20,000 worth...
  13. im glad you can predict the future. where were you last week with the megamillions numbers?
  14. in soviet russia, lake vostok penetrates YOU
  15. donna and jackie should do lesbian porn together.
  16. who storms a beach anymore anyway? is it 1942 again?
  17. imo thats like saying riding in sweatpants is better than riding with no pants. maybe marginally they are better, but neither are GOOD. OP should look at this chart and see where the majority of impacts happen
  18. John

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    there are advantages to making your own lojack, over the real thing. first is cost. second is you dont have to involve any cops if you dont want. wanna go steal your bike back? go for it. wanna bust some heads? do it. cops arent gonna let you do that. they hate fun. wanna burn their house down? now you can.
  19. John

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    make your own lojack out of a cell phone and gps module.
  20. someone called into the radio this morning and said that he is not clean, still smokes crack. someone else posted it on their FB and said that he comes in and steals from their store all the time lol.
  21. if anything my drinking skills have improved since i graduated lol.
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