Jail Riots in Castaic, CA - Time for Change?

LA Times Article

The Mercury News

Gang leaders directing traffic at Pitchess Detention Center pointed latinos to attack blacks in an all out jail riot in Castaic, CA. This isn't the first time this has happened. In fact Pitchess Detention Center is known for its riots. I've been on a tour through one of the huge jail buildings there with a friend of mine who was a deputy there. Talk about a big place. My friend who I lived in the same house with for about 6 months was always coming home and talking about the latest riot or fight they had at the jail.

When I was a kid I toured Pelican Bay Prison on a field trip and there were a lot of similarities. High security, a tight grip on troublemakers, etc...

However this perspective of Pitchess Detention Center is a big change though from what Castaic's jail used to be. It was once a place for drunks to get their lives back together by hard work and learning how to farm and make toys.

Maybe we need to go back to making prisoners and jail inmates (such kind terms for convicted criminals) be productive. Just give them something to do. That has seemed to work for them in Arizona where they started a tent jail. Prisoners are allowed to work and go outside and it seems to have really worked. Running this prison cost a lot less money too.

Programs Evaluated

As if we didn't already know, the OMB has announced that some US Government programs just aren't working.

This information was taken from OMB

Distribution of Program Ratings

Number of Programs Assessed 793

Effective--------------------------15%
Moderately Effective----------29%
Adequate-------------------------28%
Ineffective------------------------4%
Results Not Demonstrated----24%

Google Gives In To Full Chinese Censorship

Google has recently given into Chinese censorship of the internet that is accessable to the public in China. According to
The Times China employs 30,000 workers to monitor and block the internet from the people of China.

Islam: A Religion of Peace?

How can the world close its eyes to the violence of Muslims and claim they are a peaceful people. The truth is there for all to see. Some are trying to hide the violence to protect Islam, others are beginning to see for the first time the dramatic truth about Islam. Violence. Vengance.


Muslim violence spreads
By Mitchell Prothero
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 6, 2006


Truth is found in God's word the Bible. The true God needs no vengance on man's part to defend His name.

"Vengance is mine saith the Lord."

Our God reigns with truth. He commands us to "seek peace and pursue it".

Interesting Perspective on Preschool Initiative

According to the LA Times in an article entitled Preschool Initiative's Misguided ApproachLink and dated February 2, 2006, in regards to Rob Reiner's preschool initiative "No one disputes that such a program [Universal Preschool] would be a good thing in principle". I've got news for them. There is a very large population of people in California and the rest of the United States that argue any such program is a very bad idea and is detrimental to the welfare of children.

One would have thought that the writer of this article Michael Hiltzik Bio, having been with the LA Times for over 20 years and having won a pulitzer prize, would have done his homework. Perhapse Mr. Hiltzik has never heard of universalpreschool.com universalpreschool.com or has never heard some of the arguments listed by Child and Family Protection Association Link

New House Majority Leader

According to the Associated Press, US Representative John Boehner (Bio) , [R-Ohio] has been installed as the new House Majority Leader filling the post left by scandal-ridden Tom DeLay.

Story


Boehner's Biography


LA Times article


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Governor's ReElection Campaign In Debt

According to the LA Times (Link):

Arnold Schwarzenegger is entering his reelection campaign $410,000 in debt, while his Democratic rivals and union foes are armed with more than $50 million.

Pretty amazing huh? A man who has made a name for himself raising money. But get this! The article goes on to say:

He also continued supplementing his aides' government salaries by paying them additional sums in campaign money, according to campaign reports filed with the state Tuesday.

It seems to me that just maybe, there could be a problem here.