tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post1489558178008459306..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Jindal back, better positioned, to remake prison systemJeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-20477360861688215832012-04-17T21:53:18.292-05:002012-04-17T21:53:18.292-05:00One of Jeff's hobby horses is to bleat a few i...One of Jeff's hobby horses is to bleat a few ill-fitting slogans of capitalism in support of privatizing some aspect of government activity that is best left to government. In doing so, he usually takes an emotional swipe at liberals, with a straw man argument or two with some exaggerations tossed in. He last trotted out the garbage about privatizing prisons: http://jeffsadow.blogspot.com/2011/04/jindal-use-of-scare-tactic-not-suasion_28.html<br /><br />But keep this in mind. Louisiana is the state with the highest incarceration rate in the country, in a country with one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. More inmates than the entire country of Canada. Yet it is one of the most violent states in spite of all the criminals off the streets. To Jeff and other neocons, all these people in crowded, violent jails is a model of "freedom" and "liberty." American freedom, for southerns like Jeff, always seems to result in more minorities in prison and fewer minorities voting. Seems that some things never change. Now he wants private companies to cut corners in prison management. In fact, Jeff and the others don't care about the inmates, and there is probably no standard of care low enough to satisfy their primal hatred towards those in the orange suit. But his privatization argument is a much simpler, reflexive response that has more to do with hatred of liberals and a simpleton's understanding of capitalism. That's why anyone with a search engine and 30 seconds on their hands can debunk Jeff's stupid assertions about the magical wonders of prison privatization.Mr. Harris Plutocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14272042050207617611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-76686064662810929752012-04-10T07:56:52.624-05:002012-04-10T07:56:52.624-05:00Citizens exercising their rights before the Legisl...Citizens exercising their rights before the Legislature represents "asyemmetrical power relations"?<br /><br />After reading your blogs and your readers comments for a while, I strongly suggest that the comments are much better than the blogs and much more persuasive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-27448423427491101632012-04-09T16:43:42.059-05:002012-04-09T16:43:42.059-05:00Huh? What?
You say: "This follows the play...Huh? What?<br /><br />You say: "This follows the playbook most recently and vehemently practiced by teachers' unions, in cahoots with school district allies, with the age-old tactic of magnifying pressure on policy-makers by getting the small group in whom policy benefits are concentrated to take advantage of the asymmetrical power relations concerning the issue."<br /><br />For those of you who might have trouble understanding this (typical)convoluted expression by the Professor, I would translate it correctly (but in a way he will not like) for you: They were exercising their constitutional rights.<br /><br />Do you have trouble with people exercising their constitution rights through the political process? Seems so.<br /><br />"...magnifying pressure on policy-makers..." Better describes the Governor (all day every day) than those you again try to make the bad guys because you don't agree with them.<br /><br />"...the asymmetrical power relations..." Again, you are talking about the Governor, aren't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com