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Thread: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

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    Default SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

    You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona, who
    painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates
    wear pink prison garb. Well.........
    SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
    Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!

    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 said okay.

    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. Teresa and I adopted a
    Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years
    ago. He was neutered, and 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.

    I have long wondered 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. He has a pretty good sized hog
    farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer. It
    fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where
    prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas
    tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it
    later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison.

    Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the
    vote. Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He
    painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural,
    that has a special hotline phone number painted on
    it, where you can call and report suspected illegal
    aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't
    doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies
    trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws,
    started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just
    for hauling folks back to the border. He's kind of a
    'Git-R-Dun' kind of Sheriff.

    TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
    HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
    AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER THIS IS
    ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona) who created the
    'Tent City Jail': He has jail meals down to 40 cents
    a serving and charges the inmates for them.

    He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails.
    Took away their weights Cut off all but 'G' movies.

    He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free
    work on county and city projects.

    Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn't
    Get Sued For Discrimination.

    He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A
    Federal Court Order that Required Cable TV For Jails
    So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only Let In 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 My Chain Gangs.

    He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.

    When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This
    Isn't The Ritz/Carlton.....If You Don't Like It,
    Don't Come Back.'

    He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on
    videotape that he pipes into the jails.

    When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture
    series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic
    lecture series might explain why a lot of the
    inmates were in his jails in the first place.

    More On The Arizona Sheriff:

    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, hundreds of men wearing boxers were
    either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in
    the tents, which reached 138 Degrees Inside The Week Before.

    Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat
    Collected On Their Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.

    'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James
    Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In the TENTS for 1
    year. 'It's Inhumane.'

    Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the
    tent city and long ago started making his prisoners
    wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one
    bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all
    of the inmates: '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 Mouths!'


    Way To Go, Sheriff!
    Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would
    be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders.
    Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not
    live in luxury until it's time for their parole,
    only to go out and commit another crime so they can
    get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy
    things taxpayers can't afford to have for
    themselves.

    Sheriff Joe was recently re-elected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona
    My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
    Thomas Jefferson- Democratic-Republican
    Responsibility is the ability to choose your response. Victims choose to be controlled by outside forces, Responsible people maintain control by making a choice.

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    Go Joe, go!!
    Finding the right trucking company is like finding the right person to marry. I really comes down to finding one whose BS you can put up with and who can put up wih yours.

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    Good find Reb. 8) ...Ive heard about Sheriff Joe before, but not with this much detail...I generally kind of skeptical when something sounds to good, and I tend to run it through snopes to verify.
    http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/arpaio.asp

    As Uturn said: Go Joe, go!!!

    How bout Sheriff Joe for President.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew10
    How bout Sheriff Joe for President.....
    Good Idea...he would have my vote

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    joe arpaio is the shiznit. i'd vote for him if he ran for president.

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    He'd have mine too. Imagine Common Sense instead of Political Correctness! I mean he makes being in prison seem like a punishment instead of a vacation from real life.
    My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
    Thomas Jefferson- Democratic-Republican
    Responsibility is the ability to choose your response. Victims choose to be controlled by outside forces, Responsible people maintain control by making a choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaliTrucker
    Quote Originally Posted by Drew10
    How bout Sheriff Joe for President.....
    Good Idea...he would have my vote
    WOW a prez tough on crime and cheap! Can you amagine the US out of debt and crime free! What a nice dream,

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    If only he were tougher on celebs he would have my vote. He eventually let Kurt Busch off the hook with a slap on the wrist after making him squirm for a bit over just how bad his punishment might end up being. He talked a big game but backed down when it was time to put up or shut up. Musta got some nice bribe money from Penske Racing to give him probation and community service.

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    Very interesting read, RebelDarlin'!!

    BTW, that's a beautiful Avitar!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
    If only he were tougher on celebs he would have my vote. He eventually let Kurt Busch off the hook with a slap on the wrist after making him squirm for a bit over just how bad his punishment might end up being. He talked a big game but backed down when it was time to put up or shut up. Musta got some nice bribe money from Penske Racing to give him probation and community service.
    While it looked like just a slap on the wrist - there was allot more to it than that! Kurt had to do allot more for Sheriff Joe than was made public, and yes, allot of money ended up in the Maricopa County coffers over the deal!

    Source: I had a close friend that worked on Busch's team at the time all that went down! The friend is now at Hendricks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Useless
    Very interesting read, RebelDarlin'!!

    BTW, that's a beautiful Avitar!!
    Thanks Useless. From a beautiful Comic Book... WitchBlade by TopCow.
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    My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
    Thomas Jefferson- Democratic-Republican
    Responsibility is the ability to choose your response. Victims choose to be controlled by outside forces, Responsible people maintain control by making a choice.

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    We had a Sherriff here in North Carolina who made the news by doing something similar.. he painted the jail cells pink, but he put the prisoners in Depression-era styled pinstripe uniforms, and put his deputies in paramilitary garb. He also gained a bit of notoriety for his "spider" car (police interceptor with a rather interesting paint job), which was eventually auctioned off by the county and purchased by a supporter of his.. I don't recall the whole story, but I think he was ousted from office because something wasn't right with the way he financed his campaign, or something of the sort.
    Anyhow, I say kudos to the Sheriff. If life behind bars is a little uncomfortable, then that's how it's supposed to be. I wouldn't endorse his actions is he were starving his inmates, torturing them, or anything of that sort, but what he's doing seems reasonable. If you don't like it, then the solution is quite simple - don't **** off and get yourself thrown in jail.

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