This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Showing posts with label prison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prison. Show all posts
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Debtors' prisons still exist?
From the Wall Street Journal...
Some lawmakers, judges and regulators are trying to rein in the U.S. debt-collection industry's use of arrest warrants to recoup money owed by borrowers who are behind on credit-card payments, auto loans and other bills.
More than a third of all U.S. states allow borrowers who can't or won't pay to be jailed. Judges have signed off on more than 5,000 such warrants since the start of 2010 in nine counties with a total population of 13.6 million people, according to a tally by The Wall Street Journal of filings in those counties. Nationwide figures aren't known because many courts don't keep track of warrants by alleged offense. In interviews, 20 judges across the nation said the number of borrowers threatened with arrest in their courtrooms has surged since the financial crisis began.
More than a third of all U.S. states allow borrowers who can't or won't pay to be jailed. Judges have signed off on more than 5,000 such warrants since the start of 2010 in nine counties with a total population of 13.6 million people, according to a tally by The Wall Street Journal of filings in those counties. Nationwide figures aren't known because many courts don't keep track of warrants by alleged offense. In interviews, 20 judges across the nation said the number of borrowers threatened with arrest in their courtrooms has surged since the financial crisis began.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Political Ha-Ha
In a recent survey carried out for leading toiletries firm ‘Brut’, people from Chicago have proved to be the most likely to have had sex in the shower!
In the survey, 86% of Chicago’s elite residents, and government official’s (almost all of whom are politicians) said that they have enjoyed sex in the shower.
The other 14% said they hadn’t been to prison yet.
In the survey, 86% of Chicago’s elite residents, and government official’s (almost all of whom are politicians) said that they have enjoyed sex in the shower.
The other 14% said they hadn’t been to prison yet.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Republican Crooks
I've seen several reports that criminal charges have been filed in Germany against a number of prominent Republican leaders - including Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales. Seems some former inmates at Abu Ghraib are angry over their torture and treatment. Go figure.
The big questions will be, do the German courts have jurisdiction over American politicians?
From the Carpetbagger Report....
New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany's top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The whole concept is intriguing - can you envision Rumsfeld going from the White House to the Big House? Or how about Alberto Gonzales with a new 6'8" 250 pound boyfriend? And I chuckle over George Tenet keeping his secrets as he's cozying up to two or three Hell's Angels at 2 in the morning.
Yee-Haw!
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