The 200,000-plus inmates of the US Federal prison system had a wonderful surprise one day in July –– they received a special letter ! Charles E. Samuels Jr., director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, wrote an inspirational memo to each one of them wishing them the very best –– and imploring them not to commit suicide.
&quot;I want you to succeed but it&#039;s going to take money. Expenses have gone up and contributions from the local, state, and federal government have trickled to nothing. In order for you to <i>succeed</i> or even <b>stay alive</b> this will depend on your making a contribution to this facility. Get the money however you have to but make it out to me, so I&#039;ll know it doesn&#039;t get split with anyone else. Take care.&quot;
Agreed; bugs me every time I see it. We don&#039;t have any of them up here and when I first saw it in print, recently, I wondered what the hell it was. But wouldn&#039;t an accent aigu be way too French and therefore effete and librul?
&quot;Do not lose hope. Solutions can be found, feelings change, unanticipated positive events occur.&quot;
You know...if I were in a high security prison being treated to what is essentially torture, this note from the dude that gives the ok to said torture just might be the thing to push me over the line.
Soap carving (using your teeth), expanding the sexuality continuum, interpretive dance, there&#039;s no end of things that can give a prisoner a sense of hope and purpose.
&quot;I want you to succeed but it&#039;s going to take money. Expenses have gone up and contributions from the local, state, and federal government have trickled to nothing. In order for you to <i>succeed</i> or even <b>stay alive</b> this will depend on your making a contribution to this facility. Get the money however you have to but make it out to me, so I&#039;ll know it doesn&#039;t get split with anyone else. Take care.&quot;
Just think of the Chick-Fil A-Holes who run the joint, and you&#039;ll always get it right.
Nice one.
WTF do unions have to do with .... oh, wait ... Wisconsin. I understand it used to be a nice place, before the fucking Republicans took over.
The shooter is likely (p=0.99) to be the same flavor dumbfuck as that poster.
i really actually thought it was &#039;chick-filla&#039; until this latest kerfuffle.
and then last week i said it out loud and my (southern born) partner looked at me as if i had just pronounced that river in london as the river tames.
i don&#039;t know what you people are banging on about. i need a tax cut.
My all-time favorite movie.
OT: Another mass shooting today in Oak Creek, WI at a Sikh Temple. I am so tired of these mass casualty incidents.
Agreed; bugs me every time I see it. We don&#039;t have any of them up here and when I first saw it in print, recently, I wondered what the hell it was. But wouldn&#039;t an accent aigu be way too French and therefore effete and librul?
&quot;Do not lose hope. Solutions can be found, feelings change, unanticipated positive events occur.&quot;
You know...if I were in a high security prison being treated to what is essentially torture, this note from the dude that gives the ok to said torture just might be the thing to push me over the line.
Soap carving (using your teeth), expanding the sexuality continuum, interpretive dance, there&#039;s no end of things that can give a prisoner a sense of hope and purpose.
Do you like me? (Check one)
____ Yes.
____ No.
If you&#039;re in for life, with no chance of parole, it might be a bit late to become concerned about your &quot;success&quot;.