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Rarian Rakista's avatar

Prison made furniture is just the beginning, just wait till prisoners - maybe you! - are making our 6th generation iPods after China births out a middle class.

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Gherkins d'Resistance's avatar

Of course! Great idea! ( "Sweeping the chimney" is Koch-code for using orphans as firewood, right?)

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fuflans's avatar

not really, no.

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Gherkins d'Resistance's avatar

Hey now! Koch hired cancer-scientists to solve this problem! He (probably) doesn't even need your organs!

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fuflans's avatar

as i am very late to the 'MI orphan bashing extravaganza' thread and the wonkette is generally brilliant, i will only say this makes me very very sad for my country.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

You know, the idea of allowing guns onto the floor of a State Assembly might actually have an upside after all.

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chascates's avatar

Can't Michigan's prisoners sew clothes for the little waifs? With a big 'O' for Orphan on them?

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PubOption's avatar

May also have some vacancies for newspaper sellers.

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Jan_in_the_pan's avatar

What better way to say to your classmates, "Shun me, I'm poor and wear smelly clothes from Good Will".

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PubOption's avatar

I assume that some foster parents will not use the cards, and buy new clothes with their own money. I very much doubt that the card issuers will refund the unused amount to the state, more probably recycle it to the politicians as campaign contributions. Win - win situation?

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Dashboard Buddha's avatar

No shit, eh? I think that pretty much sums up the right in all of its tawdry facets. Ohhhh, widdle fetus needs our pwotection...widdle born child can go fuck himself.

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PubOption's avatar

Has been suggested in Missouri.

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Dashboard Buddha's avatar

Not short...just selective.

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PubOption's avatar

The Republican bible has inserted a comma into the phrase 'suffer little children..'.

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Dashboard Buddha's avatar

I was always big. My mom and I (well my mom) shopped at the "stout" department at Sears. I was the kid who had the jeans (not actual Levi's) that never, ever faded, yet still manage to turn my legs blue. Were I a young 'un in MI today, I would truly be fucked.

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Hey Chuck Moss, did you know there is a surplus of burlap bags right now? Always in fashion, breathes like fine Egyptian cotton and machine washable. And if you can’t afford a washing machine river water and rocks are no problem. Don’t worry, the old potato smell will go away in a few weeks.

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