Idaho Prison Blog

At the ISCC, inmates who are members of the American Legion (and the buckle-bunny-esk) Sons of the American Legion*, receive special privileges, meals and treats (including popcorn, sodas, movies, etc.) throughout the year, even to the point where they have their own barbeque area, section of the visiting room, and special refrigerators in the prison kitchen to keep their special fare. But what about military veterans who are not members of the Legion, a group who many describe as nothing more than another prison gang that receives special privileges and accommodations in return for their "services" to prison administrators? Shouldn't the service members who actually deserve the recognition be honored for their military service and sacrifices at least once a year? It is unclear exactly how many prisoners at the ISCC are HONORABLY discharged military vets (unlike most of those in the Legion/Sons who have dishonorable discharges or are otherwise not legally or morally consi...

Yea, I know, this is a prison issue related blog, but this just has to come out - as none of the talking heads on the television machine have addressed the obvious. First, yes, there is a trend of temperatures increasing around the world, and while natural cycles of warming and cooling of the planet are certainly the primary cause, humans have contributed to the issue. While "experts" yap about tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide as the culprit (while intentionally creating the exact same compound to make sodas fizzy), nobody talks about how much heat is actually generated and released into the atmosphere by the running of the engine itself (touch the engine block with your finger after even a short drive - no, don't do that - but you get the point). Now to my point - Most recently, with the push to "go green" people have built and erected thousands of wind-powered generators (we used to call them windmills) all over the planet. The combined effects of these un...