tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4150573478341801798..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas veterans courts an aggressive version of problem-solving jurisprudenceGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58734070646245587252012-01-08T11:06:24.533-06:002012-01-08T11:06:24.533-06:00In a world that seems to present ever increasing d...In a world that seems to present ever increasing dangers to our people there are those who will never be able to understand the trauma that so many combat vets have faced. I am most certain that those who have never experienced it have issued their comments without factual evidence to back their statement. Take for instance this comment by Mr. John Birge "How much tax money does this take?" Mr. Birge made this statement without gathering proper information to back his statement. Here are the facts. The taxpayers of a Texas county pay on the average $77.00 p/day per county inmate. Our particular county has 38 vet inmates. Let's do the math right here and now.<br />38 inmates X $77.00 p/day= $2,926.00 cost per day.<br />For one year: $2,926.00 p/day X 365days= $1,067,990.00 p/year. <br />Let's assume that 50% of the 38vets are eligible for Vet Court. <br />50% of 38= 19 eligible vets. $2,926.00/2= $1,463.00 p/day for 19inmates.<br />$1,463.00 X 365 days = $533,995.00 estimated savings to the county not including court cost for the 19 vets. Estimated County Court Cost p/vet = $175.00 x 19= $1,575.00 for the entire program.<br />$533,995.00 - $1,575.00 = $534,420.00 savings to the county taxpayers after estimated court cost.<br />The estimated cost by the VA for the RE-HAB program is approx $2,700.00 per vet which is paid by the Fed Gov. So you see Mr. Birge, you are correct in saying that Taxpayer money funds the program. However how hard do you try to cut your income tax each year? What are you doing to assist in the problem with Welfare Fraud, Social Security Fraud, Income Tax Fraud and all the other programs that you haven't taken a shot at? How can you accurately make your statement ? Where are the facts and data to back you up? If you and others would study our court case history you will also find that almost all cases involving a subject with a mental disorder is granted special consideration and in millions of cases is provided medical and mental assistance for which the financial burden is always on the taxpayer.<br /><br />Now will you please tell everyone how much a Warriors life is worth? Will you tell everyone how much the armless and legless or totally incapacitated warrior is worth? Will you tell everyone how much the pain and suffering of the family of that warrior is worth?<br /><br />You cannot put a price on it can you? Of course not and no one else can either. What is your life worth? To us Warriors it is PRICELESS!! I am a combat vet Mr. Birge and your warrior's have made it possible for you and millions of others to enjoy the freedoms you have today. We thank you for giving us the opportunity. Without doubt either we or a new generation will do it again and without hesitation. I ask you and all others to remember this..No matter how you feel about us there will always be a warrior standing at your door to protect you. You will not know his/her NAME, COLOR or RELIGION. But we will be there for our Country and the People.<br /><br />My intentions are not to degrade or embarrass anyone. We, your Vets, and although we know you cannot understand what combat does to a person, hope and pray that you will stand behind us. We don’t claim to be any better than anyone else. However we do claim that we are the reason for your freedom and that we and future generations of Warriors will always be there for our People…..<br /><br />No Vet is above the law and the Police do not look the other way as one ANONYMOUS stated. YES we are given special consideration in a VET COURT ONLY. However it is not easy for the vet. Stiff mandates and weeks and months of courses by the VA are mandated. If the vet does not comply with the rules and regulations it is certain reincarceration. I have personally witnessed this happening in the Harris County Vet Court. So where are the facts? Why make such comments when you have no idea how it works?<br /><br />Your United States Vets <br />God BlessWarrior&Veterans-Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09103003217237091216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91190761061877179312011-09-12T07:55:18.279-05:002011-09-12T07:55:18.279-05:00Law firms are spread far and wide over the stateS....Law firms are spread far and wide over the stateS. Most of these firms are<br />mid sized organizations.Injury Compensation Irelandhttp://www.injury-compensation-ireland.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68346604190261150052010-12-31T14:31:58.857-06:002010-12-31T14:31:58.857-06:00This is not needed .....The only way it will help ...This is not needed .....The only way it will help a veteran is if they break the law...Just stupid ...How much tax money does this take ...john birgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727417321456352717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76102795795524679352009-12-13T13:16:11.226-06:002009-12-13T13:16:11.226-06:00Serves him right , he should have gotten up for &q...Serves him right , he should have gotten up for "Grits for Breakfast"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39548695273419850432009-12-13T03:11:30.417-06:002009-12-13T03:11:30.417-06:00Louisiana woman arrested in grits attack on boyfri...<b>Louisiana woman arrested in grits attack on boyfriend</b><br /><br />BOUTTE, La. -- A Louisiana woman is charged with getting back at her sleeping boyfriend after a fight by scalding him with a pot of boiling grits.<br /><br />Sheriff's deputies say 44-year-old Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms.<br /><br />Brown was booked on a second-degree battery charge.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sunherald.com/nation/story/1802319.html" rel="nofollow">Source</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72516306035155705642009-12-12T18:02:56.489-06:002009-12-12T18:02:56.489-06:00Anon 3:23
Good point. Why should how you got a m...Anon 3:23<br /><br />Good point. Why should how you got a mental illness matter. And nobody can say definitively that any mental illness was totally caused by service in wartime. Like you, I believe we should have programs for the those with mental illnesses that commit crimes, regardless of where the illness originated.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834245861000386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84148593065847875062009-12-12T15:23:25.370-06:002009-12-12T15:23:25.370-06:00This idea of giving veterans a break when they vio...This idea of giving veterans a break when they violate the law is not new. It is a traditional conservative sentiment that has for the most part been handled unofficially throughout history -- in that the police simply overlook their actions once it is established they are "good conservative stock". The idea that "good conservatives" are not subject to the same rules as the rest of us is a little troubling, though. Don't get me wrong -- I do not begrudge veterans of anything they can get. They deserve it. But if we love some citizens enough to provide a "non-adversarial" approach to their prosecution, I see a basic equal protection issue here. Mentally ill offenders have the same rights to "non-adversarial" treatment regardless of how their disability ostensibly originated. Honorable service does not relieve one of the responsibility to obey the law, and this sort of smacks of creating a separate justice system (really a separate set of laws) for those who serve in the military. I like the plan, but it should be the same approach used with everybody. Equal protection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5271499490711452602009-12-12T14:56:53.079-06:002009-12-12T14:56:53.079-06:00Yeah, me and Frank Corte ... soft on crime liberal...Yeah, me and Frank Corte ... soft on crime liberals.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81228769208439706812009-12-12T14:51:28.106-06:002009-12-12T14:51:28.106-06:00We get it Grits. If it involves releasing people f...We get it Grits. If it involves releasing people from criminal responsibility, you like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62417762612529226992009-12-12T11:01:29.904-06:002009-12-12T11:01:29.904-06:00This idea was proposed to County Judge Joel Baker ...This idea was proposed to County Judge Joel Baker in Smith County, but his response was that Veterans with Mental Health issues were generally faking and he didn't want to have anything to do with it. I hope veterans will remember this come election time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com