tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5707529004961331873..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Rick Perry's race speech and criminal-justice reformGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70733548895994320602015-07-10T23:18:18.659-05:002015-07-10T23:18:18.659-05:00Thank god for the Legislative Reference Library of...Thank god for the Legislative Reference Library of Texas and our written record of actual events! Maybe he should take a stroll down the old vetoe lane before getting his presidential hopes up. SB 1195 in 2005 will cost him one vote for sure. Then there's about 2,000,000 plus drivers from that silly Texas Driver's Financial Responsibility Act that he probably shouldn't count on just yet. Most still can't legally drive and w/o valid identification, are not allowed to vote, bank, or do much of anything but concentrate on paying those monthly surcharge payments. But I think it is quite safe to say they haven't forgotten Perry's years in Office. <br /><br />Leave it to RP to devote an entire speech on the history of a town and county that deserve to burn in hell. I don't remember if he said anything about Waco and McClennan County's current travesties, but Lord knows I wasn't going to read that speech again to find out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49971111016077190662015-07-10T12:47:40.752-05:002015-07-10T12:47:40.752-05:00They can't get a job because of all their rape...They can't get a job because of all their rapes. It's not their fault that they rape. Tear up their rap sheet and let them start over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8487456095588693742015-07-10T10:24:22.716-05:002015-07-10T10:24:22.716-05:00An evidence based review of the actions of past an...An evidence based review of the actions of past and present governors and legislators shows that substantive criminal justice reform will not be introduced by those folks. My guess is that too many fear political suicide if they stand up for reforms that are easily identified. What has been clear is that they will pay lip service only to reform and pass only tweak type reform measures when what is called for are big, bold, Texas style changes. Since fundamental reform proposals do not emanate from our elected representatives, it is time for all others interested in change to join together, create a blueprint for change, and lobby for it.<br />Fortunately, the nationwide, bi-partisan, surge of interest in serious reform makes this year an ideal one for serious change.Wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86386455094482717162015-07-10T03:58:27.272-05:002015-07-10T03:58:27.272-05:00Thank You Grits for telling it like it is, has bee...Thank You Grits for telling it like it is, has been, and possibly will be...I hear the P.C. people talking in a manner that I think to myself where have I been, I must have missed that, thought I was keeping up with what was going on, certainly have not heard that before ....how many recall Gov Ann Richards,how she was booed practically out of office for the work she did to set up facilities for helping the addict...if the money was used to provide help/medical/support for the addiction problems I feel we would be further along in helping these people instead of the destruction of humans that happen in prison systems especially when the previous Governor did not think it necessary to enforce the "RAPE" laws to protect the person which destroys their "souls" making redemption from substance abuse harder to overcome then once they survive prison they are again thrown to the wolves in the probation/parole departments...their are some really evil people working as officers especially the women men haters...I could write a book about what I know about the probation officers and this is something that needs to be discontinued,if the Inmate served his/her time, earned their "GOOD TIME" then when released should be enough time served. First thing that needs to happen is close the borders and stop the endless supply of drugs that come across Texas Borders, dry up the supply, will stop a lot of what is going on, no non-violent substance abuser should be thrown into the pits of hell aka TDCJ, I don't have the answer, BUT, I know what has been going on for the last 40 years is NOT working so when something is NOT working it has to be changed, adjusted, done away with, replaced to something that might work. GET REAL "WE THE PEOPLE" this is your TAXDOLLARS paying for all this stuff that is NOT working, demand your TAXDOLLARS be spent for something that does work.PAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778667657874134437noreply@blogger.com