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<DIV>Cindy is just scratching the surface on the interface between PIC and the MIC</DIV>
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<DIV>I found this string rather interesting ....... the Gold recommended song is loud and</DIV>
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<DIV>frighteningly true ..... the comment , "one behemoth feeding another " <<very good ....</DIV>
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<DIV>A War Machine fed by Slaves ..... ( I bet there are a lot of complicit Judges .... here </DIV>
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<DIV>in Texas they're called Republican Judges , right ? )</DIV>
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<DIV>here's the thread ...</DIV>
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<DIV id=comment_1210296396_156697777207_6280155 class="ufi_section UIImageBlock clearfix"><A class="UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" title="Jon Gold" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=684595285"><IMG class="UIProfileImage UIProfileImage_SMALL" alt="Jon Gold" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v226/1827/114/q684595285_7119.jpg"></A>
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<DIV class=comment_text><A class=comment_author href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=684595285">Jon Gold</A>
<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857ba2e132fb146a class=comment_actual_text>That's why they're trying to build a prison... one big happy system of death.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=comment_actions><ABBR class=timestamp title="Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:42:55 -0700">2 hours ago</ABBR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bbe9f2ed09aa0 class=comment_actual_text>I don't know them, but I like this song...<BR><BR><A onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "b9b9ad1c86693a19dd272efb14881f66", event)' href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndfqN1VKhY" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN>http://www.youtube.com/wat</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN>ch?v=yndfqN1VKhY</A></DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=comment_actions><ABBR class=timestamp title="Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:44:56 -0700">2 hours ago</ABBR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bc19c1bbec93b class=comment_actual_text>And, usually, it is long-termers, especially lifers. The prison system is willing to train the people they will retain the longest in the more skilled jobs. At least that's what they told me when I used to have clients in USP Leavenworth.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bc4810f03bb27 class=comment_actual_text>The Prison Industrial Complex compliments the Military Industrial Complex quite nicely doesn't it??? Soon the prisons will be providing the necessary mercenaries to be used in Iraq and all over the Middle East...just watch and see...this way you can eliminate the need to pay soldiers all together.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=comment_text><A class=comment_author href="http://www.facebook.com/teri.perticone">Teri Perticone</A>
<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bc72015d81202 class=comment_actual_text>the best album about this is "Cruel and Unusual<BR>Punishment" produced by the Welfare Poets. Many<BR>hip-hop artists contributed & it's one of the best. You<BR>can near it at: www.noliesradio.org--tune in.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bcf9f0c796810 class=comment_actual_text>One behemoth feeding the next.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bd36f72586d33 class=comment_actual_text>Quite a few corporations make use of prison labor, too. Good thing to remember around Valentine's Day when shopping for sexy lingerie from Victoria's Secret ;)</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bd65b775ec9e9 class=comment_actual_text>Amerika is a War economy, with slave labor!</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bd8ff2e7750f8 class=comment_actual_text>you got it-we can do better also, death row<BR>is filled with political prisoner's--think about it.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=comment_text><A class=comment_author href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1074915148">Hether Ayres</A>
<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bdc9d40207211 class=comment_actual_text>We have some research on prisons in our library on our website: <A onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "b9b9ad1c86693a19dd272efb14881f66", event)' href="http://pdcolorado.org/#/library/4531954743" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN>http://pdcolorado.org/#/li</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN>brary/4531954743</A><BR>There is a link to info on private prisons as well as the industrial prison complex. I know they make a LOT of things, but I had not heard they exclusively produced all these items for the military - I would question that claim - I'll see what I can find out</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=comment_text><SPAN class=comment_author>Pierre Girard</SPAN>
<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bdf9b1ebd0b12 class=comment_actual_text>Yes, and every inmate has a Penal Bond the state floats in their name and traded on the market with their prisoner ID #. The state makes millions off of people in jail - both guilty and innocent- based on their prison labor. It does not cost the state $30,000/yr for incarceration as the return on their investment is great.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=comment_text><A class=comment_author href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1074915148">Hether Ayres</A>
<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857be3bc4e2da7c0 class=comment_actual_text>If they do manufacture any helmets, they don't do all of it....<BR>here's the link to an article in the NY Times about Sioux Manufacturing (owned by an Indian tribe) weaving defective Kevlar for U.S military helmets (going to Iraq and Afganistan troops)<A onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "b9b9ad1c86693a19dd272efb14881f66", event)' href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/06helmet.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN>http://www.nytimes.com/200</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN>8/02/06/us/06helmet.html</A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=comment_text><A class=comment_author href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1074915148">Hether Ayres</A>
<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857be75065b0f06f class=comment_actual_text>Here's a link to some clothing they make:<BR><A onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "b9b9ad1c86693a19dd272efb14881f66", event)' href="http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:SpJsZ9PBPXQJ:https://www.unicor.gov/clothing_textiles/conference/pdf/CTG_POCS.pdf+UNICOR+military+uniforms&hl=en&gl=us&sig=AFQjCNHj0cN3Nfutz6ZcVtYN_hMgPc7-lw" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN>http://docs.google.com/gvi</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>ew?a=v&q=cache:SpJsZ9PBPXQ</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>J:https://www.unicor.gov/c</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>lothing_textiles/conferenc</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>e/pdf/CTG_POCS.pdf+UNICOR+</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>military+uniforms&hl=en&gl</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>=us&sig=AFQjCNHj0cN3Nfutz6</SPAN><WBR><SPAN
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857beb6a6e1ec9eb class=comment_actual_text>"Over 60% of sales from Unicor are made to the U.S. Military for a range of different services from uniforms to helicopter cables and wiring used in weaponry. Because the US Military then sells some of its products overseas, items produced by prisoners may fall into the hands of violent regimes."<BR><A onmousedown='UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "b9b9ad1c86693a19dd272efb14881f66", event)' href="http://www.referenceworld.com/sage/Prisons/index_463B8A04D0BE4899863937D8F93984B0.htm" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN>http://www.referenceworld.</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>com/sage/Prisons/index_463</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN><SPAN>B8A04D0BE4899863937D8F9398</SPAN><WBR><SPAN class=word_break></SPAN>4B0.htm</A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=text_expose_id_4add0857bee3868e7f717 class=comment_actual_text>Pierre, can you please email me more info on the Penal Bonds<BR>hether1star to aol.com</DIV></DIV>
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