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| Author: | DanDMan [ Jun 24th, '08, 00:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Some of you may have heard about Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb and grow most of their own food, live in tents, and pay for their own meals. If there is an AP'er on Arizona, perhaps they should inform the sheriff about Aquaponics! Well......... SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe! Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay. The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows. The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78. The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals. I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand. He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison. Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote. Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural, that has a special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff. TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY: Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ' Tent City JailHe has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them. He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights Cut off all but 'G' movies. He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects. Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn't Get Sued For Discrimination. He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal Court Order that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel. When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot It's Gonna Be While They Are Working ON My Chain Gangs. He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value. When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't The Ritz/Carlton.....If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back.' He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails. When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place. More On The Arizona Sheriff: With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports: About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their Government-Issued Pink Boxer Shorts. On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees Inside The Week Before. Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS. 'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In T he T ENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.' Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: 'It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear, But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes,So Shut Your Mouths!' Way To Go, Sheriff! Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves. 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| Author: | Chappo [ Jun 24th, '08, 00:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
thin relavence for an Ozzie site,,,,but good song"Who shot the Sherrif" |
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| Author: | TimC [ Jun 24th, '08, 00:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Saw a show about this prison on Foxtel (Sat TV). I was very impressed. A place where the worst smuggled contraband is coffee, sugar and tobacco. And they spend time in solitary for a few teaspoons of sugar. Prison is not supposed to be luxurious, so why not take away a few of lifes luxuries. I say good on him... |
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| Author: | Chappo [ Jun 24th, '08, 00:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
About 25%of illegal Indonesian fishermen caught in Aus waters have a much higher standard of living in our gaols than they would at home,.....,,sick world. |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Jun 24th, '08, 03:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Chappo wrote: About 25%of illegal Indonesian fishermen caught in Aus waters have a much higher standard of living in our gaols than they would at home,.....,,sick world. Dont talk about living standards aust pensioners get about $1012 a month refugee/s get $2470 a month a family of 4 get $118000 a year |
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| Author: | meancoyote [ Jun 24th, '08, 09:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
They got a bunch of prisoners in tents here too. They have them out moving rock piles all day, I think the time would be better spent growing there own food. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Jun 24th, '08, 10:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Food&Fish wrote: Dont talk about living standards aust pensioners get about $1012 a month refugees get $2470 a month a family of 4 get $118000 a year F&F ... the quote about refugees getting twice as much as other welfare beneficieries has been debunked many, many, many times before... it's just not true.... As to pensioners getting $1012 a month ... maybe true.... As to a family of 4 getting 118000 a year.....BULLOCKS.....total nonsense... Maybe $11800/yr.. ie. about $1000+/mth.... 
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| Author: | veggie boy [ Jun 24th, '08, 12:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Interesting stuff Dan. Quote: thin relavence for an Ozzie site,,,,but good song"Who shot the Sherrif" The site may be based in Aus Chappo - but has an international membership and audience
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Jun 24th, '08, 15:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
RupertofOZ wrote: Food&Fish wrote: Dont talk about living standards aust pensioners get about $1012 a month refugees get $2470 a month a family of 4 get $118000 a year F&F ... the quote about refugees getting twice as much as other welfare beneficieries has been debunked many, many, many times before... it's just not true.... As to pensioners getting $1012 a month ... maybe true.... As to a family of 4 getting 118000 a year.....BULLOCKS.....total nonsense... Maybe $11800/yr.. ie. about $1000+/mth.... |
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| Author: | Axl [ Jun 24th, '08, 18:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Food&Fish wrote: RupertofOZ wrote: Food&Fish wrote: Dont talk about living standards aust pensioners get about $1012 a month refugees get $2470 a month a family of 4 get $118000 a year F&F ... the quote about refugees getting twice as much as other welfare beneficieries has been debunked many, many, many times before... it's just not true.... As to pensioners getting $1012 a month ... maybe true.... As to a family of 4 getting 118000 a year.....BULLOCKS.....total nonsense... Maybe $11800/yr.. ie. about $1000+/mth.... Check out the Media Watch site. They found Alan Jones getting caught by it a few weeks back |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Jun 24th, '08, 18:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Oh well i still say pensioners need more money look at me i have to go and scrounge around a tip all afternoon just to get things to survive 
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| Author: | Jaymie [ Jun 24th, '08, 19:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
oh you poor old thing 
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| Author: | janethesselberth [ Jun 24th, '08, 19:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
I had heard about this sherrif before, and just love what he's doing. I wonder if we could get him to run for President of the US. Hmmmm. |
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| Author: | DanDMan [ Jun 25th, '08, 01:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
I would vote for him. |
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| Author: | ElizabethGreene [ Jun 25th, '08, 05:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Someone shoule tell this sheriff about AquaPonics! |
Did I miss something? Traditional agriculture has plowing, fertilizing, cultivating, sowing, reaping, and mowing. Aquaponics has gravel washing, sowing, and reaping. That would actually be EASIER on the naer-do-wells.  (I never thought I'd describe gravel washing as easy.) |
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