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I first recieved word of your appology from Myspace and didn't really know quite how to react. It is bitter-sweet, I suppose.

I know that you went through what we all went through but for the fucking life of me, I can not understand how you continued through the ranks to executive staff doing to others what was done to you. I too was in the program when you were on staff in Springfield and remember many daily asshole rips under your supervision. Of course, there were also times when I progressed in rank at straight and turned on the lower phasers to make my way through too. None of us are excluded from fucked up behavior here.

Thank you Rich for what you wrote. It's hard to hear but totally necessary for healing, IMO.

Smell ya,

Str8h8er ::OMG::

I was given this story and was wondering if anyone has heard anything about this? BTW, none of this surprises me.  :bs:



Thursday, February 12, 2009 (SF Chronicle)
Judges accused of jailing juveniles for cash
Michael Rubinkam,Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press


   (02-12) 04:00 PST WILKES-BARRE , Pa. -- For years, the juvenile court
system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were
brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a
minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor
offenses.
   The explanation, prosecutors say, was corruption on the bench.
   In one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on record, two
Pennsylvania judges have been charged with taking millions of dollars in
kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detention centers.
   "I've never encountered, and I don't think that we will in our lifetimes,
a case where literally thousands of kids' lives were just tossed aside in
order for a couple of judges to make some money," said Marsha Levick, an
attorney with the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, which is
representing hundreds of youths sentenced in Wilkes-Barre.
   Prosecutors say Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan
took $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in lockups run by
PA Child Care LLC and a sister company, Western PA Child Care LLC. The
judges were charged on Jan. 26 and removed from the bench by the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court shortly afterward.
   No company officials have been charged, but the investigation is
continuing.
   The high court, meanwhile, is looking into whether hundreds or even
thousands of sentences should be overturned and the juveniles' records
expunged.
   Among the offenders were teenagers who were locked up for months for
stealing loose change from cars, writing a prank note and possessing drug
paraphernalia. Many had never been in trouble before. Some were imprisoned
even after probation officers recommended against it.
   Many appeared without lawyers, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark
1967 ruling that children have a constitutional right to counsel.
   The judges are scheduled to plead guilty to fraud today in federal court.
Their plea agreements call for sentences of more than seven years behind
bars.
   Ciavarella, 58, who presided over Luzerne County's juvenile court for 12
years, acknowledged last week in a letter to his former colleagues, "I
have disgraced my judgeship. My actions have destroyed everything I worked
to accomplish and I have only myself to blame." Ciavarella, though, has
denied he got kickbacks for sending youths to prison.
   Conahan, 56, has remained silent about the case.
   Many Pennsylvania counties contract with privately run juvenile detention
centers, paying them either a fixed overall fee or a certain amount per
youth, per day.
   In Luzerne County, prosecutors say, Conahan shut down the county-run
juvenile prison in 2002 and helped the two companies secure contracts
worth tens of millions of dollars, at least some of that dependent on how
many juveniles were locked up.
   One of the contracts - a 20-year agreement with PA Child Care worth an
estimated $58 million - was later canceled by the county as exorbitant.
   The judges are accused of taking payoffs between 2003 and 2006.
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Copyright 2009 SF Chronicle

Good info, and I appreciate it.

Though I generally do not post something I would not want anyone to know.

This thread kinda falls with in that category. I don't feel ashamed of any aspect of myself, or my extra curricular activities.  

Although I am "down" for smoking the Buddha anyway that will benefit me, I am often curious how others prefer to smoke it.

I prefer the blunt method. Although there are pro's and con's with this method, it is the "slow-burnin" that keeps me coming back. Currently, there are a wide variety of "flavors" associated with this method. Honey is my favorite. It is smooth and less harsh then the Chocolate flavor. Yuck, stay away from the chocolate. Strawberry will do in a pinch, but I tend to keep a reserve of the "honey". I try not to deviate from the one with the proven track record.

The "old-school" E-Z widers. Now, I will admit, I have not tried this method in at least 2 years. Even thinking back to that time, it was purely out of lack of other options.

The BONG. LOL. Yeah, the bong. It's been several years since I have used this method, but it is an old favorite that I will not rule out anytime in the future. A friend of mine and me used to put ice cubes and a small amount of water in the bong under the "theory" that it was "less-harsh" vs. just plain water. Man, I must have been high as shit to come up with that shit.

How about the "soda can". You know what I am talking about. Don’t act like you know nothing of this soda can. It did the trick. It was kinda gross though.

The toilet paper cardboard roll with a “bounce dryer sheetâ€

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I took a few days to get myself together. Being here sometimes is too much.

I am doing better today then I was the other day. May have something to do with the fact that I fucked up and took my meds twice today.  ::bangin::  I feel jacked up with a residual headache.

I appreciate all the posts. I know you guys know what it's like. Sometime I just get fed up.

They are showing Over the GW at the University of MD in College Park for the month of October. I mentioned it to my father and he would like to go see it with me.

I am not really sure I want to do that yet. I watched the trailer and just seeing that girl motivate made me wanna knock somebodies head off.

Everyday my father is more and more shocked at what he finds. Seeing him freak out about it certainly doesn't help my anger, but it does validate the situation for me a little bit.

Haven't heard from my mom since the BIG blow out the other day. I am cool with it all though. If she can't face it, then fuck her. I am tired of her saying "I went through the program too" and "I had to be there every parents night". Big whoop dee Doo. Parents night. Golly, that must have been so fucking hard to have to go to the parents meeting. (Anger creeping back)

Anyway, wanted to say thanks, for listening, understanding. I have a very important errand to run now....... ::bandit::  ::bandit::  ::bandit::

I am OK.

I am just feeling very overwelmed right now. In almost every capacity.

I recognize that I must come to terms with the fact that my mother does not want to partake in helping me "heal".

I recognize that I have to take responsibility for me, my actions. I can not control others and I can not make them care.

I can not continue to set myself up for this shit. I cant. So, in order to shield myself, I must shut everyone out. Everyone IRL that is. I know deep in my gut that I am alone, I always have been and I always will be.

My husband gets very angry with me when I question his loyalty and my lack of "full" trust of him. He just does not understand. Although he agrees whole-heartedly that I was delt the worst family in history.

My father, the uptight conservative REPUBLICAN (dont hate me for his faults), with whom I have not spoken to in about 2 years has complied with my request of him to visit the straights, and other various web sites. He called me 4 times last night telling me things that I have already read. He kept telling me it was all a conspiracy.

Even though I felt as though someone cared enough to check this out when I asked them too, I am skeptical. He can not be trusted either.

Somewhere I have lost a part of me that I never even knew. I have a long road ahead of me.

:nworthy:  ::rocker::