I watched the website for your posts most of the day yesterday (and the days previous), but got busy last night. Murphy's Law! Once I stopped looking for you, your post appeared! Haha. So someone else transcribed them for you. Thank you Deblegs! She (I assume female, but no way to know) transcribes for many bloggers here on this site. A gem of a person!
I have subscribed to your posts, so from now on, every time your blog gets posted I will be notified. I will make sure that every post you send gets transcribed, whether by me or by someone else. I told your bro about this too, so he may join in on the fun!
How very cool this site is for all of you to have the opportunity to reach the world wide web!
I've submitted a request to send the stamped envelopes and will let you know what I find out. In the meantime, to prevent any delays, you may want to mail them a letter consenting, and include any instructions.
John, thank you for the post - I had made a comment as well. I had been following this blog for some time, until I realised inmate financial funds are available for the public. It dawned on me that this blog is basically a tool to seek money and self serving needs. They all should stop crying about needing an MP3 player, food boxes etc. Their "needs" are met by the taxpayers already. I too would like some donations of help - for free, I am after all a law abiding citizen. My kids don't even have MP3's !!! Geez - poor poor prisoners, riding the State's funds out on appeals for a crime they should basically admit to get on with it. Ron said he was involved.... his own post. Well, John your post was very good. Thank YOU for serving our country by the way, honorable.
oh I see, ALL replies are "welcome" BUT then the "hypocrite" has them removed. I wrote a reply yesterday, and a woman wrote one as well. Both are now gone. It is sad how ronald can talk the talk, but when something is replied that he dont like, he cant walk the walk, and has them removed. I wont waste my time coming here anymore...very sad and pathetic.!!!
Thanks for writing. I finished the transcription for your post. I hope you had a Happy Birthday on the 7th.
You indicated that you are the 15th child in your family and have an identical twin. Do you maintain contact with any of your family members?
Have people been responding to your blog posts? I noted that although no one replied to your posts on the Between the Bars page, you continue to write frequently. I assumed that perhaps someone responds by writing and mailing directly to you rather than on this site. If not, may I ask what drives you to continue writing? I ask because you seem to be speaking to someone when you write.
You have likely met your new cell mate by now. I hope he is a good match for you.
You know, honestly, I'm somewhat comforted in knowing that your place ISN'T like the places we see on TV. Some of them look pretty rough. We watch a show called beyond scared straight which follows spoiled rotten punk kids into a prison and let's them get yelled at by inmates. It's actually a service put on by the inmates to assist in keeping kids out of the prison system. The whole point it, you can tell when they're moving around inside all these different places how bad each individual prison is. Just by the infrastructure alone, if nothing else. It everything looks awful, than you can surmise that the staff and inmates don't care about the environment they all live and work in, and therefore don't care about each other either. This would lead to more inside crime, violence, drugs, etc. It's sad. Most of the really seedy ones seem to be in California, or on the East Coast. All in all, your place doesn't sound too bad, if a guy has to be in prison. I do sympathize with the loss of gym equipment. That's still a stumper.
If you look at Countries where they have NO violent crime to speak of. It is because they let their citizens KNOW up front what they will face. You DONT see "murder" in many parts of the world, because the citizens KNOW, when they kill someone, they will VERY quickly be relieved of their head.
This Nation is FAR too soft on crime, which is why our prisons are so full to overflowing. In China for example, directly after the trial, the accused is led into an adjacent room, knelt down, and a bullett is deposited into the back of their skull. The price of the bullett is billed to their families.
I spent a career with Marine Recon, and have ZERO tolerance for crime. I was in front line combat numerous times, defending the rights of freedom enjoyed here in this Nation. I DONT feel sorry for ANYONE doing LWP, or on the rowe. Everyone makes their own choices, and MUST pay the fiddler afterwards. Prisoners here in the Nation, as bad as you say things are, actually have it quite good.
I read some of your blog, concerning the "horrible" conditions you are forced to live in. These conditions are actually MUCH BETTER than myself, and my fellow Recon Marines had to endure, many times.
I also DONT buy the "terrible" childhood stories I here from so many prisoners. My childhood was the WORST I have ever heard of. Yet, I made the decision to get away from it all, the gangs, violence, drugs all around me, and spend 20 years defending America.
I understand there has been a "tiny" percentage exhonerated from the rowe and GP, BUT, that is just how it must be. You CANT allow the majority to get away with murder, for the minorities sake. Until the GUTLESS people in charge of our Judicial system, grow a spine and model our system to mirror China's, or many middle eastern nations, people will continue to committ whatever crime they like, because they know they wont "suffer" like people in other Countries do.
It is your right, the right I fought for, to say what you like here. Remember though, in your position, on the very bottom of the food chain, when you piss off the "sharks", you become "bait". I am sure you understand this, and so I hope you accept your fate, when repercussions come back your way. I learned this the HARD way in the streets, and the Marines.
RSS
I labeled the pictures of the tattoos and tiger, per your request today.
I watched the website for your posts most of the day yesterday (and the days previous), but got busy last night. Murphy's Law! Once I stopped looking for you, your post appeared! Haha. So someone else transcribed them for you. Thank you Deblegs! She (I assume female, but no way to know) transcribes for many bloggers here on this site. A gem of a person!
I have subscribed to your posts, so from now on, every time your blog gets posted I will be notified. I will make sure that every post you send gets transcribed, whether by me or by someone else. I told your bro about this too, so he may join in on the fun!
How very cool this site is for all of you to have the opportunity to reach the world wide web!
I've submitted a request to send the stamped envelopes and will let you know what I find out. In the meantime, to prevent any delays, you may want to mail them a letter consenting, and include any instructions.
Great to see you blogging!
gypsy
Administrator of the site here. We don't remove replies except for spam, or those which violate our guidelines. Yours haven't done that.
You can find your reply from yesterday here:
https://betweenthebars.org/posts/4190/a-nation-of-hypocrites#c1374
You indicated that you are the 15th child in your family and have an identical twin. Do you maintain contact with any of your family members?
Have people been responding to your blog posts? I noted that although no one replied to your posts on the Between the Bars page, you continue to write frequently. I assumed that perhaps someone responds by writing and mailing directly to you rather than on this site. If not, may I ask what drives you to continue writing? I ask because you seem to be speaking to someone when you write.
You have likely met your new cell mate by now. I hope he is a good match for you.
Regards,
ggvdb
You know, honestly, I'm somewhat comforted in knowing that your place ISN'T like the places we see on TV. Some of them look pretty rough. We watch a show called beyond scared straight which follows spoiled rotten punk kids into a prison and let's them get yelled at by inmates. It's actually a service put on by the inmates to assist in keeping kids out of the prison system. The whole point it, you can tell when they're moving around inside all these different places how bad each individual prison is. Just by the infrastructure alone, if nothing else. It everything looks awful, than you can surmise that the staff and inmates don't care about the environment they all live and work in, and therefore don't care about each other either. This would lead to more inside crime, violence, drugs, etc. It's sad. Most of the really seedy ones seem to be in California, or on the East Coast. All in all, your place doesn't sound too bad, if a guy has to be in prison. I do sympathize with the loss of gym equipment. That's still a stumper.
This Nation is FAR too soft on crime, which is why our prisons are so full to overflowing. In China for example, directly after the trial, the accused is led into an adjacent room, knelt down, and a bullett is deposited into the back of their skull. The price of the bullett is billed to their families.
I spent a career with Marine Recon, and have ZERO tolerance for crime. I was in front line combat numerous times, defending the rights of freedom enjoyed here in this Nation. I DONT feel sorry for ANYONE doing LWP, or on the rowe. Everyone makes their own choices, and MUST pay the fiddler afterwards. Prisoners here in the Nation, as bad as you say things are, actually have it quite good.
I read some of your blog, concerning the "horrible" conditions you are forced to live in. These conditions are actually MUCH BETTER than myself, and my fellow Recon Marines had to endure, many times.
I also DONT buy the "terrible" childhood stories I here from so many prisoners. My childhood was the WORST I have ever heard of. Yet, I made the decision to get away from it all, the gangs, violence, drugs all around me, and spend 20 years defending America.
I understand there has been a "tiny" percentage exhonerated from the rowe and GP, BUT, that is just how it must be. You CANT allow the majority to get away with murder, for the minorities sake. Until the GUTLESS people in charge of our Judicial system, grow a spine and model our system to mirror China's, or many middle eastern nations, people will continue to committ whatever crime they like, because they know they wont "suffer" like people in other Countries do.
It is your right, the right I fought for, to say what you like here. Remember though, in your position, on the very bottom of the food chain, when you piss off the "sharks", you become "bait". I am sure you understand this, and so I hope you accept your fate, when repercussions come back your way. I learned this the HARD way in the streets, and the Marines.
John