Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Smith on Jails and Lotteries

"of cooperation ...we're starting to see among the states.
We reported yesterday that a half-dozen states have expressed a willingness to ease Pennsylvania's prison overcrowding by housing some of our excess inmates.
Right on the heels of that, we got the announcement that the people who run the Mega Millions game and the ones who put Pennsylvania in the Powerball lottery have agreed to get together so that every state that has lotteries can offer both multistate games..."


Dear friends,

With the "prosperity" of America's Crime Industry comes the successful Gambling Industry. This all, of course, feeds the Pain nad Misery Industry. Therefore, it should be no surprise then that our government has both The Patriot Act and Homeland Security in place. After all, at some point, all of the hostility that the aforementioned industries bring may backfire on those who are in power.

Nevertheless, on the link below, with his usual brilliant insight and analysis, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Elmer Smith helps us to consider the consequences just mentioned.

One Love,
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20091016_Elmer_Smith__Jails_and_lotteries__Sure_thing_for_states.html

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