Go to prison, live longer and other ramblings for today

What an odd little bit of trivia.

State prisoners living longer than people outside | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON — State prison inmates, particularly blacks, are living
longer on average than people on the outside, the government said
Sunday.
Inmates in state prisons are dying at an average yearly rate of 250
per 100,000, according to the latest figures reported [...]

Voter Intimidation

Raids Widen ‘Immigrant’ Letter Probe - Los Angeles Times:
The investigation by California Department of Justice agents stems from a racially charged letter that Nguyen admits his office sent to about 14,000 registered voters in central Orange County. The letter, which warned “immigrants” they could be jailed or deported if they tried to vote, has spurred [...]

Things that make me go hmmmmm

The ultimate drug deal:
The flaws in the Medicare Plan D program didn’t crop up without anyone seeing them coming. They are the expected result of the way Congress designed the program. So ask those who want to serve you how they’ll fix its flaws.The greatest of them arises from a feature inserted to protect drug [...]

Republican Hypocrisy

Transcript for October 23 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com:
SEN. HUTCHISON: Tim, you know, I think we have to remember something here. An indictment of any kind is not a guilty verdict, and I do think we have in this country the right to go to court and have due process [...]

Pro-Wal-Mart blogs fake

Wal-Mart blogs revealed to be done by PR firm’s employees - Oct. 20, 2006
October 20 2006: 11:44 AM EDTNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A public relations firm has revealed that it is behind two blogs that previously appeared to be created by independent supporters of Wal-Mart.
The blogs Working Families for Wal-mart and subsidiary site Paid Critics [...]