Sheriff Of The People

I couldn’t find a picture of Joe Arpaio, so I thought I would include a picture of my favorite female democratic candidate.

Sheriff Arpaio has long been a man who has been one of my hero’s, and has my deepest respect and admiration.

For those of you not familiar with Joe Arpaio, let me give you some background.

Joe is the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, and has won reelection after reelection because he is a no-tolerance sheriff.

He created a “tent city” where meals only cost $.40 per serving and the inmates have to pay for them.

There is no smoking and the only movies allowed are “G” rated.

There is no lying around during the day watching Ellen DeGenerate or Oompah, inmates are placed on chain gangs and work on city or county projects.

 He also has a chain gang for women…just in case someone wanted to sue for discrimination.

The only television channels allowed in the facility are the Weather Channel and the Disney Channel.

The men wear pink socks, pink boxer shorts, and dry off with pink towels.

By the way, he was just reelected as sheriff once again.

Now, for a synopsis of the article…

Maricopa County was spending approximately $18 million dollars a year on stray animals until Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over.  The animal shelters are now staffed and operated by prisoners.  They provide food and care for the stray cats and dogs and walk them twice daily.

The best part is that his budget for the entire department is now under $3 million [if my math is right, that is a saving of $15 million per year for Maricopa County]

The prisoners are paid twenty-eight cents an hour…so most of the costs go toward utilities, maintenance and so forth.

He also owns a “hog farm” where inmates work, and a Christmas tree nursery where prisoners work, providing fresh meat and vegetables for the community and provide Christmas trees at the cost of approximately $7.50 each.

Well, as Gomer would say, “Surprise, surprise!!!”

The ACLU has its sights set on on the sheriff who has just been reelected with 83% of the vote.

This poor misguided sheriff had a special hotline telephone number painted on the side of the prison cars and buses .  The purpose — to report any suspected illegal aliens.

Snuff Sniffin’

While cleaning shelves today I came across a tin of my Grandpa Bell’s 3 dot Honest Snuff –Grandpa died in 1956.  Being inquisitive, I removed the cap, placed the tin under my nose, and took a big sniff.  Evidently snuff grows stronger with age.  If you want a brain freeze worse than that of chug-a-luggin’ a one-quart Slurpee, just try some 51 year old Honest Snuff.  With tears in my eyes I went flying past cloud nine, Jupiter, Mars, and Pluto.

Before my snuff experience I read where Delcambre, Louisana passed a new city ordinance: NO SAGGY PANTS!  A stint of up to 6 months in jail and a fine of $500 could by imposed if caught wearing baggy britches.  When these young men who indiscretely show their butts reach my age, they will want to be seen in saggy shirts.  Not so much for show and tell as hide and seek.

When you have opportunity, check out the blogroll (links) to the left.  Got some good stuff there; free old movies, classic TV, and old radio shows like Amos and Andy, The Lone Ranger, etc.  If you click on Sigmund, Carl & Alfred check out the June 14 blog “Israeli Beast” — very good.