Trial by fire

This email from Tulsi Gabbard (yeah! Tulsi) gab bard fort me thinking. Now reptilian brains like mine are prone to dyslexia so I incorrectly read her email.

Tulsi Gabbard
Ed,

Our outdated drug policies have wrought unspeakable damage to millions of families across our country. The War on Drugs has cost us over a trillion dollars and has swollen our prisons to the point where even as we make up roughly 4% of the world’s population, we incarcerate over 22% of the world’s prisoners. Too many of these people are locked away for nonviolent drug offenses.

I swore she said "incinerate" instead of incarcerate. Being a homeothermic critter, it took awhile for my brain to reach room temperature, at which time, after 42 readings, I discovered the mistake--or did I?

The State of Texas makes a habit of incinerating its prisoners.

Maybe we were both correct. Texas incarcerates and then incinerates--a lot cheaper than feeding and clothing the unfortunates who bounced checks or toked in plain sight.

So they got what's coming to them. Right. Eye for an eye, as you know. The proper penalty for hot checks is, as it should be, incineration. I include a picture of a Texas inmate trying to escape, alas to no good end--but an end all the same.

Peripherally related to this post is the only Democrat I'd vote for is Tulsi. Tulsi and Turner 2020!

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She has stuck her neck out for many issues. She is fearless. Her politics are excellent. We need to support her. I donate $35 about every three months to her campaign. I follow her in the news and write positive things about her whenever I can. She is the only politician in Washington that I give to on a regular basis. It's important to show support for her, because the Democrats will try to marginalize her when she gets traction.

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Capitalism has always been the rule of the people by the oligarchs. You only have two choices, eliminate them or restrict their power.

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@The Wizard attempted marginalization. She is tough, has been at war, and didn't flinch--unlike the pansy neocons who would shit their pants if they were forced to go to the frontline in wars they cause. She is steadily drawing a following besides you and me. I would so love to see a TNT ticket in 2020. One added benefit would by the enormous discomfiture of the Evil Queen should they win.

Yahoo

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If you do email her again, you shouldn't go by Ed

Slip in the full name:

Alligator Ed

Got to show her you're serious

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@Strife Delivery

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