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The front and back of the re-designed of the $20 bills, unveiled at the Treasury Department in Washington Tuesday, May 13, 2003. America's paper money --the venerable greenback --is no longer going to appear all green, getting a tad more colorful, part of a broader effort to thwart sophisticated counterfeiters. The Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which makes the nation's paper currency, debuted the new $20 in a public showing Tuesday. (AP Photo/Treasury Department)



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James Keen, a 19-year-old from Scottsville, Ky., shows off his split tongue at his home Wednesday, May 7, 2003. James got his tongue split in December by a piercer after a surgeon declined to do it for him. He says the piercer used a scalpel heated by a blow torch and no anesthetic. Some say the practice, still relatively uncommon but edging up in popularity, is nothing short of mutilation. Lawmakers in Illinois are considering regulations that would all but outlaw it. (AP Photo/Joe Imel)



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A woman enters an inflatable church at the Christian Resources Exhibition in Esher, west of London Tuesday May 13, 2003. The movable PVC structure, which measures some 47 feet (14.33 meters) from floor to steeple, 47 feet (14.33 meters) long and 25 feet (7.62 meters) wide and is billed as the world's first inflatable church welcomed its first worshippers Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)



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Verne Troyer looks over the sign at the city limits of Centreville, Mich, Friday, May 9, 2003. The hometown of the 2-foot-8 actor who played Mini Me in the Austin Powers movies, threw a party and parade for him. (AP Photo/Gene Kaiser)



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An inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary shows his lunch tray on Monday May 5, 2003 in Fort Madison, Iowa. From putting less meat in the goulash to eliminating dessert, financially strapped states are trying to save money behind bars by cutting back on the food served to inmates. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)



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Entertainer Maggie Seebaldt works with her sign calling for absent House Democrats to return to the Texas Legislature, Tuesday, May 13, 2003, in Austin, Texas. Seebaldt, from Round Rock, Texas, bills herself as a balloon artist. More than four dozen Texas House Democrats, called 'Chicken D's,' by some, spent their second day away from the Capitol. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)



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Capt. Jim Landsberger, right, and his wife, Patty, kiss following Landsberger's arrival Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Landsberger was one of 24 crew members with the 28th Bomb Wing who returned with six B-1 bombers Tuesday. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer)



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A giant Amorphophallus titanium plant nicknamed 'Mr. Stinky' starts to bloom in front of spectators at the Fairchild Tropical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, May 12, 2003. In addition to being the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in June of 1998 'Mr. Stinky' was the first Amorphophallus titanium plant to bloom in the United States since 1939. Originally thought to die after blooming, this Titan is the first in the United States to put on three spectacular, smelly showings and has grown to seven feet and one inch. The titan is known for its intensely powerful stench that lasts for over eight hours. (Marc Serota/Reuters)

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My comments (I think I'm just in a foul mood again today [;)]):

- Why the FUCK does is this punk permitted to possess sunglasses while he is incarcerated?

- That meal looks (and probably tastes) better than the MRE's eaten by our brave warriors.

- Why is he allowed to wear jewelry (necklace) in prison?

- Why is his head not shaved?

- Why is he not wearing striped or orange prison garb?

- Why aren't they fed bread and water instead of those nutritious meals?

My thoughts too...

As soon as prisons are run as prisons should be run, the threat of incarceration will mean something again.  

AMEN!!!!
I'd like to add Why does he get three drinking glasses? Count them. There are three stacked in his hand.
Looks to me that he could do witout a meal or two already. If they want to cut down on costs....reduce the portion sizes.

I think you just need a hug.

Now if that fellow can get the 2 halves of his tongue to work independently he's gonna be real popular with the ladies. If not, he's an idiot.

Bump for the night shift.

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I remember right after the Desert Storm, Sheriff Joe Arpaio (sp?), Mericopa County, NM, put his inmates in GP medium tents in the prison yard, and fed them baloney and cheese and peanut butter sandwiches for lunch.  When the typical bleeding-heart liberal whining started, his exact quote (IIRC) was, "If it's good enough for our troops in the Gulf, it's a damn sight better than what these prisoners deserve!"

Personal effects not prohibited for security reasonsACLU See above Meets prison standards  General prison garb will be orange jumpsuit, demin blues, or white shorts and T-shirt. It's cheap, and non-inmates (guests, volunteers, etc.)are not allowed to wear this. Then in an emergency, it is easy to sort out who is who.

See above.