TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO, HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona) who created the “tent city jail”: He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them. He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but “G” movies. He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects. Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn’t get sued for discrimination. He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails. So he hooked up the cable TV again only let in the Disney channel and the weather channel. When asked why the weather channel he replied, so they will know how hot it’s gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs. He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value. When the inmates complained, he told them, “This isn’t the Ritz/Carlton. If you don’t like it, don’t come back.” He bought Newt Gingrich’ lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.

More on the Arizona Sheriff: With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts. On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week >before. Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks. “It feels like we are in a furnace,” said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 year. “It’s inhumane.” Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: “It’s 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn’t commit any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!”

Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes – not live in luxury until it’s time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money. Sheriff Joe was just reelected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Hello again,

My sister informs me that I need to be posting new stuff on my website. When I looked, I realized that I didn’t announce that we made an offer on a condo.

Jared and I are really going to buy one. Isn’t that great? The lady accepted our offer. We did a home inspection and an apprasial. I now just got all of the loan paperwork. This is going to be exciting. I’ll post pictures when I take some!!!

I was lucky enough this morning to see the most incredible sunrise. In addition to that, I caught it on film. See sunrise in my album. You won’t regret it.

In honor of the fact that Kenny Chesney’s new record is coming out this week, I wanted to do something special. This is currently my favorite song. It goes right along with my theory of life.

I’ve been up to my neck workin 6 days a week
Wearin holes into the shoes on my feet
Been dreamin of gettin away since I don’t know
Aint no better time than now..for mexico

No shoes, no shirt, no problems
Blues what blues..hey I forgot them
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom
And no shirt, no shirt, and no problems!
No problems

Want a towel on a chair in the sand by the sea
Want to look thru my shades and see you there with me
Want to soak up life for a while
In laid back mode
No boss, no polite, no stress, no dress code

No shoes, no shirt, no problems
Blues what blues hey I forgot them
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom
And no shoes, no shirt, and no problems

Babe lets get packed..tank tops and flip flops if u got them
No shoes, no shirt, no problems
No problems.

Make it your theory of life…. It’s much more fun that way…besides the fact that I’m spending three months on a Greek Island helps!!

I got to spend some quality time with my little Half-Pint today. I was so excited about it. I picked out his hooves. I brushed him, and then saddled him up and went for a nice long ride. We had a lot of fun. Gregory and Mini came with us, and we had a blast. To check out what I look like on my mule, check out Half-Pint in my photo album.

If you are a tea drinker–and not many people are, I have a suggestion for you. Try Good Earth Tea. Just the good old normal stuff. It doesn’t really belong in the relm of tea. Most teas are boring and bland, or they need something to spice them up. However, this tea has the most incredible flavor, and it doesn’t take your entire stash of milk and honey to make it right. Try it out…see what you think. I swear by it. Maybe they’ll give me a job as their international spokesperson.