Subj : Let Hillary's PPL Go
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Mon Apr 27 2020 09:10 pm

Hello Aaron,

>LL>Like people in nursing homes, those in prisons are also severely
>LL>affected by outbreaks of COVID-19.  As well as those in mental
>LL>institutions and other places of mass incarceration.  We should
>LL>let them all out, finding a place more suitable for them so that
>LL>all can at least have a chance for survival.
>
>We talk a lot of crap to each other in here - conservatives vs liberals -
> but this is a serious situation that we really should try to find common
> ground on.

The issue is saving lives.

The president's fixer - Michael Cohen - gets a pass. But not
prisoners who did not lie for your beloved president or old folks
in nursing homes or those seeking asylum from other lands who are
holed up in detention centers or folks in insane asylums or any
other people who are stuck in group homes of one kind or another.
Better for them to die - quickly if possible.

James Carville famously said, "It's the economy, stupid!" as the
mantra for Bill Clinton to defeat Bush41 in 1982.  This time, the
issue is about people.  Real people.  "It's the people, stupid!"
should be the rallying cry for Joe Biden, as he leads the charge.

>The naggy part of me wants to say "Lee, people in nursing homes aren't
>incarcerated - they are free to go, but have nowhere to go," and that
> "people who are in jail or especially in prison have unfinished crime
> sprees they need to complete."

People in nursing homes are dying by the droves.  Just like people
in prisons and other places of mass incarceration.  There really is
no stinking difference between those places with the exception that
prisons are where folks who have been convicted of some crime are
being held.

In regards to the novel coronavirus, people being held in nursing
homes and other places are in the same boat as people being held in
prisons.  They are not free to go.  They are not allowed to have
visitors.  They are being held against their will.  Hospitals will
not accept them as patients.  The only way they will be getting
out is in a pine box, after they have kicked the bucket.

And a funeral for a friend?  Forget about it.  Not even sure
if any of them will be able to get a proper burial.  Cremation?
Not enough special chemicals available to do the job ...

>But the more relaxed me wants to say this:
>
>Crime victims, especially murder victims, disagree with letting the last
> person they saw before they died - use coronavirus as an excuse to have
> their crimes excused by some governor who wants votes from lowlives.

Nobody deserves to die.  That includes those who have committed
the most heinous of crimes.  Sentencing people to death by refusing
to provide a lifeline is despicable.

Years ago, Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer decided it would be a
good idea to put prisoners to work.  So he ordered prisoners at
Angola to build a gurney for prisoners who were sentenced to death.
The entire population of inmates rioted, and the governor was forced
to withdraw his request.

Buddy Roemer went on to lose his bid for a second term in the first
primary, with David Duke beating him out for a spot in the runoff.
The next day thousands of Louisiana voters put a bumper sticker on
their cars that read "Vote for the crook. It's important." - the
other guy in the runoff being former governor Edwin Edwards.

Both Duke and Edwards wound up going to prison.  Duke only had
to spend one year, for a crime far worse than Edwards.  Edwards
had to spend ten years, for a crime that many consider not being
a crime at all.  Go figure.

So.  There you go.  Even those on life row deserve to live.

--Lee

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