Comments by MrCmonkeeDo
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Posted on November 3 at 9:23 p.m.
"The women — State Rep. Peggy Mast of Emporia, assistant House majority leader; State Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook of Shawnee, House health and human services chairperson; and State Rep. Brenda Landwehr of Wichita — boarded an Americans for Prosperity bus early Tuesday morning to speak at rallies in Wichita, Emporia, Topeka and Overland Park."
Wow, sounds expensive. More sensible folks would have car pooled. Of course more sensible folks...well, never mind.
How long has "Americans for Prosperity" been around; and more importantly who is providing their funding?
Posted on October 18 at 3:42 p.m.
Wow, so close; yet so far.
Bravo to all involved.
It'd be interesting to know how he's doing. Anybody know?
Posted on September 14 at 9:01 p.m.
Myth:
"Most sex offenders reoffend."
Fact:
Reconviction data suggest that this is not the case. Further, reoffense rates vary among different types of sex offenders and are related to specific characteristics of the offender and the offense.
Persons who commit sex offenses are not a homogeneous group, but instead fall into several different categories. As a result, research has identified significant differences in reoffense patterns from one category to another. Looking at reconviction rates alone, one large-scale analysis (Hanson and Bussiere, 1998) reported the following differences:
# child molesters had a 13% reconviction rate for sexual offenses and a 37% reconviction rate for new, non-sex offenses over a five year period; and
# rapists had a 19% reconviction rate for sexual offenses and a 46% reconviction rate for new, non-sexual offenses over a five year period.
Another study found reconviction rates for child molesters to be 20% and for rapists to be approximately 23% (Quinsey, Rice, and Harris, 1995).
Individual characteristics of the crimes further distinguish recidivism rates. For instance, victim gender and relation to the offender have been found to impact recidivism rates. In a 1995 study, researchers found that offenders who had extrafamilial female victims had a recidivism rate of 18% and those who had extrafamilial male victims recidivated at a rate of 35%. This same study found a recidivism rate for incest offenders to be approximately 9% (Quinsey, Rice, and Harris, 1995).
It is noteworthy that recidivism rates for sex offenders are lower than for the general criminal population. For example, one study of 108,580 non-sex criminals released from prisons in 11 states in 1983 found that nearly 63% were rearrested for a non-sexual felony or serious misdemeanor within three years of their release from incarceration; 47% were reconvicted; and 41% were ultimately returned to prison or jail (Bureau of Justice Statistics).
It is important to note that not all sex crimes are solved or result in arrest and only a fraction of sex offenses are reported to police. The reliance on measures of recidivism as reflected through official criminal justice system data (i.e., rearrest or reconviction rates) obviously omits offenses that are not cleared through an arrest (and thereby cannot be attributed to any individual offender) or those that are never reported to the police. For a variety of reasons, many victims of sexual assault are reluctant to invoke the criminal justice process and do not report their victimization to the police. For these reasons, relying on rearrest and reconviction data underestimates actual reoffense numbers.
Read more: http://www.csom.org/pubs/mythsfacts.html...
Posted on August 7 at 1:31 a.m.
Hmmm. Wonder how many peeps get to keep their jobs because of the Clunkers program? How many businesses will get to keep their doors open and how many investors will keep their money invested: even if it is, just for a while longer? How many pairs of shoes will be sold or bread n butter?
Seems like Conservatives would marvel at the brilliance of this program if G.W. had proposed it; while Liberals most assuredly would have despised it. It is in fact so Republican an idea that it makes us Libs nervous as-all-git-out when the Cons start badmouthing the idea. One thing is for sure though, if you ain't got a job an' the Clunkers program puts you back to work you won't care who thought it up.
Life is funny like that.
Posted on July 10 at 11:30 p.m.
See Duey, here's the problem.
Folks around here are of the sensitive type. They get nervous when they see any kind of dilapidation or disarray. Seems kinda funny to folks like MrC but it really don't affect him that much...shoot-fire, truth be known it probably keeps this monkeeDo in line.
AnyHooo, dilapidation an' disarray actually cause eye sores in these peeps. Not sure what it's all about, but it seems to be a real affliction. It's a sort of blindness from what MrC can tell, though he tries not to get too close. 'Course the good thing is you ain't gotta get too close to see the afflicted. They like to bunch up an' make squeaky wheel type noises and often they are noticeably bent out of shape. Oh, yeah an' their noses grow. Not sure if it affects their hearing but hollerin' at 'em sure doesn't appear to help none. 'Bout all you can Do to quiet 'em down is their bidding.
It's a quandary.
Posted on July 9 at 2:30 p.m.
"Hate them if you want, they'll still come to help if called."
Just thought it needed to be repeated, thanks spectator.
It's a good point and way too easily forgotten.
Posted on July 8 at 11:47 p.m.
seriouslyfolks,
It is our fault that you believe MrCmonkeeDo thinks that, but He doesn't.
The sentence just after your reference is the main culprit:
"In fact [NAME REMOVED] we are so good at pretending these things are true that we sometimes forget that they are not true."
Should have been written thusly:
"In fact [NAME REMOVED] we are so good at pretending these things are true that we sometimes forget that they are not always true."
A stupid mistake to be sure, but that's the nature of the beast when posting ones thoughts on an open forum. Usually misspelled, or omitted words wouldn't change much of the message a certain monkeeDo meant to convey, but in this case it certainly did. And once we hit that "post comment" button it was too late to...well, you know.
Ordinarily a guy could spot a mistake like that and at least add another comment to retract or correct it but the "comment box" disappeared and we were stuck with it. For ever an' ever.
Now y'all think MrC is some kinda anarchistic-nut-job who believes there is no right or wrong. When really, He's just a so-so editorializerist.
Posted on July 8 at 8:56 p.m.
"Stud2009, you think you have it all figured out don't you. How do you plea a misdemeanor theft to a misdemeanor theft?...Sounds to me like you have something personally against him and this is your way to get him back."
With all Do respect to EmporiaLEO, perhaps Stud2009 meant that the "felony charge of official misconduct" would be dropped.
While EmporiaLEO's support of and faith in Trooper Epperly is admirable, his/her defensive attitude could easily be misconstrued as suspicious; that is if one were to use the same kind of logic EmporiaLEO applied to Stud2009's statement.
Why is it not okay for us to believe Epperly may be guilty in this case? And if he is guilty, why can't we take delight in knowing he too was brought to justice? It's easy to say a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law; but it isn't always so easy to believe it.
A bunch of folks writing in this forum seem to be saying We should feel ashamed for thinking Epperly is even capable of such a crime. Well that's just hogwash. MrCmonkeeDo ain't ashamed; heck fire He didn't have nothin' to Do with it. MrC is kinda proud though that there seems to be at least one honest Emporia L.E.O. out there. Hopefully there are more.
Posted on June 26 at 10:02 p.m.
But with few exceptions just about all of us who choose to play this game think of ourselves as the DoGooders; and there's the rub. When we forget to signal a lane change, for instance, it's okay because we are basically DoGooders who hardly ever forget to signal a lane change. But the guy driving just ahead of us who forgot to signal his lane change is probably just a jerk who never signals and needs to be punished. The guy with lots of money in his pocket must be a DoGooder because he has been so richly rewarded; the guy with nothing can't be trusted. The cute girl must be good; the girl with bad teeth is probably on meth. The college graduate is good; the high school drop-out is bad. The jock is all American; the fat kid is a slob.
So we yell at the fat kid and the drop-out and treat the ugly girl with contempt. The rich man is greeted with smiles and open arms while the penniless man is frowned at and shunned. As if our disdain will somehow lead the DoWrongers down a path of normal righteousness. That's why we spank children for doing childish things and kick dogs for poopin' on the floor and rejoice when ugly girls wear make-up. It's reward and punishment and it's fake, imagined and only for pretend.
If you want to pretend and play games madpoet that's okay. Lord knows MrCmonkeeDo can't stop you even if he yells at ya or throws ya in the hoosegow. But please don't try to convince any of us that got tired of that game that C. Epperly has some kind of corner on the DoGood market. And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't harp on that innocent until proven guilty baloney. Jose Nunez and Raul Ruiz certainly weren't extended that courtesy.
Don't know if you noticed but cepperly went fishin' in that article's forum and would have liked nothing better'n to git MrCmonkeeDo's name, rank and favorite cereal in his squad car for a brainwashing "ride along." So when MrC noticed the charges brought against C. Epperly this morning he naturally remembered that discussion and Epperly's comment and how concerned he seemed that We just didn't understand how hard it is to pretend to be law abiding enforcers of justice. You know something? He's right; we don't understand.
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Posted on November 3 at 11:40 p.m.
Man! Ya gotta love the GoogleNet.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?tit...
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