Pubdate: Thu, 03 Jan 2008
Source: Wausau Daily Herald (WI)
Copyright: 2008 Wausau Daily Herald
Contact: 
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/contactus/readerservices/letter_to_editor.shtml
Website: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1321
Author: Mike Nigbor

CRITICISM OF JUSTICEWORKS CAMPAIGN IS JUST

I'm sorry to say that I found Bill Maher's response to  my criticism 
of Justiceworks and their promotional  campaign for an $80 million 
"Justice" Center to be sad  and disappointing. My real neighbors know 
that I am  certainly no criminal and need no rehabilitation.

I have always sacrificed to make Point a better town. I  was born 
with a serious heart problem, and I medicate  myself as best I can in 
a manner that is legal in most  of the civilized world, including the U.S.

Thousands of poor and working residents of Portage  County that Bill 
and his co-workers at Justiceworks  drag off the streets to finance 
their prison-industrial  complex are no criminals, either. As I 
pointed out  before, they are arrested for activities that numerous 
law enforcement employees and their families have  engaged in 
themselves. Only greedy hypocrites steal the  homes and bank accounts 
of their friends and neighbors  for things they know aren't criminal 
activity just to  pad their wallets.

Bill's comments on Adam and Eve sound like they came  from a speech 
by Adolph Hitler, legally elected and a  mindless supporter of law 
and order. If Bill would read  further into his Bible, he would find 
that its authors  continuously denounce lies, greed, and hypocrisy. 
It mentions a Judgment Day where the oppressors are made  to pay for 
their hypocrisy: "And the first shall be  last."

Justiceworkers are no more unpaid volunteers than Barry  Alvarez is 
an unpaid volunteer for the Badger Booster  Club. The two judges and 
district attorney pictured in  one of Justicework's' promotional 
photos alone grabbed  nearly $1 million for themselves in just the 
last three  years. The list is endless.

If this were 1930, Justiceworks would be financing  themselves by 
arresting thousands of citizens for  brewing a bottle of beer or wine 
instead of growing a  marijuana plant. But, Bill, you can have a 
glass of  wine, because people didn't follow your advice,  struggled, 
and overturned this unjust Prohibition. Do  the same! We need 
justice-not a bankrupting  concentration camp.

Mike Nigbor

Stevens Point
- ---
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom