Manns Medium

Found this story on Facebook and it appears to be posted by a John A. Pasko on April 8, 2012.  It has been reduced for brevity but I hope all who reads this get the gist.  “ I was walking around in a Big  Bazaar  store shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old...  The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll. Then the little boy turned to the cashier and asked: are you sure I don't have enough money?''  Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY.  I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God... Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her...

After reading this article by The CNN Wire Staff titled Suspect in Colorado bomb case had been recently released from prison , I was quite disturbed that this suspect may have been released too early.   I had thoughts of the penal system was constructed to rehabilitate but this person must have fallen through the cracks.   I wondered why someone would commit a crime especially as reported “t he suspect in the attempted bombing of a Colorado mall was released from a federal prison exactly one week before, a federal law enforcement source told CNN Sunday.   The FBI Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force identified the subject of a nationwide manhunt as Earl Albert Moore, 65.” After thinking about it for some time, I had another thought.   Earl Albert Moore is 65 years old and maybe there was no one left on the outside for him.   Being a former law enforcement official, I have learned that some people find it much easier to cope in prison or jail than they do out and I...