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Ask where the bacteria come from to begin with.

Most people dont know what happens to our waste once we flush the toilet.

Hint - EPA Title 40 Section 503 - Land application of Sewage Sludge.
Hint #2 - if it doesnt say USDA Certified Organic on label, the winning bet is human sewage was part of production cycle.

www.sludgefacts.org
www.sewagesludgeactionnetwork.com
www.deadlydeciet.com
Big problem in PA
Big problem in CA
Big problem in VA

I'll take that bet. "Proper procedures were followed" is the normal conclusion to these situations. Even when they shoot and kill an unarmed man on video the finding is always "the officer acted withing proper police procedures". In this case they were classy enough to also arrest Mr. Turner's children for yelling at the police (who had just killed their father). You'd think having just attacked their father from behind and then killing him they'd be a little charitable about the kids being upset. But no, they've been charged with making criminal threats and participating in a criminal street gang for yelling at the people they see as their father's murderers.

Don't worry though, the system works. The video evidence from the store will show what really happened. Oh, darn! It seems that the video cuts out just a second before the police shoot and kill Mr. Turner. Don't worry though... it picks up again a few seconds later. So, nothing to worry about here. Everyone did a great job!

California leads the nation in GPS monitored parolees -- 6,500 -- at a cost of $60 million a year. Depending on arrests, there are typically about 250 sex offender parolees on GPS in Kern County

The quick math shows that's almost 10k per prisoner per year in California. Consider that California seems to be an extreme outlier, I only cited their numbers because of their large prison population, with the Justice Department's most recent (2001 sadly) data showing

the average annual operating cost per state inmate in 2001 was $22,650, or $62.05 per day; among facilities operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it was $22,632 per inmate, or $62.01 per day.

A few articles point to the hidden costs of GPS - the significant increase in workload for local police forces being primarily responsible - the lack of actual real-time monitoring, the fact that serious crimes have been committed whilst the offender was being tracked using GPS, and the legal and ethic questions raised.

So have at it oh learned ones.

Off-topic, I know, but in response to the rhetorical question: "Do cops get a percentage cut of any drug money they capture?" Personally? Not exactly -- legally, anyway -- but ...

Cops rake in millions from drug busts
Report: Cops Keeping Drug Money

Detailed here back in October.
https://www.w4ck1ng.com/board/showthread.php/secure-hushmail-6246.html?p=26237#post26237

Additionally here's the DEA's case
http://static.bakersfield.com/smedia/2007/09/25/15/steroids.source.prod_affiliate.25.pdf

You're not disillusioned a bit are you?

Very- I voted FOR Bush in 2000.

Um, the unions are still Democrat.

I suspect that modern organized crime is on the other side of the paycheck. It's far more lucrative to skim off the top.

I don't see it. I hope you're wrong.

The sad part is that it's not limited to the Presidential race, to any one location, or to either side. The problem is nationwide, covers almost all races, and is getting uglier by the day. A few examples (so far, pre-election, it's pretty much been limited to PROPERTY damage as opposed to personal damage, but that could easily change quickly):
http://www.sungazette.com/letters/letter_details.a sp?letterID=2888&postdate=10/14/2004
http://bakersfield.com/elections/story/4975842p-50 38992c.html
http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20041019/ne ws/1438518.html
http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/june_2004/recal l5.htm
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20040326/ NH_004.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236613/p osts
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf ?/base/front_page/1096459546252200.xml

My area is in that last section- and is particularily bad across the rural/urban divide.

Last I heard, Roton had paid Kern County off (see http://www.bakersfield.com/local/Story/264980p-248 599c.html). Then there was a small matter of an additional $775 servicing fee or somesuch, which got tacked on to the bill. As soon as they were told of this, Roton coughed up that too.

So it looks like it's not going down just yet, but the US government will soon launch phase 2 of the "let's keep space a government place" campaign by going after the 2001 taxes. Pricks.

The $150M Roton need to continue wouldn't even pay for the shuttle toilets. At this rate, the first private, reusable spacecraft is going to have cyrillic script on the side.

Vik :v)