Tuesday, September 29, 2009

good talk

It's about time that Roman Polanski is going to get what he deserves. This Foreigner didn't Have to be Allowed into this Country and then Allowed to Prosper Greatly and How did he Repay Our Kindness? He Commits this Crime and then Flees the Country to Avoid Going to Prison but Believes that He's a Special Person who shouldn't be Punished. Susan Atkins just Died, it's Strange how the Threads of this Case are Coming Together, Polanski would have had a Son, "40," today. She was a Woo---Mon.....Cris Arreola did real well under the Circumstances, Klitschko said, he has a Great, Great Chin. Arreola's Corner was Wise to Throw in the Towel after the 10th Round, in his Desperation Cris Could have gotten Badly Hurt. As it is Cris made a Lot of Money, had a Good Boxing Lesson and can go on to Better Things in Boxing so Long as he avoids the Klitschkos. They showed Arreola's Wife and little girl in the Crowd, his Wife was Pretty Fine, Classy-Looking, you wouldn't think it, you'd think Arreola's Wife would be some Tattooed Skank, the Female Version of Himself. Cris Aspires to Better than Himself, Good. When I was in 10th and 11th Grade my Parents signed me up for a 1-Day Retreat. Both Years this was in January, this was for Catholic Boys who went to Public School and was Held at St. Peter's on the other side of Akron. There were a lot of Boys there from Firestone High. This was on a Saturday, you go to Mass and Pray all day. But each time We also had a Speaker and for the Retreat in January, 1963 our Speaker was Father Charles Dismas Clark, "the Hoodlum Priest." In 1961 there was quite a Good Movie titled,"Hoodlum Priest," based on the Life of Father Clark. I was Really Impressed that our Speaker was this Guy who had had a Movie Made about Him. Charles Dismas Clark was born in 1901 and was one of 13 Children of a Pennsylvania Coal Miner. He became a Priest and in 1933 a Judge in St. Louis invited him to come to His Courtroom to View "....The Hopelessness and Suffering of the Offenders....." After That Father Clark visited Jails and Prisons and became an Advocate of Prison Reform and Rehabilitaton. In 1959 Father Clark and Morris Shenker, a St. Louis Defense Attorney Started "Dismas House" with 60 Ex-Cons. Non-Sectarian, this was the First Halfway House in the Country. Father Clark Envisioned a Place where "....Friendless, Homeless, Powerless Men Could Have Lodging, Food, Clothes and a Helping Hand until they Found a Job....." I've often thought that if Somebody gets out of Prison without a Decent Job to go to that he would of course reoffend. Most of Us Know that it can be Hard to Find a Job, so How does Somebody get a Job if they Have Prison Convict on their Resume. Society Should Get these People a Job. There was much Initial Criticism of "Dismas House" but the Charismatic Father Clark got his Way and Today Halfway Houses are Commonplace throughout the Country. I Heard Father Clark Speak only Months before he Died in August, 1963, by that Time 2000 Ex-Cons had Passed Through Dismas House and only 5% had Gone Back to Prison. We often don't acknowledge the Influence that our Parents have on our lives, Dismas was "the Good Thief."

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