Loud and Clear 2/11/09
Greetings to all! Today I was removed from my penthouse suite, otherwise known as a cell, (hey it’s what you make it! .) Anyhow, I was escorted by two armed guards. (They had pepper spray & a billy club. Ready to give a spray down & beat down to any unlucky bastard that decides to act up. Well that is the theory most would panic & run. haha!) I had a phone call with my legal team. Made me feel all important having a room full of people wanting to talk to me: The call was about the states response to my federal appeal. The state basically said that my claims are barred & even if they aren't it doesn't matter as it changes nothing. Now the fact that I got ballistics which I didn't have before, that shows I didn't do it. Well one would think that actually changes something. Not the state though. Their position is, "a jury convicted him, so nothing else matters, kill him!" these people are wild! Nothing in what they filed was a shock. They didn't say any of my claims were false, they did not provide any ADDITIONAL facts that discredit ANY of my claims. Only said I am procedurally barred & thus need to die. You know I am starting to think these people really don't like me. Damn & to think I thought I had a friend. I expected this kind of information when I got to talk to my
lawyers. So it didn't upset me. I actually got put in a brighter
mood after speaking with them. I really do like my current lawyers.
I actually have faith in them. I don't trust them. I trust no man.
But I am comfortable with them. Which I haven't been with any other
lawyers. I know I stress them with my antics in here. Thought my
position is that unless they can look me in the eye & guarantee
that I will not die, well no one can suggest or tell me how to live.
I think they understand that, or at least don't bother with beating
a dead horse, so to speak. They got a better chance at peace in the
Middle East, then getting me to submit to these oppressive swine!
(Ladies love a country boy by Trace Atkins cam on just now! Anyways, so next up is some paperwork saying we need to halt the federal matter so we can go back to state court, if that doesn't work out then we will file a response to the sate & then wait on the judge. This will most likely be my most stressful time period of waiting since I got here So much hangs on this current stage. (Ah! "Gunpowder & lead by Miranda Lambert is on. She is my FAVORITE country singer! Did I ever tell you that? Ha!) When I sit back thinking about all this shit it is really hard to grasp. I look at magazines I get & when I see the people in there I often wonder if they have any clue of what is happening around the country. Most people really aren't interested in the death penalty. Well I don't like to focus on the death penalty so much as I do the system. There was a court ruling out of Dallas Texas on a guy that has spent 20 years in prison & there is really nothing at all to have put him there to serve two 99 year sentences. I mean it is clear as day the guy is innocent & was railroaded by the cops, yet he still spent 20 years in prison. I don't think people really grasp the reality of prison. In Texas prison alone in 2005 there were over 500 REPORTED rapes. That is the ones that were reported! Many go unreported, as how easy is it for a gown man to say another man raped him?! Now Texas prison system has 152,000 inmates in it. However a lot of them are in short term facilities. Not really the gladiator farms. If a town with a population of say 200,000 reported 500 rapes in a single year, what do you think the outcome would be? There would be an international outcry, the federal government would come in & all that. But in prison? Oh it’s how it is, don't drop the soap! Ask a soldier about his stay in Iraq, then you will start to get an idea of prison. Now prison is nothing as it was in the 1980s! Texas has taken numerous steps to curb the violence. It went from someone dying every week to one or two a year. So 20 years in prison for something you didn't do is a hell of a journey. On to other things. The other day on the lunch tray they served black eyed peas. Now I actually really like black eyed peas! Only problem was that as soon as I took a bite, I hit my toilet spitting them out! I smelled them & they actually stunk. They was spoiled. I hollered at an officer, whom went & talked tot he shift rank. The ranks response was that it don't matter if I am the only one complaining. The sad truth? I WAS the only one on the pod complaining! All the level ones just didn't eat them. I told the officer "I don't give a damn if I got a thousand dollars worth of commissary in my cell; you people ain't serving me rotten food!" So I told him "tell you what, go tell that rank since he don't want to fix it, get ready to do some work! & since I am going to have to go back to level 3, I will direct my focus to his card!" Long story short I got a supplement to the spoiled food. That is the damn problem around here, majority of the people sit around & don't do shit! It is pathetic. Sit boy! Yes sir, roll over! Yes sir, lay on this gurney while we kill your ass! Yes sir! 95% won't even protest their own death so it doesn't surprise me that they don't complain on spoiled beans. But if they fuck with the commissary, oh hell, it is a total outcry! They are ready to bring down the house. When I hear people complain about the commissary, I laugh! I tell them "I wish that they would take that shit away so then people would focus on what's really important" They have killed seven people this year so far. Eight tomorrow if it goes through & all most care about is if they can get some candy & chips! I see people screaming "I am innocent, I am innocent!" yet they put more energy into a bag of trans fat & some high fructose corn syrup, then saving their life. I believe actions speak for the words. I give up on the masses. I am off in my own little world, trying
to maintain on level one so I can more stamps & visits. Having
to put up with Vera complain about me not writing, is ten times
worse than any pepper spray or tear gas! ;) hahahaha. Just playin
babe, well sort of. Anyways back to the beans. I really can't be mad at the rank. As he said if only one person complains they can't do anything. Inmates are their own worst enemy. Oh well, as long as I get mine that is all I care about! On to other things. The MySpace messages. On to other matters. I will be posting songs every time. Really it is to get people to listen to them. Guess it is a way to get closer to me & get a better understanding of me. Knowing what I like & all that. I am going to bring this one down. I am sure Regina will smile to that fact. I am grateful that Regina & Brandi help me type these up. Vera, I do like what you done with the site. Your effort & dedication is noticed & appreciated. Thanks babe. I leave as I come. Respectfully, Clinton Young #999447 PS. Song of the week. Jamie Johnson "In Color"
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