Monthly Archives: July 2011

Day 21 (the world is going crazy)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by kcwalpole

Miles Traveled: 187                                                                           … Continue reading →

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Day 20 (Mountains majesty)

Posted on July 29, 2011 by kcwalpole

Miles Traveled:  417                                                                                                            Location:  North side of Grants Pass in Southern Oregon along I-5 Least we forget:  It is nice to read through a … Continue reading →

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Nevada City in Grass Valley California

Posted on July 28, 2011 by kcwalpole

There are places in this world that deserve special recognition not for what they could be but what they are and in being what they are they become not only a model but an inspiration of what could be. The … Continue reading →

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Day 19 Grass Valley, California

Posted on July 27, 2011 by kcwalpole

Miles Traveled: 199 Location: Nevada City in Grass Valley, California The Emperor has no Clothes: There are over 95,000 children locked down in the Juvenal Facilities of our nation. Children are not born addicts or law breakers. It is by … Continue reading →

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The face of poverty

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kcwalpole

The other day I stayed over night in a place called Los Banos, California. Have no idea where it was other than I was there and it was all around me. Had breakfast in a local dinner and picked up … Continue reading →

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Day 17 (Menlo Park)

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kcwalpole

Miles traveled: 102 Location: Menlo Park There is a growing appreciation of a real house, real food and a real washer/dryer that work without have feed a ton of quarters. It is such a pleasure to walk across the hall … Continue reading →

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A live video recording of an actual execution

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kcwalpole

Have no idea where this will go but it has finally happened. They have recorded on video the live execution of a human being by the state. I have attended one execution by a sovereign state and it truly shook … Continue reading →

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And you thought Jim Crow was dead

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kcwalpole

Michelle Alexander has written a wonderful article that gives an interesting view on the resurrection of the Jim Crow laws that grew out of the civil war. This is not only a PDF (Jim Crow) but also appeared in the … Continue reading →

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Crime and Punishmnent in the USA

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kcwalpole

There are several very powerful and hidden forces at play when trying to understand the dynamics at associated with crime and punishment in the USA. However, seldom in the literature will you find a discussion of the moral dilemmas as … Continue reading →

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Day 16 (423 miles alone)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by kcwalpole

Miles traveled: 423 Location: Los Banos Left San Diego wearing leather and wishing I had unpacked my foul weather gear for a sweat shirt to wear underneath it. By the time I was in Los Angeles, was looking for a … Continue reading →

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