Greetings:
 

In fairness, one has to sadly admit that discrimination by race, color, and  
a million other measures is certainly not a uniquely American phenomenon,  but 
a universal problem among almost all peoples since the dawn of time.  (Anyone 
who bothered to join this web site is well aware of this, but it helps  to be 
reminded now and then to temper ones anger at the blind injustice and mess  
we have made of the world we live in.)
 
We are primates with clothing and better tools - but still primates.
 
To paraphrase Carl Sagan, the amount of time man has been walking the Earth  
since the beginning of the universe can be measured in the blink of an eye.  
These and other social ills will not be solved in our lifetime, or perhaps any  
lifetime considering the accelerating pace of nuclear proliferation. One just 
 does what one can.
 
As for prisons, it should be no surprise that most rehab programs are  poorly 
conceived, underfunded, and often ineffective. It will always be so  if there 
is no $$ in it for the special interest lobbies. When it becomes  more 
profitable to run community-based prison rehab problems with meaningful  performance 
measures, they will be everywhere. 
 
As the Irish say, It tis what it tis.  Accepting this fact  helps us get on 
with the business of doing whatever they can with whatever  tools we have 
available at the time. 
 
Carpe diem.
 
Paul Tracey  
_www.learningaboutdiabetes.org_ (http://www.learningaboutdiabetes.org/)  

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