No Coddling Killers: Texas Serves Last ‘Last Supper’
- Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:26pm by
Mike Opelka
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Two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a “meat lover’s” pizza, a pint of ice cream and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts.
That was the menu requested by convicted killer Lawrence Russell Brewer who was executed in Texas Wednesday night.
The Texas Department of Corrections delivered the meal as ordered, but according to reports, nothing was touched by Mr. Brewer. (I can’t say that I blame him, who could work up an appetite knowing that you were about to receive an express pass to the afterlife?)
After a long period of not executing convicted killers, Texas started thinning out its Death Row population in 1982 and the standard operating procedure was to allow death row inmates to order whatever last meal they wanted. The only real restriction was that the prison kitchen had to be able to cook/create the dish.
After Brewer’s ridiculous meal was left untouched, Texas politicians became outraged at the waste and State Senator John Whitmire started writing letters demanding that the practice of offering a prisoner’s choice “last meal” be ended. Brad Livingston of the Texas Department of Corrections responded within hours and issued the following statement;
“Effective immediately, no such accommodations will be made. They (death row inmates) will receive the same meal served to other offenders on the unit.”
Texas = Sanity
The subject of strange Last Meals is not new. If you wish to learn more about this odd topic, there are many places to look. In 2004, “Meals To Die For“, a book written by a former prison inmate who had to cook almost 200 meals for the condemned was released. And three years ago, the twisted minds at Zombie Popcorn posted their list of the “Top 10 Death Row Last Meals.” One of the strange meals on the list #5.
Chocolate birthday cake with “2/23/90″ written on top, seven pink candles, one coconut, kiwi fruit juice, pineapple juice, one mango, grapes, lettuce, cottage cheese, peaches, one banana, one delicious apple, chef salad without meat and with thousand island dressing, fruit salad, cheese, and tomato slices. – Miguel Richardson (a convicted murderer who spent 20 years on Death Row)
The number one meal on the Zombie Popcorn List?
French fries, five pieces of fried chicken, and three Dr. Peppers – Tony Walker (a convicted rapist and murderer)
Of course, if I had my way, all last meals served in prison would look like this.
From James Reynolds Series "The Last Suppers"
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Comments (102)
Alan
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:29amMy only problem with last meals for these murderers is that the meals don’t come soon enough. How about serving it within ten days of conviction, for a change.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:08amMaybe they could at least limit appeals to ONE?
Report Post »Any_One_But_Obama
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 4:43amRick Perry said some very interesting things about the Death Penalty in Texas: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/sep/perry_death_penalty.html
Do you agree?
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:22amI just wish they would dust off those old electric chairs….and run on prime time…talk about reality TV.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 6:21pm@ Bluefish49
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:22am
I just wish they would dust off those old electric chairs….and run on prime time…talk about reality TV.
Hit the Switch, during a commercial brake on the jersey shore…
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:08amI say give these evil bastards no more than the thigh of an emaciated chicken. Hopefully, they’ll choke on it, saving us taxpayers the cost of those probably expensive chemicals and all the drama…
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:03am2 ounces Psilocybin mushrooms
5 Marijuana brownies
Fifth of Jack Daniels
2 liter Coke
One hell of a trip.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:04pm2 strong oxycottin rip ……………………………….Actullay it might take some 5 !
Report Post »And the brownies are the bread so give them a bottle of wine !
It was good enough for christ !
Constructionist
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:30amI can‘t say that I’m offended by the concept of a last meal, if its within reason. However, it is kind of funny to finally see a politician get upset by fraud, waste, and abuse…. because someone didn’t finish his cheeseburger.
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:36amFree meals programs in public schools have been expanded to billions of dollars and most of that is thrown away uneaten.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:37amOr barfed it up in the last throes of their wasted life! Who has to clean up their crap afterward? They ought to be treated like chickens going to slaughter, starve ‘em for a day, so they don’t poop up the place so much!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:03amReally?Texas Politicians bitchin about waste what a bunch of freakin hippocrits……………..Thats whats wrong with this country now everybody has to be punnished for what a few do
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 6:30pmBet the Guards enjoyed the Goodies…
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:01amI am against the death penalty if a last meal is not offered.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:16amI have no idea if you were serious or not but I laughed anyway.
Report Post »Prosoldier
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:59pm@ Islesfordian
Since you seem to want to be the spokesperson for Christianity, do you think God is going to offer a last meal, made to order to those condemned to Hell for eternity on Judgment Day? Just asking because you seem to know a lot about how Jesus feels and what he wants us to do in regards to decency for murderous criminals.
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:11amYou comment is typical of the modern lisping twit always looking, searching, straining (like a fat man on the toilet) to find a way to criticize and mock any Christian who dares to try to stand up for what the Bible teaches. You should be more concerned about what God thinks of your petty sniping.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 7:28amProsoldier,
In case this had escaped your thinking: We atre not God. Our punishment of crime here on earth is not the same as God’s. With our execution of justice there is imperfection. We cannot fully right the wrong, and we may execute an innocent man. Plus, our punishment is not the last word. We only are allowed to kill the body. God destroys the soul, or forgives it if he finds repentance. We cannot, or should not pardon repentant murderers. Who knows whether their repentance is real? Only God’s punishment is perfect and final.
To act as if we were God condemning the soul of a man on the day we are merely executing worldly punishment is to endanger OUR souls. God might forgive him, and not us. The penitent thief on the cross was forgiven. Were the Pharisees?
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:36pmThe last meal is a kind gesture to people who have committed horrendous crimes and sentenced to death. If the crime was not horrendous then the extremist anti-death penalty crowd gains traction. If it was, then the execution should go forward, and so there is nothing wrong with granting a condemned a petty a last meal request.
I am sure that the cost of the meal did not exceed the cost of the appeals (which states should continue to defend and uphold their laws). If it did, there is a simple answer. “No, have something else.”
Regardless, we should never forget one small aspect of what it means to be American–having kindness in pitiful and sometimes awful situations.
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:55pmIt is wrong to end the practice of last meal due to what this one clown did. The other prisoners had no involvement with this. In fact, if it is the desire of someone to have the meal there for them to eat but not eat it, that too is there choice. Some limits could be placed and such a request as this one would be reduced in portion sizes at least. But it seems really petty and small for the state to deny the last meal, especially after spending millions trying the person and getting through appeals. Giving the last meal lets them know it isn’t anything personal, just justice, just the law. Denying the last meal seems to make the whole procedure more vindictive. Maybe the ACLU will get involved and say the state cannot allow a priest on site.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:27pmI Am Staying out of this.I Know what my last choice would be.
Report Post »LinkedIn G
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:22pmGreat … Now I’m hungry.
Report Post »v12tommy
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:04pmThey should be allowed a last meal. How about bacon and other pork products, just in case any terrorists, or whatever PC term Odumbo uses for them, get the death penalty in Texas they will be prepared. Sorry, no virgins and paradise for you.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:00pmyeah like all good things. i had no real problem with the ‘last supper’ because it was kind of a ‘we are better than you’ thing. but if its abused then to heck with it.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 8:02amGrace, by its nature, cannot be abused. It’s just like having a priest there at their final hour. How many take advantage of that ? Just because one man curses at god and the world at the end of his life would be no reason to deny others that final offer of God’s mercy. We should judge every man individually. This man who spurned his last meal has already paid for his contempt. Why should others pay for HIS action?
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:07pmislesfordian
Report Post »Come Down From Your Thrown ! Bread and wine was good enough for Christ !
poverty.sucks
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:55pmMore African-Americans (black people) in prison convert to Islam than another religion. That means more Islam radicals come out of prison than goes in.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:07amThats because they brainwash them that its not their fault !
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:54pmwhat was the last meal that he gave his victims…? …
Report Post »I say no food ……And a sponge soaked in vinager….to quench his thirst…..!
It was good enough for Jesus…. and he was without sin…..!
Islesfordian
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:02pmThat is the most unChristian thing I have heard in a while. Near blasphemous. To use Christ’s humiliating death as an excuse for denying an act of grace to a condemned man. And to say Jesus’ death was “good enough for him”? Shame on you. I’d get on your knees and pray that Jesus forgives your abominable approval of his crucifixion as just.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:37pmIve said it a million times and here is one more time.. islesfordian ,you’re a Maine bleeding heart liberal… I don’t care what you try to pass yourself off as, your word ALWAYS speak for themselves..
Report Post »Heitah
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:40pmThe question we should ask ourselves is “What would Christ do?” Would he offer prime rib? Probably not. But bread and water and a last prayer together, that would seem more likely.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:48am@ISLESFORBIDAN
Report Post »MAN ..DID YOU MIS MY POINT…
I was not comparing.. or trying to compare …anybody to the sufering of …Jesus Christ ….and what he went threw.. I’m saying…. QUIT CATERING ….to these walking pieces of garbage …
.Go back to your bible,you missed a few pages,strating with the 6 commandment “you shall not murder..(stoning offense).you give more compasion to the muderer than the victim …?
I’m not sentencing him to hell …he should be givin just enough time to repent ,give him a pastor of his choosing……100% proof he did it .say your quick goodbyes
then send him to the next world…done …
YOU EITHER COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD MY POINT OR YOUR SOME KID OF (NEW AGE )
CHRISTIAN.
WE ARE IN A SPIRITUALWAR…..AND YOU BETTER FIGURE OUT WHAT SIDE YOU ON..
If you are saying that the murderer…. should get 3squares and a cot for the rest of his life.
YOUR A FALSE PROPHET AND ARE TWISTING THE WORD OF GOD ….
AND YOU.!!…. BETTER REPENT…..JESUS BELIEVES IN THE DEATH PENALTY….!
REV 21:8 JESUS SAID:
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
JESUS SAID:LUKE 17:2
It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
jduff
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:21amHow necessary was it for you to explode like that? At what point did Jesus tell us to yell and fight with those who don’t see things our way, or misunderstand us? He never did. In fact, He said “Love your enemies. Do good to those that hate you.” I don’t think any of these commenters are hateful enemies of yours. But even if they were, there’s no excuse for acting up like that. Islesfordian is misunderstood you? Then explain how he misunderstood you, and what you really meant. Do not, however, ruin whatever testimony you may have by throwing a fit the way you did.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 6:34amOK before I go on .”.isesfrdian’..and .”.jduff.”.I would like “some background ”….so I can fully understand you and your beliefs..since you both. took the time to “take a swing” at me..Before I comment on your positions… to eithier of your post….anymore …(1)..Is jesus the only way to salvation…?.(2)is thiere a hell…?
Report Post »(3)Do people that dont except Christ a their savior…. do they die in their sins..? (4) if you die in their sins….do you go to hell…(5) is hell a place ..ie.. lake of fire.?.((6)do you believe in the old and new testaments of the Bible..?..(7)do you believe charity should be from people rather than goverment….?.
(8)do you believe “the bible” is the inspired word of god..?.Do you believe a man reaps what he sows…? (9)do you believe in capitol punishment…? and (10)do you think are President(Obama)… is a christian…? ( and 11 ) …can a soldier be a christian and go into battlle for his country….
I will be waiting for you response………..
MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 6:54amand “Jduff ”where is your post to “islefordiian” about him drawing someone to anger…?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 7:13amMarch4him,
If you really are a follower of jesus then you wouldn’t be so quick to throw around the term “walking piece of garbage” even about a condemned killer. Remember the thief on the cross? Did our Lord call HIM a walking piece of garbage?
Just punishment on earth is not the same as what God will deliver on Judgment day. A kindness on a condemned man’s last day is an acknowledgment of that and that WE ARE NOT GOD. We should not model our punishment after God’s final terrible day of wrath. Ours is but to bring a semblance of justice into this world. That is one reason why cruel forms of punishment are forbidden. As much as our emotions would like to pour out a punishment to really match the crime by making the criminal suffer, that is not our place. Death is the ultimate punishment that we are allowed to offer.
If you can’t see that a Christian should always respect the life and soul of even the most horrible criminal, even if we are required to put him to death for his crime, then you don’t understand the Gospel.
A lot of people here think they know the Law of God, but they don’t know the Love and Mercy of God. there’s a word for that. Jesus called them white washed sepulchers.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 7:27amrespond to my questions sir …what do you belive…
Report Post »I want to know who I’m tlking to? you threw the first stone“ Christian”
Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 8:06amYou know, it’s funny Demint disciple, I’ve been called a liberal, a fundamentalist, a Protestant, a papist, a Bible worshipper and a mocker of God’s Word, all just because I disagree on this issue or that.
Oh well. If it makes you sleep better thinking that no one could be a conservative if he disagrees with you don’t let me get in the way.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:31amMarch,
I believe what’s in the Bible. I believe what is said in the Nicene Creed.
Jesus is the only way to the Father. He is God’s only Son, fully God and fully man. He paid for our sins on the cross. He reigns in heaven at the Father’s side. He will come again to raise the dead and judge the world.
He is Love, and desires the death of no man and offers forgiveness to all who repent, and He loves us before we love Him back. But he also is holy and requires justice.
We must balance those things. If you can’t show mercy and grace while dealing out justice, even capital punishment, you’re doing it wrong.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:55amOh, and as to the finer questions:
No, Obama is no Christian. I doubt he belives in God at all. he is a marxist.
A Christian can be a soldier as long as the nation he serves is a reasonably just nation and not an enemy of Christ. Just the same way a Christian can be the president who sends men into battle, or a Governor or judge who condemns criminals to death.
But, no Christian can do these things IN THE NAME OF JESUS. Jesus came to offer forgiveness of sins. that message is greater, more important, than the punishment of sins, and so the Gospel must never be allowed to be confused with worldly punishment. Jesus rules through love, not the sword. We who live in this world and who bear authority in this world, and as free citizens in a democratic society we all bear authority through our vote, we must wear two hats and not confuse them.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 4:53pmisfordian….I re-read my post…The point I was trying to make was “the guards”… served vinager to… “the messiah” ..
Report Post »And..if anybody ,that should have “deserved” a “drink of water”.. before his death ..
It would have been Him “Jesus” the son of God…no disrespect of the…Action ;symbolism;or Diety of Christ..
The guards …were drunk with evil …I know….I also know anything less would have taken away from the crusifiction….I used a very poor comparison….and never intended to offend anybody…..
It just came out…and I’m sory….
my apologies…..
Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 6:05pmAll is forgiven. I may have overreacted, and if so my apologies. It‘s too easy to fly off the handle on the internet because there isn’t that personal connection that slows us down. I’m glad we could come to see eye to eye. It’s much better than squaring off to defend our turf.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:53pmWhy not a last meal request? We won’t be putting out any more money on them after that anyhow!
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:24am@Islesfordian.. Disagree all you want ,it’s cool… It’s just the way you do it. It’s always a liberal view lecture from you, when you disagree .. Calling US non Christians because we dare to disagree with YOU… Whatever.. BTW I just woke up and I went to sleep 5 mins after I wrote my last comment to you last night and guess what ?? I slept the whole night through .. Trust me, I don’t lose sleep over some liberals point of view ,never have and never will…
Report Post »SIXFRIGATES
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:20pmI don’t think there is anything wrong with offering a human the chance to one last meal of their choosing. You can say “did the victim get a last meal?” all you want but if you are about to end a human life systematically it is proper and decent to offer it. I find it kind of disturbing how we, the Pro-Lifers, are so adamant about protecting life at all costs, but we are so willing to let loose on war and executions. Life is Life, and one last meal is decent and necessary. I am for execution when it is called for.. I am from the only state that still does it the proper way (firing squad).
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:35pmIthought giving a doomed man a Last Meal was a Christian Tradition .
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:53pmThe act of kindness at the eve of an execution is a long standing tradition that recognizes that capital punishment does not mean total condemnation, that we still share our humainty with the condemned. It is disturbing the level of vindictiveness displayed in this article. Mike Opelka I guess thinks any act of Grace is wasted. Don’t give the man a blindfold or a cigarette before you shoot him. That’s the new Blaze spirit.
Try renewing a country with that shriveled heart.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:16amIthink its crul to make someone wait 22 yrs to kill them
Report Post »And if the price of sin is death well……..paid !
MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:06am@islesfordian
I got your number mister and I see who you are…. BETTER REPENT …
You night find yourself falling for … “THE NEW WORLD RELIGION’
1 timothy 4 :1
Report Post »The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons
Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 7:21ammarch4him,
You don‘t have my number because you don’t know how to count. I am a conservative evangelical Christian who believes in the death penalty. But that doesn’t mean that I believe we can be callous or un forgiving even to murderes. St. Paul was a murderer..of Christians. It is not for us to judge the final state of a man’s soul, especially at the end of his life. We should always hold out hope for his repentance and therefore treat him as one for whom Christ died, on the cross that you so flippantly applauded as a model for earthly punishment.
People who will not execute a murderer do not understand or value Justice. People who can only execute a murderer if they also hate him do not understand Mercy and Grace.
Anyone can be a liberal bleeding heart. And anybody can be a hard hearted pharisee. It takes work to really be a Christian.
I suggest you try it.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 8:02amIsleford…. this has went somwhere I never dream it would..A heated arguement with a fellow christian ..
Report Post »I do not hate him… agian… 100% guilty …make his peace with God…the man in question….Tiide a chain around a man and dragged him with his truck…..until he was dead…he had kids ..a family.
carry out sentance…. as fast as possible no name calling no arguing …he was unrepentent..He didnt even touch “this supper meal” he requested… the meal was game to him…so much so he ruined it for everyone else on death row..“full of hate”…..If we were talking about someone that was repentful ….I would show more sympathy.. but were not…we were warned about these days…
“the days of Noah”…I try to show love and compassion to all people….you can pray for this guys soul ….but thats where I stop for people like him… if you got in a room with him and
“you were black” …he would try to kill you….. I ‘m sorry I used Jusus in any of the Examples. It was never intended… to be taken the way you took it…
do you understand me now…?
Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:46amMarch, i understand you were angry at this particular condemned man for his contempt for the grace that was shown him at the end. but is it our place to judge him for that? besides, what is the point, as he is dead now?
The point of this entire article is that his actions were used to deny all other condemned men a “last meal” and this was emotionally justified on the grounds that they, all condemned men, don’t deserve such mercies. that to me is flatly unChristian. I was offended by what you said and frankly angry, shocked, that you would use what Jesus suffered on the cross as a guideline for how stern we should be towards the wicked. If anything, Jesus’ death on the cross should make us tremble for our own sins rather than harden our hearts towards others, no matter how wicked they are.
Imagine taking a crucifix and beating a murderer to death with it, or making him choke to death with the bread from communion. That was how i felt when you wrote what you did. You may not have meant it, but examine your heart and ask yourself why yoiu could think us the cross and have your heart hardened rather than softened.
Liberals are all about leading with their hearts and letting their soft sensibilities govern their thinking. Conservatives know that the head must rule the heart. But too many conservatives, a dozen is too many for me, decide to shut off their tenderness completely and interpret it as an enemy to their head.
Report Post »sportlock
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:03pmIf they can make it in the prison cafe, I see no point in discontinuing it. Really much ado about nothing but to give the Libs another tool to label conservatives as uncompasionate. It‘s not like they’re preparing 100 of these meals a day and the guy who‘s preparing the meal isn’t chef Ramsey, it’s another prisoner. If he doesn’t eat the food hand it to your favorite prison snitch and move on
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:03pmDid their victims get a last supper request?
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:35pmGood Piont !
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:56pmStupid point. We carry out the sentence of death as an act of justice. We are not called to heap it on in some foolish attempt to balance things out. Death is the ultimate balance as far as we are concerned. God will deal with the greater balancing.
Just remember that the measure of mercy you give is what you can expect from Him.
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:37am@bonnieblue2a – “”"Just remember that the measure of mercy you give is what you can expect from Him.”"”
Interesting statement to ponder… thx
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:38amoppps — My previous comment was for “ISLESFORDIAN”
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:04pmI support a death penalty only with an extraordinary amount of evidence. Pacifism has no place in law, forgiveness is an individual act.
The penalty should be greater than the crime, it is the only deterrence of evil.
God will deal with their soul, law will deal with the body. However laws can be unjust and immoral, we must be vigilante to maintain a lawful society.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:57pm“The penalty should be greater than the crime”
perhaps you misspoke, or mistyped, Libertarian, because that is clearly unjust and therefore immoral and wrong. It would be a greater deterrent to execute all thieves. It is wrong to do something unjust simply to act as a deterrent. The punishment must be just in itself first and foremost.
How can you possible make the punishment for murder greater than the crime? Tortured to death?
Society cannot be preserved by unjust cruelty, because the cruelty itself will warp and destroy the society from within.
Report Post »cottontop1
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:26amExactly!
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:57pmnever understood the last meal request thing…not like they need to keep their strength up.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:05pmIt‘s an act of grace that shows that a just execution of a mna doesn’t mean you have to hate him. Christian justice isn’t about hating the criminals. It is about properly punishing their crimes. hatred should be reserved for Sin and the Devil.
Report Post »mzee26
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:48pmAnd here will go the whiney liberals whining and crying…. instead of making me mad, the prog liberals make me laugh. Thanks to Glenn Beck for giving me a new outlook on them. Beck is the BEST and so is GBTV!! ;)
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:46pmOh well. Who cares?
Report Post »Sy Kosys
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:45pmAs usual, a COMPLETE overreaction…..run the numbers on this kind of nonsense, betcha they ‘wasted’ about $70 for the food, yet in all reality just how many on death row are gonna boycott last supper?
Bloody hell peeps, its not like he’s hunger-striking Kobe beef at the White House……
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:38amI think you are right.. What is the big friggin deal.. If he ate every last thing on the plate, no one would’ve said a word.. So what is the difference if he ate it or not , right ? Just make believe he ate it and bring it in the back room for the party after the execution …
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:58pmWell, we actually agree on this.
Who are you and what have you done with Demint Disciple? :-)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:43pmIf it saves money for them in these tough times…then good.
Report Post »http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk gallery)
broker0101
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:36pmHere’s where the Glenn Beck faithful whine about not being able to afford such a meal themselves.
Report Post »Sy Kosys
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:46pm(yawn)
Report Post »sportlock
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:47pmAnd where Glenn Beck haters go to display their tolerance for opposing viewpoints?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:51pmwow your so cool
can i move into your mommies basement too ????
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:00pm@sportlock & Sy Kosys – Can you imagine being so filled with irrational hate and a life so completely empty that all you could look forward to was spewing hate and lies in the HOPE that it would annoy other people?? I would think such a sad little person would want to CHANGE for their own good.
Since my family is doing a little better than we have been we are going to make a small donation to our local food bank tomorrow morning. Nothing big but maybe it will help someone else. We hope it will.
Report Post »sportlock
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:36pm@82DAIR,
Report Post »Nope, not personally, But I witness it daily from the Libs. And I swear if I get called a racist again by another rich white guy……. lol
poverty.sucks
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:32pmShould murderers boycott Texas?
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:46pmYes, They should go to the Middle East
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:11pmThey certainly should boycott Texas!! I don’t begrudge them their last meal….we spend 10,000 times that much on appeals and cost of keeping them on death row for 20 years
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