Lily Burk, 17

Susan, you are the one "Liberal" writer that I enjoy to watch and read. I am a political liberal, but an economic conservative, so I frequently disagree with you on issues, but not this time. I also live in California , and due to budget restrictions we may let loose 27,000 more of these "low risk" prisoners. I have two daughters slightly older than yours, and I am at all times concerned, but worry is all I can do. The three strikes law is the main reason that crime rates have dropped. Take all the money away from the Bernie Maddofs of the word and let them go, and leave the violent criminals in prison. This is not a political issue as much as it is a common sense and self preservation issue.

The very sad thing about a crime like this is that it is NOT foreseable. Not every prisoner who is released carries a profile that indicates a predisposition to violence. That makes it difficult if not impossible to predict a crime like this. But manymany more individuals leave prison systems and have no intention of ever returning. Especially first time offenders. They can be salvaged if we do not beat them into permanent criminals. One answer to the crime problem is to give first time offenders an opportunity to have their criminal records completely expunged if they complete a POST-OFFENDER program which requires that they stay crime free for a period of five years. This may sound stupid to those who endorse the "lock-em-up-and-throw-away-the-key" mentality, but society must incentivize people to permanently change their ways. This will save money and could have perhaps saved this young girl's life. Do not assume that criminals choose to live "low-Life" lives. The vast majority yearn for the chance to lead successful and productive lives but the stigma of being a convicted criminal sticks with them and often locks them out of many jobs. In these hard times, Jobs available to new prison parolees are very limited and often ones that only "low-lifes" would even consider. The release of many of these prisoners in order to "save money" is going to be very dangerous but with an incentive provison for future expungement of criminal records, might work. I urge all Californians to insist that the California legislature add this provision to any legislation designed to allow early release. My prayers are with the family of this young girl and I pray that it does not happen to another such treasure.

Why would someone risk her life by, as Susan Estrich described, "volunteer[ing] helping homeless drug addicts on Skid Row?” Or not. In which case, as it was with 17-year-old Lily, she ends up dead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why risk your life volunteering to help homeless criminals? Best I can tell, the activity has no particularly redeeming purpose, evidences no particularly useful social skill, amounts to nothing but an liberal trying to prove she is better than anyone else. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is this altruism? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The short answer to why Lilly is dead might be that “compassionate” liberals, having a superior sense of morality, have advance policies designed to let dangerous criminals out of jail so they can feel morally superior to conservatives. Perhaps Lilly wasn't smart enough or scared enough to believe that risking her life catering, alone, to homeless criminals wasn't worth the false sense of moral superiority. According to new reports, this particular homeless criminal was a repeat offender and parole violator who should've been locked up. Lets such people out of prison should be against the law, at least, regardless of how much Liberals are offended. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Liberals had nothing but praise for the young girl who threw her life away trying and failing to advance a stupid the Liberal agenda. According to Susan Estrich, Lilly “was a girl on the verge, finding here style, raising her voice, about to embark on a life she could barely yet image." She represented Liberal beliefs well. Really, How do you represent anything very well by dying for nothing? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many, still trying to be liberal, respond that the murder's record didn't include anything remotely as violent. “If every lowlife were locked up forever, there'd be no room for anyone else.” Many Liberals help homeless criminals everyday, this is just a single death. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just one dead. How many more to go? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is full of risk. Flying small planes is risky. Climbing Mount Everest is risky. Sometimes it feels like getting on the freeway in the morning is risky. Living in Los Angeles, where the weather is fine and the earth is not so solid, is risky. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But taking a risk to achieve a higher level of performance in a sport or some similar social good is different than taking a risk because you're trying to advance a liberal agenda and look morally superior to others. For example, climbers take risks, but the upside, is both physical and spiritual, measured not only by the satisfaction of discipline done and muscle built but by a soul that is never the same. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What exactly is the social good is catering to homeless criminals that should never have been let out of jail to begin with? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Such Liberal ideas, as far as I can tell, are an attempt to blur the line between fairness and stupidity, between achievement and insanity in service of the liberal agenda. Liberal politicians are not about to draw the lines. Neither is the supposedly legendary (not my legend) President Obama, leader of the liberal agenda. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not even by a stupid and senseless death will discourage such liberals, Lilly's friends and family: which may say something about their bond itself. --------------------------------------------------------------------------Would we let our beloved pets go off with strange homeless people who could be violate criminals? No, we would lock up the pet owner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe the only way to stop the insanity is to stop electing liberals and putting them in positions of power. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [If this article looks familiar, it is simply parody of Susan Estrich's hit piece on Jeremy Lusk – “Live to Risk” – the only difference, Susan's piece is not a parody]

I see my post was quickly deleted. You guys can dish it out but you cannot take it. Figures.

As a Christian conservative, my prayers are with Lilly's family and I'm sure she's in God's hands now.
But liberalism is what it is and liberal elites can't change their stripes. They will continue to do what they do and wonder why the world around them is falling apart.