Everybody wants to learn how to make money on the Internet. What about saving money for retirement and your future? If you don’t do it, who will? Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, recently confronted the U.S. Congress about the cost of future retirement benefits.

You may recall the 1999 Tom Hanks film, “The Green Mile”. This film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel provides just a couple of comparisons to current economics and Alan Greenspan. Greenspan’s comments before Congress sometimes equal the length of “The Green Mile” (3 hours), but his testimony won’t evoke tears unless you’re a baby boomer, soon to be a Social Security beneficiary.

In “The Green Mile”, Hanks plays a prison guard charged with the care of death row inmates. He treats each “death row” convict with care and Southern civility. In order to avoid stretching parallels to the movie, I will observe only that Mr. Greenspan, born in New York City (March 6, 1926; send him a card) is civil when Congressional Committees question his opinions.

“The Green Mile” ends at the hot seat for convicts. Alan Greenspan’s February 25, 2004 testimony leads to an economic, political, and social hot seat: Social Security benefits. I suggest you read the full text of his testimony found at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/testimony/2004/20040225/

Now to “The Green Span” hot seat comments about Social Security:

**We sing Happy 62nd Birthday to the first baby boomers in 2008 **50% of them may retire at age 62 **Everyone’s gong to live longer **Social Security costs will escalate **Funds to pay may not meet the demand

What does this mean to you? Well, it’s motivation to make that site sell while saving toward retirement. Further, every site generating cash flow, may do so for years and years, if managed wisely. This means qualifying for retirement does not force you to retire. Cash flows can continue for your life time.

However, saving for retirement still makes sense. It saves you taxes now and later. Furthermore, an aging population living longer means Social Security benefits may be reduced when you become eligible. So, start saving now by starting any one of the following methods.

**Individual Retirement Account: You may contribute up to $3,000 in 2004, $4,000 in 2005-2007, and $5,000 in 2008 and beyond. When you reach age 50, “catch-up” provisions allow you to contribute an additional $500 in 2004-2005 and $1000 in 2006 and beyond. This means your IRA contribution in 2006 may be up to $6,000. **If your Internet web site incorporated, you may have an employer sponsored plan. The Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE plan) “SIMPLE plan contribution for 2004 amounts to $9,000. This increases incrementally to an “adjusted” $10,000 in 2006. **A SAR/SEP and 401(k) let you contribute up to $13,000 for 2004 (the maximum in 2006 is up to $15,000) Employer sponsored plans also allow “catch up” provisions for workers over age 50. For example, an employee over age 50 may contribute a “catch up” contribution of $3,000 for 2004 (the maximum “catch up” contribution is $5,000 in 2006).

IRA accounts and employer accounts may be opened at banks and brokerage firms. Check with your tax adviser and financial consultant first.

Social Security provides for basic needs during retirement. Make sure your resources permit the lifestyle you want by saving for your retirement now.





By: A Raymond Randall

Rudolph Zurick was the guard that committed suicide after being named in a thank-you note left by two inmates that escaped

What prison did he work at?

Thank you!

I heard a story on the radio recently about two interesting men. One was the king and was extremely obese. He ate continually and was so fat that he couldn’t even get through a door. He was deposed by the second man, who had a room built around the former king, with normal windows and a door that wasn’t locked. He told the large man that he could leave anytime he wished, but at the same time he supplied him with four huge meals every day. Of course, the fatty couldn’t resist the food, so he never escaped his own prison.

In our world today of “Sugar and Spice and Everything Thrice”, self-discipline and frugality are seldom found. We complicate our lives, create prisons of debt and illness and miss out on the finer things of life. My wife Rika, and I were walking along the beach at Indian Arm on a lovely summer day when we saw some kids lying on a huge blanket, playing with their hand-held Game Boy computer games. They could have been talking, swimming, boating, fishing, playing ball or just enjoying nature’s incredible beauty. The Game Boys captivated them.

My prison guard could be television, food, drugs… but it is my own choice to be in jail. Simplify, cut back and get back to basics, lean and mean, sober and clean. Anything that you think you NEED, controls you and imprisons you. Set yourself free and use your resources to create a happy, healthy and contributing lifestyle. Take stock of your choices and project the consequences. Enough small choices lead to great consequences. Enough spider webs can be as strong as steel cables. We always have a choice, and it’s never too late to change. Try this: Set a goal to get up 20 minutes earlier every day and exercise, read a self development book, pray, meditate, or just take a brisk walk. In a few weeks you will see a difference. Create success habits.

Norman Lear said, “Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don’t collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything.”





By: Robin J. Elliott

(serious question)

Im looking for info on prison guards in the phialdelphia area or anywhere near. can anyone help.

A gray drizzle fell as Victor Baldwin stood on the exact spot where rioting inmates took him hostage in 1959. It was 40 years later, yet he remembered everything: what they said, how they threatened him, how scared he felt.

Baldwin was one of 26 hostages held at Montana State Prison during a violent takeover led by inmate Jerry Myles, who had served a long stretch at Alcatraz Island before he came to Deer Lodge.

On the day that I went into Old Montana Prison with Baldwin, fog shrouded the guard towers. The exercise yard, once the hub of prison life, was silent. Our footsteps echoed in the one remaining cell house, cold as a deep freezer.

I was researching a book I had wanted to write since I was a boy. Baldwin was a key source for Jerry’s Riot: The True Story of Montana’s 1959 Prison Disturbance, as were several other guards and inmates who had first-hand knowledge of the riot. Baldwin recalled how Myles walked around the prison like he owned the place. Guards called him “Little Hitler” among other names.

The worst fear among guards, Baldwin told me, was that they would lose control in a riot. Guards in 1959 had little training. They had no special armor to protect themselves. Cell houses had no telephones, and guards had no means of communicating with one another except in face-to-face conversations. It was especially dangerous, too, because until late 1958 the prison had no classification system. Rapists mingled with the fish. Murderers walked with check forgers. Violent men controlled the meek. The “con boss” system, a state-sanctioned arrangement that permitted convict leaders to run the inside industries, gave some inmates more power than the guards.

When new Warden Floyd Powell fired the con bosses, replacing them in some cases with civilian supervisors, he upset the balance of power in the prison. Jerry Myles was one of those con bosses, and he vowed revenge.

On the day the riot began, April 16, 1959, Baldwin was a second-shift floor officer in Cell House 2, also known as “the old cell house” or the 1896 cell house, when Myles and his accomplices took him. He had just returned from eating dinner in the guards’ dining room outside the walls when he felt a knife poking his ribs.

Decades later, as we walked in the old prison, I asked Victor to show me where it happened. The older cell house no longer stands; the state tore it down four months after the riot because of structural damage after an earthquake. We stood on an open concrete pad where his desk sat, close to the wall in the northeast corner. He showed me how Myles and the others came from behind, cornering him with weapons.

It’s haunting to hear a guard take you back in time. Baldwin, like many other guards and inmates I interviewed, remembered everything that happened to him that day. He thought he was going to die, and dying makes a man pay attention.

For me, Jerry’s Riot was a personal adventure. My dad, Murry, worked with Baldwin inside the prison the day the riot began but wasn’t taken hostage. Dad later became a lieutenant of custody, and until I left home and went to college, the prison was part of my life. I had heard Dad’s stories about the riot for many years, and at dinner (when he wasn’t at work) he often told us stories of various incidents inside the walls.

When I decided to write Jerry’s Riot, I had two main objectives in mind: to compile a clear and accurate account of the riot, and to tell an interesting story about prison life in the 1950s. I used language commonly spoken then (which is why I say “guards” instead of “correctional officers,” for example) and tried to portray the risk that guards and other employees took each time they entered those gray walls.

It’s a shame that Victor Baldwin, and my dad, and other old guards died before they could read Jerry’s Riot. In many ways the book is all about them. Some people say the dynamics inside prisons never change. If that’s the case, my book is all about guards of today and tomorrow too.

(Kevin S. Giles is a native of Deer Lodge. More details about Jerry’s Riot are available at www.skybluewaterspress.com)





By: Kevin S. Giles

I know i wouldn’t pass the medical to be a police officer, so i was wondering about a prison guard? Is there a medical, if there is does it differ from the medical for an officer?

I live in the UK. If it helps at all, i have scoliosis, hip problems and neckk problems. We aren’t sure, but we think i may have ankylosing spondylitis.

Thanks.
A little more then a yes would help.
Thanks for far! :]

I’m not sure i would be tough enough to be a prison guard.

On the previous episode of Prison Break, Lechero and T-Bag pulled knives on Michael and took control, Susan gave Whistler a 24-hour deadline to give her the other half of the coordinates, Sucre was held by the guards for some questioning, the power is knocked out as planned and the group made a run for it. Here’s what happened on the “Hell or High Water” episode.

Michael lets the first group go but holds back the others. The lights came back on and the guards saw the first group of escapees. The siren wails and all the guards are suddenly in motion. Lechero gets shot while T-Bag and Bellick gets caught. Michael watches the incident from the hole, and says this is all part of the plan.

In the jungle, Lincoln makes a call to Sucre but Sucre is still stuck in SONA. He then calls Papa Sparky and gives him some directions.

Back in the yard, Bellick is choked until he is forced to reveal the escape plan. He guides the guards towards the key-coded door. As they head for the tunnel, Michael’s group heads out. The guards found no one when they reached the hole and Bellick gets punched again. He then discloses the names of everyone on the plan. He tells them to check the Yard but when they do, all they got was a hole in the fence. The escapees have fled. Bellick is again tortured, with the guards demanding him to reveal where the group is headed.

Roads are blocked off and the passengers of the bus which Lincoln hijacked are now being interviewed by the police. Michael’s group meets with Lincoln on the beach and they head into the water. They swim until they reach the place where Sucre ’s boat is supposed to pick them up. Sucre is nowhere to be found but the boat arrives anyway, with Papa Sparky maneuvering it.

The group returns to land and transfers to a van. Susan gets anxious and calls Lincoln . He tries to lie to her but Susan can’t be fooled. Suddenly, men in black cars are after them. Michael discovers that the stopwatch Susan gave Whistler has a tracker, he throw it out of the window.

Back in Sona, T-Bag is about to be tortured with electricity. Sucre , who was held because his alias is wanted for intoxication and misdemeanor, is released after the guards decided to focus on the prison break. But before he could go, T-Bag sees him and points him as part of the escape group.

Mahone tells the brothers that he wants to go his own direction but Lincoln gets suspicious and points a gun at him. But the moment is distracted when the sound of glass breaking suddenly overwhelms the place. Mahone takes advantage and runs.

See what happens next and how everything will end up on the final episode of Prison Break.

For more resources about Prison Break or for the full story of Prison Break: Episode 3.12, “Hell or High Water” Recap please review http://www.buddytv.com





By: Groshan Fabiola

Earlier this month, two inmates in a New Jersey jail broke out. They left a note in their cell thanking the prison guard for the tools and wishing a happy holidays. Due to public and professional disgrace the guard recently shot himself. Are the inmates responsible for this?