Posted on 05/10/2006 6:16:13 AM PDT by Chickenhawk Warmonger
Sorry to make you choke on your Cheerios this morning. But when an alert reader, Bob "Formerly of Savannah" Mason, passed this item along this week, I couldn't believe it:Ricky Jivens apparently is looking for a few good women. Female pen pals, that is.
The most ruthless gang leader in modern Savannah history - a high-rolling drug dealer who had cops on his payroll and was said to be responsible for 15 to 20 deaths - wants to get up close and personal with members of the opposite sex in Europe and elsewhere, via the U.S. Postal Service, from his cell at the "Supermax" federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.
"Hi, thanks for stopping by my website," according to a bleeding-heart, German-based Web site that hooks up U.S. prison inmates with pen pals.
"If you stop to my website, then I'm assuming you are interested in getting to know me. To begin with I will give a brief description of myself. I stand 5'11" and I weigh 175 lbs. On December 19th I will turn 35."
"First of all I would like for you to know that my heart and soul goes into each and anything that I approach. As you read my words, my sole purpose, hopefully, is to reach into your being, so that we can establish some form of communication. I sincerely want you to learn who I am, where I am, and why I am, so that we can hopefully meet on common grounds not allowing race, weight, age, religion or any of the set standards to become a wedge between good people."
"I'm constantly working on my legal issues, but as of right now, I'm doing a life sentence. I've been in prison since 1991. I came to prison at a very young age. In the Southeast region of the United States I'm a legend. I have a well known name in the South. I'm pretty famous in the U.S."
"I enjoy reading, working out, drawing, travelling, swimming, water skiing and writing. Just to name a few of my hobbies. I am also a big sports fan. Since I've been in prison I've earned a few degrees. I'm big on educator (sic), so I'm always trying to educate myself. I'm working on completing my first novel as we speak. My name alone should make it a bestseller in the United States."
"I don't want to sound conceited or anything, but I am rare, and there is value in rarity. Threefore (sic) I am valuable. I have unlimited potentials...
"If you choose to correspond with me, I can promise you that you won't be disappointed. Because I have a lot to offer where some men fall short. My name and address is listed here and I will be looking forward to receiving a letter from you soon. Let's get started on building a life long friendship."
His posting on www.specula.morgenlandfahrer.de ("Friends behind bars"), run by a blond woman named Sigrid in Bonn, also includes a photo of the thug who ordered potential gang members to kill someone before they could join.He's wearing an olive green shirt, white pants, sneakers, white gloves and a headband. He looks like he's at the gym, not the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."
You are now excused to throw up.
Tracy Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said federal inmates don't have Internet access. She said, however, that prisoners can mail letters that others post on Web sites.
I'm not sure how many gullible women in Europe, or anywhere else, will write. Or maybe Jivens really is a changed man. If so, even a lifer could use new pals. Sharing prison space with Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols and Theodore "Unabomber" Kaczynski probably gets boring, although the arrival of 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui should liven things up.
Besides, the idea of some women writing letters to Jivens is a fine idea. Although he left behind two unmarried girlfriends who bore four of his children, Jivens, the living legend, apparently needs more lifelong friendships - ones that don't include child support.
Here's a sample letter to inspire local women who wish to correspond: "Dear Ricky, Thanks to you, my (son, brother, cousin, father, husband, boyfriend) is dead. I hope the "Unibomber" fires one up under your mattress. May you rest in pieces."
Affix sufficient postage, please.
And will he have an email address, to where we may write and provide our opinions of him?
good thing there's nothing wrong with that.
Wonder how that 'travelling' and 'water skiing' are working out for him?
That's one of the 3 shortest books in the world.
Gang Leaders and Inmates I've Seen Water Skiing.
I thought that was really funny! It's obvious from his writing that one of his degrees was not in English Composition. Jivens is Savannah's version of Tookie without the death penalty.
We need to forget the self-esteem crap and concentrate on self-respect, teaching kids how it is only to be earned by those who play by the rules and make something of themselves by hard work. And it's time to direct some ridicule at the lazy and criminal and wilfully ignorant among us, their self-esteem be damned.
-ccm
VERY well said! I couldn't agree more!
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