prison politics. they re tired of being asked to go out there and asalt other inmates. they just want to kick back, do their time and get out of prison. when we first visited corcoran, thomas spiller was a high-ranking gang member who requested a debriefing. he was just four years into a 35 year to life sentence for second degree robbery. there s a process that we have to go through. first of all, you have to turn over any weapons and refrain from associating with any of your former gang member friends. list everything that i ve done and all my activities. hits i ve ordered, hits i ve done, who sponsored me into the gang, so on and so forth. state your neighbor and number for the committee. you are here for your cdc annual. we have some question about your request to debrief. deputy warden marv mesky, social worker janelle johnson and captain nate dill have to decide whether spiller s desire to renounce his gang was genuine.
but there s another kind of power we have been seeing a lot lately. not the power to tell people what to think but the power to tell people what to think about. let s take the recent news cycle. is it just me or have you noticed how much time we have all spent thinking and talking about a certain conservative talk radio show host. for nearly two weeks we have had all a little less room in our heads and daily news shows for much of anything but listening or responding to his latest rantings. he doesn t have the power to make us agree with him, but he s been effective in using his power to get us to talk about him. and that hour, the power to set the agenda and define the terms of the debate, is very important in politics. want to know what the media thinks is important? check out the questions think ask first in the60 seconds of the stump speech. want to know what s on sarah palin s agenda? check out the facebook updat vo what s important to them, it looks like the first quest
noticed how much time we have all spent thinking and talking about a certain conservative talk radio show host. for nearly two weeks we have had all a little less room in our heads and daily news shows for much of anything but listening or responding to his latest rantings. he doesn t have the power to make us agree with him, but he s been effective in using his power to get us to talk about him. and that hour, the power to set the agenda and define the terms of the debate, is very important in politics. want to know what the media thinks is important? check out the questions think ask first in the debate. listen to the first 60 seconds of the stump speech. want to know what s on sarah palin s agenda? check out the facebook updates. and when voters are asking what s important to them, it looks like the first question of the debate or the first question of the stuff steep. and yes, like sarah palin s facebook page. why? because these people like the loud radio company they or