Rig, you are so right. The "military-industrial complex" that Eisenhower warned about has now expanded to the military-insdustrial-prison complex -- and beyond. And it's one of the main things that is destroying our country.

Thing is, I don't hear Obama touting the idea that we need to lock more and more people up -- whether as "detainees in the war on terror" or because of street gang activity or drug offenses. I'd say it's the right wing that is pushing that agenda. And, really, the muscle behind it is the power of those who make the big bucks by locking more and more people up.