Locked Up

First of all im still king of upset with the lack of McNulty face time.  Not only have the cut down on his scenes this season, but he is no longer an alcoholic.  What is the wire coming too?  Anyways, I thought it was kind of interesting how Carcetti and McNulty have many similarities.  Its almost if they have replaced McNulty with Carcetti in the season.  Once scene in particular that really reminded me of McNulty was when Carcetti turned down his campaign manager.  It was a lot like when McNulty turned her down as well.  The parallel im drawing is simply not the women herself, but the turning point in their personal beliefs and morals.  Both of them made life changing decisions based upon there foreseen futures.  O and I hope Omar get out soon I dont know how much longer he can last in jail.  Though it does help having two giant men follow you around everywhere protecting you.

In season 4 they used the term "part of the game" a little differently than in the past.  For the first time you see the politicians use the phrase and not the gangsters.  Which brings about the question, are they using the phrase in the same way?  In my opinion they are, its just different people saying it.  Why I say this is because of the scene where the man on the street says, "we only stole 1 dollar for every 3, not 2.".  In essence there both manipulating their personal systems.  The politicians are manipulating the general public and their personal perceptions, while the kingpins are manipulating the streets.  Its all part of the game.

Problem Oriented Policing really reminds me of the special task unit that Daniel's was in charge of originally.  They weren't really worried about the everyday drug user or what they were involved with.  They wanted to look at the bigger picture and find the kingpins of each organization.   In essence they accomplished their task and arrested Avon.  Sad part is Marlo quickly replaced the ever famous Avon.

The Wire exemplifies some corrective strategies unintentionally for the No child left behind law.  First of all the necessary tools the children need to effectively learn.  An example of this is when Pres finds all those computers in storage.  Not only did he find computers but also found new textbooks as well.  The article states that kids need real help, not punishment or unproven approaches.  When I read this it automatically made me think of the kids under Bunny.  They created a class for the kids that is specifically devoted to their personal needs, not the other way around.