As if this state didn’t have enough problems with the shrinking of it’s population, so bad they’ve received federal funds to demolish parts of their biggest city (turns out it’s good employment for kids and ex-prisoners). Now, they’re making a bid to bring hard core terrorists to their state:
Federal officials will travel to Standish, Michigan, on Thursday to tour a state prison that could be used to house terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. government officials said Wednesday.
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The prison in Standish is a maximum security facility slated for closure. Some local officials would like to see Guantanamo prisoners brought there as a way to keep the prison open and preserve jobs in an area with more than 20 percent unemployment.
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I’d feel sorry for the people of Michigan but they keep doing it to themselves. If they really cared about their state, they wouldn’t keep voting for Democrats to lead them out of this mess. (What is that quote about insanity? Oh, yeah)
If you were a terrorist, where would you rather live? I thought Obama was going to treat detainees more humanely?
posted August 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Should just turn Detroit into a prison colony, like Escape from New York. Wall the place in and dump em there, the place is practically a wreck already.
posted August 13, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Christopher Taylor, I guess you haven’t been to New Jersey.
posted August 13, 2009 at 4:39 pm
They need to go somewhere. Why not Michigan? Why not anywhere?
A Kansas prison currently contains pro-life terrorist Scott Roeder. Prisons in Colorado contain other pro-life terrorists like Eric Rudolph and white supremacists/Christian Identity members. So how are the people being held illegally at Gitmo different?
posted August 14, 2009 at 3:24 pm
“I have an EX-cel-lent plan.”
The US gov. should take a healthy chunk of Cheney’s land in Wyoming by eminent domain and put the prison there. After all, he wanted these guys held, so why not hold them where he can keep an eye on them. Wyoming is desolate enough to make escape unattractive but still accessible by land and air. Surely the foolks in WY could use the work building this place. Darth Cheney was soo keen on this whole thing – and has the blood of so many people on his hands already – that this seems more than fitting.
“Smithers! Make it happen!”