They were the ones responsible for kidnapping Patty Hearst in the mid-70s and brainwashing her into assisting them. Katheleen Soliah, one of the former members of this creepy/filthy gang, has been arrested again (via Hot Air and Power Line):…

The kind that would believe in leftism and get all emotional about it.

And as we point fingers you have problems with spelling.

Chakra Hammer on March 23, 2008 at 11:47 PM

Yep, I suck at a lot of stuff.

But you are great at pointing out the obvious.

As if we don’t have enough here at DNC HQ here on K Street.

Look at the assymetry of her eyes.
She is a nut case.

TheSitRep on March 23, 2008 at 10:07 PM

And as we point fingers you have problems with spelling.

Those who did not live in these times and meet some of the players have no idea how crazy these people are.

mcgilvra on March 23, 2008 at 5:13 PM

Truer words are rarely spoken. But I believe that we can all learn the truth of those days if we study history without the rose-colored glasses, and if we know that truth, we can change the present and the future.

Ignoring that history, or writing it off with moral equivalence rationales, as Soliah’s daughter does, will only lead to a repeat of those times. Right thinking people need to remember, and do all we can do to prevent that madness from returning.

Merovign on March 23, 2008 at 2:12 PM

Thank you. It’s a quirk of this discussion that, as sometimes happens, those who are thrilled at her re-incarceration find ourselves in the odd position of having defended California corrections officials. This would not have been my original intention.

I pray for her redemption in the eyes of God, but not here on earth. Here, I would keep her locked in a cage. Atonement is available in the form of working inside the prison to educate and counsel other inmates. None other.

JKotthoff on March 23, 2008 at 5:51 PM
but until we as a society understand that prison is for punsihment not rehabilatation

Prison is for punishment and rehabilitation. There is a certain segment of the prison population that will not be rehabilitated as they are being punished, but at the same time, we do have another portion of the prison population that are able to walk out after having been punished for their crime, and they do lead productive lives never to be imprisoned again..

If we stopped letting the inmates run the asylum, we might just be able to accomplish both.

Many were outraged that this woman was allowed out of prison after so short a time — especially given her years on the lam. But it turns out that the state of California miscalculated, and now Kathleen Soliah (I refuse……

Those who did not live in these times and meet some of the players have no idea how crazy these people are.

Once again: California is required to follow the laws on the books at the time the crimes were committed. The laws have been changed and when it comes to handing out sentences California is extremely tough.

Here’s what I don’t understand; if this is the case, why is it that when the death penalty was first declared unconstitutional, they didn’t go ahead and gas those already on death row? They all got a sentence change to Life, which means that California didn’t follow the law on the books when those people were convicted. So why can’t they do the reverse when someone deserves it?

That said, I’d like to see the victims families sue her into poverty.

Whats your favorite football team?
Don’t tell me you are also a Cubs fan…

Hahaha. My favourite (Gaelic) football team is Dublin. They haven’t won the Sam Maguire Cup in years but I am from Dublin so I support them. If I grew up in Chicago then yes I would support the Cubs.

Solia: Really?

Hidalgo: Yes.

Solia: Really and truly?

Hidalgo: Yes. Yes.

Solia: *glees* *packs belongings* *makes arrangements* *begins to board aircraft*

State correction officials: “Psyche!”

I love a good practical joke as much as the next guy, but, you know, they could have at least waited until April 1st.

Now, it might be that the prosecutors were too lenient in the sentence they sought, given the crime committed – that’d be reason to criticize their performance.

I suspect it was a combination of both – the lenient sentence occurred in part because the prosecutors weren’t insisting on “book throwing” from the court.

I visit conservative blogs for conservative opinion and conservative views on news. I sure as heck don’t want them to become more like the drive-bys. They’re an antidote, not an adjunct.

I agree and well-said. I have had about enough of that headset picture, though.

As far as Soliah goes, the fact that she’s not serving life plus is a legal loophole – anything less than that and she’s lucky.

And of course her kids make excuses for her, what would you do? But they’re just excuses, the woman’s scum, and they’re very unlucky to have her as a mother. Any “psychic pain” they’re experiencing is her fault and no one else’s.

That doesn’t mean California’s administrators are competent, of course, as a rule I assume otherwise. But it’s still her fault, she started it when she decided to pursue politically-motivated crime.