Pork King: Let’s have terrorists in my district
posted at 8:15 am on January 22, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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You have to hand it to John Murtha; the man has used every scheme to get pork known to politicians, and he’s even invented a few himself. The people of his district keep electing him, and he keeps them feeding from the federal trough. His latest plan may have them thinking reformer in the next election, however:
Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., says he’d be willing to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in his congressional district if President Obama makes good on a plan to close the U.S. prison there.
As one of his first acts in office, the president circulated a draft Wednesday that would shut down Guantanamo Bay within a year.
Murtha only has a minimum security prison in his district. But he says he’d have no reservations about holding detainees there in a maximum security prison.
“Sure, I’d take ‘em,” said Murtha, an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. “They’re no more dangerous in my district than in Guantanamo.”
I guess when a Congressman considers his constituents a bunch of racists, it’s a lot easier to stick lunatic terrorists among them. Small loss if any of them get killed, right? And you can’t make a pork omelette without breaking a few eggs, anyway. What’s important is the cash, not the safety of the constituents.
What makes this so reprehensible is that Shanksville had been in Murtha’s district on 9/11. Shanksville is the last resting place of United 93, the flight where Americans fought back and saved many more lives by forcing the al-Qaeda terrorists to fly the jet into the ground where no one else could get hurt. Now Murtha wants to house the terrorists nearby, among the people of that area.
Do you think PA-12 might regret its 16-point defeat of William Russell now? I know the Haditha Marines still want their apology from Murtha for his slander against them. Will Murtha’s constituents start asking why Murtha’s on the wrong side of every issue on the war — and not on their side at all?
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Honestly, it serves his constituents right after voting him in again.
Darksean on January 22, 2009 at 8:18 AM
We are in for 4 years of hell until the the voters wake up
grapeknutz on January 22, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Aren’t there alot of bitter people with guns in Murtha’s district?
BigD on January 22, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Great, ship them to PA, call his bluff…
right2bright on January 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Geez, maybe Minnesota will finally get a break, I’m not sure even Franken would pull a stunt like this.
Bishop on January 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Ah, but he wants them in prison. So what’s the difference between housing them in Gitmo or Shanksville prison. Aside from the fact that Gitmo is more secure and the terrorists won’t be able to infect their poison on other prisoners.
rbj on January 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Yeah right Ed. PA = imbeciles. They deserve this tool and everything that comes with it.
Darth Executor on January 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM
My guess is no, or they wouldn’t have re-elected him this last time.
NoFanofLibs on January 22, 2009 at 8:29 AM
There ya go. Fixed it for ya.
gryphon202 on January 22, 2009 at 8:30 AM
After 9/11 there was a lot of rhetoric about America being a sleeping giant. I have come to the conclusion that America is a narcoleptic giant. She wakes up, but then falls asleep again at the most inopportune moments.
Disturb the Universe on January 22, 2009 at 8:30 AM
As someone surrounded by blue-state idiocy, I do have empathy for the few who voted against this tool.
Disturb the Universe on January 22, 2009 at 8:33 AM
(Apologies to Cat Stevens–sort of)
“Well I think it’s time…….. to close Guantanamo Bay
These poor lost souls…….. have promised they’ve changed their ways.
They no longer wish to kill…….so their leaders say,
And Obama says……………they need to have their day.
While Murtha says…………they have a home in PA
Ohhhhhhh we’ve come a long way
Terrorist need a new place to stay,
But tell me, where will these children play?
Rovin on January 22, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Yeah, that was a close election, he might need those ACORN registered votes next time.
With all the good people dying, why is it that this worthless, incompetent and corrupt peckerwood still geezes on?
Retire Murtha, the time of the dinosaurs is over.
NoDonkey on January 22, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Why not . . . those wild eyed murdering terrorists will fit in quite nicely with that slug Murtha and his brain dead constituents. God help us because that’s the only thing that can save us from these leftist idiots.
rplat on January 22, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Can anyone in our government think anything through to its logical conclusion?
Disturb the Universe on January 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Why would they start now? His constituents simply either don’t care or they are on the side of the terrorists. They certainly have no problem with “I hate the troops” Murtha.
Guardian on January 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM
It’s a noble gesture, Jack. Let it be done.
ahem on January 22, 2009 at 8:37 AM
All I can say is that they had better watch that precious dam of theirs after those reluctant Cubans arrive in Johnstown.
Amphipolis on January 22, 2009 at 8:37 AM
(Apologies to Cat Stevens–sort of)
There’s no need to apologize to that f-wit.
Disturb the Universe on January 22, 2009 at 8:38 AM
GITMO Gang to Western Pa, as a reward for his constituents “judgment.” I like it! Make it happen!
james23 on January 22, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Where’s a meteor when you need one?
Disturb the Universe on January 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM
How do the people in his district feel about voting for him now?
Tommy_G on January 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM
People of Western PA . . . your chickens may be coming home . . . to roost.
OneVision on January 22, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Has this a lying snake, and seditious defeat-o-crat apologized to our veterans yet?
And how’s them lawsuits against you doing, senator?
locomotivebreath1901 on January 22, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Good thinkin’, Jack! Jihadis have never attempted prison breaks before, there surely won’t be any problems. I have a better idea, since we’re about to retire the space shuttle anyway, I say load it up with KSM et al and set the controls for the center of the sun then fire away.
trubble on January 22, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Of course he wants them in his district he’ll need the votes. I am very appalled by this man. He spits on the troops and welcomes the terrorists home with welcome arms. He even came out and said that the prison there is a minimum security prision. What the heck is this guy smoking. I wish Russell had won that seat. This is just beyond sickning. What a slap in the face to all the troops and their hard work. :(
Brat4life on January 22, 2009 at 8:44 AM
I feel sorry for the man who ran against him (Russell?). I bet he wishes Rep. Tourette’s would have said this a few months ago.
sherry on January 22, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Ed Rendell can create some government jobs for them with no problem, I’m sure.
BigD on January 22, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Absolutely not! Having just re-elected that idiot, the people in that district are obviously idiots too.
orlandocajun on January 22, 2009 at 8:48 AM
I blame the education system in this country for teaching stupidity and then letting run amok and voting! Neil Boortz it right!
grapeknutz on January 22, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Murtha’s district sounds like the perfect place for them. Let the unsavory terrorists meet up with the unsavory Murtha voters. Then let God sort them out.
AZCoyote on January 22, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Michelle made a comment this morning on Fox about his constituents deserve what they get for re-electing him. I live in his district, and I can tell you that if there was ever a case of voter fraud, this was it.
Our county has a history of voting republican even as the state goes democrat. Some very strange things happened with the numbers this year. Not only did our county go for Bush when Kerry took the state four years ago, but this year it went for McCain by 29,000 MORE VOTES than Bush did then!
There are only two possible scenarios for this outcome. Either a large block of traditionally conservative voters SPLIT THEIR VOTE, or the boxes were stuffed.
What do you think?
singlemalt_18 on January 22, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Those may be the people he’s counting on to protect him from the terrorists.
backwoods conservative on January 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Term limits, anyone?
Ramlady on January 22, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Murtha wants to turn his State
into a Jihady mecca!
—————————————
Oh I get it,those ever crafty, sneaking,and
fraudulenty resourceful Liberal Democrats
only want to,
register the the Jihadys as Democrats,and
expand the Liberal voting base,
or organize them into the community!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on January 22, 2009 at 8:55 AM
No.
Sheeple.
Geministorm on January 22, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Pork works that is why there is so much of it. You think if Murtha didn’t deliver on that Pork he would still be there. When you deal with the devil you get burned.
tomas on January 22, 2009 at 8:59 AM
A couple of years ago, my U.S. representative, Jean Schmidt from Ohio, got reamed for dressing Murtha down in the House on Iraq policy.
I’ll take Mean Jean over this POS any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
BuckeyeSam on January 22, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Well, she does need to loosen that hair a bit…just kidding.
tomas on January 22, 2009 at 9:03 AM
I love it, spread those smelly bastard all over the east coast with the rest of those liberal ass/hole. How many time do theses frickin people have to get there ass hand to them before they learn you can’t reason with these damn peoples and giving the opportunity they will KILL YOU! By Big John Murtha’s standards these guys aren’t as bad as those Cold Blooded Marines in Iraq. You know John, the same Marines who are suing you ass!
You stupid ass people in his district wanted this traitorous EX-Marine ass/hole, Well you got him, now live with it!!
try again later on January 22, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Murtha doesn’t need a dressing down, he deserves a right cross to the chops from a Marine who just scored a perfect score on the PT test.
And I know Jackie Murtha is a FORMER Marine who served in Vietnam – and was decorated by the Viet Cong several times for valor in the face of the enemy.
The Viet Cong blows another kiss to their favorite American, Jackie “Hanoi Rose” Murtha.
NoDonkey on January 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM
The one thing that keeps getting lost in the Gitmo fiasco is that Gitmo is a Legal Limbo, a place where we can hold the cockroaches and not have them able to take advantage of our constitution and use it against us (with help from the limp dicked lawyers at the ACLU)
It doesn’t matter WHERE in the U.S. you put these bastards. Once they are on US soil, the game changes. I’m not sure if there is any other legal limboland that would work like Gitmo did.
Get ready folks. Meet Mr. Mushroom cloud, Mr. Ebola, Mr. gun the kids down on the schoolbus and Mr. Let’s shoot up a mall in the name of Allah.
Maybe MurthaTurd will let a dozen or of the Jihadi’s live in his house on work release.
Back to the original point. I’m beginning to think that the stuff like Murtha is staged to make sure people miss the real point. IE. Once we close Gitmo, we either have to give the bastards the rights WE have earned as citizens or we have to let them go.
Better stock up on antibiotics and Pottasium Iodate everyone…
bullseye on January 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM
I love the picture for this story. It looks like he’s ticking off all the reasons why he’s an asshole on his hand. Stupid jerk. Sad that his constituents are so stuck on him or they would have the common sense to kick his ass out.
NathanG on January 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Can’t be any worse that what’s already there.
Vashta.Nerada on January 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I would love to see Russell blast the airwaves in his district to begin the process of winning the next election against this traitor. Go Russell Brigade!!
karenhasfreedom on January 22, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Somebody needs to have a petition drive,
to go back into Murtha’s Military record,
and give him a ‘Dishonourable Discharge’!!!
canopfor on January 22, 2009 at 9:14 AM
And those pork-hating islamofascists will be in the most pork-laden district in the USA.
jgapinoy on January 22, 2009 at 9:15 AM
The voters in Murtha’s district are such lame brains, they totally deserve to have terrorists among them.
anniekc on January 22, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Well i think most of them Guantanamo terrorists aren’t white. So the good news is they probably qualify for Obamas stimulus.
MDWNJ on January 22, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Of course Murtha is wrong in wanting terrorists brought to U.S. soil.
Don’t blame his re-election on his district though.
Until something is done about Acorn and it’s power, I’ll
be surprised when ANY Republican is elected.
Acorn’s power has grown mighty… their tactics have worked and will continue to grow.. infecting every election.
Anyone remember the Bailout had a provision that a huge percentage of sell-off proceeds would go directly to Acorn?
So who’s to stop them when it isnt being investigated or prosecuted and never will be when Democrats enjoy the fruits of Acorn’s labor and the power to enable Acorn to continue corrupting our election system.
Can anyone say: Banana Republic
mollymack on January 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Like hell you will, you senile, corrupt old porker you.
Thankfully I don’t live in his district, but I do live in the mountains nearby. If he wants to see what a civil uprising looks like, he can keep on with crap like that.
Pork is what keeps this disgraceful toad his job. Pork, well seasoned with corruption.
petefrt on January 22, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Great, the released jihadists can make it a holy site and build a mosque on it. Desecrate the bravery of Americans. Works for me – as long as there’s cash involved of course.
Mr_Magoo on January 22, 2009 at 9:41 AM
9/11? What’s 9/11? I thought little hussein miraculously erased 9/11.
(All these libtard shenanigans would be laughable if they weren’t so scary.)
ErinF on January 22, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Oh, there’ll be cash. In bailout form. From OUR pocketbooks.
ErinF on January 22, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Mrutha wants terrorists in his district? Fine with me.
Murtha’s constituents want to keep feeding from the federal trough? Ok, then…learn to live with terrorists in your backyard.
Oh, and when al Qaeda sleeper cells move into your neighborhood, so they can plan a suicide attack rescue of their colleagues, make sure you take appropriate personal security measures
BTW, don’t be surprised if your insurance costs go up. If I was an insurance company, I wouldn’t want to insure the people who live near the soon-to-be-opened Club Murtha.
smagar on January 22, 2009 at 9:48 AM
I thought the idea was to keep
terrorists off US soil!
canopfor on January 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM
I think they’re suffered enough and we ought to just release them in US.
Maybe we could give them Spielberg’s house.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
A humanitarian gesture of
appeasementgood will to Islam. Then we’ll be safe for certain.drjohn on January 22, 2009 at 10:01 AM
How about in Murtha’s house?
drjohn on January 22, 2009 at 10:02 AM
FIFY
artlover on January 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM
jerk murtha can get them to rebuild the infrastructure of W. PA. Chain gangs anyone?
thomasaur on January 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM
And now, the voters of Pennsylvania-12 are going to get what they deserve.
fiscallyconservative on January 22, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Not for a moment. I live near Cleveland Ohio and have seen that city and county elect Democrats over and over again, no matter how badly of a job they do and no matter how much corruption is in the mix. I imagine the same is true there.
One thing about Democratic voting blocs is that they are forever loyal. That district would re-elect Murtha in a landslide even if he created a halfway house for 1,000 child sex offenders right across the street from an elementary school and then lobbied to have the offenders’ ankle bracelets deactivated during school hours.
Outlander on January 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Looks to me like MN has a pool of terrorists, only they are living there like citizens & not detainees.
With tons of Somali refugees & other Muslim-types, Twin Cities area is awash with them.
I will never travel through there again.
I go through IA now when visiting my dear old Grandma in IN.
Badger40 on January 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM
+1
This is the reason the prison in GITMO exists. As terrible as this may sound, I think it has merit. We should return these dudes to their place of capture, give’em a new suit and $50.00. We’ll eventually end up killing them anyway. I understand some of these human specimens will most likely kill more innocent people, but I just don’t have the stomach to engage in a dialogue concerning their “rights” under our Constitution. The risk, in the current liberal climate, is too great that the courts will require prisoners of any sort to be given access to the US justice system. Can you imagine the chaos if EPWs are released from custody because he wasn’t properly informed of his Miranda rights at the time of his
capturearrest or some other technical error?BobMbx on January 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM
THE PEOPLE IN PA.DESERVE THIS MAN AND ALL THE MISSERY AND GARBAGE HE BRINGS UPON THAT STATE.THEY ALSO DESERVE WHAT THE DEMS AND OBAMA BRING DOWN ON THEM.YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.YOU HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOUR FOOLISH SELFS.
thmcbb on January 22, 2009 at 10:14 AM
That WAS the whole idea. Keep them in a place where they cannot use the constitution against us. Put them anywhere on US soil and they get the same rights as our citizens.
I don’t care if Obama put them up in the Blair House with his mother in law. Gitmo is a legal limboland that WAS working for us. Obama has raped that during Day 1 of his administration.
With just one executive order, Obama has moved us a whole lot closer to a massive terrorist attack on our soil. I almost wonder if he isn’t hoping for it to happen early so he can blame it on Bush and do the “Let no crisis go to waste” and consolidate his power….
bullseye on January 22, 2009 at 10:17 AM
I believe there is only a minimum security prison in his district. Might he have his eye on funds to build a maximum security faculity? Getting it done in an allotted time frame might be a problem, but other than that it would be pure pork.
a capella on January 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM
John Murtha: The people of Johnstown and Altoona are so stupid, inbred and desparate that they really do want al Qaeda scum shipped there!
We also want Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Facility and the Johnston Atoll Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility too. Bring it all on!
Mr. Joe on January 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Nearest big city: Pittsburgh.
Under construction in Pittsburgh: New subway line under the Allegheny River.
jay12 on January 22, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Fine, we’ll even arrange to have them placed right behind your house, where you can keep on eye on them and make sure they are behaving themselves.
Murtha=Moron
pilamaye on January 22, 2009 at 10:30 AM
John Murtha: We want T.O. back for the Eagles too. Because he did such a good job!
Mr. Joe on January 22, 2009 at 10:30 AM
One little side note. Murtha is seriously overstepping his authority when he says “I’ll take them”. He is that district’s representative in washington. Any decision to take gitmocritters would have to be up to the LOCALLY elected authorities. Just one more example of the Federal Monster getting too big for it’s britches.
And yes, I’m going to repeat myself. Closing Gitmo means that Obama wants to make things easier for the terrorists. When we close gitmo, it is the equivalent for the terrorists of something like Pearl Harbor for the Japanese.
bullseye on January 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM
My biggest worry about having these terrorists on U.S. soil is the fact that it will be much, much easier for terrorist sympathizers to infiltrate the security of the facility where they are held.
We know there are already some sympathizers in our military. Remember the grenade thrown into the officers’ tent? And even at the pentagon—who can forget Hesham Islam, Dep. Sec’y England’s trusted assistant who had Stephen Coughlin removed because
“Coughlin came up with heavily documented findings that Islamic law, to a dangerous extent, supports the global spread of Islamic extremism, through both violent and non-violent means. In presentations to the military, based in part on court documents connected to the case of the Holy Land Foundation, Coughlin warned of Muslim Brotherhood plans to subvert the U.S. system via front groups, and ‘destroy western civilization from within.’”
IrishEi on January 22, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Good. Will service the voters right for voting that jackass back into office.
Oink on January 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM
For everybody so content to ridicule voters in PA, I’ll post this a second time.
62 million people did NOT vote for the chosen one, and a sizeable plurality of voters in his own district were among them.
Try again!
singlemalt_18 on January 22, 2009 at 11:03 AM
To ensure you all know, Shanksville is now in the 9th District and no longer in Murtha’s.
Sergeant Tim on January 22, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Good Lord. I remember being surprised by the magnitude of Murtha’s win, but I don’t remember fraud issues being brought up. Was it?
Sometimes I feel ready to just give up. The only thing that stops me is what Mark Steyn said a few weeks ago:
“There’s nowhere else to go.”
IrishEi on January 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Murthafurka.
hillbillyjim on January 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM
He wants them in his district so he can release them.
jediwebdude on January 22, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Republicans need to stop running hopeless, money sucking campaigns in the districts of longtime pork kings like this and try to knock off the easier Dems. Murtha’s braindead constituents know the only thing keep them alive is his pork. They aren’t going to vote him out because he insults them.
Speedwagon82 on January 22, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Tell me, tell me
Mr. Murtha
Will you buy your
Wife a burka?
When the bombs
Explode in Scranton
Will you still
About war be rantin’?
Spare us, spare us
Murtha please
From your anti-
War disease.
hillbillyjim on January 22, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Now that the terrorists have gotten used to island living, I say we house them at Adak, Alaska and let them pine for their days in the tropics.
NNtrancer on January 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM
In case you don’t know, Adak is out at the end of the Aleutian islands.
NNtrancer on January 22, 2009 at 11:37 AM
You’re right! Have you ever been to Western Pennsylvania? Send ‘em. ROFL
jay12 on January 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM
That sounds like a FANTASTIC IDEA, Murtha!
Let’s put these animals in a prison system with angry criminals that have no regard for the law.
What are we going to get? A lot of homegrown terrorists.
To these criminals, 72 virgins will sound like music to their ears, all they have to do is kill those that kept them behind bars all these years…it won’t be too hard to turn these criminals into jihadists.
Keeping these animals on an island, away from America was PERFECT, but I guess Obama wants to live up to his middle name.
Damn him and his liberal, everyone can be rehabed, ideas.
HornetSting on January 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Aren’t there laws against giving AID AND COMFORT TO OUR ENEMIES?? Seems like the first act of obama was to cozy up to the terrorists… Oh well, he’s had plenty of practice in sucking up to billy bomber ayers and his wife forkie.
bullseye on January 22, 2009 at 12:11 PM
I say we move these animals to Obama’s old neighborhood. They have NO problem, evidently, with living next to terrorists.
HornetSting on January 22, 2009 at 12:18 PM
To directly answer your question, Ed, NO! I do not like to insult people like the left does, but the people of Murtha’s district are addicted to pork. Maybe when one of those Islamofacist terrorists come into one of the minimum-security in Murtha’s district, they will think about their congressman. Or maybe when the suspect escapes and actually COMMITS a terrorist act in Murtha’s district, that will wake them up. Hope and change, baby! Hope and change.
righty64 on January 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Alzheimers — Murtha meant to say he’d sent the terrorists to Okinawa.
Spitfire9 on January 22, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Since I live in San Diego and Miramar and Camp Pendleton are on the short list to house the terrorists, I vote to give em all to Mr. Murtha’s district. That would be the nail in the coffin for him.
ic1redeye on January 22, 2009 at 12:39 PM
If your ancestors had believed that rot and rubbish, they would never have come to America. There is always someplace better to go, especially when the place you are keeps getting worse.
TMK on January 22, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Murtha may be looking out for more future illegal voters. Just a thought.
Zorg on January 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I don’t think any formal issues were raised. The democrat machine in southwest PA has had a deathgrip on the local levers my entire life.
Anyone who looks at the internal numbers can only question them.
singlemalt_18 on January 22, 2009 at 1:19 PM
heh, i dont even know what to say bout this. I’m from johnstown. though never voted for murtha!!! has anybody thought about the prisoners that are already there?? wouldent it suck to be a good old american convict and then end up being housed with terroists….
gberez on January 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
I don’t understand why this is even being discussed.
The only fair, just, humane thing to do is to convert the USMC Recruiting Station in Berkeley, California to condominiums and provide them to those poor victims of the Bush-Cheney regime. Along with other necessities of life, such as Priuses, arugula, and a few pounds each of C-4.
malclave on January 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM
If these guys are holed up like Supermax who cares where we put them. The whole idea about Gitmo wasn’t safety, these guys are going to be locked up to the point that escape is impossible, it was just to skirt US law. People in rural/suburban areas wouldn’t have to worry about anything other than business owners competing with the prison for workers. I really don’t see the big to do, all politicians see prisons as nothing but business, if its the contracts going out to run the
businessprison, jobs for their district, or stuffing as many nonviolent offenders into those prisons so you can say you were “tough on crime” as an AG to win elections. But I still don’t get the “boogety boogety boogety terrorists are locked up behind tons of metal, steel, and armed guards miles away…boogety boogety boogety” argument.I don’t know, the people in Supermax don’t seem to complain about KSM’s nephew, Ramzi Yousef.
LevStrauss on January 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM
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