President Barack Obama is just moving the gaol posts
"It's official. The Obama administration is going to take over the largely vacant Thomson Correctional Center in the countryside west of Chicago and convert it into a federal maximum security prison that will house Guantanamo detainees. Predictably, Obama critics have decried the move, arguing that transferring Gitmo detainees stateside will court terrorist attacks on our home soil.
More surprisingly, many local residents of Thomson have applauded the decision on the grounds that it will bring badly needed jobs to their economically depressed town. Though liberals might well support Obama's efforts to close down Guantanamo, I think they should unequivocally reject this prison-providing-employment justification. It unwisely categorizes incarceration as an economic good".
Letter to Governor Quinn FINAL
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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