Headline of the day

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Illinois prison in running to house Gitmo detainees

There's competition to house these guys? 

Ah.  Durbin

Comments

[Rand and Cowboy]

Actually at least two (that I know of) other communities had indicated an interest in housing the detainees. I guess they believe the detainees can be safely housed on US soil. With empty prisons they saw a chance for an economic boom, which is what rural NW Illinois will no doubt experience if this should happen. Sounds like a win for everybody.

[Ron]

Sounds like it would be better to house them in one of the hotels in San Diego, since occupancy rates are down.

[Rand and Cowboy]

Cute Ron. Actually average rates are down due to heavy discounting, but our occupancy has been up for 2 or 3 months.
If you want to take a trip to San Diego (or I imagine just about anywhere else in the U.S.) this would be the time to do it.

[Pat]

Anything to give terrorists anxious to kill Americans more rights, more comfort, more security, and more consideration. After all, even though they kill people for a living, they still deserve the best possible incarceration money can buy. I can't wait until the radical extreme Islamofacists' families and friends start quietly relocating to NW Illinois, right under our noses. Sounds like a perfect place to launch the next terrorist attack on innocent freedom-loving Americans.