SFist: Alcatraz the New Guantanamo Bay?

scopa

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:06:47 -0800

It's not "sort of like" a national park, it IS a national park. Shouldn't our representative know that?

hillarys_quivering_lip

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:52:49 -0800

That would be great...until the wise sharks take control of and then use the lasers against the poor souls in the Marina.

shazwozzle

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:47:50 -0800

It's neither: it's a real-life troll. Rarer but much more dangerous. You see, tens of thousands of people actually vote to keep this guy in office every two years.

barfooz

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:39:35 -0800

I'm all for it. Put a net around it and put some sharks in there, too. With laser beams. It'll be all good.

manys

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:01:06 -0800

No, it would not be as bad. Maybe almost as bad, but we'll never know that. The biggest problem with GTMO has been that its remote location has been used as an excuse to deny due process to the inmates as would be required if the prisoners had been transported inside the US border.

aj

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:51:13 -0800

Correction, courts-martial.

aj

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:49:24 -0800

San Quentin would be just fine. They could learn old Johnny Cash songs as they await their war crimes court martials.

zuhaib

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:27:20 -0800

We all know it was a bad joke on the Senators part, but... Would GITMO been viewed in such a bad light had it been on US Soil, making it somewhat more "accessible. The issue for me about GITMO has always been how secret and detached it is from US and our laws. Dont get me wrong, GITMO is pretty messed up with some of the people they have held their not really belonging their, at the same time some of the reports I felt have been, dare i say, trumped up charges because of how isolated it it. I guess what I am trying to hint at is having local detainment facilities is a lot better then having some overseas or worst with other nations.

wsanders

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:14:55 -0800

This is just another failed attempt at Republican humor. You know, like "Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb, bomb Iran." Ha. You can't be impolite. I am sure that Pelosi and Feinstein's staff gave this proposal the 6 seconds of serious attention that it deserved.

withak

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:46:56 -0800

It sounds like that guy knows that Alcatraz is a tourist trap, Pelosi needs to adjust her sarcasm detector.

what

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:41:40 -0800

I've lost the ability to distinguish between serious policy proposals and internet trolls.

SFX

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:41:25 -0800

whew. i sure am glad democrats never snivel after losing elections.

mariconsoy

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:30:07 -0800

Alcatraz would make a great casino.

murphstahoe

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:28:32 -0800

This is so amusing. They don't want those "dangerous terrorists" in their backyard in Leavenworth. Woolsey should offer a trade - we'll house the Gitmo prisoners in San Quentin and in exchange they can house San Quentin's prisoners at Leavenworth. Chances are San Quentin's prisoners would be far more dangerous in the unlikely event of an escape, and if they don't escape they can't harm anyone. But we'd probably qualify for more federal funding to run San Gitmo as a terrorist prison.