Hoekstra campaigns against detention facility that Michiganders actually want.
Hoekstra campaigns against detention facility that Michiganders actually want.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), who is currently running for governor, has been fighting the Obama administration over its plans to close Guantanamo Bay. The Michigan Republican, who believes waterboarding is legal, is concerned that terrorism suspects from Guantanamo “could be moved to Michigan.” Indeed, it has been rumored that the administration is considering moving some detainees to a maximum security facility in Standish, MI which is slated to shut down at the end of October. As Hoekstra raises unwarranted fears about the U.S.’s ability to maintain a secure facility, the residents of Standish aren’t buying it. The Standish City Council voted 6-0 this week in support of a resolution telling the administration to relocate detainees to their prison facility:
Mayor pro-tem and council member Jerry Nelson, who wrote the resolution, said its purpose was to signal to the federal government his town’s readiness to continue discussing the possibility of transferring prisoners — whether state, federal or international — to Standish.
“We’re leaving all doors open; we don’t want to take the Gitmo option away,” Nelson told POLITICO. “This letter says we’re open to anything that keeps the prison running: It could be a federal prison for Gitmo detainees, it could house prisoners from other states, it could be sold to private ownership. We’re keeping all options on the table.”
The residents of Standish want to protect against “the loss of the 350 jobs provided by the prison.”
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I should think Hoekstra would be focused on unemployment in Michigan rather than Gitmo detainees. Unless, of course, he is using the detainees as a political issue so that voters are distracted from the jobs issue.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:40 amI’ve got news for Mr. Hoeskstra, he’s lose the town of standish in the governors race which is normally 100 percent Republican. Why? Because I’m from Michigan and the prison is the only employer in town and everything else depends on it. If this idiot opposes this town’s effort to say it’s prison jobs, then he’s lose Standish because either they will vote against him or the it will be a ghost town. The local media has been reporting the fact that Standish will remain in name only because over 90 percent of the resident work for the Prison system in one way or another.
This show how stupid the idiot is, rather than support a town that has gone Republican for decades, he’d rather play politics with their lives. What will happen to Standish if he’s elected? I recently drove through the town, and it’s looking pretty rough right now. The town is divided over this issue, but they all have to depend on the Prison because before it came, Standish was just a few homes along a road to somewhere up noth.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:48 amI guess the terrorists won with these people that are terrified of detainees in their prisons. I thought the whole idea behind terrorist was just to ignore them and get on with your lives.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:53 amCan anyone point out exactly when Republicans became such lily-livered pantywaists?
October 24th, 2009 at 11:54 amOnce again Republicans following political/ideological plans without regard to the real impact on people.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:59 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Hi beefeater
October 24th, 2009 at 12:04 pmThanks for sharing what you “think”. Can I give you some fishing advice?
This is all about opposing Obama no matter what he does. Republicans just keep playing politics with every issue. I would bet that the 2010 elections are going to finish with Republicans having no gains and maybe even more losses in Congress. The voters are going to take out their wrath on the party of No just like they did when the Republicans shut down the federal government under Clinton.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:09 pmThe real conundrum for me is that the republicans are largely fish out of water — no public approval, no alternate ideas, no capacity to lead or legislate and no competence.
Yet, even though they are out of water, they persist in trying to swim upstream. How the heck does that work?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:12 pmThese ass clowns still think that they will win by opposing everything that the current administration does and using fear tactics. It seems they still haven’t realized that the public is more informed today than they were fifteen years ago. The rethugs still haven’t caught on to the information age and think that FAUX noise is the place everyone gets information. The GOP is a dead party walking.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:13 pmbeefeater . . . “religion of piece”
Cute. Does this reflect your general level of intelligence?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:13 pmbeefeater looks like a dummy.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pmralph the wonder llama says:
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Can anyone point out exactly when Republicans became such lily-livered pantywaists?
Ralph, I would say when the “Avoided WWII Balsa Wood Cockpit Pilot” Reagan was elected. That showed the repugs that cowards who talk tough (but aren’t) could get elected.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pmHow the heck does that work?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pm—
Vestigial instinctive behavior rooted in a less flexible primitive brain?
These people are unlawfully detained, so why is there never a discussion about doing the only legal and right thing in this case and releasing everyone at Gitmo from custody?
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog/
October 24th, 2009 at 12:21 pmtom says:
Yet, even though they are out of water, they persist in trying to swim upstream. How the heck does that work?
Standing for something requires more thought than being opposed to ideas.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm2/3? What difference does it make?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pmIs this how you spend your time? Damn that is even lamer than pretending to be a Latin King
October 24th, 2009 at 12:24 pmI would be embarassed if I was as much a pussy as you appear to be. Why not have a chat if you are gonna be hanging around?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:28 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Beefeater:It is time to try fresh bait. Continuing to fish the same tired one drastically reduces the likelihood of catching anything.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:31 pmbeefeater. From your blog headline:
You think we don’t know a poser when we see one?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:32 pmFred says:
beefeater. From your blog headline:
A FUnnie look at the loony residents of the Democratic Underground aka DUmmies in particular and the Leftwing Blogosphere in general.
You think we don’t know a poser when we see one?
Wow Fred, I thought I could sneak that one past ya. You’re just way to sharp for me!
October 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pmGod help us, it could actually create some good jobs in Michigan.
Little repiggies don’t want any good jobs.
Good jobs are for the elite and God’s anointed.
Poor people are miserable sinners, and God punishes them.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:47 pmAre you going to pretend to be honest now? What else do you pretend to be, an American?
October 24th, 2009 at 12:48 pmThere comes a time when pragmatism overrules justice. Yes, these people ARE unlawfully detained and most are probably there do to mistaken identity or just plain bad luck. But there are also those like Khalid Sheihk Mohammed, Hambali, Ramzi Binalshibh, et.al who CANNOT be released. These people are directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans, Indonesians, and others…release them and they’ll flee into the wind, only to be responsible for more attacks.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pmThey don’t have super powers like The Hulk or Magneto. They cannot destroy a supermax prison and then walk out!
Beefeater, if we do away with constitutional rights like right to a fair trial, jury, presentation of evidence, defense, etc.——then YOU, or someone who believes as you, could be renditioned to a secret site, tortured and held there forever—-if we should ever have a socialistic/communist government———wait, we do now——-the Obama administration!!!!!!
And, Beefeater, I have talked to real Beefeaters at the Tower of London, and you, sir, are no Beefeater!
October 24th, 2009 at 1:00 pmIt amazes me that wingnuts and FAUX use communism and socialism as if they are one in the same. They are too ignorant to even understand what they are therefore did not realize that the shrub had us closer to fascism than we have ever been, but the wingers loved his borrowing and spending on wars that were absoulutely unnecessary, immoral, and unlawful.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:22 pmKeith says:
And, Beefeater, I have talked to real Beefeaters at the Tower of London, and you, sir, are no Beefeater!
Well, you may have talked AT a Beefeater but I’m sure you know, as a great world traveler, that unlike from me you got no response.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:26 pmSeems Beefeater choses silence when I drop by… I think we both know why…
October 24th, 2009 at 2:22 pmRep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) is irrationally fearful and apprehensive about detainees that would be held in a Federal supermaximum security prison. Hoekstra doesn’t have what it takes to govern the State of Michigan. He’s too weak and timid.
October 24th, 2009 at 2:49 pmHoekstra is another moron and a pathological liar—-he is up to his ass in what went on with the CIA for the last 8 years and he was their biggest cheerleader. If the people in Michigan are suffering now, they will know what real agony is if they elect this clown.
October 24th, 2009 at 4:47 pmPete Hoekstra has never given me a reason to respect him or his opinions. Personally, I consider him to be just one example of the many things wrong with our government.
October 24th, 2009 at 5:41 pm.Beefeater, you don’t even know what a Beefeater is, do you? Cor Blimey, you got them mixed up with the Queen’s Guard at the Buck House. The Beefeaters are on the other side of town at the Tower.
http://www.viator.com/tours/London/Skip-the-Line-Tower-of-London-Tickets/d737-3251TOW
“Tower of London has various exhibitions, activities and special events throughout the year. Feel free to ask questions of any of the Yeoman Warders (Beefeaters), Jewel House or White Tower wardens during your visit. They will be happy to answer your questions.”
“Yeoman Warder ‘Beefeater’ Tour: Join one of these famous tours where Yeoman Warders (popularly known at ‘Beefeaters’) will entertain you with tales of intrigue, imprisonment, execution, torture and much more.”
October 24th, 2009 at 8:55 pmI honestly can’t figure out why somebody would be afraid to have these foreign national “terrorists” housed in a nearby prison anyway. Is the idea that they will break out of prison and go rampaging around the countryside or something? Surely they’d be more likely to break out of prison and then attempt to flee the country.
October 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeomen_Warders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Guard#Changing_of_the_Queen.27s_Guard
A good friend of mine married the Queen’s blacksmith/coachman’s daughter. One Christmas, I was there when young Edward and Andrew were handing out gifts from the Queen to the workers/residents in the Royal Mews. I turned a corner quickly and almost walked smack into QEII. I was speechless!
October 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pmLordy, lordy, lord. Hoekstra represents an area that is dependent on a fresh batch of prisoners every now and then to feed itself. Is this the Soviet Union all over again? 1939 in the Gulags?
Hoekstra might want to pray harder for Obama to fail. Then he and his cronies can resume the interrupted Third-Worldization of this once promising nation. Prisons, hamburgers and bank scams: we’re great at that.
October 25th, 2009 at 12:19 amIf this guy get in Lansing all were going to hear hear about is Gods,Guns,Gays and how Obama is a socialist……….and not about the important things like Jobs,health care and the economy in general.Engler stripped our state before he left and Mi is a quagmire at best right now.
October 25th, 2009 at 1:21 amIf this guy get in Lansing all were going to hear hear about is Gods,Guns,Gays and how Obama is a socialist……….and not about the important things like Jobs,health care and the economy in general.Engler stripped our state before he left and Mi is a quagmire at best right now.
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