On Terror suspects plan for Illinois worries Ryan
Posted on November 18 at 12:36 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The huge fallacy committed by the liberal folks here is in equating of these war criminals with plain old ordinary criminal criminals. Timothy McVeigh was a “terrorist”, these guys are “terrorists”, same thing right? Nope.
Putting aside the point of whether they belong in our criminal justice system, let’s just consider the danger of putting them into one of our prisons. McVeigh was pretty much a solo act; there weren’t a lot of people, here or in other countries, demanding his release. The Guantanamo kids, on the other hand, are considered to be heroes by thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of militant Muslims around the world. There was very little chance of any group attacking a prison, or adjacent area, to break out McVeigh. It might be a very tempting target for a group of Muslim terrorists.
Ryan isn’t “fear-mongering”, he’s using his head to try and anticipate a threat. Some of you should try using yours as well.
On Volleyball, bar plan will return to city council
Posted on October 29 at 8:34 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I think localboy nailed it here. If the area had been zoned residential, and Sara Investments did some shifty dealing to get it rezoned, then we should all cry foul. But since it’s already zoned properly for a bar, it’s a little too late now for the neighbourhood folks to complain that somebody wants to put one in. It’s kinda like the people who buy a house next to an airport, then complain about all the noise. People who are upset can always move, but I’d suggest then wait until after Sneaker’s opens, since it will probably increase their property values.
On Milton police investigating possible attempted child abduction
Posted on October 27 at 4:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
“I just don't understand why the Milton School District waited to call us parents to let us know about this at 2:34 this afternoon.”
According to the article, although this happened yesterday, the boy didn’t bother to report it until this morning. So the police *couldn’t* have notified anybody yesterday. The delay here sounds a little hinky, and the police probably wanted to try to get some verification before betting everybody alarmed over what could be a hoax.
On Shovel ready: Get prepared now for winter snow shoveling
Posted on October 27 at 7:14 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Doesn’t anybody listen to Al Gore? Throw away your snow shovels, start buying SPF 9000 Coppertone for the winter tanning season. Global warming means never having to shovel again!
On Law firms pay new hires to work for public good
Posted on October 23 at 2:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh dear! Lawyers are discomfited by the economic downturn!! They may have to wait as much as a year to get the 6-figure salaries!!! Well if that doesn’t just break your heart, you are one cooooold mudda. This has to be a “thoughts and prayers” moment.
On Talking trash: Janesville City Council considers changes
Posted on October 21 at 4:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I’ve done the “put stickers on your garbage” thing before. Absolutely everybody who has used that system hates it. Raise assessments if necessary, but keep the stinkin’ stickers!
Posted on October 19 at 1:20 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
sannio/fool_on_the_hill:
I didn’t know Firefox had that feature, thanks for the heads-up!
Posted on October 19 at 11:57 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
When you “roll out an upgraded version of the site”, it would sure be nice if you added a kill filter ability. Yes, you can ignore annoying users, but some posters are so irredeemably illiterate, or consistently inane, you really wish you could permanently screen out their comments.
Posted on October 19 at 11:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Typing directly into the Comment box on the web page doesn’t give you the chance to spell-check your work. So, open Word (or whatever you’re using for a word processor), type your comment there, fix the errors, then cut & paste into the Comment box. The odd error isn’t a problem, but if you’re reading a comment and hit more than two or three, you tend to stop reading. If it’s not worth somebody’s time to make their work reasonably literate, it’s not worth my time to read it.
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On Terror suspects plan for Illinois worries Ryan
Posted on November 18 at 4:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
“It's absurd to think that a group of other terrorists would be able to bust-out their imprisoned cohorts from a military-controlled supermax prison.”
They don’t have to “bust-out” anybody, all they need to do is use the prisoners as a focal point for an attack. The point is not to have a successful prison break, but to give the U.S. another black eye. Just like 9-11, it wasn’t an attempt to achieve a military victory, just to embarrass the U.S. Having these war criminals on U.S. soil also provides a good recruiting tool to our home-grown jihadists. It allows them an accessible rallying point they can visit and see, rather than a far away, mythical place like GITMO.