Thursday, December 17, 2009

An Empty Prison Looking For Detainees

Chris Matthews and two Illinois Congressman discuss torture, closing Gitmo and bringing convicted detainees to a built, yet empty, $150 million dollar maximum security prison in Illinois.

Rep. Aaron Schock [R] uses the "ticking time bomb" scenario that never exists to justify torture anytime, anywhere. Conclusion: zero principles for his American exceptionalism. I guess Republican exceptionalism means claim all the benifits from American goodwill, "except" do nothing that actually has principled meaning or basis in Rule of Law.
"I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives." Schock doesn't even bother to say "enhanced interrogation techniques," or maybe he just flubs the Orwellian talking point.
Note: 95% of the locals voted for bringing the detainees to the prison and the 3,500 jobs to their area. The fact that Schock never toured the prison, in his own district, did not stop him from getting in completely over his head.

Note 2: Schock is the youngest person in Congress and it shows.

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Source: The Daily Dish

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