5-6-09

The Propaganda and Lies of the communi$t Greek Whore, Adrianna Huffington, May be the GOP's Biggest Problem

The bad guys, the Rothschilds and Rockefellers, invented and promote communi$m, and they use propaganda and lies to rule their Satanic world. Huffingtonpost.com is one of the communi$t$ most important propaganda outlets. Until the GOP and the American people shut down Huffingtonpost.com, the USA will always be a communi$t country. Whatever it takes to get rid of Huffingtonpost.com must be undertaken. How to get rid of Huffingtonpost.com may be a hard task. The Federal Election Commission should shut down Huffingtonpost.com because it is an unregulated Political Action Committee for the Obama Administration. Huffingtonpost.com and the Obama Administration are two peas in a pod working in unison to make the USA a communi$t police state.

Huffingtonpost.com describes the Republican Party as a dead political party. This is a total and complete lie. The Republican Party took a giant step in the right direction when comrade Little George headed back to Texas. The Democratic Party took a giant step in the wrong direction when comrade Obama was elected president. Every day the world sees comrade Obama as a clone of comrade Little George and the Democratic Party is becoming Bush worse. Step back and look at things. Political activists saw comrade Little George as the evil person destroying the US Constitution and the USA, and shredded him. What makes the communi$t$' think political activists will not shred comrade Obama? Political activists are shredding comrade Obama as I type as they should. As comrade Obama clarifies himself as the continuation of comrade Little George, the drum beat against Obama will intensify. What Huffingtonpost.com is trying to do through propaganda and lies is to sell the world on the illogical notion that the Republican Party is still the party of comrade Little George when in fact the opposite is more true. The Democratic Party is fast becoming the de facto party of the bad guys. The only thing to prevent the Republican Party from becoming the party of the future and stardom is communi$t propaganda from the likes of Huffingtonpost.com.

What does it take to make the Republican Party a good party of the future? The GOP must live by the US Constitution and shed its communi$t$ ways. Did you see the article James Baker Backs Reinstating the Draft. This country does not want a draft. Not a single intelligent person on the planet believes Sept. 11 happened the way the 911 Commission said it happened or that bin Laden is alive. Why draft our kids to die for a cause which was built on the 911 pack of lies? The Republican dregs of the world are flocking to the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party as fast as can be. James Baker clearly has established himself as a bad guy who probably is an owner of our banking system along with the Rothschilds and Rockefellers. James Baker lost respect when he got the US Supreme Court to throw the 2000 presidential election to comrade Little George. No one believes comrade Little George won Florida. James Baker formed the policy of comrade Little George's Oil and Gas Commission headed by Dick Cheney which price fixed oil and gas prices high and was a major impetus behind the economic meltdown which elected comrade Obama president. James Baker was comrade Little George's contact with Saddam Hussein. James Baker has gone to the Obama side because James Baker is a bad guy. Arlan Specter has gone to the Democratic Party because Specter is clearly a bad guy. One of the reasons Republican bad guys are migrating to the Democratic Party is to teach and lead the Democrats to be Rothschild Rockefeller communi$t bad guys.

One of the most amazing features of the Republican Party while comrade Little George was president was how the elected Republicans voted in lockstep for the unConstitutional garbage comrade Little George and the communi$t$ laid on and directed them to vote in favor. Logic dictates the bad guys will direct Democrats legislators to vote in lock step with comrade Obama legislation, especially unConstitutional legislation. The people of this country desperately want legislators who will live by the US Constitution. The communi$t$' want to toss the US Constitution. This battle, to live by or not live by the US Constituion, is a propaganda battle. Huffingtonpost.com is a big player in this propaganda battle. Of course Huffingtonpost.com is on the side of the communi$t$ and want the US Constitution tossed.

If members of the US Congress who are Republicans will start impeachment hearings against Obama for sending drones into Pakistan on bombing runs and stand firm against sending military equipment to Mexico, the Republican Party will gain respect from US voters and favorable ratings will come to the Republican Party.

You do know why Obama is sending drones on bombing runs in Pakistan? He is building al Queda and the Taliban when he bombs them. This is why invading a country without the direction of the US Congress is treason - bombing Pakistan is making war on the USA. Pakistan is heavily, like 80% Sunni. Anywhere the US drops a bomb in Pakistan guarantees the Taliban will rise up against the USA. If Obama drops bombs on North Carolina Baptists what will they do? Baptists will organize and fight back. Same logic applies to Pakistani Sunni. Obama is a Sunni. Obama is organizing Sunni in Afghanistan and Pakistan, when he bombs them and gives them weapons. Both Hillary and Obama are romancing Sunni, Obama calls them family, for the purpose of building a huge Sunni army to make war against Iran. Somalia and African Sunni are being trained and armed to make war against Iran. This giant Sunni army will be used to attack Russia and eventually the United States. Democrats are becoming hated as Little George was hated because Democrats are becoming the party of the bad guys. Huffingtonpost.com's job is to use lies and propaganda to make Democrats and the American people think the Republican Party is the party of comrade Little George and the bad guys when the opposite is more true. The communi$t$' get what they get by propaganda and lies. The GOP must stand against comrade Little George and the efforts of the bad guys to destroy the US Constitution and if it does, the Republican Party will be the party of the future. The Republican Party should encourage JEB Bush to switch to the Democratic Party, since the Democratic Party now is running on his brother's destroy the US Constitution, bomb Pakistan, war with Mexico agenda. comrade McCain does not believe in the US Constitution and he should go to the Democratic Party as well.

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS lied

when news reporters on the show, not Mr. Lehrer, said five or six times "Ambassador Holbrooke." Richard Holbrooke's handlers are trying to make him appear more important than his current title, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, suggests. Granted Mr. Holbrooke is a past Ambassador to Germany fifteen years ago. Holbrooke touts the communi$t$' position which is the furtherance of war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and of course he would love to see Iran nuked. A dye in the wool zioni$t bad guy from here to eternity. Obama using Holbrooke is another example the Democratic Party becoming the party of comrade Little George ideology, communi$m, and destruction of the USA.

Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (born April 24, 1941), Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Obama administration, is a top-ranking American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. He is also the only person to have held the Assistant Secretary of State position for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977–1981, and Europe from 1994–1996).

From 1993–1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany.

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Requiem for the Republican Party By Mike Whitney
Posted on May 4, 2009 by dandelionsalad
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By Mike Whitney
May 04, 2009 “Information Clearing House“

The experts think the Republican party can get up off the canvas and stage a comeback, but don’t bet on it. The poor GOP isn’t really even a party anymore; it’s more like a vaudeville troupe scuttling from one backwater to the next performing the same worn slapstick. They’ve simply become irrelevant, a “non-party” that no one pays much attention to apart from the occasional zinger on the Daily Show or Letterman. In truth, the GOP is so deeply-traumatized from their shocking fall from power, they’d probably benefit from a spell on the couch. Perhaps if they spent a few weeks in therapy, they’d see what a mess they’ve made of everything.

No one is suggesting that the Democrats are perfect either. Far from it. The Dems seemed to relish the 8 years they spent as Bush’s doormat while the Bill of Rights was split into matchwood and the country was dragged from one war to the next. Bush served two full terms and the feckless Democrats never stood up to him or stopped him even once from doing exactly what he wanted. Wiretapping. Iraq. Torture. Never.

The Democratic party is loaded with bloviating windbags like Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi who “talk the talk” but never deliver the goods. Frank has proved repeatedly that he’s just lobby-fodder for the banking fraternity, faithfully doing their bidding and dressing it up in altruistic mumbo-jumbo. Pelosi’s just as bad. When she’s not applying tooth-whitener, she’s busy making sure that anything remotely resembling progressive legislation never reaches the floor of the House. (Yer doin’ a heckuva job, Nancy)

The party is full of blowhards, phonies and gobshites that are in the pocket of big business. Everyone knows it.

The only thing the Dems have going for them is that they’re not Republicans. That’s it. They’re not the party that took over all three branches of government and proceeded to douse all of Washington in gasoline and burn it to the ground. That’s how the Republican’s celebrate their victories; self immolation! In America’s 230 year history, no party has ever crashed-and-burned so fast or with such fanatical zeal.

The Republicans proved that they are unfit to govern. They’re better suited to carping from the sidelines where they can do less damage. Let’s hope it stays that way. No one wants another 8 years like the last.

Fortunately, Republican leaders have been given a permanent roost at FOX News so they can emerge from their holes from time to time to throw stones at Obama or swap sob-stories with their fellow conservatives. It’s harmless fun and no one really cares anyway. Hopefully it will ease the pain of watching the nation spin out of their orbit while their political aspirations disappear down the toilet. The truth is, the country has moved on since the election and the Republicans will need a major facelift if they want to be competitive again. From the looks of it so far, that’s hardly a sure-thing.

Now that the dust has settled from the election–and the full-extent of the losses are known–the finger-pointing has begun. Everyone wants to know who drove the Republican party into the ground?

There’s plenty of blame to go around and, of course, the first name that’s on everyone’s list is George Bush. But Bush wasn’t as important as people think. He was a bit-player who was chosen for the job because his patrons thought they could stitch-together another Reagan and because he could be counted on to follow orders without question. But Bush wasn’t steering the ship o state; not really. The administration was essentially a franchise split up between the three main actors; Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rove. Of those three, the one who probably did the most damage was Rove through his chronic backroom maneuvering, his hamhanded public relations operations and his political arm-twisting. Rove’s bullyboy antics produced a number of short-term triumphs, but they cost the party dearly in terms of credibility. Just look at the Terry Schiavo fiasco; an emotionally-charged issue of personal morality which the administration turned into a feeding-frenzy. The poor husband was turned into the devil-incarnate for simply carrying out the explicit wishes of his stricken wife. Michael Schiavo was ripped to shreds by a feral media that had become the propaganda-arm of the White House. The whole episode had Rove’s stink all over it.

Eventually Rove’s wheeling and dealing caught up to him and he was forced to step down amid a barrage of allegations. His scorched earth, “take no prisoners” approach galvanized the base, but alienated decent conservatives who were not comfortable with his win-at-all-cost shenanigans. The same was true of Republican politicians. Some of them didn’t like marching in lockstep with the administration’s directives. Others didn’t like Rove himself, a petty, unprincipled opportunist whose sole talent was destroying his political enemies. Ultimately, the party of Lincoln became the party of Rove slipping its ideological moorings and abandoning all claim to moderation. Rove left the party in a shambles and, now, just look what’s left— a scattering of Bible-flailing crackpots, a few pudgy white guys with baseball caps pulled down over their ears, and a stable-full of toothy anchors over at Murdoch’s sandbox. Other than that, the GOP is nothing but wreckage and bad memories.

Obama didn’t beat the Republicans. The Republicans beat themselves and they know it. It was a self-inflicted wound. (Politicide?) The party has simply run out of steam. How much mileage can one get on a platform which contains just two planks: War and tax cuts? That’s not a vision of the future; it’s the early signs of dementia.

The Republican party has never been “the party of ideas”; that’s a complete myth. The Republican leadership hates ideas, because ideas mean social programs which divert money from the coffers business tycoons and crooked banksters. Ideas cost money; it’s as simple as that. Republican ideas are different; they usually involve poking around people’s bedrooms telling them what they can and can’t do or railing against science like evolution or stem cells. In fact, “Republican ideas” is an oxymoron like “military intelligence”. The words are basically incongruous; they don’t fit together.

The United States veers slightly to the right politically, so winning elections shouldn’t be that hard for any party that truly represents conservative values. But the Republican party doesn’t represent conservative values, that’s another myth. In fact, the party isn’t even pro life. If they were, then Bush would have pushed for anti abortion legislation when he controlled both houses of congress. But he didn’t. Why? Because the Republicans know that if they put an end to the abortion flap for good, half of their base will have no reason to drag themselves to the polls every two years. That’s the truth. Keeping abortion as a permanent issue–without making any effort to end it–is all part of a cynical calculation to keep the religious loonies engaged. Republicans will never end it; it’s their meal ticket.

Despite the beating they took in the elections, the Republican party is still in the hands of zealots, militarists and screwballs. Oddly enough, this disparate coalition seems to enjoy wandering aimlessly through the political wilderness. For the most part, they cling to the belief that liberalism has destroyed the country and that the way back to traditional values is by electing far-right candidates like party-favorite Sarah Palin. But a Palin candidacy would be a disaster; she’s polarizing “red meat” pitbull who doesn’t achieve the broader goal of attracting “center-right” independents into the fold. (particularly the all-important Hispanic vote) She brings nothing to the ticket. Besides, elevating Palin only confirms the public’s worst fears, that the party has become a dinosaur run by addle-brained fundamentalists who are incapable of change.

Less than two years ago, party bigwigs were putting the finishing touches on their plans for a one party system and a new American century. My, how things change! The whole fantasy has come crashing to earth. The Republican party is finished. Stick a fork in it.

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GOP turns to Bush aides for advice
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Former White House press secretary Dana Perino provides words of wisdom to House Republican press secretaries.
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Republicans looking to recover from Bush-era defeats are turning to an unlikely source for advice: top aides to former President George W. Bush.

Former White House press secretary Dana Perino, former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie and former White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto are among those set to provide words of wisdom to House Republican press secretaries at their annual workshop this Friday.

GOP House Conference Communications Director Matt Lloyd said Perino, Gillespie and Fratto represented “the gold standard for Republican communications professionals” and were obvious choices to advise the party’s messengers.

But Democrats are deriding the move to bring in the Bush veterans, calling it proof that the GOP has failed to recognize that Bush’s policies are at least partly to blame for the party’s minority status.

“Reuniting the Bush operation is like making a sequel to a very bad movie. House Republicans are better off staying home, watching soaps and coming up with new ideas for their out-of-touch party,” said Doug Thornell, spokesman for Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

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The Bush vets, for their part, couldn’t disagree more. In fact, they say their turbulent White House years make them uniquely suited to advise a House Republican Conference stuck in a nearly 80-seat minority.

“We are battle-tested,” said Perino, who was Bush’s last press secretary.

Fratto, who spent three years as Bush’s deputy press secretary, cited his experience “being in an actual duel with the slings and arrows from Congress.”

Fratto said he wanted to put the House press secretaries in a campaign-style mind-set and would encourage the staffers to do their jobs with an eye toward winning House seats in 2010.

Lloyd called the workshop — which also includes former Reagan speechwriter Tony Dolan and Mitt Romney presidential campaign strategist Mindy Finn — an integral part of the GOP’s renewed focus on communications.

“The press secretary workshop is one more tool in our belt that we are using to ensure press secretaries continue to get their members the most coverage possible, which in turn drives the Republican message across the country,” Lloyd said.

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James Baker Backs Reinstating the Draft
May 03, 2009 01:19 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

Rep. Charlie Rangel, Congress's lone champion of reinstating the military draft, can count on another Korean War-era vet for support: Republican James Baker, a soldier in the Reagan and Bush administrations. Baker, secretary of state during the first Gulf War, visited a private girls' school in Virginia, where he was asked how to attract kids into some kind of service that gives them a stake in the country's future. "This is a very unpopular thing that I am about to say," he warned. "But one thing that makes it harder to go to war is to have a draft, because when you have a draft, then everybody's got a stake in it, and the costs of war are brought home much more vividly and vigorously to the American people. I think national service is a wonderful idea." But unlikely, he conceded: "You get killed if you support a draft, politically, but it sure would raise the stakes. Everybody would understand a lot better what we have at stake when we go to war."

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House requests constraints on Pakistan bill
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Evacuees from the Buner Valley are seen on the outskirts of Peshawar on Wednesday. Pakistani troops took the main town in strategically important Buner Valley after dropping by helicopter behind Taliban lines, the military said.

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is opposing attempts by House Democrats to attach strings to billions of dollars in new aid to Pakistan, even as some lawmakers question why American taxpayers should turn over large sums to a government that has shown reluctance to take on Islamist extremists.
As part of the strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan he unveiled last month, President Obama requested that Congress approve billions in additional military and civilian assistance for the volatile U.S. ally.

REPORT: U.S. says Pakistan terror attacks up

The House's Pakistan aid bill would condition the military money on the president certifying that Pakistan's intelligence agencies are not supporting terrorist groups and have closed terrorist camps in tribal areas.

That bill, which would allow the president to waive the requirement in the interest of national security, is from Rep. Howard Berman, the California Democrat who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Obama Likely to Lean on Indonesia for Burma Help
Written by Nehginpao Kipgen Friday, 27 March 2009 12:53

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By Nehginpao Kipgen

The Irrawaddy - March 27, 2009

In less than 100 days in the White House, President Barack Obama's foreign policies have either been spelled out or are under review. The administration is reviewing its Burma policy, looking at ways to engage the Burmese military junta.

Reaching out to Indonesia is one option that Washington is likely to consider. Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited during her first overseas trip in February.

During their telephone conversation on March 13, President Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono discussed how to make progress on democracy and human rights in Burma. The conversation took place just a few days before the Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein's maiden visit to Jakarta since taking office in 2007.

Some good reasons why Obama is likely to lean toward Indonesia are: first, Indonesia is a country that has transitioned from military rule to democracy; second, Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia and an influential member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, where Burma is also a member; third, by working together with the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, Obama wants to send a message to the Muslim world that America is not its enemy; fourth, Obama has a personal connection to Indonesia, where he lived for four years.

The Obama administration's possible policy shift on Burma was evidenced by a comment Hillary Clinton made in Jakarta: "Clearly, the path we have taken in imposing sanctions hasn't influenced the Burmese junta."

Washington is likely to ask Jakarta to either mediate talks between the military junta and the opposition, or Washington may engage the military junta through Jakarta. This initiative could end up with Indonesia playing a pivotal role in a "six-party talks" model that was used in the North-Korean nuclear program negotiations.

Like Burma, Indonesia was under military rule for more than three decades (1967 to 1998) under the then President Suharto. With its own experiences of a successful transition to democracy, Jakarta is studying the possibility of a dual-function government in which Burmese military officers and civilians are each given roles in the transition from dictatorship to democracy.

The Indonesian model of democratic transition is something the Burmese military junta has considered for quite sometime. In an interview with the Singapore Straits Times newspaper in 2008, the United Nations special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, said, "I can reveal to you that the junta has been looking for a model closer to Indonesia where there was a transition from military to civilian rule and ultimately to democracy."

Meanwhile, the leaders of the State Peace and Development Council are anticipating a conciliatory tone from Washington. It, indeed, surprised many observers when junta chief Than Shwe sent a congratulatory message to Barack Obama on his election and inauguration, which many did not expect.

For more than two decades, the American government has punished the Burmese military junta through economic sanctions, primarily for its human rights violations and for not honoring the mandate of the 1990 general elections, in which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won in a landslide, only to be ignored by the military who refused to honor the election results.

During their meeting on March 16, President Yudhoyono and Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein discussed a number of issues, including Rohingya refugees and the planned 2010 election in Burma.

"The president emphasized the importance of a credible, transparent, fair and inclusive election process. He also said Myanmar should not just conduct elections, but most importantly quality elections," said Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal.

The irony, however, is that even if there is a "transparent and fair" election as suggested by President Yudhoyono, there is already a flaw in the constitution itself. For example, 25 percent of the seats in both houses of the parliament are reserved for the military and any amendment to the constitution would require more than 75 percent votes. This means that no amendment will happen without the support of the military.

If the military goes ahead with its roadmap without reviewing the constitution, the country will head for another stage of internal problems with lingering dissenting views. Any attempt to find a long-term solution to the ethno-political problems must include the participation of different ethnic nationalities.

The Obama administration should not consider lifting economic sanctions immediately before seeing any tangible progress on the ground. Benchmarks, including the release of political prisoners and making the democratization process inclusive, should be set for lifting sanctions.

"Carrot and stick" diplomacy is necessary; neither one by itself is going to be pragmatic enough.

Obama and Yudhoyono are expected to hold further discussion at the G-20 summit in London on April 2, after which Obama will address the Muslim world from the Turkish parliament on April 6, which he pledged to do in his first hundred days in office.

Interestingly, Obama's family has a connection to Burma - President Obama's paternal grandfather, Hussein onyango Obama, served with the British army in Burma during World War II. We will have to wait and see if this connection matters to President Obama in his effort to help establish a genuine democratic society in the Union of Burma.

Nehginpao Kipgen is general secretary of the U.S.-based Kuki International Forum (www.kukiforum.com) and a researcher on the rise of political conflicts in modern Burma (1947-2004). He has written numerous analytical articles on the politics of Asia published in different leading international newspapers.

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Guantanamo, The GOP Attacks Hard Working Americans

In an act of desperation, the GOP has settled on attacking President Obama and the Democrats for closing Guantanamo because none of their other political tactics have worked. It's clear that they want to be the party of national security, but both polls and electoral reality (2006 and 2008, not to mention the recent special election in NY-20 where a last minute Republican fear-based ad attacking Democrat Scott Murphy featuring ominous music and the faces of the 9/11 hijackers failed to make a difference in a race the GOP eventually lost) continue to refute this perception. So while Democrats and the President continue to try and make America safe, the GOP flails with failed ideas and stale talking points on the one issue they think , wrongly of course, they have the higher ground on.

And in the process, Republicans in Congress disparage the men, women and military officers who protect Americans from the dangerous terrorists who already reside in prison facilities across the country and argue that they simply can't continue to do their jobs and keep America safe.

After failing for 8 years to actually keep the world safe from terrorism, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and especially Dick Cheney, are embarking on a renewed push to rehabilitate their failed reputations and political prospects. In going on the offensive on Guantanamo and torture, though, they not only expose themselves to the American people who see through these transparent attacks, but also to the reality that America has successfully held dangerous terrorists within our own criminal justice system for decades now, some of whom executed attacks on American soil. They are: Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings, who was incarcerated for a time in the nation's largest city, New York, and now resides in it's most secure prison, the Supermax facility in Florence, CO where according to a former warden he has never left his cell; also at Supermax, Zacharias Moussaoui, convicted of conspiring to kill Americans for his role in the 9/11 attacks; the 6 perpetrators of the East African embassy bombings are also there, as is the shoe bomber Richard Reid. All these dangerous men have been kept in secure facilities for years now with none of these terrorists being released into our "backyards" as the GOP would like us to think. So how would the transfer of Guantanamo detainees be any different?

What the Republican attacks fail to acknowledge is that the men, women and military officers who run these facilities not only admirably and successfully keep their communities safe, but keep all Americans safe by each day diligently doing their jobs. Does the GOP think that they can't continue to do their jobs should detainees from Guantanamo be transferred to facilities within the United States? Doesn't the widespread fear the GOP wants to incite disparage these hard working Americans and the communities in which they reside, where the prisons themselves often serve as the economic lifeblood, especially in such tough economic times? And it's not just Supermax, but also Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas and the Naval Brig at Charleston where Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, the only person to be held as an enemy combatant in the continental United States, spent six years. Across the country, thousands of Americans and members of our Armed Forces work each day in these prisons, and do their jobs well. Maybe Republicans who want to criticize the possibility of bringing detainees within American shores should first understand how good the hard working Americans who are employed at these facilities are at their jobs before they say they can't successfully do their jobs and keep Americans safe.

The bottom line is at a time where Americans are legitimately already afraid of losing their jobs, their homes and the livelihoods they've worked hard to build, the GOP thinks they can score political points by also making us afraid of losing our lives. In the process they also disparage the very men and women who work every day to protect those very lives.

This doesn't seem like a winning strategy to me.