Jobs and Money Trump Public Safety in Illinois

The subject pretty much says it all. Our President, Governor, Senior U.S.
Senator and others have chosen jobs and money over public safety. How could
they do such a thing, you ask? By announcing today, December 15, 2009 that
the state prison at Thompson, Illinois, only 150 miles from our nation's
third largest city and a place ripe with terrorist targets will be purchased
by the Federal Government in part to house terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.

I am scared for our state if this goes through, and I hope there are ways
either through Congress, the State Legislature or the Federal Courts to
block this move. This move affects me personally. This is because it will
increase Illinois' probability of becoming a target for the next terrorist
attack. Guess what terrorists have attacked in the past? Public
transportation systems. Guess what I ride every day commuting to and from
Chicago for work? You guessed it, public transportation. Increasingly, I
and thousands of others will ride living in fear of the next terrorist
attack.

This prison purchase is part of the liberals' agenda to close Guantanamo
Bay. The liberals haven't kept very many promises, this is one promise I
really do not want them to keep. There's absolutely nothing wrong with
leaving these animals right where they are. Yes, I said animals. For the
despicable acts these things have committed, they deserve nothing less than
to be taken out and shot in public view. They do not deserve access to the
Federal court system, accommodations in Federal prison where they can have
up to 10 visitors at a time, none of that. Yet, this is what liberals like
Obama, Quinn and Durbin are foisting upon us. In doing so, Illinois will be
less safe.

I pray that something can and will be done to stop this travesty right in
its tracks. If not, and when the next terrorist attack comes, Obama, Quinn,
Durbin and others will have blood on their hands. It better not be my blood
or the blood of anyone I love and care about.