Illinois Governor Shows Why Gitmo Prisoners Shouldn't Be Sent There

Just a little oops. Governor Pat Quinn (D-IL), who took over after Rod Blagojevich left office to pursue a reality show career or something, released some 1700 prisoners before they were supposed to.

Hey just a minor inconvenience to the folks of Illinois, right? I wonder what would have happened if, say, some guests of that new prison being proposed to house Gitmo detainees had been on the list?

Of course it isn't much worse then the current policy of releasing them back to the countries in which they received their advanced degrees in jihadism, but at least we had them out of the country.

The inmates were set free after an unannounced change in prison practice ... that Quinn now calls a "big mistake." He blamed his Corrections director, Michael Randle, but did not fire him.

The new policy gave prisoners 6 months of "good time" just for entering the jail. Hell I am surprised the guards even had time to close the cell doors before these guys were being released.

Corrections stopped requiring them to serve at least 61 days and gave them up to six months' good-conduct credit, or "meritorious good time," immediately upon entering the lockup, before they had a chance to display any kind of behavior.

Democrats want to treat terrorism like a law enforcement issue, but they already screw that up so bad I certainly wouldn't feel any safer, no matter how many guarantees I get from former Gitmo prisoner defense attorney and now US Attorney General Eric Holder.

Why Republican Governors Are Important

If the federal government will get out of the way and let this economy correct itself without their interference it could indeed be good times again in the south. All of this can come crashing down if all of the mandates included in legislation pending in Congress like the healthcare and the cap and trade bill, which impose severe liabilities on states--thereby giving the Congress the appearance of not increasing the national debt--manage to become law.

North Carolina again topped the list at No. 1 this year, followed by Texas, Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Alabama. Following Georgia are Indiana and Kentucky.

This is surprising considering the unemployment rate in Georgia is above 10% and Ohio is suffering far worse. There have been several recent coups by southern states such as South Carolina getting a new union-free Boeing plant and Georgia getting ready to open a new Kia Motors plant, but the climate isn't any better really than most parts of the country.

It does, of course, sort of put a light on states that have Republicans as governors as opposed to those that have Democrats. It is going to be up to the governors to start raising the alarm bells over the amount of federal mandates that they may become subject to, which is why those governors races yesterday were so important.

Beck Holds Blago's Feet to the Fire (VIDEO)

Today on Glenn Beck's show, Blago continued his magical mystery media tour, and unlike his other appearances, the interviewer this time (Glenn) actually didn't lob softballs at him. Tomorrow is part 2 of Glenn's interview, so we'll post that one then.



Here are my two favorite screen caps.





I love Beck's honest facial expressions. Priceless!