I haven’t posted on my blog for a good long while. Two reasons: one, I’m generally happy with Obama’s administration; and two, I’ve been BUSY!

This post won’t be very long, but there is something that’s been irking me for a while. One of President Obama’s first orders of business was to close Gitmo. Great. Problem was that he didn’t have a clear plan for disposing of the prisoners who were there. That’s a pretty big problem, especially since a whole bunch of legislators were quick to pop up and say, “You’re not sending Gitmo detainees to MY state!”

What I find ironic is that these legislators are primarily Republicans. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Kit Bond of Missouri, Pat Roberts of Kansas, John Shadegg of Arizona and Lamar Smith of Texas are running around like Chicken Little, screaming “The terrorists are coming! The terrorists are coming!” What happened to the Paul Revere attitude? Yep, the terrorists are coming. Let’s kick their a$$@$!

Isn’t this the same Republican party that loves its guns? “You can have my gun when you pull it out of cold, dead hand” and all that? The party of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” and “Terror unanswered can not only bring down buildings, it can threaten the stability of legitimate governments. And you know what? We’re not going to allow it” (George W. Bush, 9/20/09).

That’s some pretty tough talk. So what happened to the conservatives who love 24, Chuck Norris and the NRA? Why have they suddenly turned chicken in the face of “about 100 suspects” in Guantanamo Bay? (USA Today, 5/18/09) Why the sudden wimpiness, conservatives? Can’t our nation put its money where its mouth is?

You know what? I think we can. These terror suspects aren’t any smarter or scarier or more dangerous than Charles Manson (whom my grandfather taught at Gibault!) or the Unabomber or any of the other many evil Americans we currently incarcerate. Bring ‘em on. We can handle ‘em. And we can even do it legally, so their supporting regimes cannot claim victory over American ideals. Take that, ya terrorist jerks!

And by the way, Republicans, please quit quaking in your boots and whining about the possibility of a few terror suspects ending up in a prison in your state. You’re making us look like a bunch of weenies.