Earlier in the month, Scott Ott wrote a piece of satire on his Scrappleface site, saying that public officials were lining up to import Guantanamo terrorists.
Now comes Congressman Murtha of Pennslyvania to say that they’d be welcome in his district:
Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., says he’d be willing to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in his congressional district if President Obama makes good on a plan to close the U.S. prison there…
Murtha only has a minimum security prison in his district. But he says he’d have no reservations about holding detainees there in a maximum security prison.
“Sure, I’d take ‘em,” said Murtha, an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. “They’re no more dangerous in my district than in Guantanamo.”
Wow.
In other news, this was probably inevitable:
Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to a hospital after being mauled by his pet dog who is being treated for depression, in a dramatic incident that rattled the ex-president’s wife.
The couple’s white Maltese poodle, called Sumo, has a history of frenzied fits and became increasingly prone to making “vicious, unprovoked attacks” despite receiving treatment with anti-depressants, Chirac’s wife Bernadette said.
Dog bites man. Is it news?
No. More like poetic justice.
Murtha is a despicable liar who belongs IN the Guantanamo prison (or its replacement, wherever).
If built in Murtha’s district, it should be referred to as the “Haditha Hilton.”
Hope Murtha has a pet dog. A VERY depressed one. Rabid, too.
I’d be willing to support the earmark the good Congressman no doubt has in mind to fund building such prison if he’d have to try one of the cells on for size for, say, twenty years without parole.
That would mean his lawyer probably did a good job in the plea bargain department.
And to think this guy almost became Majority Leader in the House…..but you know the guy did speak perhaps a grain of the truth when he insulted his constituents. Enough so they almost threw the bum out. We can always hope that more sunshine will disinfect that certain portion of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. But not likely.
Yeah, the header says it all. A word I mutter a lot playing golf (“Unbelievable”) comes to mind, but it seems lacking in describing these two incidents.
Perfect. Both he and the people who elected him deserve to have them.
No, you guys have got it all WRONG! We should ENCOURAGE Obama via phone, fax, e-mail & ltr campaign to listen to Murtha and give him his wish–would be the surest way to absolutely guarantee the outrage of his constituents and his defeat at the polls
next time around. Bring IT ON!!
(THEN take away his PX card & privileges)
Note: All said in best Foghorn “Ya got it all WRONG boy, I say, ya got it all Wrong!” Leghorn voice.
Well,
It looks like the French have finally found someone willing to fight….
En avant, mon Fifi! En Avant! L’Guerre, non? C’est L’ Guerre!
Heh. Chef de Battalion du Guarde Fifi.
you’re right. You can’t make this stuff up
Hopefully my French is still accurate. It’s been awhile.
headline: White Maltese Poodle Overcome by Ennui.
It’s gotta be the poodle in the dog, can’t be the Maltese. Of course, the poodle is French, so that only makes sense. And, the Maltese is known as the noble dog, having been the pets of Roman and other nobles for over two thousand years. it must have been a struggle between the Poodle half that is a coward, and the Maltese, which is brave…yup…bi-polar, sure enough
Murtha is safe in making that request… after all, he lives in DC.
Hopefully his constituents will finally get fed up with him.
Murtha is a jackass who just got a little bigger. Shanksville, PA was in his district in 2001. The place were courageous Americans stood against the tyranny of terrorists and fought back, saving untold numbers.
And now Murtha wants to welcome back to his home state the very kinds of terrorists who were forced to fly a plane into the ground in his own district.
Wonder how the Flight 93 families feel about that.
http://www.world4pets.com/dogbreeds/maltese1.jpg
See the link to take a look at a Maltese Poodle. Looks like 6 pounds of fury, doesn’t it?
In the first case it would undoubtedly increase the average IQ of that portion of Pennsylvania.
In the second case, it’s just another instance of one ungrateful son-0f-a- $itch biting another ungrateful son-of-a-$itch.
ASM826 … What’s that Maltese Poodle’s name? Precious? Or Precieux? Just looking at that sweet face I Know it was all Chirac’s fault.
Marianne
Marianne,
As Lex says, you can’t make this stuff up. The dog’s name is Sumo.
Virgil:
I think you are on to something…..as opposed to on something.
Any tactic that encourages regime change in 12th district of PA is worthy of consideration.
Kris ~ I am sure they are just thrilled.
I know *I* would be.
Murtha currently has no where to house Islamic terrorists in his district.
As my father used to say “If I didn’t have any prime rib to sell, I’d put it on sale for $1.99/lb.”
Murtha isn’t just a jackass. He’s a greedy, DUMB jackass!
It just occured to me that we should send all those stimulus people with shovels out to Murtha’s district on an emergency basis to turn his low level prison into a super max. Talk about stimulating the economy! Let’s get to it!
Babs/
The theme of your father’s story must be an old one that has deep and wide roots. I first heard it told by Russel Long (D-SEN., La,) in the Carter era, I believe, only he used the example of the then “outrageous” cost of eggs at a dollar/carton in which a friend allowed as he’d sell ‘em for 40 cents per, only to have Russell reply: “If I didn’t….I’d sell ‘em for 40 cents a carton too.”
ASM826, I have to agree. My first thought upon seeing that picture was if I had one of those I’d never have to bother dusting again. Just spray some furniture polish on the little thing and throw one of those hard rubber Super Bounce balls into the living room. Problem solved, and the hardwood floor would look great.
Hmmmm…. Ya know, the wife does have a long-haired cat… A bottle of Pledge and a few ounces of catnip might save me a whole host of housework.
Have to experiment with that when she’s visiting her mother next time…
– Max