Stupak proposes housing Gitmo detainees in Mich.

[struggle4progress]

Source: Associated Press

John Flesher • Associated Press • May 29, 2009

MACKINAC ISLAND — U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak wants to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at an abandoned prison in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but said Friday he would not pursue the matter without broad support from other officeholders in the state.
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Stupak, a Menominee Democrat, sent President Obama a letter in February that suggested transferring the detainees to Camp Manistique in Schoolcraft County. The state prison closed in 2007 because of budget cuts.

Former Gov. John Engler, a Republican, also suggested the U.P. as a suitable location during a meeting with GOP legislators this month. He described it as an innovative way to attract federal money and reduce the state’s chronic budget deficit.

But other officeholders in Michigan have criticized the proposal, including U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, who is seeking the GOP nomination for governor next year ...

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[provis99]

1. I sure don't like the AP headline

stupid right-wing kissasses they are at AP. A true headline would say "Stupak proposes imprisoning Gitmo prisoners in Michigan." Saying they are being housed sounds like we are putting them up in college dormitories.

[harmonicon]

2. sounds good to me

I'd much rather see federal money going to Michigan than to Gitmo.

[Demeter]

3. Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Subjecting people to a UP winter who aren't born there or choose it.

[Dulcinea]

4. Sure, why not?

Michigan could use the federal money & the jobs. Isn't unemployment something like 13% up there?

[steven johnson]

5. Great idea -- but is it cruel & unusual to make them UPers? nt

[Faygo Kid]

6. What?? Feed them pasties, yah sure you bet.

Ummmmm. Pasties. Love 'em.

[Doctor_J]

7. No, but they will need new names

Ahmed = Odie
Mohammed = Lester
etc.

and of course they'll all grow mullets

[cyclezealot]

8. NT..= not ,I hope.

The UP is god's country.. One of the most pristine spots on the planet..

[blue_onyx]

9. Sounds like a good idea to me