Boehner: Send Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz

The GOP is so much more entertaining as a minority party:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday shrugged off Republican suggestions that the federal government reopen Alcatraz prison in her San Francisco district to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

President Obama this week signed an executive order calling for the closure of the prison at Guantanamo within the year. Republican Rep. Bill Young then suggested to White House counsel Greg Craig that the prisoners who could not be released back to their home countries or sent to a third country be put up in "the Rock," the famous military installation and prison that closed down in 1963 and is now part of the National Park Service.

Asked whether that was a serious proposal, Pelosi said, "It is -- no."

"Perhaps he's not visited Alcatraz," Pelosi said of Young while displaying little sense of humor. "Alcatraz is a tourist attraction. It's a prison that is now sort of like a -- it's a national park."

..."If liberals believe they ought to go, maybe we ought to open Alcatraz," Boehner, R-Ohio, told NBC "Meet the Press." Being reminded that Alcatraz is a national park, Boehner responded, "It's very secure."

Call it a stimulus plan if you will. San Francisco construction workers would be needed to refurbish the place and would welcome the work I'm sure. Does Speaker Pelosi not care about those out of work people in the Bay Area who would benefit from a re-opened Alcatraz. She must be heartless.

I hope to find video of Pelosi's face when approached with that question. Well, with all the work she's had done, you probably couldn't see the change of expression anyway.

I'm feeling this: we can "rehabilitate" guys like Ramzi Binalshibh and when they are ready to resume life on the outside, we ferry them to Frisco, give them a few bucks and wish them good luck.

We may not have the power to win votes but we sure as hell can yank their chains for a few years.