Submit a Story!
Pelosi Shrugs off Alcatraz as Possible Terror Detention Facility - Presidential Politics | Political News
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 ...
Pelosi dismisses need for bipartisanship
thehill.com — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she didn’t come to Washington to be “bipartisan”, one day after... shuttling through an $819 economic stimulus bill without a single Republican vote. “I didn’t come here to be partisan, I didn’t come here to be ... (more) Pelosi dismisses need for bipartisanship
 Pelosi: No, You Can't Send Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz (video)
Play
Pelosi: No, You Can't Send Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz (video)
youtube.com — Why, after all, it's a fancy tourist destination! So, it wouldn't be appropriate for the terrorist detainees... to be housed there at Alcatraz. So tell us, Ms. ... (more) Pelosi: No, You Can't Send Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz ...
CNN’s Jack Cafferty Compares Speaker Pelosi to Chinese Dictator Mao
CNN’s Jack Cafferty Compares Speaker Pelosi to Chinese Dictator Mao
newsbusters.org — During his regular “Question of the Hour” segment on Monday’s Situation Room, CNN commentator Jack Cafferty compared... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s idea to spend hundred of millions of dollars on contraception as a cost-reducing measure to the ... (more) CNN’s Jack Cafferty Compares Speaker Pelosi to Chinese ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

Heh: Republicans Suggest Moving Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz
Ace of Spades HQ — Heh: Republicans Suggest Moving Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz Pelosi doesn't want to mess up the national park though . 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." That explanation didn't stop House Minority Leader John Boehner from repeating the suggestion on Sunday, making that point that closing down Guantanamo by year's end may not be the best plan considering the recidivism rate of terrorist detainees is about 12 percent. ...

Pelosi: Close Gitmo But Keep The Dirty Bastards The Fuck Out Of My Neighborhood
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Beck Vs. dumb-ass video about Gitmo closing … FOX: Pelosi Shrugs off Alcatraz as Possible Terror Detention Facility Republicans opposing an Obama administration order to close Guantanamo Bay prison facility within a year suggest sending terror detainees to House Speaker Pelosi’s district. 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, ...

Boehner: Let's Move Club Gitmo Guests to Alcatraz
JammieWearingFool — This is what I like from GOP leadership, some thinking outside the box. Of course moving these innocent naifs into Nancy Pelosi's district is outright rejected. She's all for shutting down Guantanamo Bay but doesn't want the terrorists in her backyard. 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. ...

Nancy Pelosi: Sufferer of the NIMBY syndrome?
Sister Toldjah — ... Fox News reports on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s response to the suggestion that Alcatraz be re-opened to house the remaining Gitmo detainees once Gitmo has been closed: ...

My Golden Gate Gitmo By the Bay
Cold Fury — ... a youth organizer with World Can’t Wait, which sponsored the event. “Guantanamo has to shut down, along with other torture apparatus, to bring home the reality of what our government is doing.” I couldn’t agree with these fine patriots more; Bring it home, baby! The ‘world can’t wait’! We’re ‘honor bound to defend freedom’! CLOSE GUANTANAMO AND OPEN ALCATRAZ NOW! Since they have insisted Guantanamo be closed, it’s very decent of them to volunteer San Francisco to take its place–and they even have bipartisan support! : If liberals believe they ought to go, maybe we ought to ...

links for 2009-01-26
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: barack_obama) Humor: Pelosi Shrugs off Alcatraz as Possible Terror Detention Facility House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday shrugged off Republican suggestions that the federal government reopen Alcatraz prison in her San Francisco ...

Pelosi: No G’itmo Jihadis At Alcatraz
Pirate's Cove — ... stating that Republicans were almost apoplectic in trying to make sure that the Guantanamo detainees were not brought to domestic soil. Yet, when it is Nancy Pelosi, what does cBS news do? Well, not bother covering the story, which was ignored by most major media outlets. Have to go to Fox News for the details ...

Pelosi: No G’itmo Jihadis At Alcatraz
Stop The ACLU — ... stating that Republicans were almost apoplectic in trying to make sure that the Guantanamo detainees were not brought to domestic soil. Yet, when it is Nancy Pelosi, what does cBS news do? Well, not bother covering the story, which was ignored by most major media outlets. Have to go to Fox News for the details 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 ...

Close Gitmo, Open Alcatraz
Daily PunditPelosi Shrugs off Alcatraz as Possible Terror Detention Facility - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com That explanation didn’t stop House Minority Leader John Boehner from repeating the suggestion on Sunday, making that point that closing down Guantanamo by year’s end may not be the best plan considering the recidivism rate of terrorist detainees is about 12 percent. “If liberals believe they ought to go, maybe we ought to open Alcatraz,” Boehner, R-Ohio, told NBC “Meet the Press.” Being reminded ...

Fox Shows Photos Of Muslim Men: ‘Would You Want A Guy Like This Living In Your Backyard?’
Think Progress — ... would be housed in federal prisons — where dozens of dangerous terrorists are already held. In fact, the United States has already successfully prosecuted 145 terrorism cases in federal court, a sharp contrast to the series of debacles in Guantanamo prosecutions. Later in the segment, the Fox hosts repeated some of the right wing’s favorite myths about Guantanamo. They endorsed the “great idea” conservatives have been pushing of sending detainees to Alcatraz or a “haunted” prison in West ...

Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog — Automakers concerned that Obama's decision to allow stricter emissions standards will harm business. Joe Biden says he doesn't see himself as "deputy president." Thanks for the clarification, Joe. Limbaugh responds to Obama. Citigroup takes bailout money, buys $50 million corporate jet. Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to send Gitmo detainees to Alcatraz. Kentucky Senate rematch in 2010. Sebastian Mallaby writes that China's manipulation of its currency "is arguably the most ...

Related Content
Boehner
washingtonmonthly.com 1/25/2009 — BOEHNER.... In the first weekly Republican radio address under the new administration, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) touted the GOP's vision for an economic recovery. "Our plan is rooted in the philosophy that we cannot borrow and spend ...
The Associated Press: House re-elects Nancy Pelosi as speaker
google.com 1/6/2009 — 4 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The woman who made history two years ago by becoming the first female speaker of the House has been re-elected to that post. House colleagues today chose Nancy Pelosi to continue as speaker. Her fellow Democrats, with an ...
Pelosi wants investigation of Bush officials
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 1/19/2009 — Download | Play    Download | Play Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told Fox's Chris Wallace that there should be an investigation into whether the Bush Administration broke the law when firing Justice Department officials. "I think we ...
Pelosi: I didn't know about waterboarding
politico.com 4/23/2009 — Pelosi defends herself.
Pelosi on Obama: 'We have his back'
politico.com 2/6/2009 — Pelosi reassured her rank and file that they would support Obama.
Heh: Republicans Suggest Moving Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz
minx.cc 1/25/2009 — Pelosi doesn't want to mess up the national park though. 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...
Nancy Pelosi: Back to the good old days
michellemalkin.com 1/5/2009 — Read this post »
Pelosi: No February recess without stimulus
thehill.com 1/8/2009 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said she will keep Congress in session through the Presidents Day recess if an economic stimulus package isn’t completed for President-elect Obama by then. Pelosi’s comments came just minutes before ...
GOP Officials Push Alcatraz As The New Guantanamo
huffingtonpost.com 1/26/2009 — Last week, Congressman Bill Young suggested that as the Obama administration closes Guantanamo Bay, it could send some of the detainees in need of a holding facility to Alcatraz, the famous former prison off the San Francisco coast. On Sunday, ...
Wanted: Foolish economists
washingtonmonthly.com 12/23/2008 — WANTED: FOOLISH ECONOMISTS.... House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has made clear he's against the idea of a government rescue package in response to the financial crisis, but he's apparently having trouble finding economists who agree. So, as ...
Pelosi open to more federal money to banks (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/25/2009
AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is open to additional government rescue money for banks and financial institutions. But she is demanding that taxpayers get an ownership stake in return.
Pelosi: GOP ideas judged by ability to create jobs (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/25/2009
AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is defending the Democratic plan to revive the economy and says Republican proposals will be judged by how well they create jobs.
Pelosi not uneasy with Gillibrand (Politico)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/25/2009
Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that she doesn't have a negative relationship with Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) who's been chosen to replace former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)
Pelosi not uneasy with GillibrandPOLITICO.com: Congress 1/25/2009
"I don't have an uneasy relationship with Kirsten," Pelosi said.
Pelosi raises prospect of extra bank bailout money (AFP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/25/2009
AFP - The US government may need to stump up more funds to bail out the stricken banking industry beyond the 700 billion dollars now in the works, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.