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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Rush Limbaugh's Morning Update: Problem Solved!

From Rush Limbaugh: Well, now that Club Gitmo is going to be closed, and our standing in the world has been restored, what do we do with all those nasty terrorists?

Our friends in Europe -- who, remember, complained loudly and bitterly about Gitmo and George Bush -- are suddenly less vocal. Ireland, Portugal, France, Germany, and Switzerland are saying they might participate in a program to help out... on one condition: that we don’t send them any terrorists. Michael Martin, the Irish Foreign Minister, said: "No one is talking about terrorists or anything like that coming to EU countries. We're talking about non-combatants -- people who clearly have no history of any terrorist activity."

Thanks, fellas! Big help you are!

Meanwhile, Abu al Libi (not to be confused with Scooter Libby), an Al-Qaeda commander who escaped from a US prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, has posted a video. He's urging his fellow terrorists to attack Western and Arab capitals in retaliation for Israel mopping the floor with the Gazookas in Gaza.

Oh, and then there's this tidbit. Representative Jane Harman (Democrat, California) is cautioning President Greg Craig to "proceed extremely carefully" regarding the closing of Gitmo. And Pete Hoekstra of Michigan (a Republican) is worried about reports that as many as ten percent of the prisoners already released from Gitmo are back on the battlefield.

Okay, so let's run the numbers. There are about 245 of these rascals at Gitmo. Why not just send each major blue city that voted for Obama, an equal share? Or give them all to San Francisco and put them on Alcatraz?

Read the Background Material on the Morning Update...
AP: Europe Slow to Offer New Home to Gitmo Inmates
AP: Al-Qaeda Commander Advocates Attacks on Western Capitals to Avenge Gaza Fighting
AP: Lawmakers Troubled by Reports on Ex-Gitmo Detainee

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