Hard-luck Montana town pushes to house Gitmo detainees (McCain, employment, FBI)

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Hardin, population 3,400, sits in the southeast corner of Montana, in the state's poorest county. Its small downtown is almost deserted at midday. The Dollar Store is going out of business. The Hardin Mini Mall is already shut. The town needs jobs -- and fast. Hardin borrowed $27 million through bonds to build the Two Rivers Regional Correctional Facility in hopes of creating new employment opportunities. The jail was ready for prisoners two years ago, but has yet to house a single prisoner.

People here say politics in the capital of Helena has kept it empty. But the city council last month voted 5-0 to back a proposal to bring Gitmo detainees -- some of the most hardened terrorists in the world -- to the facility.

Hard-luck Montana town pushes to house Gitmo detainees - CNN.com

[ViewFromThePeak]

This is what a lower standard of living does, and the federal government is powerless at this point considering bonds are falling and the Chinese/Brazilians have already stopped using dollars for some trade.

[Mike from back east]

Bring the scumbuckets from GITMO to Montana. The FBI can interrogate them a lot easier there than flying military hops to GITMO. If any of them should escape, those MT dudes will make Swiss Cheese out of them PDQ fast.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

This is what a lower standard of living does, and the federal government is powerless at this point considering bonds are falling and the Chinese/Brazilians have already stopped using dollars for some trade.

Out of context, off topic, and just plain pointless.

[Mike from back east]

Q: What do General Petraeus, General Powell (ret), and Senator McCain all have in common?

A: They are all great men who support closing Gitmo and stopping torture.