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Legal Ruralism: More Rural Prison Debate: Thomson, IL

Todays New York Times ran a story about the small rural town of Thomson, Illinois faced with the prospect of housing Guantanamo Bay inmates in its local prison. Thomson is located in Carroll County, right on the Mississippi River. Map ...

Guantanamo Moves to Illinois? | Constant Conservative

You can see the Quad Cities down and to the left from the “A” marker to give you an idea of where it is found in the state. Go to the link above and read it all (including the memo proper). Map of Thomson, Illinois ...

Miss Mox's Journey: Illinois is Building Revenue! :)

If President Obama is truly going to close Gitmo, why let that money go to another state?? Until Mark Kirk and other complainers can answer those questions, I am an excited voter. Welcome to the map, Thomson, Illinois. ;) ...

Chuck Sweeny: Manzullo wrong about Thomson prison threat - Berwyn ...

But he says the Obama administrations plan to buy Thomson state prison and convert it to a federal prison with a military-operated wing for about 100 Gitmo detainees would make northwest Illinois a terrorism target. It would also bring 2000 to 3000 jobs. ... Sacia noted that in Savanna, which is close to Thomson, “up until 15 years ago we had more nuclear weapons stored than anywhere in the world, and nobody blew us off the map.” And in World War II, the POW camp at ...

Town welcomes idea of Gitmo detainees' arrival - Chicago Breaking News

"Maybe this is something that will put us on the map." Others werent so sure. Brad Spencer, a volunteer firefighter and resident of nearby Savanna, said attitudes about Thomson Correctional Center may have changed, but that many ...

Opposing Thomson - Dennis Byrne's Barbershop

They talk about the dangers of putting a "terrorist enclave" (that would be about 215 detainees) in our state, making us "ground zero" on the terrorist map. As if terrorists needed an extra reason for attacking Illinois. ...

Thomson's Abu Ghraib

... sand and they dont have anything that would stop a guy in a truck from driving right into the courtyards, let alone a tractor or something bigger. ...and I was so hopeful that I would be the one to put Thomson Illinois on the map. ...

Clout St: Republican, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate tackle ...

The Illinois residents that fill the new jobs at Thompson will be more than capable of keeping the public safe. Convicted terrorists are already incarcerated in the U.S., and no one has ever escaped from a Super Max facility like Thompson. Opposition to this move has taken the form of ..... My Road Map as presented on my web site details a Flat Tax program and economically sound Development program that accomplishes job restoration in Illinois and the United States. ...

Sweeny Report » Sacia strongly supports plan to buy Thomson prison ...

We have a state of the art facility designed as maximum security prison that is the second largest expenditure for a building in the history of th state of Illinois. It has been sitting mostly vacant for eight years,” Sacia said. “We have an opportunity to bring 2000 to 3000 good jobs to Illinois ... Sacia noted that in Savanna, which is close to Thomson, “up until 15 years ago we had more nuclear weapons stored than anywhere in the world, and nobody blew us off the map.” ...