"R.E.M. and Pearl Jam Call for Guantanamo Closure"
 Oh, look at you. Raising your lighter to some cheap beat. It's a typical has-been move. Champion a cause and get people to buy your album, all under the guise of a "Buy-my-album-and-support-the-"Close Guantanamo"-cause-but-get-tricked-because-you're-still-coming-to-my-show-and-giving-me-your-money" campaign. Good job, R.E.M. and Pearl Jam. I'm sick of this flowery world that these music artists promote. They want us to shut down all these prisons and freakin' hug terrorists. There is no logic involved in the utopia they want to create. Just love. Lots of love. Because love conquers all. Even the bullet terrorists would love to plant into your dome. Do I promote torture? No. I do not believe that is the American way to do things. But I have this feeling that there would be a cry out for the closing of Guantanamo even without the torture. Just because it's a prison. Pity. Torture aside (that is another whole post), we have a current issue. If Guantanamo is to be closed, where will the detainees go?
It appears that only three choices are possible:
1. Send the detainees home.
2. Send the detainees off to another foreign prison.
3. Send the detainees to a prison in the states. To eliminate the first two choices with a little logic for purposes of this article (not that they would be ruled out by logic in the real world) First, sending detainees home without investigation or trial risks us sending terrorist back to give them an opportunity to attack again. And, chances are, if they weren't terrorists in the first place, they will be now that the torture has happened. Not good. Second, sending the prisoners off to another foreign camp would just be a waste of money. Tortures would happen there just as easily as they would in Guantanimo. So, let's send 'em to a prison in the U.S., where they are 'guaranteed' their rights, hmmmm? Ha. I laugh at the thought. All these tree huggers want rights for these people, but I don't see ANY of them volunteering to have them brought to a facility in THEIR home town. R.E.M. Pearl Jam. You guys have such brilliant ideas. Let the government build a facility next to YOUR homes to house the detainees. Yes, let's have it so you hear their five daily prayers from your bedroom window every day. I don't hear these punks suggesting that. Tools. Moral of the story: If you have a complaint, offer a solution, and be willing to sacrifice to support your beliefs. Otherwise, shut your yapper. | 
... in public.