Mention the massive prison across the Mississippi River and you see a lot of smiles in this city.
People here know all about the federal government's tentative plans to transfer alleged terrorists from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a maximum-security facility a 15-minute drive away in Thomson, Ill.
And they are a bit amused by some media reports that area residents are worried that terrorists will be running loose in the streets.
"I've talked to probably 15 or 20 people about this," said Dick McLane, a retired Clinton business owner. "I haven't heard a single person say they're worried about a terrorist breaking out or about this area becoming a terrorist target."
This is most likely true, and I wouldn't normally have any qualms if I lived in the area, except for one thing.
Here is an aerial picture of the facility.
So, we are proposing to send a bunch of fanatical Islamists, who have just as fanatical Islamist buddies, to a prison which is vaguely Star of David shaped.
What could go wrong?
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