Recently Donald Trump got Alcatraz stuck in his head and spewed forth a word salad in response.
He wants to re-open Alcatraz as a prison.
The famous prison stuck on a rock in San Francisco Bay was closed in 1963 because it cost too much to guard too few prisoners.
Prison guards and staffers as well as food, fresh water and fuel had to be brought in by boat.
The prison has a maximum capacity of about 300 to 350 people.
Buffeted by high winds and salt water spray, the structure was always in need of repair.
Alcatraz is run by the Parks services as a museum piece and tourism to the site brings in about $60 million a year. Which seems a bit high but that that’s the number that’s out there.
So Donald Trump (remember, MAGA heads like him because he’s real smart businessman) wants to take something that actually makes the government money and turn it into something that costs the government money.
What the hell put this idea in his head?
This movie.
Apparently some station in South Florida ran Escape From Alcatraz which got Li'l Donnie's noggin to thinking about how cool it would be send hardened criminals to Alcatraz.
Because Trump has installed snivelling yes-men whose primary attribute is loyalty to Donald Trump, there are people who are taking Trump's profoundly stupid and inefficient idea seriously. William Marshall, director of the Bureau of Prions issued this statement: "We look forward to restoring this powerful symbol of law, order, and justice. We will be actively working with our law enforcement and other federal partners to reinstate this very important mission."
This whole Alcatraz debacle is another diversion in the chaos mix of Trump's push for ignoring the constitution, dismantling democracy and grasping for the power of an autocrat.
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