Marshall J. Gruskin's - A Courtesy Flush...

Just how stupid can the media be? And what about you -  the American people? I almost ripped my satellite radio out of the dash for God sakes. Now I know why Elvis shot his television set. Military tribunals to try the 9/11 murderers? Absolutely not.

Who do you think we are - the Japanese or Nazi's in World War 2? For years now I have demanded these Muslim terrorists should be brought to the WTC site for trial and then executed when they are found guilty. And they will be found guilty - in our civilian Federal court system - not some kangaroo court type "military tribunal."

And the world will be watching. Using military tribunals would be the worst idea possible way to achieve justice for the American people. Because the military seems to have a slight problem connecting dots these days. They spend more time throwing battle tested gay officers and trained specialists out while ignoring Muslim terrorists who are officers in our own Army.

The military seems to believe that water-boarding a suspect 180 times does well to enhance our image in the hearts and minds of the people we’re trying to protect. Gitmo is a disgusting Bush 2 disgrace. The military and its West Point trained generals quite obviously have a problem making decisions and what is right and wrong. Look at Afghanistan, where we have no business being. The US Ambassador, a former General, says no more troops right now. The Commander of US Forces there seems to think we need to send 40,000 of our kids to fight the Taliban for the Afghans, who don’t give a rats ass about America. The Army did a pathetic job at Abu Ghraib. And you think a military tribunal can judge Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (the USS Cole bombing) – no way. President Obama made the right call here.

to a last minute appeal. Barring clemency by the outgoing Gov. Kaine, the action by the court clears the way for John Allen Muhammad’s execution tomorrow, Tuesday, at 9 PM. The New York Times reports:  “The court did not comment in refusing to hear Muhammad’s appeal, but three justices objected to the relative haste accompanying the execution. Justice John Paul Stevens complained that “under our normal practice, Muhammad’s petition for the court to take his case would have been discussed at the justices’ conference scheduled for Nov. 24. But because Virginia scheduled the execution for Tuesday, the judicial process was rushed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond VA, upheld the death sentence three months ago. In rejecting Muhammad’s appeal, that federal panel said it was “unable to find reversible error in the conclusions of the state and district courts.”

Under Virginia law, an inmate is allowed to choose the method by which he will be put to death -- either lethal injection or the electric chair. Because Muhammad declined to select a method, by law he will receive a lethal injection. Along with his partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, he was the Beltway Sniper – murdering 10 people in 2002. According to The New York Times: “The governor has said that he is personally opposed to the death penalty, but he has allowed a number of executions to take place since he took office in 2006. Virginia has the nation’s second-busiest death chamber, behind Texas.”

Looking him up in Wikipedia, we learn that -

Born John Allen Williams in New Orleans, Louisiana, Muhammad enlisted in the Louisiana Army National Guard in 1978 and, after seven years of service, volunteered for active duty in 1985. In 1987 he joined the Nation of Islam While in the Army, Muhammad was trained as a mechanic, truck driver and specialist metalworker. He qualified with the Army's standard infantry rifle the M16, earning the Expert Rifleman's Badge. This rating is the Army's highest of three levels of marksmanship for a basic soldier. He was discharged from military service following the Gulf War, as a sergeant, in 1994.

As a member of the Nation of Islam, Muhammad helped provide security for the "Million Man March" in 1995, but Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhanhas publicly distanced himself and his organization from Muhammad's crimes.Muhammad moved out of the country and spent time with his children in Antigua around 1999, apparently engaging in credit card and immigration document fraud activities. It was during this time that he became close with Lee Boyd Malvo, who later acted as his partner in the killings. John Allen Williams changed his name to John Allen Muhammad in October 2001. After his arrest, authorities also claimed that Muhammad admitted that he admired and modeled himself after Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda and approved of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

I don’t believe in the death penalty. Strapping a man or woman down to inject them with a lethal dose of anything serves no purpose. It seems too easy, too clean, too easy. Will this really serve justice. Will it make the victim survivors feel better. Would not a firing squad be more effective. Until that is resolved and it never will be – then a life sentence without parole would be the proper course of action to take in this and any other death penalty case. What will you be doing at 9 PM tomorrow evening?