Save Our Sanity: Scenes from a crazy quilt

A few days after Alligator Alcatraz opened, 

Emily Nostro dragged a federal clerk to the outskirts of the Everglades. 

He was impressed by her familial connection to Somerville's Redbones Barbecue 

and she knew he would most likely be writing the opinion determining 

whether the newly opened detention center should stay in operation. 

Emily believes his assigned appellate judge spent that Sunday at the outlet malls up by the now defunct The Holy Land Experience theme park. 

"Do you feel how hot it is? Look at all the mosquitoes. This is a violation of the Eighth Amendment." 

He rolled his eyes, "Emily, this is just a waste of money." 

One thing was agreed upon - the plaintiffs failed to grasp the real issue at hand. 

Only people experiencing true disassociation would argue placing a tent city and some port-a-potties on top of an abandoned runway had a deleterious effect on the environment. 

As time would tell, the clerk and Ms. Nostro were both proven right. 

"La historia me absolverá," cried Fidel; neither have gone on to join the Communist Party of America, nor the Communist Party USA. (The judge might. Her clerks complained she kept insisting the First Amendment did not apply to minors…).