by David Safier It's got to be a plot. The downgrading of Arizona in the nation's and the world's eyes has been too systematic and deliberate to be coincidental. Gut education. Gut health care for children and adults near or below the poverty level. Sell off the state Capitol. Close state parks and rest areas. … Read more
by David Safier Still nothing from the Goldwater Institute about SB 1070. I haven't seen a Daily Email or an acknowledgment of the law on its website. I don't follow G.I. tweets, so I may have missed something there, but somehow I doubt it. Shouldn't G.I. have something to say about a law requiring everyone … Read more
by David Safier That's the new count on the Facebook page, "1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070": 460,297 as of 2:30pm Tuesday. If you haven't already, jump in any time.
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Much of the furor surrounding the enactment of SB1070, Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant police state bill, including my own, has stemmed from a worry that the language of the bill will allow/compel law enforcement officers to ethnically profile Arizona's Hispanic residents and visitors ("Where are your papers!"). Language … Read more
by David Safier Democratic Diva commented that the Goldwater Institute has been strangely silent about the new anti-immigrant law. She includes G.I. in a list with the Chamber of Commerce and the Tea Partiers, both of whom are usually eager to register their opinions at a moment's notice but seem to have, um, missed all … Read more