From Iowa: “Why can’t I microchip an illegal?”

by David Safier Crazy is contagious. At a forum for Iowa's 3rd District, R candidate Pat Bertroche said: “I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician. “I actually support micro-chipping them. I can micro-chip my … Read more

A Republican plot to destroy Arizona?

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

G.I. still AWOL on SB 1070

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

The Count, Tuesday, 2:30pm: 460,297

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.

“Hola Officer!”

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