Seriously. Retire Already

If I were one of those addle-brained, God-fearing men that believe the tornadoes were sent to Joplin, Missouri because of something Obama said about Israel, or that Katrina decimated New Orleans because of The Gays, I might think that the fires sweeping through Arizona have something to do with all those illegal immigrants that are down there taking jobs away from Americans and selling drugs and beheading people in the desert.

But I'm not, though, I think I found someone who is.

Old John "Get offa my porch, dagnabbit" McCain, says the fires in Arizona are being caused by illegals: "There is substantial evidence that some of these fires are caused by people who have crossed our border illegally....They have set fires because they signal others, they have set fires to keep warm, and they have set fires in order to divert law enforcement agents and agencies from them. The answer to that part of the problem is to get a secure border."

McCain uttered his baseless accusation at a press conference held just after he toured the area devastated by the Wallow Fire, which has burned over 500,000 acres to date.

Trouble is, as usual, McCain is apparently speaking out of his ass. He offered no evidence to support his claim, and Tom Berglund, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman, said there is no evidence that undocumented immigrants had caused the Wallow fire: "Absolutely not, at this level. There's no evidence that I'm aware, no evidence that's been public, indicating such a thing.”

Latino groups and anyone with half a brain quickly blasted McCain for his idiotic remarks. Angelo Falcon, the president of the National Institute for Latino Policy, said, "With the lack of evidence, he might as well also blame aliens from outer space for the fires.”

Don't give him any ideas!

On Monday morning, McCain's handlers went into action, trying to cover his half-brained rants by saying that he was referring to blazes in southern Arizona generally, both now and in years past. Brooke Buchanan, Senator McCain's communications director, said, "During the press conference on Saturday, Senator McCain was referring to fires on the Arizona/Mexico border, not the Wallow Fire.”

Except that was giving the press conference at the site of the Wallow Fire, so your explanation, Brooke, is just dumb. Like your Senator.

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"I Can See Mexico From My House"

It's all very hush hush, so secretive, but rumor has it that Sarah Palin has grown tired of being the helicopter-hunting-moose-easting-dumbass from Alaska and is planning a move to Arizona.
Arizona. Like that state needs another reason for the rest of the country to snicker at them behind their back. McCain. Brewer. Palin. It's the trifecta of moronic, dimwitted, bigoted, tyrannical politicians.
But chatter has it, though her lawyers declined comment, that a recent Arizona real estate transaction could see Mama Grizzly Bore relocating to Scottsdale. It seems that a $1.7 million cash deal closed on an 8,000-square-foot house in northern Scottsdale right about the same time political gossip-mongers began chattering that The Bore was looking at the upscale Phoenix suburb as a potential base for a 2012 presidential run.
I laugh because she still seems to think that she'll ever be president of anything.
But there are also rumors that The Bore might not try for the White House, but rather run for the seat of retiring Arizona Senator, Jon Kyl. Wow, Palin, Brewer and McCain, all in Arizona. It might be time to build that fence they keep talking about, only build it around the state to keep those wingnuts in.


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For A Moment, Jan Brewer Had A Brain And A Heart...But Then She Gave Them Back

There are days when I find a story, a news item, that really piques my interest, but I don't have the time to post about it, so I save it for another day. That happened with this next story, and then the story just sort of ended, and now I'm left with bupkus.
Except.......

Once upon a time, in Arizona, Jan Brewer and her minions wanted to be able to stop you and question you if your skin wasn't lily white, or you had an accent, or an un-American sounding name like Rodriguez or Gomez. But then the 9th Circuit Court stepped in and basically said, "Arizona, you're racist. Knock that shiz off."

So, what does Arizona do next, to prove they're using their brains? Well, the state Legislature last week gave final approval to a proposal that would require President Barack Obama, and other presidential candidates who don't look, well, let's just say it, white, to prove they are US citizens before their names can appear on the state's ballot.

Birther law. In Arizona. but that's to be expected.

And I was all ready to rip Jan Brewer and her racist state a new one for pandering to Birthers and Teabaggers and all their nonsense, until the unthinkable happened. Jan Brewer got a brain. And perhaps, though this is still in doubt, a heart. She vetoed the bill.

Brewer said the Birther Bill would have created “significant new problems while failing to do anything constructive for Arizona” and that she had no choice but to veto the legislation. By way of explanation, she sent a letter  to the Arizona House speaker, saying such racist--okay, she didn't use the word racist because racists don't think they're racist--such legislation “could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions” about candidates’ eligibility for the presidential race. She also added: “I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president of the greatest and most powerful nation on earth to submit their ‘early baptismal or circumcision certificates’ among other records to the Arizona secretary of state. This is a bridge too far.”

So, Hell apparently froze over because Jan Brewer set aside her idiocies, and her Palin-esque pandering, to do the right thing. I actually liked Jan Brewer, but then......

She obviously removed the Brain and the Heart that the Wizard had just given her, because she signed legislation giving married couples--and we know by 'married' she means heterosexual couples--preference over gay couples when it comes to adoption.

The new bill law would require any adoption agency, both state and private, to give primary consideration to adoptive placement with a married man and woman, with all other criteria being equal. 

Gay couple. Straight couple. Exactly alike in every way, except one, and that one difference is the gender of one party, and it will be used to deny adoption. The only other state with such legislation is Utah, and we know how Utah feels about The Gays.

This bill also discourages single-parent adoption, as preference would also be given to married, straight couples. And yet, right now, about a third of the foster children in Arizona are adopted by an unmarried person. At least until a married couple steps forward ans says they want that child.

Jan Brewer. One step forward and then two ugly steps back.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Gives Brewer A Smackdown

Ah, this just warms my heart.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has turned a request by Arizona Governor Jan "Eva Braun" Brewer, who had asked to lift an injunction imposed in 2010 by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton. The  Court ruled that Bolton did not abuse her authority when she blocked provisions of the Arizona law that targeted illegal immigration.

One of the provisions of Brewer's racist and discriminatory law was the requirement that local police officers check the immigration status of anyone they detain during any investigation for any reason. Brewer came up with her racist, anti-Hispanic law after Arizona officials argued that they needed their own law to deal with the growing problem of unauthorized immigration from Mexico, even though enforcement of illegal immigration policies comes under the federal government.

The racist law intsantly sparked boycotts and protests across the country as immigration activists argued that Arizona was trying to usurp the federal government to define, and defy, immigration rules. These activists rightly saw the proposed law for waht it was: an unconstitutional act that would lead to profiling and the harassment of Latinos, or of anyone who even looked Latino.

In her action, Bolton blocked the requirement that authorities examine the immigration status of anyone they chose to detain. She also blocked the provision requiring immigrants to carry identification papers, and blocked the provision that made it illegal for people to seek work in public places without proper documents.

Brewer was also caught telling, um, lies about illegals, mostly Mexicans, by telling untruths about headless bodies of good god-fearing Americans found in the deserts along the border, obviously the victims of Mexican illegals.

Except that the stories weren't true, and Jan Brewer knew it. Like I said, this court-sanctioned smackdown of this racist governmor warms my heart.

source: LA Times