tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post8623062428613309958..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: Arizona: a Shibboleth for the Left (UPDATED)A. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-88695788385651549362010-05-17T13:18:50.332-07:002010-05-17T13:18:50.332-07:00How bad is illegal immigration from Norway and Swe...How bad is illegal immigration from Norway and Sweden?<br /><br />Hyundai is a Korean company. They do have a manufacturing plant in Alabama, I believe.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601012457994842841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-70462275198717484332010-05-17T09:20:40.668-07:002010-05-17T09:20:40.668-07:00Regardless of the state you're from, we can sh...Regardless of the state you're from, we can show our support by patronizing AZ businesses: Petsmart, PF Chang's, Coldstone Creamery, Best Western and godaddy.com. Boycott CA; Farmer's and Mercury Insuranc, Gap/Old Navy, The Cheesecake Factory, Chicken of the Sea, Levi, Dole, Disney & Hyundai (there may be others which I'm not aware of).<br />To show AZ our support, e-mail receipts to: gina@stlouisteaparty.comcyndeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467903331646957536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-59155083014717532432010-05-16T00:11:21.255-07:002010-05-16T00:11:21.255-07:00Alan, the circumstances you cite are true; however...Alan, the circumstances you cite are true; however, I contend that this bill was designed to enable the Arizona police to impose similar demands on people who look like this driver, i.e., someone of Mexican, not Norwegian descent. As such, it codifies racial profiling and makes it inevitable regardless of any denials or supposed prohibitions.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149064142161519774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-72974196425824182092010-05-15T23:01:12.900-07:002010-05-15T23:01:12.900-07:00Jeff, you might want to read that story you cited ...Jeff, you might want to read <a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Man-says-he-was-racially-targeted-forced-to-provide-birth-certificate-91769419.html" rel="nofollow">that story you cited</a> more closely. It was a stop made by the <i>federal customs and immigration</i> officials at the border, <i>before</i> the Arizona law had even taken effect. Any racial profiling involved (which the officials in question denied) was the action not of the Arizona police, but by federal immigration officers stationed at the border.A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-62398033574858847362010-05-15T19:16:19.858-07:002010-05-15T19:16:19.858-07:00"The law does not allow police to stop suspec..."The law does not allow police to stop suspected illegal aliens unless they have already come across them through normal 'lawful conduct' such as a traffic stop, and explicitly prohibits racial profiling."<br /><br />So this "prohibition" stops racial profiling? Was the bill motivated by the intention to detain illegals of any ethnic group? What is the profile of an illegal alien to state law enforcement? Does he look like a Norwegian or a Swede? No, he probably looks like the American-born truck driver of Mexican heritage, who was pulled over, handcuffed and detained until his wife could supply his birth certificate:<br />http://bit.ly/atGqZV <br />This is but one example of the racial profiling and harassment made inevitable by this bill regardless of its disingenuous "prohibition."Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149064142161519774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-50247718084576848152010-05-15T11:49:55.365-07:002010-05-15T11:49:55.365-07:00Lighten up, Dr. D. No doubt there were those who w...Lighten up, Dr. D. No doubt there were those who were "a little surprised" at Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal," as well.A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-64235357702458449732010-05-15T11:30:34.605-07:002010-05-15T11:30:34.605-07:00"Congress should pass a law making every unbo..."Congress should pass a law making every unborn foetus a registered voter in the Democratic party, whose mother is delegated to cast its vote -- conditioned, of course, on the new voter's being delivered to term."<br /><br />I have to hope you did not really mean this. The unfairness of this proposal is staggering, and in seeking to solve one problem, you create manifold others. I am a little surprised you would even suggest such foolishness.Dr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-2252683078061825722010-05-15T11:28:59.888-07:002010-05-15T11:28:59.888-07:00Great post. Thank you for this.Great post. Thank you for this.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632860530530786486noreply@blogger.com