The Ever-Predictable Sheriff Joe
Via Valley Fever, Sheriff Joe is expanding his outdoor jail whose conditions are substantially worse than those at the nearby WWII POW camp where German prisoners were held. In the words of the...
View ArticleSheriff Arpaio Meets Al Gore
Not since the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups have there been two great populist tastes that go so great together. In an amazing bit of fact-free scare mongering gauged to panic everyone across the...
View ArticleOur Arizona Governor is Truly Lame
Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona has been insisting for MONTHS that immigrants have been beheading people in the desert. I wrote about it here, shande doubled down on the claim in way back in June....
View ArticleCan You Prove You Are Not An Illegal Canadian Immigrant?
This is pretty funny -- a comedian challenges folks in downtown Phoenix and demand they prove they are not illegal Canadian immigrants.
View ArticleOver the Top
I got this in an email from something called the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC. They seem to be worried about the passage of the Dream Act, which I have not paid much attention to. If we lose in...
View ArticleI Guess I Was Wrong
It turns out illegal immigration is responsible for home invasions and murders. Just not the way you might think. Pima County Superior Court says a jury has found the leader of an anti-illegal...
View ArticleArizona Sheriff Exaggerating Immigration Crime, and its Not Even Joe Arpaio
Electing law enforcement officers is a terrible idea, but like most of the country, we do it here in Arizona. We shouldn't be surprised, then, when Sheriff's try to pump up their image by portraying...
View ArticleUtterly Without Class
Well, the execreble Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America's most-desirous-of-PR-exposure lawman, is at it again. Phoenix will be mobbed by the press in a couple of weeks when the MLB All-Star Game comes to...
View ArticleAyn Rand, Illegal Immigrant
Interesting story via Reason As a vehement anti-Bolshevist, she knew that she would die waiting in line if she applied for permission to permanently relocate to America, although that’s exactly what...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Argument Against Open Immigration
I personally support much more open immigration, as do many other libertarians. When I get push-back from my libertarian friends, it generally is on two fronts: You can't combine open immigration with...
View ArticleLurching From One Emotionally-Driven Piece of Legislation to the Next
The Left is worried that Conservatives will jump on the fact that the Boston killers were immigrants to slow down immigration reform: the anti-immigration right has jumped on this morning's news to...
View ArticleThe "They Will Not Assimilate" Argument Rising Yet Again From the Grave
How many times does an argument have to be wrong, and for how long, before it finally loses credibility? I suppose the answer must be nearly infinite, because the "they will not assimilate" argument...
View ArticleCan't Anyone be Consistent?
I am just floored that Conservatives, who very very recently argued that the act of one bad guy at Newtown should not be used to limit the rights of tens of millions of legal gun owners, are now...
View ArticleArizona's Real Immigration Issue: Californians
Some libertarians, who would normally be all for open immigration, have expressed concern about -- in the name of liberty -- allowing into the country people who will generally vote against it. I have...
View ArticleGoing to Jail for Hiring Better Workers
Hard to believe, but it looks like a number of local business people are going to go to jail for trying to hire the workers who served their customers best: Workers hired at Danny’s Family Car Wash to...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on Immigration -- Why I Think the Tiberius Gracchus Analogy is...
First, congrats to many millions of people who can remain in this country, a status they should have always have had. We can argue whether anyone who makes his or her way over the border should be...
View ArticleWhat Exactly Is the Conservative Theory of Free Markets?
Conservatives say they are for free markets and free enterprise, but then I read stuff like this (have have added the bold): Lynch supports Obama’s unconstitutional amnesty, believes illegal immigrants...
View ArticleIs This Supposed to Be Irony?
John Hinderaker had an article titled "THE TIMES GOES KNOW-NOTHING ON IMMIGRATION". In it, he criticizes the New York Times' for being too supportive of open immigration. He proceeds to point out...
View ArticleBreaking News: Local Resident Victimized by Legal American Citizen
One of my critiques of global warming alarmists is that they are trying to use a type of observation bias to leave folks with the impression that weather is becoming more severe. By hyping on every...
View ArticleImmigrants and Crime
Virtually every study done points to the fact the immigrants, even illegal immigrants, are less prone to crime than American citizens. That is why immigration opponents must rely on repetition of...
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