Get Ready to Show Your Papers in Arizona

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This is insane. You don't have to go very far in modern politics to see insane over-reactions, do you?  So, the Police in Arizona will now be compelled to demand any "suspicious" person's papers on sight.  Forget that recognizing illegal aliens on sight is downright impossible. Forget that--despite the batshit insane Governor's insistence--this has to lead to racial profiling.  Remember this: Republicans and conservatives in the state of Arizona have abandoned their "smaller government" principles.  They don't think it is a government over-step to have all people in Arizona carry their citizenship paper by mandate.  They don't think it will be an affront to a person's civil rights to lock them up if they don't have a passport or birth certificate on them at all times.  In case you didn't notice, the birthers won one.  As I said, it's insane.

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Ariz. governor signs toughest immigration law

Gov. Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on Friday and signed into law a bill supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's busiest gateway for human and drug smuggling from Mexico. . .

Read more at: MSNBC

Barack Obama's Passport Information Spied

Photo from source, Wikipedia

I won't pretend to know what this passport business all means. And since it is recently breaking news, neither do even the talking heads. On MSNBC alone, there was wild speculation, followed by admonishments toward sensationalism, followed by more speculation. If any good comes out of it, it might be a discussion by Americans about privacy issues.

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Looking at Obama's File Gets Two Fired

The State Department said last night that it had fired two contract employees and disciplined a third for accessing Sen. Barack Obama's passport file.

Obama's presidential campaign immediately called for a "complete investigation. . ."

Read more at: Washington Post