I can’t get enough of this. Ever since Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Peggy West graced us all with her overwhelming and conclusive argument on why Milwaukee should boycott Arizona, the jokes keep coming.

Not to miss out on this trend, we sparked up PhotoShop and decided to have a little fun with our favorite geography expert.

I noticed that the YouTube video has been removed, so we had to update the link in our previous post.

Look for the next version of the Garmin GPS which features detailed mapping of states like Calitucky and Nebrakota.

Click on the picture at left to see the full size image! Enjoy.

Remember kids: Arizona is a border state.

From 620-WTMJ
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County Board spent part of the day debating a measure that would call for the county to boycott doing business with companies in Arizona.

There was an odd moment during the debate when Supervisor Peggy West stood up and seemed to be confused about her geography.  "If this was Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding their borders, I would have to look twice at this.  But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border," West said during debate.

Her colleague, Joe Rice, quickly corrected her, "I just want to assure my colleague that Arizona does in fact share a border with the country of Mexico."

While speaking at the meeting, West did go on to talk about National Guard troops on the border in Arizona.  West points to that as she tells us that she simply misspoke.

Proof once again that only the uninformed, ignorant, and irrational have issues with SB1070. Maybe the Milwaukee County Board should vote on spending $10 so that Peggy can buy a map and figure out where Arizona is! I know that Milwaukee ain’t the sharpest knife in the political drawer, but to elect a geographically and politically challenged band-wagon jumper with no apparent public speaking skills is pathetic and sad. It’s also pathetic and sad that elected officials for various municipalities have so much free time on their hands that they can waste time droning on and on about a law in another state and how they are deeply ‘offended’ and ‘outraged’. Solve your own damn problems, Milwaukee, and keep your nose out of our business… And buy that woman a map!

Why don’t you guys worry about managing your own state and stop playing to the politically correct crowd. I think your constituents would find those problems more important than worrying about appeasing illegal's in your state.

UPDATE: Jon Kyl sent Milwaukee County Supervisor Peggy West a letter in which he says, "You will be interested to learn that Arizona does indeed share a border with Mexico. I have enclosed a map for your convenience." – Way to go Jon!

Kyl goes on to urge West to, "actually read the Arizona law before forming an opinion about it."

Yes, Peggy, Arizona is a border state! Click the thumbnail on the right to see the full letter from Jon Kyl.

Peggy West Jokes… already?

Peggy West will be facing some stiff competition in her re-election bid. She’s being challenged by a box of hammers.

I seem to remember that a few years ago Peggy West purchased a very nice ocean-view property in Scottsdale. For investment, of course.

More to come…

Here in Arizona, we have a very important decision coming up in August. There is a hotly contested Republican Senate primary race that is getting nastier by the day. John McCain, fresh from his conversion to a Republican, claims that he is the last and greatest protector of all that is conservative. Yet, he authored the cap and trade legislation as well as the amnesty bill which flies in the face of Arizona's overwhelming support for SB1070.

Now, however, he is in a run to protect his power, and that means making false claims, misrepresentations, and outright lies. He now claims to be against Cap and Trade... which he wrote. He also says now that amnesty is not a good idea... again, legislation he wrote! I'm also sick and tired of this 'maverick' label he keeps using. Give me a break... At his age, 'maverick' means staying up to watch Leno or going to Luby's after the early bird special expires at 4PM.

JD Hayworth on the other hand has his own issues. Among them, working as a lobbyist for a Florida company, which isn't a big deal to me. The guy lost his gig in Congress and needed to make a living. So be it. He is incredibly smart and articulate, and I agree with a lot of his politics. McCain has been playing a nasty campaign against JD claiming that his infomercial shilling for a company that showed people how to get free government money, which was later shut down due to unscrupulous activity, is somehow JD Hayworth's fault. Using McCain logic, you could then say that since his trophy wife owns the Budweiser distributorship here in Arizona, the beer contributes to drunk driving. Therefore, John McCain supports drunk driving! It's an asinine argument and one that I would not expect from a man in McCain's position. I guess class left his campaign some time ago.

The reason I am voting for JD Hayworth is this: Both claim to stand for / represent about 80% of what I believe should be done legislatively in this country. McCain has been in the Senate for over 20 years and has accomplished very little recently to further the Conservative agenda, but did orchestrate Campaign Finance Reform which arguably cost him the presidential election. So, if there are 2 people who represent the same ideals I have and one has been trying for 20+ years and hasn't accomplished anything meaningful lately, why not give another guy a chance? The worst he'll do is get nothing done, which is the same thing McCain is doing now.

On a side note, I thank GOD that the abysmal failure of a Mayor Phail Gordon will be out on his rear end. His political career in this state is in the proverbial crapper. His stance on SB1070 and his mocking of the 70%+ people that support it was the final nail in his political coffin.

Separated at birth? In this picture we have a respected and admired member of the community with hundreds of thousands of supporters… and Phail Gordon.

This apparent shakedown of a GOP Senator seems to be par for the course (insert Obama golf joke here) when it comes to his style of ‘leadership’. The shakedown of BP, the promising of high office if certain Democrats drop out of races, and now the threat of non-support unless the great potentate gets support for his yet to be revealed amnesty plan, is just another notch in the counter of thug-like operations from what was promised to be the most ethical, open, and transparent administration in history!

My oh my, how the words and actions of the Left have come back to haunt them. For eight years we put up with their whining, their crying, and their complaining about George W. Bush’s handling of certain key situations like hurricane Katrina and 9/11. We were promised by our common-sense challenged colleagues that the anointed one has been gifted to mankind to ensure the oceans turned back and that the earth would begin to heal.

Sadly, in the 17 months since America’s mistake took office, we have been shown again and again that elections do, in fact, have consequences. Abysmal and rudderless leadership oozes from the White House. Examples of this are present in his (mis)handling of such important issues as the floods in Tennessee, the BP oil spill, illegal immigration, high unemployment, North Korean aggression, a nearly bankrupt Europe, Iran’s nukes, and a diplomatic crisis after Israel’s commando raid on an aid flotilla.

What has Barry been doing this whole time? Well, just last night he devoted an entire evening to brainstorming the problems with our unemploym… no wait… he was having yet another Wednesday night hoedown at the White house with Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. And let’s not forget his favorite Wednesday dish, Kobe beef! At least someone’s eating good during this Obamaconomy! Speaking of that, where the hell’s my Domino’s pizza and crazy bread? 30 minutes or less my eye!

Every time I see one of the disastrous examples of how his poor leadership only puts us at greater risk, I find myself looking back and wondering “what if it were GW that did that? The Left would be foaming at the mouth calling for his dismissal.” It’s amazing to me what passes as ‘leadership’ to 44% of the US population. I guess that having Barry eating well, playing golf, schmoozing with celebrities, and vacationing means he’s not in Washington doing further damage to our great country!

Perhaps it’s because of the end of a three day weekend, or perhaps that I haven’t had much sleep, but making the rounds on the boards just now has put me in a ‘grumpier than usual’ mood. I’m really tired of having argued for weeks with people out of state that just don’t seem to understand or comprehend what it is that Arizona’s SB1070 is really about.

It started this afternoon when I began responding to a post on ABCNEWS. Some of the people responding were absolutely clueless in their comments and reactions to this legislation. Enough was enough. I deleted the comment and reached the conclusion that people who are so misguided and out of touch with this bill and the why and what it contains are either professional pot-stirrers, or idiots (libiots in this case).

Now, I hate to resort to name calling. I know on many posts I’ve affectionately referred to our illustrious POTUS as America’s mistake, NObama, empty suit, etc., but those are tongue in cheek references embedded in my ‘oh so obvious’ tongue in cheek posts. But this epidemic has reached the point where I decided to create a Jeff Foxworthy-esque list of SB1070 arguments that simply call the pot-stirrers out. There have been SO many opportunities for SB1070 critics to read the bill and actually think for a bit about what it includes. So, if after this amount of time you still don’t get it, then I’m sorry, but you are an idiot!

(Imagine me doing my best Jeff Foxworthy impression)

If you think SB1070 is an anti immigration bill, you might be an idiot. Ask any level headed, responsible person who has actually read and understands the bill if this is aimed at stopping all immigration and they will look at you as if you were, in fact, an idiot. Having worked in IT the last 2 decades, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many immigrants that came here with work visa’s and actively pursued the American dream. Some took the final plunge and became citizens. All of them are more than welcomed by the fine people of Arizona. We are a state of ‘immigrants’. Most of us came to Arizona from some place else (I happen to be a native). We welcome any and all people to this wonderful state… as long as you do it legally!

If you think SB1070 fosters racial profiling, you might be an idiot. Even before the ink dried on this legislation, the race-baiters were coming out in full force ready to decry the racist elements in this bill. Their argument is based on their perception that this would foster racial profiling. My response: personal prejudices and beliefs can be fostered in ANY law. If police personnel have harbored these thoughts before, then they have already been applied. I would hope that any and all behavior like that is dealt with swiftly and harshly, and that those people would have already been weeded out of the police community. To think that this is suddenly going to turn the entire police force into racists is just idiotic.

If you think SB1070 requires you to carry special ‘papers’, you might be an idiot. This to me is the most laughable language that the libiots use. There are no special papers or documents if you are a citizen of the US. There are no special travel papers required to visit or drive through Arizona. You simply need to show a drivers license or state issued ID if you are pulled over or involved in a crime. What’s that? You don’t have any of those? Oh, well what are you doing out in public without any ID? I guess you deserve to be detained and held up while the police try and verify who you are… citizen or not! Oh, your not a citizen but are here on a work Visa? Did you know that it is federal law to carry your green card or other documentation with you 24/7! That fact there usually quiets them down and they immediately resort to the race card when confronted with that fact.

Like I said, I’m sorry for having resorted to name calling, but if you still cannot see this bill for what it is, an illegal immigration enforcement bill, then I’m afraid you are, in fact, an idiot. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to try and get some sleep in hopes that this mood will pass.

CAUTION: Laughable moment ahead. We’ve had a lot of fun on this board pointing out the lunacy and down right delusional behavior of our friends on the left, especially regarding SB1070. Right after the bill’s passage, there were threats of boycotts, cancellations, and reprisals.

Since then, Arizona has lost about $8 in revenue from these empty threat hooligans. So, to really teach us a lesson on how their boycott is going to punish us, they are holding a love-fest in Phoenix on May 29th. I’ve heard estimates from the organizers that tout there will be over 50,000 people in Phoenix on that day to support the boycott. The funny thing is, their showing their support for a boycott by NOT boycotting!

Where are all of these people going to sleep, eat, drink, and otherwise occupy their spare time in our fine state? Let’s do some math, shall we? 50,000 needing lodging for at least one night (cuz, y’know, protesting takes a lot out of you and you need a good solid nights sleep to regain your energy). Conservatively, let’s say that a room costs $75. Some will double up or sleep in their cars, so let’s just say that 15,000 of those 50,000 fine people get lodging. That’s a $1.125 MILLION dollar boost to our hotel industry. Wait… Did I do that right… 15… carry the 1… yep!

Now let’s add in the food costs. For those protesters coming here that may have left their government cheese at home, they will need a place to eat. Again, let’s be conservative (pun intended) and say they only eat 2 meals a day at a cost of $8 / meal. Believe me, these numbers are more than generous on their behalf. That means they will spend at least $1.6 MILLION on food! Now, I’m no math whiz, but that totals a minimum of $2.725 MILLION that this ‘boycott’ will bring into the state over the Memorial Day weekend!

I say bring on the protests and boycott’s! They seem to be helping our state and our cause while at the same time separating lunatics from their money! Look for Mayor Phil Gordon’s booth selling “I’m With Stupid” tee shirts.

In another pathetic attempt to make political correctness a higher priority than enforcing the law, the brain trust that have bankrupted California have now voted to boycott Arizona. I’ll get to the utter ridiculousness of it in a moment, but for now, here’s an excerpt from one of their Community Organizing background elected officials:

Los Angeles on Wednesday became the largest city yet to boycott Arizona over its tough new law targeting illegal immigration in a move that likely will affect some $8 million in contracts with the state.

The City Council voted 13-1 to bar Los Angeles from conducting business with Arizona unless the law is repealed. The vote followed an emotional council discussion during which many members noted that their ancestors were U.S. immigrants. "Los Angeles is the second-largest city in this country. An immigrant city, an international city needs to have its voice heard," Councilman Ed Reyes said.

"We must say stop… this is a law that we think is wrong. It's going in the wrong direction," Councilwoman Janice Hahn said.

The proposal could affect investments and contracts worth as much as $52 million, including contracts for airport, harbor and trucking services, according to a report from the city's chief legislative analyst. That report recommends the council consider suspending travel, cutting contracts and refraining from making any new ones with Arizona-based companies.

OK, and now for the laughable parts. You have to wonder what diploma mill these ‘geniuses’ got their degrees from, because Constitutional law was certainly not in their curriculum. First of all, Mexifornia… I mean California cannot alter or manipulate airport, harbor and trucking services! It is against federal law to impede interstate commerce! And that’s according to Los Angeles’s chief legislative analyst! Someone should send these LA libiots a copy of the constitution so they can actually speak with some semblance of intelligence. Of course, it’s also against the law to be in this country illegally, and we all know where California stands in support of that!

Don’t these buffoons running California have more pressing issues like the fact their state is bankrupt from their liberal and “illegal” friendly policies? Good luck supplying your cops with TASERs from another company since good ol’ Scottsdale is the only place they're made! I guess they can fight off violent crime with hugs and unicorns.

Don’t piss off Arizona too much, Cali, we might just decide to turn off your water and electricity!

Steve Nash, another expert in illegal immigration and it's effects on this state, is proud that the Suns will be sporting their new "Los Suns" attire at tonight's game to show their support for illegal immigration. Personally, I think they're going a little too far:

Isn't it great that a guy who makes millions of dollars for putting a ball in a hoop is suddenly an expert on Arizona's illegal immigration problem? He says that the law is 'not the way to go'. So let me get this straight, Steve, actually enforcing federal law is 'not the way to go'? Maybe Nash should focus on actually advancing in the playoffs instead of petering out in the second or third round like they usually do. The team will have plenty of time for philosophizing next week when they'll be off for the summer.

It's pathetic that the owner thinks it's better to be politically correct than just shut up and dribble the ball. Stop trying to appease and just win something for a change. That will grow your fan-base faster than any politically correct garbage ever will.

Politics doesn’t belong in sports, and the misguided leadership of the Suns are doing more to drive fans away than sway people to go along with their jaded and narrow minded view of this law.

It seems to me that liberals truly are stupid. Take for example the level headed and tolerant libiot Jason Levin. He runs a site (I won’t link to it) that is out to quiet the TEA Party message by disrupting our April 15th activities.

Mr. Levin said Monday the group has 65 leaders in major cities across the country who are trying to recruit members to infiltrate tea party events for April 15—tax filing day, when tea party groups across the country are planning to gather and protest high taxes.

"Every time we have someone on camera saying that Barack Obama isn't an American citizen, we want someone sitting next to him saying, 'That's right, he's an alien from outer space!'" Levin said.

Isn’t it funny that these libiots still miss the point? They can’t argue with us in a constructive manner because their argument is baseless, unjustifiable, and defenseless. Despite having the entire MSM on their side, they still can’t dissuade people from joining, showing up, and voicing their first amendment rights at their disdain for the direction this once great country is heading.

I thought that during the Bush years, the lemmingcrats made it clear to all of us that dissention was as American as apple pie? They were voicing their dissatisfaction with the previous administration and damnit, we were ALL supposed to listen. But now that their anointed savior has been crowned, suddenly they want all dissenting voices quelled and silenced! Gee, Jason, what happened to extending us the same courtesy you “level headed” lemmings enjoyed a few years ago? Oh, right, it’s that whole liberal hypocrisy thingy.

I guess when your arguments are baseless and your platform riddled with hypocrisy and double speak, you have to resort to these infiltration tactics to try and get your way. It will be interesting to see if the MSM will question footage of a liberal operative acting in an embarrassing way as being that of an organized disruption campaign. Nah, who am I kidding, they will lap up any and all footage of these operatives and their statements and actions and parade it around as if it is rampant throughout the entire TEA Party movement. We know better, and that’s why their viewership is lower than Jason Levin’s IQ.

Illegal immigration is a big issue here in Arizona, as you can imagine. We used to see increased crime and violence as a result of our relaxed “enforcement” of laws that were clear, concise, and well defined. Finally, we got a new sheriff in town, Joe Arpaio, and that statistic seemed to change. Why? Well, we actually began enforcing the law! It didn’t sit well with appeasement and pro amnesty politicians like the weak-kneed Phil Gordon, who feared that taking a stand on anything might damage his precious reputation and stifle his future political plans.

On Tuesday, though, the Arizona legislature took a big leap forward in enforcing the actual law. It is the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country, which would make it a violation of state law to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. Which is kind of surprising since I thought it was already well established that being here illegally was actually a crime. What makes it so tough? Well, it also grants police the power to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being illegal.

Good so far, right? Now here comes the funny part: Immigrants' rights groups roundly criticized the bill. "The objective is to make life miserable for immigrants so that they leave the state," said Chris Newman, general counsel for the Los Angeles-based National Day Laborer Organizing Network. "The bill constitutes a complete disregard for the rights of nonwhites in Arizona. It effectively mandates racial profiling."

There’s something very funny about the above statement. It seems that Mr. Newman forgot to include the fact that this is targeted toward illegal immigrants, not legal ones. Obviously he’s not a very good lawyer if he leaves out the most important fact about the type of people they are targeting. There is no mention of race in the bill, simply the words “illegal.” I’m sure Mr. Newman doesn’t mind racial profiling when a serial killer is on the loose, and since they are traditionally white males, it’s OK for the FBI and others to profile those types of individuals. But when we’re looking for other nefarious activities in which statistics point to another non-white group, suddenly every ambulance chaser sees “racial profiling” and screams about intolerance and racism, all the while collecting a paycheck funded mostly by the people he claims to care about.

And yes, Mr. Newman, the goal of the bill is to make life tough for those here illegally so they will go to another state, like California. Shouldn’t it be the goal of every state to not only frown upon but discourage law breakers and enforce the laws? It’s a good thing California doesn’t enforce it’s immigration laws, but I guess they can afford to take care of all the illegal’s since the state has so much mon... Oh wait.

I hope it won’t be long before Mr. Newman and other narrow minded individuals begin to see that what the citizens of Arizona (and most other states) want is an end to illegal immigration, not legal immigration. But if that happens then the bottom feeder lawyers would have to find another 'cause-du-jour' to siphon money from.

Wow! What a  day yesterday. Here in Phoenix there were over 5,000 people. You couldn’t get close to the speaking area if you got there after 4pm. I’ve been reading the reports and numbers and there were easily over 1 million people that took to the streets in their communities and towns to protest the rampant and irresponsible spending of this dangerous Administration.

If you were foolish enough to watch the Communist News Network (CNN), you saw a display of elitist douche bags that snickered at their tea bag joke like a bunch of third graders. What these overeducated doofi (plural of ‘doofus’) didn’t realize was that the term ‘tea’ is actually an acronym for Taxed Enough Already. Now, I’ve had to explain to several uninformed acquaintances who tried to bring up the argument that Obama just gave us a generous $8 to $14 per week tax break, so how could we be feeling taxed enough? Well, what they don’t realize is that the only reason people are getting that piddly amount is because of a change in the withholding rate, not a change in the tax rate. What does this mean? It means that at the end of the year, you will still owe the same amount of taxes, but since the government is withholding less, you might end up owing at the end of the year instead of getting a bit of a refund. Then add to that the painfully obvious admission that in order to pay back America’s mistake’s $9 Trillion budget, there are going to have to be severe adjustments in taxes, whether they be income, sales, or other. But even then, that wasn’t the gist of the gathering. We were there to oppose higher taxes, big bailouts, rampant earmarks, and explosive government growth. They would have known that had they actually taken the time to ask, rather than just knee-jerk a reaction that this is just another ‘Right Wing gathering’.

Rep. Gravyskin

Not everyone enjoyed the TEA Parties, though. Representative Jan Schakowsky from Illinois (go figure) had some scathing words for those that dare to question the great and powerful Oz! "The ‘tea parties’ being held today by groups of right-wing activists, and fueled by FOX News Channel, are an effort to mislead the public about the Obama economic plan that cuts taxes for 95 percent of Americans and creates 3.5 million jobs," Schakowsky said in a statement. "It’s despicable that right-wing Republicans would attempt to cheapen a significant, honorable moment of American history with a shameful political stunt," she added. "Not a single American household or business will be taxed at a higher rate this year. Made to look like a grassroots uprising, this is an Obama bashing party promoted by corporate interests, as well as Republican lobbyists and politicians.”

This TEA Party was not organized or authorized by anyone other than the responsible people of this country who are sick and tired of know-it-alls like Jackoffsky bankrupting our children’s future! I didn’t receive any special email from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. I didn’t get a phone call from Newt Gingrich or some fortune 500 company exec explaining where I had to be and why. It just so happens that these 5,000 plus people in Phoenix did it because they wanted to! I know that's a foreign concept to these moronic representatives from Illinois that people protest without receiving a check from ACORN, but they need to pull their heads out of their collective asses and get on board with what the majority of people in this country want… Responsible spending! Hopefully in 2010 the voters of Illinois will have enough sense to dump this loser.

BTW: Did you see in the picture above that she is a member of the ‘Intelligence’ Committee? What an oxymoron! I think she’s had too many facelifts… If they pull that skin up any more, she’ll have a goatee!

Let me remind this loony lefty about something she obviously has no expertise in… The constitution.

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Who cares if this thing had been orchestrated by Limbaugh or Newt? The fact is we have a right to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I’m sure she feels differently about the marches and protests organized by Cindy Sheehan, ACORN, or Al Sharpton. By the way Gravyskin, you can get a free copy of the constitution at The Heritage Foundation.

I have not heard any reports of groups trying to disrupt the activities, which is great! Now we can sit back and wait for the next big chance to send government our message of true hope and change… July 4th! See ya then!

Crappy-Nappy pledging to “…do nothing about America’s security. So help me ACORN.” Jacket by Frumps-R-Us

Something must be cutting off circulation to her head. As an Arizona native, I have known for years that Janet Napolitano is nothing more than a seat warming do-nothing. Her only accomplishment was the knee-jerk reaction to renaming a state monument, and did so by skirting the laws. She was an absolute failure (just like her boss) when it came to handling the illegal immigration issue here in Arizona. National Guard troops were not allowed to fight back if attacked. They had to run like cowards rather than stand up and defend our borders. To take away the pride and honor of those fine men and women by not letting them do their job was a complete slap in the face. But hey, what did she care? She knew that if she was an obedient Obama lap dog, she would get a cushy job working for America’s mistake… And it worked. The only good thing is that it got her androgynous rear end out of Arizona! Now head of Homeland Security, Napolita-knownothing has taken the lessons not learned and expanded it on the federal level. It seems her office has determined that the biggest threat to America is not radical Islam or piracy or Iran or North Korea… No, the biggest threat to America is opposition to Obama’s misguided, dangerous, and delusional direction for America! I thought this was an April Fool’s joke when I read it, but it is the real deal!

I suppose its too much to ask of shim to actually put forth a reasonable assessment. She has squandered Arizona’s money and left us in dire debt, left our borders unsecure, and fought hard against the only person in the state doing anything to actually enforce immigration law, Sheriff Joe. But, hey, she’s the perfect person to protect America, right?