First, since all the members of the Obama administration need a teency-weency bit of encouragement to read that little ten-page-long piece of legislation, Governor Brewer has provided a sing-a-long to help them out:
Second, Gov. Brewer has posted both the law, and her remarks delivered at its signing, at securetheborder.org.
OS thinks everyone should read both the law and remarks--you'll be miles ahead of the Harvard Law Review Editor Who Won The Nobel Peace Prize. You know, Himself.
And his Attorney General. And his Secretary of Homeland Security. And (one suspects) the Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority leader, White House Chief of Staff...
Governor Brewer said this:
We must acknowledge the truth – people across America are watching Arizona,seeing how we implement this law, ready to jump on even the slightest misstep.
Some of those people from outside our state have an interest in seeing us fail.
They will wait for a single slip-up, one mistake, and then they will work day and night to create headlines and get the face time they so desperately covet.
We cannot give them that chance.
We must use this new tool wisely, and fight for our safety with the honor Arizona deserves.
We must react calmly.
We must enforce the law evenly, and without regard to skin color, accent, or
social status.
We must prove the alarmists and the cynics wrong.
I know in my heart that this great state, my home for more than 40 years, is up to the task.
I believe every one of us wants to be safe, and none of us wants to compromise on the subject of civil rights.
I believe we must love and honor those who fight beside us – just as we must love and honor those who look and believe nothing like we do.
I believe Arizona,like America, is governed by laws.
Good laws... well-intentioned laws...laws that confer respect and that demand respect in return.
In his third State of the Union address, President Theodore Roosevelt said, ―No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.
So, let us move forward -- ever mindful of our rights ...
-- ever faithful to the law ... and ever conscious of our bond as Arizonans, and the blessing we share together.
Thank you.
Please, someone, somewhere explain to this old boy how this woman is a racist, and that the law is racist...
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I've read the whole law, and it is boringly simple and straight forward. The people that are all worked up are simply profoundly ignorant and living in their own imaginations rather than with the facts of the law.
They say, "but it may be abused." That is true, but then so can any law. It is possible for a policeman to pull you over in any state at any time and ask for your driver's license and you are left wondering why. They are not supposed to do this, and they usually do not, but "it is possible." There are severe penalties for police who abuse their authority, but the Leftists wouldn't miss this great opportunity to rant and scream.
So, it's not just me...
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