Arizona

Once again I must ask if people have actually read the Arizona immigration
law or even understand how it works? If you're a liberal, the answer to
that is probably no on both counts because it doesn't fit your agenda of
open borders. If you're a conservative, the answer is likely yes because
you understand the issue and know that the feds aren't doing what they need
to and you want to see the boarders secured.

Liberals say this law is or will lead to racial profiling. Well, if there
is documented racial profiling going on then let's deal with it; but until
then let's enforce the laws that are on the books. How many people know
that there is a federal law on the books, signed by a Democratic President,
that requires aliens to carry their papers on their person? I'd venture to
say not many, especially among the liberal crowd as once again this doesn't
fit their agenda.

As further proof that this is getting nasty, there was news that an ACB
affiliate has withdrawn an invitation for the Maricopa County sherrif to
speak at there convention this summer in Phoenix. Once again, if people
would read the law, they would know what it says. People cannot be stopped
primarily because they might be here illegally. They can, however, be asked
as a result of a stop for another offense or reason for contact with the
police. What's so damn hard to understand about that?

While the convention will be fun this summer, I'm not looking forward to the
freaking politics due to the location of the convention. Can we just do the
organization business without getting involved in an issue that IMO we
should not be involved in? I pray that the answer is yes but I'm afraid it
won't be given GDUI's action on the speaking engagement of the sherrif.

He has every right to be angry over that one as it's real disingenuous to
invite someone and then pull the invitation just because you don't agree
with a law that was passed and that he only enforces.. If anyone has a
better solution out there, I'd like to hear it but let's not get the
convention or the organization involved in this one please.

BP and anyone else can't get it right

We've all heard about the explosion of the deep water horizon oil rig in the
gulf of Mexico and the oil spill that has resulted from this explosion.
We've also heard how the beaches and marsh lands have been fouled by this
oil. With each passing day, we also hear about the fact that BP hasn't a
clue how to stop this. It's been said that everything they've tried hasn't
been tried at these depths. You've got to be kidding me. Why would a
permit even be issued in this situation?

The answer to that question is certainly open for debate and the fact that
deep water drilling has been closed for now is a good thing despite what the
Mississippi Governor Haley Barber says. We do need to know how to deal with
something like this if it were to happen. And we don't right now. BP
certainly hasn't got a clue.

I go back to the 60 Minutes broadcast done about three weeks ago where the
gentleman from Transocean who was on the rig at the time of the explosion
said that BP wanted to move too fast and that there were problems with the
ring on the blow out preventer. Well, the blow out preventer did not do its
job, that's for sure. Did BP move too fast on production? I think that the
answer is likely yes. Did they ignore signs of trouble with the blowout
preventer? I think that we will find out that the answer to that one is
likely yes. Come on, when there's rubber where it shouldn't be, that's a
problem.

Does the government have some blame here? Certainly they do and Obama, if
he can bring himself to do it, needs to take responsibility for it too. The
response has been slow at best. Come on, Louisiana is waiting for answers
regarding , I believe, the digging of berms or something to protect the
coast line and marshes. The last I had heard on this was that they had not
yet received an answer. What's taking so long for that answer to come? As
for the finger pointing game in front of Congress by the companies involved,
there'll be enough blame to go around by the time this investigation is
finished so no one needs to worry about anyone escaping responsibility on
this one.

BP certainly can't get it right though. Everything they try doesn't work;
and it'll be two months before the relief wells are done. That's no
comfort to the coast states, especially Louisiana who stands to lose big on
this one. What will they try next? Stay tuned to find out.