Quotes of the day

posted at 10:32 pm on April 30, 2010 by Allahpundit

“After making national headlines for a new law on illegal immigrants, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill Thursday that would ban ethnic studies programs in the state that critics say currently advocate separatism and racial preferences…

“The new bill would make it illegal for a school district to teach any courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, promote resentment of a particular race or class of people, are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group or ‘advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.’…

“‘Traditionally, the American public school system has brought together students from different backgrounds and taught them to be Americans and to treat each other as individuals, and not on the basis of their ethnic backgrounds,’ [State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom] Horne said. ‘This is consistent with the fundamental American value that we are all individuals, not exemplars of whatever ethnic groups we were born into. Ethnic studies programs teach the opposite, and are designed to promote ethnic chauvinism.’”

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“The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems to be heavily accented or ungrammatical must be removed from classes for students still learning English.

“State education officials say the move is intended to ensure that students with limited English have teachers who speak the language flawlessly. But some school principals and administrators say the department is imposing arbitrary fluency standards that could undermine students by thinning the ranks of experienced educators…

“‘This is just one more indication of the incredible anti-immigrant sentiment in the state,’ said Bruce Merrill, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University who conducts public-opinion research.”

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“Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is expected to announce Monday if he’ll run for Arizona governor.

“Several sources confirm to the ABC15 Investigators that Arpaio has already made a decision, and will likely run for the office.”

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We should’ve annexed Mexico when we had the chance.

eva3071 on April 4, 2013 at 4:42 PM

Drone surveillance reveals: Border Patrol capturing less than 50% of illegals in parts of southern Arizona

Huge waste of time and money. These pols have no interest whatsoever in managing this border.

Dr. ZhivBlago on April 4, 2013 at 4:44 PM

But Napolitano says our border is as secure as it’s ever been! Did we always suck at defending our border? Or did we just lay out a banquette of free government benefits and dare foreigners to walk over and take some?

Socratease on April 4, 2013 at 4:49 PM

Time to let the military control the border…the boys in camo-pants know how to hold and defend a line in the sand!

powerpickle on April 4, 2013 at 4:49 PM

Drone surveillance reveals: Border Patrol capturing less than 50% of illegals in parts of southern Arizona

They’re still capturing that many?

Doomberg on April 4, 2013 at 4:53 PM

They don’t care about the “illegals.” They care about us.

http://www.examiner.com/article/dhs-confirms-it-s-spying-on-anti-government-americans

rrpjr on April 4, 2013 at 5:02 PM

That’s the plan.

NeoKong on April 4, 2013 at 5:02 PM

Actually, none of that proves that the feds’ 2011 numbers are inaccurate. It might simply mean that border security is … getting worse.

Well duh… Barky O’Dogeater won’t let anyone enforce our immigrations laws, how could border security possibly get better?

SWalker on April 4, 2013 at 5:03 PM

Did we always suck at defending our border?
Socratease on April 4, 2013 at 4:49 PM

No, we only started sucking at defending our borders when the Marxist’s infiltrated our government.

SWalker on April 4, 2013 at 5:05 PM

Looks like we need armed drones for that task.

Obama is so good at whacking Talibanese, I wonder how well he’d do against the rabblke scooting across the border in Arizona?

dockywocky on April 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM

The bill will be be deficit neutral just like Obamacare and you can take that to the bank!

Wigglesworth on April 4, 2013 at 5:25 PM

50% is like a SOLID B+ for 0bama.

BTW, how many jobs were lost or not created by not building the fence that the will of the people Congress authorized. 0 sure is adding a precedent for the next president to ignore any and all legislation from previous congress’s. Not sure why the next president couldn’t refuse all of 0bama HellCare bill because he thinks it unconstitutional.

jukin3 on April 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM

What really bugs me is the poll at the top of the LA Times story that asks if drones should be used to patrol the border. 92% are in favor. Ok great, but if you have good desert survival skills and can evade the drone technology more than 50% of these people are in favor of giving these border jumpers a path to citizenship? Morons!

Wigglesworth on April 4, 2013 at 5:38 PM

We should’ve annexed Mexico when we had the chance.

Ya know, that was an almost done deal back after the Mexican American War. There was the concern though of all those Mexicans we’d have to accept as citizens, Catholics to boot, and both the culture and fact that we’d have millions more Catholics, who, at the time, weren’t especially liked by the majority of US citizens, most being Protestant and intolerant if not bitterly loathing of Catholics put the kabosh on the whole annexation thing, IIRC.

hawkeye54 on April 4, 2013 at 5:55 PM

Perhaps it’s time to call out the unorganized militia?

Another Drew on April 4, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Could someone politely explain to Senator Rubio that he is in grave danger of becoming Florida’s next Charlie Crist?

Another Drew on April 4, 2013 at 6:45 PM

Nothing to see here. These are simply undocumented border crossings by unnamed unmentionable entities that we don’t apprehend, see or even acknowledge. Until they are registered Democrats.

ghostwalker1 on April 4, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Huge waste of time and money. These pols have no interest whatsoever in managing this border.

Well for now. Once that great and grand utopia has been put into place and the leftist have perpetual control of government, and just about everything else, we’ll see how fast the borders are manned and managed……to keep all the producers in our paradise.

Just remember who built the Berlin Wall and who installed the wire and guard towers on the East German border……it wasn’t the West Berliners attempting to keep all those communists out.

hawkeye54 on April 4, 2013 at 6:58 PM

Perhaps it’s time to call out the unorganized militia?

When ya set back and think about it, its way, way, past time.

If only.

hawkeye54 on April 4, 2013 at 6:59 PM

410/7333 =/= 50%!!!

abobo on April 4, 2013 at 7:29 PM

In contrast, the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, estimated in January that the Border Patrol had caught 64% of those who illegally crossed into the Tucson sector in 2011…

LOL. Based on what?

Anyone who believes any numbers that come out of this lying, sack o’ sh!t government deserves what they get.

How about some fraud prosecutions? Sure …

I do like the “64%” to make it sound as if the number is based on something other than “pull it out of my azz”. It reminds of Barky’s junta claiming that their porkulus had created 3,231,873.32 jobs. Okey doke.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on April 4, 2013 at 8:51 PM