That’s Right Nate

By now you’ve probably read about the judge’s decision today on Arizona House Bill 1070.  It was a terrible blow for freedom loving Americans everywhere who know what a great country we have and don’t want foreigners messing it up.  I want to address House Bill 1070 tonight, but I planned today’s blog before the Judge’s ruling so I want to talk about something else—Native Americans and immigration.

I’ve noticed that in Arizona, the new immigration law has received a great deal of resistance from the American Indian community.   It occurs to me that a large part of the problem is educating Indians.   You see, I don’t think Indians are actually hostile to enforcing the law as much as uninformed as to what’s at stake.  Just like the rest of us, Native Americans have an obligation to enforce immigration laws because of the danger that illegal aliens possess to our way of life.  When you have some 12,000,000 illegal immigrants entering your country, you can’t hope but find it transformed.  I am sure once Native Americans understand these issues, they will side with us.

Profiling in Arizona need not be done racially.  Frankly, nobody under 60 who isn’t an illegal immigrant has any interest in going to Arizona anyway.  Actually, that’s probably closer to 70–about the age when a doctor tells you that a warm, dry, climate is the only thing that can keep you alive.  Ironically, Mexico has such a climate.   Anyway, if the cops simply say they’re pulling everybody who doesn’t look 60, there’s no protest–just a thought.

Yesterday, when I saw CNN there was a bumper into a commercial break with the headline “Cindy McCain’s Need for Speed”.  Wolf Blitzer teased the spot saying she didn’t tell her husband.  I figured this was CNN’s way of dragging back that old chestnut were all sick of hearing about how Cindy McCain’s addiction to Percocet and Vicodin and the way she stole from her own charity  to feed her addiction firing the whistle blower who turned her in.

Thankfully, the story was a light human interest piece about Cindy McCain getting her pilot license.  What alarmed me though was what she said the reason that she got her pilot’s license was because her “husband was running for senate in Arizona and in Arizona the only way to get around the state is by small private plane.”

This is beyond scary.  I can understand in some places in Alaska where there aren’t roads and I can certainly understand that this happens in third world countries, but Arizona is right in the middle of this country.  The federal government must immediately begin working on both public transportation and roads and highways for the people who live there.  These are people in the middle of this great country and they deserve much better than having the kind of hardship that comes with being totally isolated without a plane.

Fortunately, as a wealthy heiress Cindy McCain didn’t have trouble outlaying the needed funds for her own plane, but for a lot of people it could break their bank.  The current Secretary of Transportation is Mary Peters.  You can call them at the General Information Main Switchboard at: 202-366-4000 Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm EST excluding Federal Holidays.  Please just take a moment to drop a line and demand that roads be built for the people of Arizona immediately.