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Buycott, Not Boycott, Arizona

May 29th, 2010 | by Sqotty |

I’ve been negligent in my writing duties again. Lot’s happening, including deciding to stop playing WoW, which has been the primary cause of my writing absence. Fun game, but I’d rather get back to the business of writing. That being said…

Lots of things going on in the Greatest Nation on Earth. I’ve been pondering where to start. Then I saw an article calling for musicians to boycott Arizona due to its passage of SB 1070. Yep, more Moonbats pontificating about what a bad state Arizona is without reading the bloody bill. They have launched a site in support of it that proudly states:

We are reaching out to get your ear for a minute about this critical situation in Arizona.

If you haven’t heard, the Arizona state legislature passed a bill (SB 1070) that was signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer that legalizes and sanctions racial profiling. Straight up.

It forces the cops to hunt down and target anyone they “reasonably suspect” that may be undocumented. And if the people they harass don’t have proof that they were born in the U.S., they can be detained and arrested. This must be stopped.

All those in the Sound Strike who have actually READ THE BILL, please raise your hands. Zack de la Rocha? Joe Satriani? Kanye West? Anyone? No? Not surprising.

First off, anyone who has actually read the bill understands that all it does is require state and local law enforcement to enforce current immigration laws. It does NOT allow profiling, despite what the Moonbats on the Left claim. It does not introduce any new requirements on people living in Arizona, whether citizens or not, to carry documentation…such has been the Federal law for decades. It does require law enforcement to verify immigration status of a suspect after “contact”, say, a burglary, or a moving traffic violation; but they are already required to do so under Federal law, it’s just that numerous cities elect jerkoffs who choose to direct their law enforcement to ignore Federal law when dealing with suspects. In other words, it takes away the ability of communities to label themselves as sanctuary cities, and that I agree with.

Now, in retaliation to the musicians boycotting Arizona, I could simply choose to boycott these artists. But since I haven’t bought a CD in a couple of years, I don’t go to concerts, rarely go to the movies, and only occasionally by DVDs (predominantly classic movies, films that Rage Against the machine won’t be listed on), what would be the point? As for their boycotting Arizona and not holding concerts there, who is that going to hurt? THEIR FANS! Ya know, the people who did not make the law, although they voted the legislators into office who did.

It’s kind of like who is LA, St. Paul, San Francisco, and other sanctuary cities that are boycotting Arizona and banning official travel there. Who are they hurting? Arizona businesses, that are innocent of any wrong doing or culpability. Is that fair? Is that just? Is that right? (NO!)

Instead, I’ll do what I can to support Arizona and recommend people check out Buycott Arizona. Now, if some musicians and artists would show support for Arizona, I will be more likely to buy their CDs. Oh, wait, there is at least one: Ray Stevens.