http://www.firstcoastnews.com/.....esignation

It’s about time that the Black community wakes up and sees the injustices and gross Civil Rights violations perpetrated and approved by old lawman’s policy practices initiated by his goons in beige. Americans must need to be aware of that modern day “Bull” Connor. And denounce him.

If what Mark wrote was the dumbest thing you’ve ever read, it’s quite obvious you’ve never read your own writing.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is troubled by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) findings of discriminatory policing practices within the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
Discrimination undermines law enforcement and erodes the public trust. DHS will not be a party to such practices.
Accordingly, and effective immediately, DHS is terminating MCSO’s 287(g) jail model agreement and is restricting the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office access to the Secure Communities program.
DHS will utilize federal resources for the purpose of identifying and detaining those individuals who meet U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) immigration enforcement priorities. The Department will continue to enforce federal immigration laws in Maricopa County in smart, effective ways that focus our resources on criminal aliens, recent border crossers, repeat and egregious immigration law violators and employers who knowingly hire illegal labor.

I agree with the others here; you need to brush up on your current events. You speak of the federal government’s neglect of the immigration issue as justification for Joe Arpaio’s behavior; allow me to present you with some counter-arguments. In the years since President Obama took office, the federal government has:

1. Created a special organization specific to Arizona (Joint Field Command) to help manage border security. http://www.cbp.gov

2. Deported approximately 390,000 people in 2010 and 396,000 in 2011, according to ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen. Only 44 percent of those deported in 2010 had criminal convictions, while in 2011, that number was 55 percent. That’s almost 400,000 people in 2010 and 2011 alone who were deported solely for their immigration status.
http://www.politifact.com/texa.....s-and-rel/

3. Increased the deportations of immigrants with criminal records by 71 percent from 2008 to 2010 (including documented immigrants). http://www.politifact.com/trut.....nt-under-/

4. Defeated every bill this century that would have given amnesty to undocumented immigrants, including the Dream Act in late 2010 (which would have applied only to the subset of immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as young children).

5. Earned the respect of none other than Roy Beck from NumbersUSA, who had this to say about President Obama: “My sense is that Obama deserves credit, for all the complaints about him, that he has done maybe a little better than Bush on deportations,” Beck said. “I think the main context, though, is that the amount of deportations under Bush was rather small.” http://www.politifact.com/trut.....nt-under-/

This is neglect? I’m personally not happy about how immigrants are being treated at any governmental level, but for immigration restrictionists, there isn’t much here to dislike. Mr. Arpaio needs people to believe the myth of apathy on the part of the federal government in order to maintain his popularity.

I know that’s who I blame when I don’t know something.

If lying doesn’t work, lie louder.

Sorry you didn’t make the list yourself. Maybe next year.

In our #9 segment we read about the racist “birthers” and their success in getting Obama to release his birth certificate. I was wondering about that myself but my concern was over his ideology, not his race and the birth certificate was just one of many mysteries still left unresolved. Newspaper announcements of his birth satisfied me but I’m still wondering about his social security number issued in Connecticut, his trip to Pakistan in 1981 (or 1983) and the passport he used to get there, how he got into Columbia University and on whose dollar, what he did there, who his former girlfriends were, if any and quite a few more minor uncertainties concerning his past. I think we need an explanation accompanied by some stinking evidence.

In our #2 segment we read about Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s legal problems. Since he is the Sheriff of a large county in a border state, his efficiency in cleaning up the slop left to him and his constituents by the federal government and his vocal criticism of that neglect might invite a look into whether or not the charges are politically motivated. It could appear that Sheriff Joe is biased against Latinos because his county is overrun with illegal ones. It is harder to tell if there are swarms of illegal Canadians in his county because Canadians, for the most part, speak English. If there were any French speakers in the county you might expect him to check them out as well. Oh, and the sex crimes going uninvestigated? Since his county is overrun with illegals it may be due to their reluctance to come forward as witnesses. If illegals want their crimes investigated they should move to San Francisco where I’m sure there are no sex crimes going uninvestigated. In fact, sex crimes are legal there.

But overall, I enjoyed the presentation and appreciate the work in turning over every rock to put 10 segments together.

Once again, your year-end roundup is simply hilarious. And I cannot agree more with your choice for number one. The black gentleman who happened to posses that excellent right cross (I believe that was the punch he used…) was easily one of the most gratifying stories I read this year. From ANY news-source.

This country needs you to keep fighting the good fight. And now that I finally have a job again, I cannot wait to make the first of what I hope to be many donations to the SPLC.

Sieg heil! (And I use that in it’s most literal sense. I wish you victory and welfare.)*

Keep up the good fight.

*And to any righties like RRoberts, Dick Lancaster, and my new best friend, More of the Same: that was a humorous tecnique called ‘ironic satire.’ I’m no more a National Socialist than any of you are mentally balanced. Also, thanks for the laughs, guys! I can’t wait for more in the new year. :)