Anti-SB1070 Crowd Uses Newspaper for Propaganda

The Arizona Republic, masquerading as a newspaper, is an openly anti-immigration law rag.  Most of its reporters – and I use that term loosely – are really advocates for removal of any law that affects illegal aliens invading Arizona, and America.

On Monday, November 26, in a front page story, below the fold, used one of their own reporters (open border advocates), Daniel Gonzalez, to spin a yarn of a supposed racial profiling incident involving an Asian-American living in Phoenix.  The story is so long that it is continued on an inside page for several columns.  I mean, Mr. Gonzalez and the Arizona Republic management must believe this is more important than national debt, middle east violence, unemployment, and anything else.  This is a story that warrants front page treatment, despite the fact that it’s just one man, with no supporting documentation, no witnesses, nothing to support him.  First of all, is this man an Asian or an American.  He is ostensibly a citizen of the United States, but insists on being called an Asian-American.  Sound familiar?  It should also be noted that Mr. Shee is part of a large suit against Arizona for daring to enforce SB1070 portions ruled Constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

This man, Mr. Shee, claims that he was racially profiled, not once, but twice in the past three years.  This 72-year old man said that in 2010, at a specific time of day, he pulled off a main street onto a side street in order to read a text message.  Shortly thereafter he says that a policeman approached his car, tapped on the window and said, and I’m not kidding here, “Show me your papers.”  Really?  It must be true, though.  Mr. Shee says it happened and reporter Gonzalez dutifully reported it.

First of all, his comment about what the police officer said is laughable comment.  No police officer uses that phrase.  They might say, “May I see your driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance?”  Secondly, where did the police officer come from?  Was the officer driving a patrol car, and saw Mr. Shee pull off a main street into a side street (an alley?), and thought that suspicious?  Was the officer walking a beat in that area – doubtful – and saw the car pull off into a side street (alley?), stop, and sit there, and believed that to be suspicious?  Mr. Gonzalez never mentions those circumstances, and cares not at all about that.  He takes what Mr. Shee, who obviously has a photographic memory, as fact, and spews it out.  Mr. Shee was not given a citation so he has no paperwork to prove that his claim is true.  Reporter Gonzalez doesn’t care.  This is much to important to ignore or investigate.  Whatever Mr. Shee says must be true, especially if it fits the anti-SB1070 agenda.

Mr. Shee says that later one he was driving back from Mexico with his wife.  He had taken her there for some dental work.  So, he’s driving North from the border on the freeway.  He says that a DPS officer, in his cruiser, was going the opposite direction.  Let’s assume that both cars are moving at about the speed limit, about 55-65 mph, depending on where you are on the freeway.  It’s a divided road, two cars going in opposite directions, and Mr. Shee says that the DPS officer, cuts over the divided road and pulls Mr. Shee over, and gave him a repair order for having a windshield tint that was too dark, and a violation.  The officer did not give him a citation.  So, two cars, each going about 55-65 mph, in opposite directions, on a divided freeway, and that DPS officer “profiled” him.  Really.  If he had tinted side windows, as most cars do, and if his front windshield was tinted so darkly it was a violation, just how did the DPS officer even see who was driving, even if he we looking?  The reporter doesn’t care, doesn’t ask.

For those two incidents, manufactured or real, Mr. Shee joins a lawsuit against the state of Arizona against SB1070, claiming he was racially profiled.

I think Mr. Shee is just another useful idiot of the open borders crowd, which includes Daniel Gonzalez and the Arizona Republic.  If I were the DPS I’d challenge Mr. Shee to prove that the officer crossed the freeway and pursued him, or apologize.  If I were the city police I’d challenge Mr. Shee to prove through witnesses or documentation that the incident occurred on that side street.  I’d want to know just which side street, at what time of day, or Mr. Shee would be instructed to apologize.

This is a manufactured story, by Mr. Gonzalez and the Arizona Republic, in their never ending crusade against Arizona and Federal laws regarding illegal aliens.  Mr. Shee is just an ignorant idiot being used to further the cause of the open borders, pro-illegal alien crowd.  He should be ashamed of himself, but I doubt he knows the meaning of shame.

Should Someone Who now Has Cancer Be Eligible to Buy “Insurance”?

This whole conversation about forcing health insurance companies to sell policies to people with pre-existing conditions is a complete scam.

If people work, but opt not to buy healthcare coverage through their employer, or as an individual, that should be their choice.  Now, however, if you don’t have a healthcare policy, and then come down with some form of cancer, you can contact a healthcare insurance company and demand a policy.

The theory, then, is that you pay nothing for healthcare until you have cancer, then demand a healthcare policy.  That is not insurance, folks; that’s a scam.  The people who support such an idea have no understanding of the word, insurance.  An insurance policy is something you have, that you pay for each month and year, IN CASE you come down with an illness requiring medical intervention.

If I have a car, I have to buy auto insurance IN CASE I get into an accident.  Then, the insurance kicks in and reduces my financial liability.  When I buy a home I buy a homeowners insurance policy, and pay for it monthly or yearly, IN CASE a disaster happens and my home is damaged or destroyed, to lessen my financial impact.

But, with healthcare where a condition exists, BEFORE you go buy a policy, that’s not healthcare insurance, that’s demanding that the insurance company pay thousands, hundreds of thousands, or maybe millions of dollars to care for you, while only paying a monthly premium that in no way offsets the expense.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a fraud.  Only the moron-class or the weak-minded could believe that this is a good idea.  Which, I suppose, is why Obama and his minions support it.

I have personally seen people on food stamps buy alcohol and tobacco products at grocery stores.  The responsibility seems to fall on the shoulders of the cashier to catch any “illegal” purchases.  We know that the government isn’t going to provide any point-of-sale oversight.  There have been numerous stories of people selling their food stamp cards – called CBT cards – for cash that can then be used to buy drugs, or other illegal items.  There have also been a lot of stories about how many of the poor are obese.  I’ve watched men and women who had to use an electric cart to go through the aisles of the store because they were way too fat to walk, buy doughnuts, candy, candy bars, all kinds of fattening foods.  Let’s have a program that will really help in all areas.

Add to each Department of Economic Services office a store. Any citizen who qualifies for food stamps will, instead, receive a photo ID card, with an expiration date, usually one to three months from date of issue.  That Photo ID card can only be used to shop for groceries at the government stores. Those stores will not sell any tobacco products or any alcoholic products. The store will not sell any products that are considered unhealthy, like candies sugary cereals, and similar products. The store will sell healthy foods and beverages.

When the holder of the photo ID card enters the store, the ID is checked to ensure that a) it is not a forged card  and b) it is still valid. When the ID card holder checks out, the grocery total will then be deducted from the balance on the card for that period. This stops people from selling their CBT cards – food stamp credit cards – and stops purchases of tobacco and alcoholic products as well as sugary products. This helps in the fight against obesity, eliminates the corruption of people selling their CBT cards for cash, and provides a nice  healthy place where food stamp recipients can shop.

If necessary, these stores will have vans that can transport those who have no means of transportation. Each state would save tens of millions of dollars using this program, and the federal government would also save millions of dollars as well. I’d wager that major supermarket chains would be delighted to get the contract to staff and stock these stores. It’s a win-win.