Just pull my finger
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010These days, you can hardly order medical marijuana without someone asking, “Can Arizona get away with making illegal immigrants — illegal?” Weird, yet isn’t the new Arizona law just trying to enforce federal laws already in place? But life’s very complex — clearly demonstrated when William Shakespeare said, “And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” He hit the sauce pretty hard. I think he owed back taxes.
If the law holds, by midsummer Arizona will be deporting illegal immigrants like cockroaches off of a July 4th warm tuna salad sandwich. State officials can then check the immigration status of any person they damn well please (based upon “gut hunches”). This will create congestion but it can’t be helped:
Official: You! Let’s see some identification.
Diamondbacks fan: Charlie, it’s me, Norm. Our daughters play together.
Official: Don’t pull that Norm trick on me. Where’s your birth certificate?
Diamondbacks fan: I don’t carry a birth certificate to a baseball game. Look, you’re really causing the line to backup.
Official: No ID huh? Step out of the line. Hey Sid, we have a live one here. (more…)