When it comes to educating our kids, Arizona ranks 45th out of 50 states.  Great.

Goldwater Institute
Today, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released a new book that provides a simple, direct way of comparing the effectiveness of public education in every state. I co-authored the Report Card on American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress [...]

HUH?  Now According to our own DOJ, it is illegal to ask non-citizens for an ID before hiring them.
PHOENIX, Aug. 31 (UPI) — The U.S. Justice Department says it has filed an immigration lawsuit against Arizona authorities alleging hiring discrimination by schools in the state.
The lawsuit alleges a group of community colleges acted illegally in [...]

Absolute silence from any and all of our state’s elected officials.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer angrily demanded yesterday that the White House withdraw their report to the UN Human Rights Council that singled out Arizona’s law as a cause for concern about the American track record on human rights. Calling such a reference “downright offensive” [...]

Like anyone is going to give up their Bud….

A Hispanic group opposed to Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 immigration measure has launched a boycott of Budweiser beer and the Phoenix-based Anheuser-Busch distributorship headed by Cindy Hensley McCain.
Hensley McCain is the chairwoman of the Hensley & Co. distributorship and the wife of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Somos [...]

All across the country, states are sending legislators to Arizona to learn how they can write their own version of Arizona’s anti-ILLEGAL immigration bill.  Looks like Eric Holder is going to be one busy guy…….
(CNSNews.com) – Twenty-two states are now in the process of drafting or seeking to pass legislation similar to Arizona’s law against illegal [...]

Obama, keeping his “boot on the throat” of Arizona.  Just keeping pushin’…
(Washington Post) — A federal investigation of a controversial Arizona sheriff known for tough immigration enforcement has intensified in recent days, escalating the conflict between the Obama administration and officials in the border state.
Justice Department officials in Washington have issued a rare threat to [...]