PrintMay 20, 2010
With Arizona, You Get Egg Roll on Your Face
Oh, that Arizona. What a handy thing to have in your transnational quiver for those times when you want to identify with the tyrants of the world. "We brought it up early and often," State Department official Michael Posner said of Arizona's recently toughened immigration law. And to whom was he talking? Just Communist Chinese officials -- about human rights violations. And why not? The Obama administration has practically declared war on Arizona for daring to defend the border that the feds will not secure. Arizona has become liberal shorthand for "racist," "xenophobe," or "bigot."Posner, assistant secretary for democracy, human rights, and labor at the State Department, was part of discussions last week with the Chinese, and he felt their pain over reminding them of little things like forced abortions, murdered priests, padlocked churches, and tortured dissidents. To make them feel better about themselves, and so we wouldn't sound so preachy,...(Read Full Article)
