Arizona ups the ante in insanity

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Kevin

What is the rational basis for this classification?

I'm going out on a limb here, and say that I'm thinking this is to keep the people who start neo-nazi groups from leaving Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming and taking up residence in Arizona. I'm talking about the Ruby Ridge people and such.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I'm going out on a limb here, and say that I'm thinking this is to keep the people who start neo-nazi groups from leaving Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming and taking up residence in Arizona. I'm talking about the Ruby Ridge people and such.

Oh Honey I just spit iced tea all over my computer screen! That cracked me up, obviously... because they are already HERE. Gah! They've been here for a long time. And don't forget about the polygamists. We have LOTS of those too, up on the AZ-Utah border.

First - yes, ethnic studies classes are a huge bone of contention in the state. Our State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, has been mixing it up with, specifically, the La Raza proponents in the Tucson Unified School District, for more than a year. Tucson is a hotbed for his attacks. It was quite ugly a year ago and has been simmering and now is boiling over.

I love how the legislature can't balance the budget and yet they make laws about speaking ability of teachers. Where's the money coming from for these auditors? Fund education, for crying out loud.

Honestly, this is going way past crazy. What's next? I can only imagine.

Just when I think it can't get any worse for AZ, it gets worse. It's gonna be a long, hot summer. I think I'll go to Colorado and hide out in the mountains.

[honeychile]

[QUOTE=AzTheta;1923633]Oh Honey I just spit iced tea all over my computer screen! That cracked me up, obviously... because they are already HERE. Gah! They've been here for a long time. And don't forget about the polygamists. We have LOTS of those too, up on the AZ-Utah border.QUOTE]

*blush* Well, I obviously flunked my "Know Your Wackos" test! I know we have some of the nutjobs, but most of ours are into puppy mills. Well, unless you count those who the late Murtha said cling to their Bibles and their guns. I have a gun, I have a Bible. I've never cuddled my gun.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I'm going out on a limb here, and say that I'm thinking this is to keep the people who start neo-nazi groups from leaving Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming and taking up residence in Arizona. I'm talking about the Ruby Ridge people and such.

The majority of white supremacists are gone from Idaho, weren't from here to begin with, and now live in other places. The Aryan Nation compound has been gone since 2000.

I'd be more concerned with the hate groups in your state http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=PA than in my state http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=ID Wyoming http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=WY and Montana http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=MT combined, where do you think they moved when they left here? Closer to you than me. New York and Ohio have more than Pennsylvania, when we stopped putting up with their crap they had to move somewhere.