Arizona: Here I Go!

It's time to put this out there and there's no reason to tip-toe around this fact. There are racists in the United States of America and many of them are the leaders that are elected by the people of the United States of America.

While I've met my share of prejudice and racist folks in Massachusetts or New England, for that matter, I know that not all folks are bigots.

What I struggle with today, more than ever, is that if you have a problem working with women, Latinos, Asians, Blacks (Yes, I use the word "Black" because I'm not a politically correct asshole that thinks Ronald Reagan was the best President and praise him for introducing "African-American" to our vocabulary.) and a truly diverse group of people, then you are going to struggle and you're going to have a very frustrating life. Believe that!

The debate that's taking place involving Arizona and Senate Bill 1070 is very interesting because there are people on the left, people on the right and, of course, people smack-dab in the middle. The folks in the middle are caught in mental double-dutch.

While I think that what the City Council pulled last week spearheaded by District 3 City Councilor, Paul Clancy, is truly a "bitch ass move", we have to STAND UP for something and decide what side of the debate the City is on.

Now, just as in life, we know that as more information is shared our position may change, slightly, but that's the beauty of all of this......we can debate and change our minds. It's called free will.

I think the Tea Party that protested outside City Hall last week do serve a purpose, but I do have an issue with their belief that their position is the ONLY position. We can agree to disagree and that's what a democracy is. (Hey, you don't have to stick your head up a horses ass to see shit; we can all agree we can look around and see it everywhere.)

Let the debate continue.