Whitley County Patriots

From Moonbattery:

Maybe we’d better put someone in charge who actually likes this country.

From Moonbattery:

It was awfully thoughtful of our quisling rulers to post warnings that due to the undefended border and federal opposition to the enforcement of immigration law, Americans on their own land are no longer safe from foreign invaders. But the helpful signs aren’t quite enough to satisfy Arizona Governor Jan Brewer:

From HoosierAccess:

I wonder if anyone here in Indiana that supports the Arizona immigration law might well consider boycotting, say, Bloomington in response to their boycott of Arizona.

I suspect that such a counter-boycott might have more of an impact on Bloomington than the grandstanding by a few liberal politicians in Indiana’s own little San Francisco will ever have on Arizona.

From the Indy Star:

Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate want the city of Bloomington to think twice about it’s decision to boycott Arizona businesses because of that state’s new immigration law.

A letter dated Thursday from Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, and signed by 23 other Republican senators asks Bloomington officials to “take a step back” from their plan to avoid doing business with Arizona companies.

Delph, who has repeatedly tried to advance Statehouse bills cracking down on illegal immigration, said he hopes local and state leaders can unite to pressure Congress and the federal government to act.

“As fellow elected officials from across Indiana, we invite you to revisit your boycott and join those of us who support the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws and the protection of our national sovereignty and security,” the letter states.

Bloomington mayor Mark Kruzan dismissed the letter as a political ploy for votes in an election year. He said it won’t change his mind.

Oh, that’s rich.

Kruzan engages in a political ploy, then is hypocritical enough to complain that critics of his political ploy are themselves playing politics?

Read the rest at HoosierAccess.

From The Heritage Foundation:

Today, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that would make it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and would allow state law enforcement to require individuals to produce proof that they are in the U.S. legally. This decision is a major stepping stone in terms of encouraging other states, as well as local governments, to assert themselves in terms of immigration policy.

Under the Tenth Amendment which preserves the traditional police powers of the states to control their own jurisdictions. The Heritage Foundation has advocated for extensive innovation at the lowest levels of government in terms of immigration enforcement. A 2009 report of Matt Mayer highlights how “state and local governments must [and can] do more” to do something about the illegal immigration problem—a conclusion that came from a series of THF roundtables aimed at talking to state and local officials about pressing public policy problems.

Read the rest at The Heritage Foundation.

From Power Line:

Violence broke out at a political demonstration over the weekend, as protesters chased police officers, pelting them with rocks and bottles. Was this a gang of Tea Partiers running amok, as eagerly awaited by so many liberals? Well, no. The demonstration was at the state capitol in Arizona, against that state’s new immigration statute:

Have you seen a lot of consternation in the press about this violent demonstration? No, neither have I. Maybe that’s because reporters think the Arizona law is polarizing.