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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 10:11 PM
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A progressive in Arizona is standing up for the constitution.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AND PROGRESSIVE CO-CHAIR RAUL GRIJALVA
Raul Grijalva is Co-Chair of the Democratic Progressive Caucus. He is also the most recent recipient hate from the ominous emerging Republican and right-wing media violent sedition movement:

Grijalva's spokesman, Adam Sarvana said the office received "some pretty scary calls," including two from the same person, "who threatened to go down there and blow everyone's brains out then go to the border to shoot Mexicans."

In response to the Draconian and unconstitutional Arizona law targeting anyone who might even look like an illegal immigrant, Grijalva, who is a U.S. Representative from Arizona (AZ-7), called for a boycott of his own state:

Not only did Grijalva continue to call for a boycott of convention business for the state, but he sent a letter to President Obama asking him to limit federal cooperation with Arizona officials.

Grijalva called on Obama to reject the bill and predicted it would not hold up to legal scrutiny. "This law will put every policeman in the state on notice that their main duty from now on is to question Hispanics about their citizenship," Grijalva said in a statement. "This is a discriminatory policy that cannot be enforced without committing grave breaches of due process and equal protection."http://blog.buzzflash.com/honors/315

It should not cost you your life to stand up for the rule of the law.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 10:27 PM
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1. the right wing are all thugs...
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Golden Raisin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 05:38 AM
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2. Has Sheriff Arpaio arrested him yet?
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Stuart G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 06:15 AM
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3. K and R thanks for posting this.
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