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Some Thoughts on the Tucson Memorial

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President Obama’s speech at the Tucson memorial was much better than anticipated. In place of finger pointing, the President tried to console the nation. For avoiding gross accusations and doing the right thing, the President deserves credit. Additionally, the update on Congresswoman Giffords, that she had opened her eyes for the first time today, was wonderful news.

That being said, why this speech could not have been delivered imediatly after the shoting, before the Left went wild with accusations, is beyond me.

The only major problem with the speech was the President’s call for a more civil discourse. While that makes a good sound bite, President Obama is hardly in a position to make such a suggestion, with nearly three years of heated rhetoric under his belt.

Not that the President can be blamed, but the pep rally atmosphere of the crowd was odd, to say the least. Throughout the memorial service the crowd was loudly cheering at the most inappropriate of times.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer gave a very good speech on the tragedy. Shamefully, members of the audience booed Governor Brewer, at an event branded “Together We Thrive.” It would seem as though the audience did not understand that message.

Overall, the President deserves credit for a decent speech.

No Better Time To Visit Arizona

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What more do you need? Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco mayor best known for sleeping with his deputy chief of staff’s wife, suspended all non-essential travel by city employees to Arizona. O horror of horrors! Now the ‘mainstream’ Hispanic group La Raza – The Race – is joining with other leftist groups, calling for a boycott of Arizona. No San Franciscans, few leftists – what a threat.

The only downside is that Arizona does have at least one horrendous sports team – the Phoenix Suns. In a recent playoff game, the Suns wore their alternate jerseys which say “Los Suns,” a move supported by ‘Rev.’ Al Sharpton and B.Hussein Obama, in opposition to the Arizona immigration law. In case there was any doubt as to the motives of the Suns,  the team’s Canadian (and outright communist) point guard, Steve Nash, said:

I think the law is very misguided… I think it’s very important for us to stand up for things we believe in. As a team and as an organization, we have a lot of love and support for all of our fans. The league is very multicultural. We have players from all over the world, and our Latino community here is very strong and important to us.” In another interview, Nash said, “I think that it opens up the potential for racial profiling and racism…I think it represents our state poorly in the eyes of the nation and the world.

The team’s Managing Partner, Robert Sarver, has criticized the immigration law, and ‘noted policy expert,’ former NBA player and Suns General Manager Steve Kerr said “it [the immigration law] rings up images of Nazi Germany.”

It would be nice if any of these people even bothered to read the law before commenting on it. Governor Jan Brewer’s ESPN op-ed is a fantastic refutation of all this nonsense. As anyone who has bothered to read the law knows, it specifically prohibits any form of racial profiling. As for Nash and his “love” of the fans, what does he have to say to the 70% of Arizonans that support the law? Why doesn’t Steve Nash just get a haircut, shut up and play his one dimensional style of basketball?

One more question: Why is the left so eager to boycott Arizona, a move which could hurt local businesses, yet the left refuses to place economic sanctions, or boycott, Iran, in an effort to stop the country’s nuclear program?