I"M SO HUMILIATED, I COULD JUST SCREAM!!!

The Rogue Speaks:

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We are the laughing stock of the nation! By we, I mean Arizona! When we moved to Tucson in 1998, we were happy to get out of the humid south--away from the bugs and mosquitoes, away from tornadoes and ice storms that wreaked havoc, and destroyed property on a regular basis. But those were acts of nature, something over which we have no control.

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What has happened in the last week in Arizona was strictly man-made. And these men (and women) who have done more damage than the Mt. Lemmon fire, just who the hell do they think they are? How did they get in a position of such power that they can bring down an entire state with one bill?

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7000 people marched in Tucson yesterday, protesting bill 1070. Even the police are against this idiocy. They are saying that it will make it difficult to do their jobs effectively, bringing down the murderers, thieves, drug dealers, etc. In contrast, only 40 people marched in support of the legislators.
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O.k, so they round up ALL the people who are here illegally, and send them back to their country of origin. So just who will pick the Pima cotton, and the vegetables, and fruit? Who will do the jobs that the "real Americans" don't want? Maybe the legislators can do it in their spare time. Actually, if I have my way, those morons will have all the time in the world come the next election.

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The cost of many of our goods and services is going to go sky-high. We won't be able to afford any fresh produce. Oh, I know! We are a global economy now! We'll just import our lettuce from China!! Or Mexico! Hmm, well maybe not Mexico. The Mexican government is so mad at Arizona that they are locking the door, and posting a sign, "Keep Out! This Means You!" or " No Gringos Allowed!"

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Already the economic damage of this shameful act of stupidity is being felt. The Arizona Inn, a Tucson landmark, is reporting record cancellations this week. I expect to hear about more economic loss in the coming weeks. The country has been in an economic crisis for a while now. Just how much more can we take?

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I wish I could just shut out all this ugliness and concentrate on my creative spirit, which has flourished since we moved here. How can this be? How can one area of the country, overflowing with such beautiful vistas, an art mecca for so many artists seeking to create, just how can it also contain such narrow-minded, illiterate, arrogant people? String 'um up, I say! If we are going to revert to the old west here, back to the past, let's just find us a hanging tree, and make an example of these mean little people. That'll teach 'um!

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Despite my developing agoraphobia, I am thinking that it may be a good thing that we will be gone for almost a month. NOLA will look like the city of my dreams, and the south in general will appear ultramodern and futuristic in comparison to Arizona. And maybe by the time I get home, this will all be over. You think?

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I have a headache. I'm going back to bed.

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O.k., it is now 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. I stayed away from all the Sunday morning news programs, watched golf for most of the day IN MY PAJAMAS, made a nice dinner, and then sat down to watch Conan O'Brien trash Jay Leno on 60 Minutes.

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Of course the first segment just had to be about illegal immigration. There is a muddy grave yard in California where over 500 immigrants are buried, having died trying to cross "The All American Canal" trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. The graves are marked with names and numbers--John Doe # blah, blah,blah. Do you actually know any Mexicans called JOHN? Of course you don't! Would it have been too much trouble to mark those graves as "Juan Cierva"????

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The second segment was about a Spanish chef, Jose Andres, who came to America to try and create "A Circus in Your Mouth." O.k., so much for the dead Mexicans, let's eat!

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The last segment was about Conan trashing Jay. Who gives a rusty f***??

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I am going to bed, and I don't even have to change my clothes first.