There’s always something to howl about.

Dawn in America: The American Evolution

I’ll say it out loud;   I like that Arizona Immigration Law.  I was initially unclear about it but I read the text , alongside the text of the 4th Amendment.  For me, it boiled down to what  an “unreasonable search” is and what is “reasonable suspicion“.  At the end of the day, I have to trust that the law enforcement officers will follow both the letter and the spirit of the law.

That’s not why I like this law so much.  I support open borders.   As far as I’m concerned, let anyone come into this country…only after we have abolished all the silly federal subsidies like health care, public education, and welfare for all.  Until we do that, we have to ration those silly programs and the litmus test of citizenship seems a reasonable enough hurdle for that rationing.

I like it because a state had a problem, couldn’t get the Federal Government to enforce its laws, and decided to take matters into its own hands.  This law was more powerful than nullification or secession because it asserted the state’s sovereignty, while being in full compliance with the Federal statute. It worked within the system and exposed the system for the folly that it is.

I like it because it is the Bunker Hill of the American Evolution.  Notice I didn’t use an R in that word.  I’m optimistic that reason will triumph over irrational thought in The American Evolution.  There will be no violence nor bloodshed in the American Evolution but there will be a test of wills.  I’m watching it unfold right now:

Arizona made a law.   A few California cities and a Texas city decided to boycott Arizona, for enacting that law.  No conventions, no trade, no money whatsover, from these “progressive” cities, for the “racists” in Arizona.  Sadly, my city followed San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin in the boycott.  Pretty stupid, huh?  Well,  California politicians live in a narcissistic bubble.  The past California influence on the world’s economy has afforded them the luxury of doing what they want, in SPITE of local businesses.

…until today.

San Diegans are yelling  “Psyche” to the Zonies because our government’s “censure” has consequences.  A summer without Zonies, while appealing to the surfers, is NOT appealing to the businesses… you know, the ones who pay all the bills in San Diego.    A chunk of Arizonans will summer in Flagstaff, Prescott or the Mogollan Rim rather than dump their dollars on our Southern California beaches.  Do you blame them?

It could get worse.  Imagine if Arizona Public Service (which owns Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station) told the City of Los Angeles to buy its electricity somewhere else.   They could refuse to sell water to Los Angeles as well.  Arizonans could push back and California, with its economic fragility, could get hit pretty darned hard without power or water.  That doesn’t bode well for the incumbents come November.

This is all very sad but necessary. Words do have meaning and actions do have reactions.  States and cities, which meddle in other states’ affairs, should suffer the consequences of that meddling.  The Arizona economy, beaten down by this recession, has nowhere to go but up.  Arizona’s immigration legislation really is a public safety measure.   When gangland turf wars and human trafficking move from Arizona, to the more “friendly” cities in California, Arizona tourism will rebound and take market share from its westernmost cousins.

Moreover, the protesting California cities are hypocritical.  The extolled “sanctuary city” of San Francisco is actually reporting immigrants to the Feds when they get fingerprinted…but you ain’t hearing about that on MSNBC.  California, which has a higher risk of defaulting on its debt than Lebanon, would do well to cultivate its own garden rather than scream about what Arizona grows in its.

Yet, I still live in California.  I moved here from Arizona and have no intention of leaving.  I’ve always said that I’m optimistic about The Golden State and today, I have Arizona to thank for that optimism.  All of this silly little posturing is kicking off the Great American Evolution.  Immigration is the very small issue which will be the shout heard round the world.

Reason will triumph in the end.

PS:  I’m gonna miss you Zonies, at the track, this summer but I’m hopeful that your absence will force new ownership.  Either way, y’all can count me in next summer.