AZ's Troll Lord Russell Pearce attacks Cardinal Mahony for criticism

[MisterP]

Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, who crafted a bill that would require immigrants to carry proof of legal status, lashed out at Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony on Wednesday for his criticism of the proposed legislation, calling the Roman Catholic leader a "guy who's been protecting child molesters and predators all of his life."

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"Mudslinging and fearmongering are the essence of Senator Pearce's remarks," Tamberg wrote in an e-mail. "He desperately wants to change the subject, throwing up a wall of inaccurate statements about Cardinal Mahony because he has no good answer to the cardinal's challenge that this is a draconian and unjust law."

Mahony, who heads the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese with 4.3 million members, lambasted Pearce's bill on his blog this week, likening it to "German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques" that compelled people to turn each other in.

"The Arizona legislature just passed the country's most retrogressive, mean-spirited, and useless anti-immigrant law," the cardinal wrote on his blog. "The tragedy of the law is its totally false reasoning: that immigrants come to our country to rob, plunder, and consume public resources. That is not only false, the premise is nonsense."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/immigration/la-me-pearce-immig-20100421,0,7780463.story

Also in regards to the LAT and immigration, behold the horror of Michael Hiltzik's column, where he rejects two university studies out of hand because they weren't moderate enough

[Rex]

1. It is getting U G L Y.

Wow.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. Can anyone recommend a good brand of popcorn?

[Soylent Brice]

5. try this:

credit to Occulus.

[alstephenson]

6. Great pic! It gave me a giggle.

And I could use one, since I live in Arizona.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. is that REAL butter or that theater make believe stuff?

That's important.

[Soylent Brice]

12. lol. not sure, to me it makes no difference.

you'll have to ask Occulus.

[Me.]

3. All Bets Seem To Be Off

This could be fun as I am no fan of either of them

[BrklynLiberal]

4. niiiiiiiiiiiice. very nice. Will there be cartoons with this show?

:popcorn:

[Bobbieo]

8. Unfortunately, I see no fun nor humor in this situation as I will be

affected by this bill if it passes. To me, it is a very scary situation!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

9. I canot believe this is even close to Constitutional, so even if it gets past the morans in

AZ, it would NEVER survive higher courts.

[Bobbieo]

10. By the time it gets to the courts, the damage will already been done.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. I thought they would not be able to enforce it while it was being challenged.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. it depends. NORMALLY, legislation enforcement is stayed

but not always.