Interesting comments by Brandon Woodrome
"They say" not to discuss politics or religion at a party but since this isn't a party I'll go ahead and throw this out there.
Recently the Arkansas Times Newspaper interviewed Brandon Woodrome, a state representative candidate here in Fort Smith. Here are some of his comments...
Woodrome said in an interview that he favored asking Hispanics for citizenship documents. "If you run across a Hispanic, then just ask them, are you an illegal immigrant ? Can I see your papers ? Can I see your license ? That’s not - I’m sure if I was in a presidential race, I’d be touted as a racist, fascist whatever," he said.
Given a chance to soften these words, Woodrome said maybe cops should ask everyone they stop to prove they are legal citizens. A forehead tatto would save time, don't you think?
For the entire blog go here: http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2008/04/quote_of_the_day_4.aspx
Roscoe's take: There are plenty of upstanding hispanic americans living right here in Fort Smith that are US citizens and have lived here a lot longer than Brandon Woodrome. "Can I see your papers?" What kind of garbage is this? I'm sorry but I just get flashes of scenes from old WWII movies running through my head. "Schindlero's Listo" anyone?
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it seems as though many
it seems as though many representatives have gone from representing the best interests of their state by upholding the constitution and the liberties it affords us to assuming a position of royalty wherein the direction of their state is dictated not by the free masses shaping society in the image of their freedom, but the impoverished and imprisoned masses shaping society in the image of their paranoia.
how exactly will this affect hispanic communities? imagine being a mexican (if you aren't one [i think i might be]) and having your state representative broadcast that he is completely ignorant to the constitution. not good?
and it really is unconstitutional. if a hispanic looking person must have papers a demand to see those papers is a search, and united states citizens have a constitutional right to decline unwarranted searches of their property and person, as well as a constitutional right to silence in order to defend themselves against self-incrimination (thanks be to our great founding fathers, who art in heaven, hallowed be their names, who foresaw the potential for such cunning language to persuade even the tightest of tongues to state something incriminating enough to give a police officer 'probably cause').
since we cannot allow only those people who appear to be of hispanic descent to be the only people who must carry national identification (the constitution affords the same rights to all people), we're faced with the choice of all people being required to carry national identification (i'm sure the wallet industry will prosper greatly from such an act!), and when all people can be searched at will by police officers for proof of nationality the law becomes an excuse to stop any person who appears any way, which allows officers to skirt discrimination laws in order to pull over people their 'guts' tell them may be unsavory in order to hunt out the probable cause they need so badly to reach that quota.