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Norman Lear

Norman Lear

Posted: May 18, 2010 04:51 PM

As Archie Would Say, "Case Closed"

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If you, like me, could not picture who would sign a law making it necessary for brown-skinned Americans to carry documents at all times that prove their right to be here -- "here" being Arizona -- you have only to see her photo in the May 14 issue of THE WEEK:

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If you, like me, could not picture who would sign a law making it necessary for brown-skinned Americans to carry documents at all times that prove their right to be here -- "here" being Arizona -- you...
If you, like me, could not picture who would sign a law making it necessary for brown-skinned Americans to carry documents at all times that prove their right to be here -- "here" being Arizona -- you...
 
 
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05:03 PM on 05/20/2010
Must be a REALLY SLOW news day to be making a story out of a bad picture..
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Blue Pup in PHX
Howdy from Hicksvillle
02:45 PM on 05/19/2010
Chris Hayes just tweeted that the Nation was looking for good political questions for a Q&A they were running... Being the "sober, thoughtful, and intellectually deep thinker I am"..(*cough*, eh-hem), I sent this:

Is Jan Brewer 1of the aliens from the 1st series of V (1980's) or the second, or maybe she's from District 9? Inquiring minds wanna know...
05:21 PM on 05/20/2010
Stop buying your glue at the dollar store.
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supertim
12:57 PM on 05/19/2010
speaking of archie bunker, there is a guy who reminds me of him whenever he comes on teevee spouting his arch conservative nonsense, namely Bill Donahue of the Catholic League

...here is a video of ole Archie in action, with none other than Sinnead O'Connor (kinda ironic that its Archie Bunker's real surname, but i digress)

Bill Donohue: Child Molesting Priests Weren’t Pedophiles Because Most Boys Were Post Pubescent
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/bill-donohue-child-molesting-priests-weren
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12:27 PM on 05/19/2010
A pinnacle of the embalmers' art!
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TheFabOne
From the Bottom To the Top, The Cream Of The Crop!
12:25 PM on 05/19/2010
Agree and disagree.

Archie Bunker at least had class enough to allow minorities to walk around WITHOUT papers. To compare Archie Bunker to Jan Brewer does a disservice.......to Archie, nonetheless.
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JohnJacobJingleheimer
04:05 PM on 05/20/2010
BRAY-VO as Archie would say - BRAAAAY - VO !
05:05 PM on 05/20/2010
Not in HIS house.
12:18 PM on 05/19/2010
Com'on Norm, you were chasing those once young bronzeskinned beauties in your once youth before you became rich and were able to get the sunless young women who are after your wrinkled skinned money.
12:09 PM on 05/19/2010
OT-If anyone is not aware, Texas wanted to build a highway called the Trans-Texas corridor, look at the map. Doesn't look like they were concerned about what was coming out of their border.
http://transtexascorridor.blogspot.com/
05:00 PM on 05/20/2010
Yeah,
Looks like they want them out of Texas ASAP.
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SPAIN62
“Solidarity is the tenderness of the people.”
11:35 AM on 05/19/2010
Brewer looks like the evil version of Bernadette Bassenger.
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maribelle1963
Welcome to the end of the world. Coffee or tea?
11:28 AM on 05/19/2010
"you only have to see her photo..."

Why? Because she's not smiling? Because she has wrinkles? Because she looks like a woman on the "wrong" side of 40?

I can't stand the "papers please" law but I think I missed the joke here-unless it's on middle aged women everywhere.
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Blue Pup in PHX
Howdy from Hicksvillle
12:04 PM on 05/19/2010
ummmm, nope. I'm sorry, normally I would agree with you that this mean spirited piece is just bad humor gone awry, but as an Arizonan who has worked on coalitions for handicapped children and ran head long into this soulless, heartless bureaucrat when she was in charge of Maricopa County schools, I can hardly express how hideous this woman is in person. As plainly as I could put it, just just does not give a dang about anything or anyone other than herself and her path to self-aggrandizement. She is a cold person and frankly this picture captures that pretty well. Sorry, but I respectfully disagree. Whether by farce or by happenstance, this article and that picture gets it EXACTLY right!
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maribelle1963
Welcome to the end of the world. Coffee or tea?
02:40 PM on 05/19/2010
Hey BluePup--I have read in news reports about how horrible the Gov is, and I take your word with firsthand experience.

However, none of that has anything to do with how she looks. I am weary of middle-aged women being seen as hideous just for growing old. (There go ALL of us one day.)

Attack her policies, not her looks. It disserves ALL women, young and old.

PS--thanks for working with disabled kids. That makes the world better for all of us.
11:23 AM on 05/19/2010
Live with it. Stop hiding behind your mama's skirt. Man up. we ALL have to show our ID, I had to show mine twice this week.
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JohnJacobJingleheimer
04:07 PM on 05/20/2010
But you have them.
10:50 AM on 05/19/2010
It's the wicked witch of the southwest Dorothy!
10:49 AM on 05/19/2010
Hey!! I am a white skinned immigrant to this great country and I have to carry my papers at all times.

Why am I being discriminated.??
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dumosumo
Try finding a plumber on Sunday
11:04 AM on 05/19/2010
Because picking on idiots comes naturally to some people.
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Arrech
NY, NY
11:09 AM on 05/19/2010
LOL
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busman
12:26 PM on 05/19/2010
Why resort to name calling? Can't respond more intelligently?
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BlueFloyd
The Antidote to Ayn Rand...
10:37 AM on 05/19/2010
Please, somebody give that picture a dirty sanchez.
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UnderTheHedgeWeGo
Show me some evidence.
10:06 AM on 05/19/2010
Hispanics who are here and are America citizen belong here just like anyone else, just like Americans of all different races. What does that have to do with throwing the country open to people entering illegally? It is wrong to call everyone who thinks a country has a right to sovereign and secure boards racist.

I'm not fond of asking people for IDs based on their appearance. But there is a problem, and to say, once your in, that's it, we can't do anything is ridiculous. Propose a solution. To call everyone who disagrees with you on an issue involving race a racist is itself a racist position.
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miles120
10:26 AM on 05/19/2010
Racism is defined as "racial prejudice or discrimination." So writing a law that violates the fourth and possibly 5th amendments of The Constitution by asking police officers to identify illegal immigrants from Mexico can be called racist. The assertion that this will stop illegal immigration is a canard.

You want an idea? How about an aggressive guest worker program implemented by our consulates south of the border? Every illegal goes home and applies for an annual work permit. Renewals can take place in either country. That would go a long way to insuring that we could track the people coming here to work, which is a huge part of the problem.
imayes
Mongo like candy!
12:19 PM on 05/19/2010
The problem is that coming up with a sensible solution (like the one you just proposed) would be considered being "Soft On Immigration". You know, the type of thing that fits nicely on a bumper sticker and within narrow minds.

If you want the "dumass" vote, you gotta totally sellout on fear, hatred and stupidity.
04:55 PM on 05/20/2010
Go read it.
Doesn't do that.
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BlackJAC
It's better to be a black king than a white knight
10:46 AM on 05/19/2010
Said the political wing that called anyone who disagreed with them on issues of counterterrorism as America-hating, terrorist-kissing traitors. If you don't want to be called a racist jerk, don't act like one.
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dumosumo
Try finding a plumber on Sunday
10:03 AM on 05/19/2010
She looks like someone who has spent a large portion of her life lying in the sun. She's probably been trying to get a good tan.
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BlackJAC
It's better to be a black king than a white knight
10:40 AM on 05/19/2010
Which would ironically invite constant demands for her birth certificate under her own law. Looks like the Renaissance fashion statement of pasty white skin will be coming back.