Showdown in Arizona, Where Mariachis and Minutemen Collide

[almaty 19]

how is a shirt or shoes worn south of the border look like??

not racial profiling?? LOLOLOL

Didn't you know Arizona has a dress code.

lol...i lived 12 miles from the border and when i went tinto the state..i had to put my bolo tie on...arizona suxs

[Empress of Groovy 373]

how is a shirt or shoes worn south of the border look like??

not racial profiling?? LOLOLOL

Didn't you know Arizona has a dress code.

lol...i lived 12 miles from the border and when i went tinto the state..i had to put my bolo tie on...arizona suxs

Or, if you're in Scottsdale, dyed blond hair and fake boobies are standard issue.

And some kind of stylish knit hat even when it's 115 degrees.

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Fake boobies, hmm I gotta book myself a trip to Scottsdale.

[almaty 19]

Fake boobies, hmm I gotta book myself a trip to Scottsdale.

on 70 year old blue hairs

[mawilson 2,133]

Sheriff Joe for Moderator!

[almaty 19]

Sheriff Joe for Moderator!

lol...he had your azz in a pink pair of boxers....

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Fake boobies, hmm I gotta book myself a trip to Scottsdale.

on 70 year old blue hairs

Hmm...I think that might be a conflation.

A very scary conflation!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but "G" movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.

Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.

He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails so he hooked up the cable TV again with only the Disney channel and the weather channel.

When asked why the weather channel he replied, so they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs.

He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't the Ritz/Carlton -- If you don't like it, don't come back."

He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on tape that he pipes into the jails.

When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.

More on the Arizona Sheriff:

With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before.

Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks.

"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 year . "It's inhumane."

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!"

Way to go, Sheriff! Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers' money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

I think almaty has just been debunked as #1 chopf#ck . This dude is scary, very scary.

[no name 1]

He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but "G" movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.

Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.

He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails so he hooked up the cable TV again with only the Disney channel and the weather channel.

When asked why the weather channel he replied, so they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs.

He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't the Ritz/Carlton -- If you don't like it, don't come back."

He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on tape that he pipes into the jails.

When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.

More on the Arizona Sheriff:

With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before.

Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks.

"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 year . "It's inhumane."

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!"

Way to go, Sheriff! Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers' money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

I think almaty has just been debunked as #1 chopf#ck . This dude is scary, very scary.

He's got a lot of fans in this thread tho! And in AZ too, I'm sure.

[Alex+R 0]

Everyone I know in or from Arizona groans when you mention this guy's name. I don't know why the media gives him such biased coverage. I also don't know why people think the media is liberal when you see articles like this. Remember that most media organizations are owned by big Republican corporations. You can look up their campaign contributions. Don't think that doesn't affect editorial decisions.

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He's got a lot of fans in this thread tho! And in AZ too, I'm sure.

he has a fan in OK! we need a lot more like him.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

He's got a lot of fans in this thread tho! And in AZ too, I'm sure.

he has a fan in OK! we need a lot more like him.

who? Almaty??????????????????

[natty bumppo 297]

He's got a lot of fans in this thread tho! And in AZ too, I'm sure.

he has a fan in OK! we need a lot more like him.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

A lot of people like the persona that he has created. There is definite appeal in a "tough on crime" approach--after all, who wants criminals to be treated with kid gloves? But the fact is, he has been ineffectual. We certainly can't blame him for all of Maricopa County's myriad problems, but his approach has not reduced crime, nor has it reduced DUIs (most people with DUI convictions spend some time in the infamous Tent City). Basically, the public wants to see criminals treated horribly and don't seem bothered about whether this system acts as a deterrent. Statistics suggest that it hasn't, yet Arpaio continues to get reelected because people know him and associate him with toughness. Don't bother them with details!

Tent City is a national embarrassment. There's a reason that the idea hasn't taken hold in other, more enlightened places!

[almaty 19]

He's got a lot of fans in this thread tho! And in AZ too, I'm sure.

he has a fan in OK! we need a lot more like him.

who? Almaty??????????????????