Congressman Jeff Flake (my Congressman by the way) wants to be Senator Flake of Arizona. And the first order of business is to learn and dance the Border-Security-Shuffle, which presidential candidate McCain invented. Flake, like McCain, used to be labeled as a moderate on most issues, but I don't know if that term exists anymore within either party. You are either scared of the immigration issue or you have embraced it.
This mantra is so powerful that it persists even as support for the most reactionary policies such as Arizona's SB1070 has waned at the state legislature level.
Although, there is no doubt that the border is a dangerous place; just ask the family of Carlos La Madrid. Yet another Mexican shot and killed by a border patrol agent. And yes the rock throwing defense has been introduced yet again since this is standard operating procedure following what has become an epidemic of institutionalized violence. If rocks are so dangerous, why not arm the border patrol with them and maybe even a sling-shot to act as a high powered rifle?
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