Arizona Boycotts

OK, I get it. Illegal immigration is a problem. A big problem. Growing up in Ohio, it was never even a teeny-tiny problem. "Illegal immigration" up there might mean some Hoosier's trying to sneak across the state lines. Since I moved down here in 2000, the issue has grown and grown in importance. For a few years my parents lived in Arizona, so I had at least a passing knowledge of how the issue was affecting that state. However, I will say this new law their fine state has passed does sound eerily reminiscent of racial profiling, but specifically, the road the country went down during World War II with Japanese Internment Camps in the western US. I still remember nary a word about the camps in any of my school textbooks growing up. HMMM! I WONDER WHY? PROBABLY BECAUSE AS A COUNTRY WE WERE A WEE BIT ASHAMED OF OURSELVES!!!! Anywho, illegal immigration is probably going to be a hot topic issue for quite some time, and I haven't the foggiest idea of how to solve it. However, I do know that some of these idiotic protests against Arizona's law make me wonder if our national IQ borders on "special needs." I mean, really, a group is going to boycott Arizona Iced Tea? It's not even made in Arizona! People are protesting where the Arizona Diamondbacks play opposing baseball teams. Really? Remember folks, for most pro athletes, they stick around their team's city during the season and then go "home" during the off-season. And the last I checked, yes, you can hem and haw about "church and state," but there's definitely no such "sports and state." It's almost like these protests will take on a "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" theme.

I'll boycott PGA events where Phil Mickelson plays since he went to college at Arizona State.
I'll boycott the movie Raising Arizona (OK, a friend gave me that one.).

I'll refuse to watch the Seinfeld episode which contains Mr. Costanza's classic line, "I'm like a phoenix, rising out of Arizona!"

I'll "de-friend" any Facebook buddy with a degree from the University of Phoenix.

I will not visit Canada since Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash hails from the land of the Mounties. Additionally, I refuse to watch the movie Strange Brew, and I refuse to eat round bacon.

I will not drive on I-10 since it goes all the way through Arizona and ends in California. Likewise, I will not board any commercial flight that travels over the state of Arizona. Also as part of my transportational boycott, I will not travel any interstate that is a multiple of 10 (such as I-40 in Arkansas and I-70 which goes up to Columbus, OH: HMMMM, maybe I've just found an easy way out of visiting my sister in the Buckeye State).

I will not eat Tostitos chips since they sponsor the Fiesta Bowl which is played in Phoenix.

I will not listen to the Steve Miller song "Rockin' Me" since it contains the line, "I went from Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Tacoma..."


This has taken stereotyping and racial profiling and all kinds of other societal fears to a new level. I sure hope someone is keeping track somewhere of all these lamebrain boycott/picket ideas. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to change the channel on the telly. I've accidentally been watching Reno 911 this whole time. Oh, wait, no, that's for when I protest against NEVADA. Each of the continental 48 better beware. You're next!!