This isn't going to be a long drawn out exposition on today's bill-signing so much as a great big "Fuck you," to my racist xenophobic fellow Americans in the state of Arizona. I am hoping since this is an action diary, I will be forgiven for potentially violating certain standards with regards to overall length.
As far as the whole boycott concept goes, one has to ask, "What is a boycott supposed to accomplish? How will this help us achieve our goal of overturning this garbage racist legislation? Is this the best way for us to channel our will as progressive activists?"
To those of you who ask these serious questions, I respond with equal gravity:
I don't give a spiny-cactus-fuck.
I'm going to start with the link at the top and work my way down:
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Still, there are some notable standouts:
Notables:
Best Western
Discount Tire
First Solar
GoDaddy
Honeywell Aerospace
Pei Wei
Peter Piper Pizza
Petsmart
PF Changs
Ramada
U-Haul
US Airways
And many more. Sad to see a couple that I used to do business with. But hey, they send profits back to the Fatherland, and the Fatherland gets taxes on those profits and uses them to pay for Purity Enforcement Agents. I'd like to get out of GoDaddy as quickly as possible, can anyone recommend a good hosting service based in a Civilized Western Democracy?
Go ahead. Tell me that when I buy a Pizza from Peter Piper's maybe 1/16th of a cent goes back to Arizona in the from of taxes. I don't give a shit. That's 1/16th of a penny that won't be used to harass the "sufficiently tan."
But it's all about jobs, right? I'm guessing unemployed Arizona stock brokers and network engineers will start lining up outside of Home Depot do do yardwork for $6.00 an hour first thing tomorrow now that they've got this whole taco taco mexican situation under control.
I think I have an Arizona Teeshirt somewhere around here I'm going to use to wipe out the catbox.
UPDATE: From the Press Conference
Arizona Arch Chancellor Jan Brewer prepares to sign historic "Brownies Terk Er Jerbs" legislation:
That's some pen you've got there governor!
UPDATE: News You Can Use
Get ready for a real shocker, John McCain appears to occasionally compromise his principles. Quoth EJ Dionne:
It’s good that President Obama condemned this bill -- and very sad that Sen. John McCain, long a reasonable and humane voice on immigration but now facing a tough Republican primary, supported it.
Dionne also points out the "irony" (and I put irony in quotes because it's not actually irony if they're a bunch of racists) that people who supposedly favor small government want to use big government to keep out the mariachis:
It’s rather strange that many who say they mistrust government overreach could support a law of this sort.
UPDATE (Anywhere but Arizona):
h/t to SallyCat. Contact the Arizona Office of Tourism and let them know you've chosen "Anywhere but Arizona" for your upcoming travels. And remember the Anywhere but Arizona motto, "Fuck you, you racist Tusken Raider desert people."
Contact Us
Arizona Office of Tourism
1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 155
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Phone: 602-364-3700
Fax: 602-364-3701
Toll-free visitor information: 1-866-275-5816
CRITICAL UPDATE:
Fuck the Cardinals. And fuck the Suns.