You may have heard that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona's racist Gasbag-in-Chief, has a little problem with the Department of Justice, whose three-year probe turned up all kinds of nasty shit at the Sheriff's department. He also failed to investigate or prosecute more than 400 sex crimes, some committed on children as young as two. Violent crime has also increased in Arpaio's county, while the rest of the state has experienced a decrease. And to date he's cost taxpayers of Maricopa County more than $50 million in lawsuits that resulted from his office's illegal and unethical activities.
But here's what Arpaio does have time for: He's been investigating craigslist because people are using the online classifieds to find dogs they can have sex with. Hundreds of sex crimes committed on people don't get the Sheriff's attention, but just let someone try to fuck a dog!
And, of course, he's also got time to look into President Obama's birth certificate. That's right, a county sheriff in Arizona, of all places, has taken it upon himself to keep the Orly Taitz train wreck on the rails. And why not? After all, Arizona is the state whose legislature passed a Birther Bill last year, only to see it vetoed by Jan Brewer in a fit of sanity, because she didn't like the provision that allowed presidential candidates to use a circumcision certificate to verify their birthplace. The Governor considered that too icky, so the legislature is back this year with a new penis-free version (sponsored by Rep. Seel, who spoke about "integrity" at today's presser). Yep, it's all about the economy here.
Today, then, Sheriff Joe Arpaio released his long-awaiting findings to the press. According to New Times, here is what Arpaio told Hot Air in anticipation of his press conference:
"There is new evidence that can prove fraud, forgery and other criminal offenses, I am not accusing the President of committing such acts but these are not just allegations. There are a lot of smoke screens and a lot of smoke. Where there's smoke, there's fire"
The press conference is still going on, and you can watch the carnival of stupidity at the link on the front page. I could only watch for a while, the fruitcake's gone full birther. What I'd like to know is, as a Maricopa County taxpayer,
why the fuck is my county sheriff doing this?
Who authorized the funding for this obviously time-consuming probe? While crime here increases, our law officers are investigating
this nonsense?! The rape of little girls goes uninvestigated while Arpaio spends money and time on race-baiting crapola. The Sheriff said, "That's my job." No, it's not.
And can you guys just stop making Arizona the asshole of the nation for one second?