Latest News and Comment from Education

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Gov. Jan Brewer Has A Mind Of Her Own … Kinda | The Jose Vilson

Gov. Jan Brewer Has A Mind Of Her Own … Kinda | The Jose Vilson

Gov. Jan Brewer Has A Mind Of Her Own … Kinda

Let’s ignore for a second that Arizona has been the hot bed for ultra-conservative rogue policy for the last few years, and still hasn’t done a thing about those undocumented immigrants imprisoned in what networks would have us believe are cushy, metallic lounges. Gov. Jan Brewer, whose administration has been lauded for her right-wing activist stance against the wishes of the federal government, did two things today towards providing evidence to the rest of us that she’s not completely insane.

First, she vetoed a bill that would ensure that any presidential candidate would have to show their birth certificate in order to have their names submitted on the state’s ballot, also dubbed the “birther bill.” I already had a hard time with the word “birther” because it assumes that anyone who doesn’t have a birth certificate actually decided not to be born, but reluctantly did so because their mom needed space. I’m also troubled by the idea that, in a