A new perspective on the Arizona “Paper’s Please” law… Sonoran Desert outside Tucson, AZ
[Editors Note: The following is copy/pasted from my E-Mail inbox. A friend forwarded it to me and I thought it was worth sharing, even if I detest the way Arizona is going about fixing the problem. Please spread the word!]
Subject: AZ Sonoran Desert outside Tucson, AZ
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 19:53:02 -0700
This is sooooo awful.......and sooooo sad!
Enjoy the view!!! AZ Sonoran Desert outside Tucson, AZ
Where in the hell is the SIERRA CLUB on this???
Hey everyone out there!
The people in Arizona, know you're boycotting us -- but you really should come out here and see our Beautiful Sonoran Desert.
It's just gorgeous right now! We know you'd love it and maybe you can share what you saw with the rest of the country so they can love it too!
This is on an 'illegal super - highway' from Mexico to the USA (Tucson) used by human smugglers.
This area is located in a wash, approximately 1.5 miles long, just south of Tucson, Arizona. If a flood came, all this would be washed to the river and then onto the sea!
It is estimated over 5,000 discarded backpacks are in this wash. Countless water containers, food wrappers, clothing, feces, including thousands of soiled baby diapers. And as you can see in this picture, fresh footprints leading right into it.
As we kept walking down the wash, we thought for sure it was going to end, but around every corner was more and more trash!
And of course the trail leading out of the wash in our city, heads directly NORTH to Tucson, then leads to your town tomorrow.
They've already come through here. Isn't Arizona just beautiful, America?
Why would you boycott us???
Our desert has basically been turned into a landfill.
The trash left behind by people illegally crossing our border is another Environmental Disaster to hit the USA.
If these actions had been done in one of our Northwest Forests or Seashore National Parks areas, there would be an uprising of the American people.....but this is the Arizona-Mexican border.
You won't see these pictures on CNN, ABC, NBC or the Arizona Republic Repugnant newspaper. Nor will they mention the disease that comes from the uncovered human waste left in our desert.
However, with respect to CNN, ABC & NBC, they do offer us "Special Reports" on cheating celebrity spouses....
This information needs to be seen by the rest of the country.
Ask and you shall receive
A short note for today... "Ask and you shall receive."
Aside from the usual BS of people saying that "you can't get what you don't ask for" ... implying that you should be asking for ridiculous discounts or something, I have to admit that I find the concept of "ask and you shall receive," to be true. I say this because I recently was going through my quickbooks reminders and saw that I had over $800 in overdue invoices.
Take a minute to laugh... I know that seems like nothing to you, but it is a lot for a company that is 99% COD, and seeing a major slow down in the last week.
So after looking through it, I found a few customers never mailed a check, a few others I was supposed to send an invoice to, etc. In any case, 5 minutes later I had a short and "nice" template letter that stated that I hadn't seen the customers payment yet, and asking them to please mail a check or call to pay with a credit card.
The best part... Of the 5 companies I faxed it to, 1 has already paid... no less than 2 hours later. Now to see what happens tomorrow.