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Well a big “YIPPIE YIO KIYAH” to Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Apraio!

It seems Sheriff Joe has run afoul of the only camera and publicity hound more voracious than the Reverend Jesse Jackson, the Reverend Al Sharpton. Apparently the good reverend, who last I knew was a resident of New York, feels the need to stick his nose and Jheri Curls into the sheriffing business of Maricopa County Arizona.

Sharpton and his pals at ACORN and the NAACP have their public service undies in a bundle over how the sheriff and his department are addressing the illegal immigration situation in their county. Sheriff Joe and his men are making regular sweeps through the county in an effort to round up illegal aliens and deport them back to Mexico. Sharpton and his crew see this as a perfect opportunity to garner some much needed attention and are charging the sheriff and his deputies with racial profiling, police brutality and human rights violations. In a recent news conference Sharpton threatened to bring the wrath of Al onto Maricopa County this June with a bevy of public protests attended by hundreds of bused in protesters if the sheriff does not resign immediately. Sharpton was joined in his circus display by ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, leaders from the NAACP and other well-known civil rights leaders. Jesse Jackson was not present as he was probably home kicking himself for not thinking of this stunt first.

Sheriff Joe made public the letter he wrote to Sharpton in response to his allegations. In the letter the sheriff suggested Sharpton come and meet with him directly so he could lay out for him the facts that to date Sharpton hasn’t bothered to pay attention to. The letter made clear that Sheriff Joe wasn’t about to step down nor was he likely to stop his roundups. The Sheriff cited the state laws regarding illegal immigration and noted that as long as these laws are on the books it was his job to enforce them. “You can parachute into town, stomp your feet up and down and hold more news conferences against me, this is a hallmark of our democracy too, but you will not stop nor slow me down for one second from doing what is right.” At his press conference Sheriff Joe said of the good reverend “He must be living in a fantasy land, but Arizona can use some extra tourist money, so come on down.”

Obviously Sheriff Joe realizes that if Sharpton and ACORN bring 200 protesters CNN will probably send 200 correspondents to cover it.

But all those interested in heading to Arizona in June to protest against the sheriff and his men may want to take a glance at the news coming out of that part of the world. You see a young Mexican chap named Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman recently held his own little conference in Sonoita, Mexico. His was not to notify the press of an upcoming publicity stunt. Rather his was to inform his henchmen that they needed to step up the use of deadly force in protecting their drug shipments into Arizona.

Guzman who controls one of the largest drug cartel armies in Mexico has become even more brazen since the alleged “crackdown” by Mexican authorities. Perhaps it is partly because the President of the United States and his Secretary of State have blamed America for the rampant increase in drugs being smuggled across our southern border. Regardless of the reason old El Chapo isn’t going to let other drug smugglers or the Border Patrol or Sheriff Joe and his deputies disturb this cash cow without spilling some blood. Guzman has made it clear that the old method of ditching the drugs and running for cover will no longer be tolerated. It’s shoot em up time in Arizona. The homicide rate in the border towns on the Mexico side have risen 100 times what they were just 5 years ago. Maybe that may have Sheriff Joe and his men a little on edge when it comes to illegal aliens.

Oh sure, the sheriff could just sit back and say “Well hell, I guess we had it coming” like the message coming out of Washington DC. But the 4 million people of Maricopa County have entrusted Sheriff Joe Apraio for the last 20 years and elected him to be their sheriff to serve and protect. And Sheriff Joe isn’t about to let them down.

So Big Al Sharpton, bring ACORN, bring the NAACP, bring your paid protest professionals and take that trip to Maricopa County. Just bring some spending money to help the economy and try not to get caught up in the deadly crossfire of those whose rights you are so pretentiously trying to defend.

And if you find yourself in a situation with some of El Chapo’s band of baleful banditos you can give Sheriff Joe a call. I’m guessing he’ll be there to save you.