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"Toughest Sheriff in America," Joe Arpaio is being investigated for abusing his powers as a sheriff in his efforts to curb repetitive criminal behavior and illegal immigration in Arizona. He has gained attention - and a certain degree of notoriety - for his tough jail policies and for advocating and enforcing strict immigration policies.

The Associated Press, in their journalistic glory, has reported that Arpaio and his deputies racially profile people while performing immigration sweeps (yeah, try and figure out how they came to that conclusion). In addition, they allege (though I am pretty sure he is guilty of this) that Arpaio has targeted areas with a heavy Latino population during some of his sweeps. Mind you, Arizona is a border state with Mexico to the south.

So, should he evenly space out all his sweeps throughout his entire county, in despite of demographics? Look people, if I am looking for apples, I am going to go to the apple orchard.

Now, I am not trying to argue for or against any of Arpaio's policies/actions. It just cracks me up when we read a report "alleging" that someone is acting inappropriately when clearly he is just acting efficiently and therefore - perhaps more importantly - financially sound.

In other news... New Jersey's Senate recently voted against the legalization of gay marraige in The Garden State. That makes the country-wide count 5 states in favor, 30 against -- unless you want to count California twice.