I have been watching the news recently, and I have to tell you that the more I read; the more confused I become. Over the last year or so we have seen conservatives bemoan the fact that the Obama administration has made efforts to ensure that health insurance coverage is available to all Americans. Those efforts resulted in the health care bill which created a mandate. Conservatives complained that government was getting too big, getting itself involved into areas that it shouldn't and that we were now becoming a Socialist state by forcing everyone to buy health care coverage. Given the emphasis on the "freedom from" aspect of liberty, I thought that on any given issue, conservatives would be embracing that analysis on a myriad of political issues of the day. But was I wrong. In a surprising turnaround, the Governor of Arizona signed into law a new bill that would require everyone to "carry papers". At any given point, law enforcement could stop you, ask you for
These are the meandering thoughts of a smart and competent woman.