Ask yourself this question and think about it when you do: "Is it now illegal to oppose illegal immigration?" Has our own government abandoned respect for the law and therefore, respect for our country? Is that why lawless groups like Acorn think they can run amuck, trample our values and make a sham of our right to vote? Is fear of racial profiling more important than our Constitution?

Why are we even debating the issue about whether or not illegal aliens are illegal — whether or not they should be given the same rights as legal immigrants and citizens born in this country? Well! Here's another something you can put in your pipe and smoke! Keep in mind that what affects one of us — affects all of us.

The Arizona/Mexico border is now even more vulnerable as Feds buckle under pressure from the ACLU, labor, religious and pro-immigrant groups because of, you guessed it, fears of racial profiling. I say, "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is definitely NOT a mongoose! We might want to find out what a mongoose is doing in the duck pond!"

That's what the controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona has been doing — checking the duck pond. His jail-screening efforts helped catch nearly 30,000 illegal immigrants since a special program, known as 287(g), began in February 2007. His street level enforcement that has been a deterrent, also helped catch more illegals.

Next to Mexico City, Phoenix, once a desert paradise, is now the kidnapping capitol of the world with almost 400 kidnappings last year. Phoenix law enforcement has been quoted as saying that the city is now “”ground zero”" for the violent Mexican and Latin American drug cartels who have moved north through Mexico into the United States. There has been a 325% increase in kidnapping for ransom cases in Maricopa County since 2005. Many victims are women and children targeted as hostages and held for ransom. If you think it isn't going to spread, you're wrong. Nevada has seen an increase in this kind of illegal activity and no doubt other areas as well.

Yet democrats in Congress and some republicans fail to protect our borders.

If you are looking for a hero in the middle of this mess, there is "Sheriff Joe," the outspoken, play-it-by-the-book, prisoners-wear-pink-underwear lawman who makes a lot of people in Maricopa County, where 50% of Arizona's population lives, feel safer. When he or his men stop a "Coyote" suspect with a van full of Latin American look-alikes, is that outrageous? Should it be forbidden under the guise of racial profiling? Evidently the Feds think so.

Part of the sheriff's success has been an agreement authorizing him and his deputies to act as federal immigration agents on the streets, but late yesterday the new agreement says he can continue to check immigration status for those booked into county jails, but that does not extend to street enforcement.

This makes the ACLU very happy as indicated by a reported statement in the Arizona Republic. Spokesperson, Alessandra Soler Meetze said, "He's not going to be able to arrest people for those kind of routine civil-immigration violations."

Please tell me what is routine about 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 illegal aliens entering this country annually, an escalating drug problem, growing numbers of kidnappings and fear in American cities? To those who say illegals are peaceful people, look at the facts. Of course some are peaceful and just want a better life. But do it legally!

And what about this "spin" by the Arizona Republic that claims they analyzed arrest records from 10 of the sheriff's crime-suppression operations which showed that more than half the illegal immigrants arrested during the sweeps were held on federal immigration violations and hadn't committed another crime. Isn't being an illegal immigrant a crime?

The Sheriff has been dubbed everything from a white supremacist to a fascist and a racist — some of the same names American's who protest big government are called.

You have to love Sheriff Joe who said, "It looks like they're taking away my authority on the streets for political reasons, They don't have the guts and the courtesy to even come back and say in writing, 'We are not going to continue.' " He also said that the deal requires the approval of the county Board of Supervisors, which meets on Wednesday, the last meeting before the deadline.

If you live in Maricopa County (and even if you don't), support Sheriff Joe and his efforts to keep at least one part of this country safer. Please E-mail all the Supervisors. Tell them to support Sheriff Joe. Use this link and click on one or all of the districts for e-mail addresses. 

Now ask yourself this question: Is it too late to save America, our freedoms and the Constitution? Are we turning into a lawless country without hope? Not yet, but our work has just begun. Let's vote the radicals out of office. Watch for "Annie's Lists" coming soon to this blog.Watch this Lou Dobbs report on Sheriff Joe from 2007.