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Lady Gaga refuses to boycott Arizona, urges protest of SB 1070
Lady Gaga refused to cancel her concert in Phoenix on Saturday (July 31) over the state's controversial new immigration laws.
Performers including Kanye West, Rage Against the Machine and Maroon 5 have all boycotted the state.
But according to the British paper, the Sun, Gaga told the audience why she refused and how she feels about the controversial Senate Bill 1070: "I got a phone call from a couple of really big rock n rollers, big pop stars, big rappers. They said, 'We'd like you to boycott Arizona because of SB 1070.'
"And I said, 'Do you really think that us dumb f****** pop stars are going to collapse the economy of Arizona? I'll tell you what we have to do about SB 1070. We have to be active. We have to actively protest."
Gaga then issued what amounted to a battle cry against the discriminatory new state immigration law.
"The nature of the Monster Ball is to actively protest prejudice and injustice and the bulls*** that is put on our society... because you're a superstar no matter who you are or where you've come from - and you were born that way.
"I will not cancel my show. I will yell and I will scream louder and I will hold you, and we will hold each other, and we will protest this state.
"Do not be afraid. Because if it wasn't for all of you immigrants, this country wouldn't have s***. And I mean it. I mean it so deeply in my soul."
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I am so sick of these people saying bad things about Arizona. No, I I'm not from there. Arizona is doing what this country should have done a long time ago, before it got this bad. Yes, the immigrants did build this country, and I also am very grateful for that, BUT everyone seems to be leaving out ONE VERY IMPORTANT DETAIL. They were all LEGAL!!!! They came to this country through the front door, inspected and paid there dues. Why don't these people get it through their heads, that Illegal immigrants are mainly what's wrong with this country today. They come here, work for cash, don't pay taxes, and get welfare checks to take back to mexico. Then force true American citizens to speak their language. If we went there, we couldn't force them to speak English. They complain about their rights, Rights are earned by those willing to become a true citizen of this country. It used to be that you had to learn English to become a citizen, NOW the give the oath in spanish. This is has gotten really ridiculous. WAKE UP AMERICA!!! They are ILLEGAL!!! They are the one we are complaining about. The legal ones are perfectly fine in my book.
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Warped tour with more than 50 bands did NOT boycott Arizona, and it included PETA and Amnesty International Illegals are Illegals Obey the LAW and wait your turn to be admitted to the USA!!!
"Do not be afraid. Because if it wasn't for all of you immigrants, this country wouldn't have s***. And I mean it. I mean it so deeply in my soul."
I hate when pop-stars become social commentators. If only they were "immigrants." Immigrants are people who leave their lives behind, wait in long lines at Ellis Island to get their name changed, and they don't mind because they're so excited to become Americans, on OUR terms. That's not what the AZ law is about or against. There's another word for people who sneak in past our borders under cover of darkness, plant their flag on our soil, and send our wealth back to their country of origin. They're called "invaders," and when the government fails to keep them out, it's time for a new government.
My guess is celebs who boycott AZ can forget ever going there ever again, they just lost a bunch of CD buying fans in AZ.
It used to be the home of the free and the brave but now we have our good presiden obama to change that to the weak the cowards who cant earn their way in and the illegals...wow what a president... Our country is going to hell because of this man...America stand up against these liberals, protect our borders stop the race for socialism, stop planting your flags in our country, start speaking our language, start going to our churches, stop asking us to change our law to muslem laws, quit trying to make your own communities join ours, respect our values our morals and our laws.....
"House Bill 2013" and "SB1070"
0 = Arizona
2 = USA/ Our Constitution/ We the People of the United States
We are a country that is ruled by the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, not by the majority of the day. When you do not know the principles in these documents, therein lays the problem in losing when you are challenged in court.
This month of July 2010, our U.S. Federal courts have found the so called State of Arizona hate filled legislation namely "House Bill 2013" and "SB1070" Un-constitution (So much for the intellect of Jan Brewer, "Did you read the bills you signed?"). But we all know that they will go crying to the Supreme Court of the United States, please, please, please go. We will fight you in Arizona, any other state, and yes in Washington DC. We will not tire, we will not be silent and we will persevere, I promise you.
In my opinion the Republican Party has been taken over the most extreme of clans; the Baggers, Birthers and Blowhards (people who love to push their beliefs and hate on others while trying to take away the rights of those they just hate) and that's who they need to extract from their party if they real want to win in November. Good Luck, because as they said in WACO, "We Ain't Coming Out".
It's all about politics: Jan Brewer you were never elected to be Governor, but you have no problem trying to get elected on the back of undocumented workers, you loser (sure you may win but the long-term effects to your so called State is just beginning). Here is a partial list of your hate filled legislation;
1. S.B. 1070,
2. House Bill 2013
3. No permit conceal weapons law,
4. The famous Birthers law,
5. Banning Ethnic studies law,
6. Could she be behind the Mural in Prescott, Arizona, ordered to be whiten,
7. On deck to pass, no citizenship to babies born to undocumented workers,
8. If she can read she should look up Arizona's House Bill 2779 from two years ago (which was un-constitution and failed when legally challenged),
9. The boycotted Martin Luther King Day, what idiots don't want another holiday? Yes, you guessed it Arizona.
Well Arizona, you can keep boycotting new holidays, passing hate filled legislation and the rest of our country will continue to challenge you in court of law and Boycott your so-called state.
Lets face it, no one can real believe anything that comes out of Brewer's mouth, in an interview, this year, in an attempt to gain sympathy, she first said her father had died in Germany fighting the Nazi in World War II (which ended 1945) but of course we find out the truth that father was never in Germany and died in California in 1955. But we are suppose to believe everything else she says, right!
As they say in the World Cup: Gooooooooal!
She apparently doesn't realize that a majority of the people in the country support AZ's law.