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struggle4progress

(118,356 posts) Tue May 22, 2012, 04:19 PM May 2012

Arpaio goons sent to Hawaii for important birther investigation

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:57 PM UTC
A member of Sheriff Joe's "posse" and a deputy search for the birth certificate we've all seen
By Alex Pareene

Joe Arpaio ... has been hard at work investigating whether the president of the United States is an American citizen, which the president is, case closed. Or rather, case closed for people who don’t make a living stoking racist paranoia. For Arpaio, the more evidence we have that Barack Obama’s biography is precisely what he’s always said it is, the stronger the likelihood that this conspiracy goes all the way to the top. So now he’s got his agents traipsing around Hawaii, trying to stir up trouble ...

A deputy from Arpaio’s “threats unit” and “posse” member Michael Zullo arrived at the Hawaii Department of Health Monday demanding proof of the existence of a document we’ve all now seen a thousand times ...

Zullo is the guy who, along with crackpot author Jerome Corsi, “proved” at a recent Arpaio press conference that the president’s long-form birth certificate is a forgery, because of pixels. TPM also notes that the Maricopa County sheriff’s office’s “Threats Management Unit” was previously best known for smearing and intimidating one of Arpaio’s electoral challengers.

I think we have long since passed the point at which I’d find this story believable in a fictional setting, so, sure, why not have two crack detectives flashing their worthless Maricopa County badges at the Hawaii Department of Health ...

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/22/arpaio_goons_sent_to_hawaii_for_important_birther_investigation/singleton/

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Arpaio goons sent to Hawaii for important birther investigation (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2012 OP

Are Arizona taxpayers funding this? Cleita May 2012 #1

If it sucks money out of Arpaio's budget... krispos42 May 2012 #5

I think that's what's happening. Cleita May 2012 #6

Yes, but he claims his 'posse' will pay them back muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #8

Train wreck alert. Be sure you have some Ben-Gay in your first aid kit. n/t EFerrari May 2012 #2

I think Arpaio may, at long last, have overplayed his hand. phantom power May 2012 #3

I suspect the words “Threats Management Unit” unleashed this ad in my browser ... GeorgeGist May 2012 #4

Check their papers. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #7

Send them to Kenya to look for the "real" birth certificate. Cleita May 2012 #9

I was thinking, don't let them off the plane. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #10

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

1. Are Arizona taxpayers funding this?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 04:22 PM

May 2012

Seems like a way to get a vacation in Hawaii on the taxpayer's dime.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

5. If it sucks money out of Arpaio's budget...

Reply to Cleita (Reply #1)

Tue May 22, 2012, 05:10 PM

May 2012

...I'll go to Hawaii and look for Obama's BC.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

6. I think that's what's happening.

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #5)

Tue May 22, 2012, 05:16 PM

May 2012

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VACATION! And if it's out of his budget, it's still taxpayer's money. I would like it better if it's right out of his pocket, then I will join you in Hawaii looking for Obama's BC, snorkeling in the reefs, surfing on the waves, and at the bar around the pool.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,368 posts)

8. Yes, but he claims his 'posse' will pay them back

Reply to Cleita (Reply #1)

Tue May 22, 2012, 06:56 PM

May 2012

though not for the time the deputy should have been doing a real job:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's volunteer investigation into documents pertaining to President Barack Obama's residency status now includes the services of a taxpayer-funded deputy, according to Arpaio.
...
Arpaio has in the past touted the investigation's total reliance on donated funds and volunteers, but the investigation now requires the use of a sworn deputy.
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The Sheriff's Office also had to cover the costs of airfare and hotel rooms for the deputy, Arpaio said, but he expects the posse to reimburse the agency for those costs.

The detective assigned to the Obama investigation works in the sheriff's threats unit, and continues to work on other cases while assisting with the posse's investigation, according to the Sheriff's Office.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/05/21/20120521arpaio-obama-birth-funding.html

Arpaio should be in jail himself for stealing taxpayer money, it looks.