WHAT PART OF A HORSES ANATOMY IS JOE ARPAIO?
We are always thrilled by the sight of armed men on horseback. The Lone Ranger. Tom Mix. Clint Eastwood. We love them all. And now just the sight of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s posse members at our shopping centers brings a sense of the Old West’s romanticism back into our humdrum lives. These days, just to see and hear the horses depositing their droppings on the walkways of our malls at such a great rate is even more romantic. We feel proud just to be part of Sheriff Arpaio’s great cowboy soap opera. “Who are those men, Momma?” a young child asked the other day at Park Central Mall. “Why are they on those horses?” “They are members of the sheriff’s posse,” was the answer. “They’re here to protect us from any bad men who would rob us.” “What are the horses doing?” the little boy asked. “Right now, they are going to the bathroom,” his mother said. “Horses do that all the time.” There was great confusion. Pedestrians were bounding, hopping and recoiling at full tilt in an effor