Next up from Arizona: How about Governor Joe Arpaio?
If you think things are getting crazy in Arizona, just wait. They're just getting started.
As Adam Weinstein at Mother Jones reports, Crazy Sheriff Joe Arpaio is getting set to run for Gov. Jan Brewer's seat.
And he's already the runaway favorite for the GOP nomination:
He made arresting Latinos fashionable and, after many run-ins with the feds over such practices, was likely the main inspiration behind Arizona's new immigration code. In short, Brewer felt she had to sign last week's immigration bill, because she felt Arpaio's breath on her neck. She had to appear as tough on brown people as Arpaio does, lest he decide to challenge her in the GOP primary.
So she signed it. And guess what? Arpaio's still going to run against her. Sources in the sheriff's department, which will likely double as his campaign staff (no new thing there), say his paperwork's filed. And on his Twitter account - where you can read about his Washington Post interview today, or his "crime suppression/illegal immigration" operations briefings, or his anger about "out of town critics" - he recently tweeted that his wife wants him to run. And he's already the frontrunner in Arizona Republicans' minds.
So why not run? What does he have to fear? Latino turnout in the Phoenix metro area? Problem solved!
Here, then, is to Arizona: one of the prettiest states in the union, soon to be the first breakaway republic in the new confederacy of Inner America.
According to the Tucson Sentinel, current polling shows him handily beating Brewer:
Although Arpaio, the Maricopa County Sheriff, is not running for governor, he is by far the most popular Republican in the state.
Likely primary voters view him favorably at 70 percent, to only 22 percent with a negative opinion, and he leads Brewer 33-25 as a prospective candidate.
All this news was put in perspective, perhaps, by the neo-Nazis from the National Socialist Movement who showed up today at an Arpaio press event -- he was announcing his handpicked nominee for the county prosecutor's spot -- and told reporters:
"Sheriff Joe is endorsing this candidate, and we feel strongly to support Sheriff Joe and his actions," the man said, "particularly with the illegal immigration situation here in Maricopa County and in our state."
As you can see from the report, Arpaio plans to announce his intentions in the governor's race today.
Both Arpaio and his puppet denied having anything to do with the NSM's presence; Arpaio even hinted that they had been sent out by opponents to try and discredit him politically.
But that doesn't exactly wash, particularly not in Sheriff Joe's case. Because Arpaio has been all too happy to court support from outright neo-Nazis in the past. Check out the video below, from a year ago:
As you can see, Arpaio can't claim ignorance: the men he posed with were displaying neo-Nazi flags and symbols. A little further down the road, he did the same thing with a group of people openly waving a Confederate flag.
Indeed, Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times uncovered a working relationship between Arpaio's office and a clutch of local neo-Nazis.
Meanwhile, if you want to get an idea of the Arpaio approach to governance -- a preview of his governorship, as it were -- all you have to do is look at his record:
-- As Sheriff, his emphasis on immigration has gutted his office's ability to enforce the law, especially when it comes to investigating violent crime.
-- His office has been under steady legal attack (which has proved extremely costly) for rampant racial profiling and assorted civil rights violations, such as the time he forced a legal immigrant to give birth in shackles.
-- If you have the audacity to criticize him at public meetings, his deputies will arrest you.
-- Indeed, all of his critics, both in the press and in public office, have found themselves arrested by Arpaio's deputies -- a practice that has produced an FBI corruption investigation into his practices.
-- The ongoing DOJ investigation into all of these matters finally prompted ICE to strip him of all immigration enforcement powers.
Yep, looks like Arizona Republicans have another winner on their hands. A Governor Arpaio -- who does a mighty fine George Wallace imitation -- will complete the transformation of Arizona into an Old South segregationist state.
AZ - can it get any more crazy? (obviously YES)
Great piece - I wonder if people wish they had nailed Ron Paul for his racist WPWW BS and drummed him out of politics for his racist associations? Maybe keeping that little racist jerk is office paved the way for more and bigger racists?
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
I am about fed up with this god damn state. I'm about ready to get the hell out of here.
Git 'er done!
I just pray he doesn't win. Then the police state is fully realized... :(
and Arizona will become a third-world dictatorship, right here in the U.S.of A. It's looking more and more like the state will need U.N. election observers in November. Expect to see those armed neo-Nazis patrolling the polling places.
Arizona, the state moving backward as fast as possible. Plan your vacation for Arizona and take the ride into the past in our time machine at Arpaio World.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I wish these Arizona and Texas would leave. They will start a civil war if they get any crazier. Get it over with and let the rest of us live in the 21 century
Diane
I expect to see guns at all the polling places. Taser torture by the cops is going to really get out of control. The ignorant racists of Arizona couldn't be happier.
Where the hell are the Blues Brothers when we really need 'em? Effin'
IllinoisArizona Nazis. I hate Arizona Nazis.But the real question is: will the media make as big a deal of armed neo-Nazis at a poling place as they did of two black guys with berets?
"White men, white women, the swastika is calling YOU!"
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Diabolus est Deus Inversus
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Divine Right of Kings (1600's); Divine Right of Corporations (2011)
and look at the poll numbers. The RWA followers will come out now that they have an SDO leader, don't we need one who'll stomp the rot out from our great nation?.
Actually, that is one of the questions in the Right Wing Authoritarian scale, those that agree are much more likely to act out violently against a perceived threat than any other personality type.
I am sure Fox news will put everything into perspective for us!
http://www.theauthoritarians.com
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
The nasty secret about AZ traces back to 2000 when the state (under then Sec of State now governor) was the backup plan for the Florida election debacle. Thousands of Mexican American citizens were purged from the voting rolls and the effort continues. American citizens of Mexican ancestry are emerging a political bloc that threatens the white old boys and girls with rifles far more than poor people braving the border.
Good thing we finally got mail-in ballots, that will make the gop heads spin if enough people pass at the polls and just mail their votes in directly. BTW--I'm an escapee from Huffpost, they're awarding "badges" now to posters who flag the most comments, very sad, but something Joke Arpaio would undoubtedly wish he thought of first.
I see I'm not missing anything.,,
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
actually, I never started. I've looked in, but really, the place pretty much sucks.
me-oww!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Government should represent the people, so Arizona deserves only the best it can offer.
I fully support this candidacy!
JOE! JOE! JOE! JOE!!
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
Joe Stalin?
Stalin, Arpaio, Plumber...what's the diff?
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
would be preferable...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Sheriff Joe ,
wind up like Henrey Plumber
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
will Arpaio relax the sentences for white boys manufacturing methamphetamine locally? Just seems "un-American" to continue to smuggle the shit over the border when it could be made right here in the good ol' US of A...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
"Put dispenser here!"
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_1F0_20mE
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Interesting how many posts here criticize recent activities in Arizona, and then procede to lump everyone that lives in Arizona (and Texas, and other states) into the same pot. That's fine, but just consider your criticism of other's behavior in that context - some Arizonians hate all Mexicans, so I hate all Arizonians. Very liberal and progressive.
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
against Arizonans for being Arizonans. You have a false equivalency there.
I've never seen change without a fire
rather, they're only hoping that we leave the union.
"I wish these Arizona and Texas would leave. They will start a civil war if they get any crazier. Get it over with and let the rest of us live in the 21 century"
No reason for the progressives in these states to feel like shit because of how our brothers and sisters are ready to just be rid of all of us because the nuts are running the state in the ground, now is there...?
I've said it before, when I lived abroad and heard people dismissing the entire United States because "we" elected Bush and Americans are so ignorant and just a bunch of war-mongers, I found it unfair and far too general. But, when people do the same intranationally and abandon their progressive brothers and sisters, there's no problem with that. It's must easier to just quip that we should leave the union (secession or by forceful removal by those who hate AZ and TX?) rather than actively engage the problem and do everything possible to bolster those of us who are here and fighting the good fight...
than try to find a real, viable solution :(
Now that I think of it, they are a lot like the anti-immigration nuts. Nowadays, whenever someone disagrees with you it seems the only solution is to throw the baby out with the bathwater and go about your angry way...
your state right now doesn't mean that no one wants real immigration reform. It should be obvious that the Latino community and our allies want real reform that is fair to everyone. Passing vicious legislation that keeps Latinos of all statuses afraid to be in Arizona is not immigration reform. It's race baiting, and until your state learns that, people are going to be pissed off at AZ.
I've never seen change without a fire
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understand why people consider Arizona a pariah state right now. (Emphasis on "right now," things could change).
I'm a Latina and I can't visit your state until it shapes up because I could be profiled. Comparing that to angry remarks about Arizonans made off the cuff that don't mean much is whiny and it makes me furious.
Everytime you whine about "anti-Arizonan" bigotry that has no bite and doesn't even exist really, you are enabling the racists in your state.
I've never seen change without a fire
I also defended this country and pointed out that MANY people here did not agree with Bushco and that the neocons had hijacked the government. I understood people's anger, but that still didn't make it right for them to vilify an ENTIRE country despite how valid their complaints are. Many of my Europeans friends liked to point out that "we elected Bush" so they had a right to be mad at all Americans, but I called them on that bullshit and pointed out that they need to use a scalpel when applying their rage to the problem, not a freaking blunt axe.
What does being angry, off the cuff or not, have to do with solving the problem? All it does it make me feel like I am alone here, that even progressives are abandoning the cause, and that when the shit really hits the fan, we have nobody to rely on because all of you will just be bitching and moaning from the peanut gallery because whenever we spoke up and asked for support against these fascists fuckers (instead of derision) we got your fury instead...
*You* won't be profiled. *You* won't even be kicked out of the Union!
*Your* whining about anti-Arizona people is petty in comparison to what the Latino communities in Arizona will suffer because of this law.
I've never seen change without a fire
but, I am somebody in the state who can do SOMETHING to promote change, but when I look to a broader population of support (because it's frankly lacking here) all I see is anger and vindictiveness. It's hard to be inspired to take up an impossible fight when those on your side are cutting you down right alongside with your foes. And, honestly, without ME and without people like ME doing whatever we can, it's almost certain that the profiling and racism you claim to hate so much will go unchecked.
My freaking point is that lumping us in the racists demoralizes us, it takes away any hope we have of feeling supported and like somebody, somewhere has our backs. And if you really think things are going to get better here when the few moderate whites within the community are so depressed they don't stand up for what is right (because the outside world shuns them and ostracizes them right along with the rest of the bastards), then you're nuts. Things will not get better here until liberals within the state and OUTSIDE of the state focus their anger on those it deserves to be focused upon, not painting everybody with a broad brush of hatred.
Latino communities over there are worried about harassment, intimidation, false arrest, deportation, etc. etc. on and on.
Some perspective please.
I've never seen change without a fire
it is much deeper than feelings, and the fact that many of you fail to see that this isn't just an issue for Latinos is what is troubling. This is a fight that whites are in too, we are risking something, and I know I will lose nothing (unless some nazi fucks get me somehow), but to trivialize the risk that some of us take and expect us to just sit back and twiddle our thumbs when you lump us in with the racists who live here and the very people we are fighting, whatever...
some perspective:
I did not feel it was petty when 15-20 skinheads were looking me over, taking my picture, recording me, and sizing me up. When laws like these get started, we ALL face harassment, intimidation, false arrest, deportation, etc.
You are right that I won't face it by default like a Latino would. That is a very big difference and I acknowledge it. But that doesn't change the fact that there are many people here who are NOT latino and who have concerns about this law that are far from "petty." To me, that very attitude, that my concerns are petty because what I stand to lose is so much less than what latinos stand to lose is asinine. Don't you understand that if ANY of us are losing ANY thing, whether by our actions/race/religion/whatever, it is WRONG and we should not be marginalized and called racists because we don't meet your specifications of those who will suffer "enough" to deserve your sympathy.
everytime people make these outlandish comments that have "no bite" and all, it enables the racists in this state because the already outnumbered and marginalized left here feel completely cornered and alone. How about you target your rage on specific groups and people, not a whole generalization that pulls the rug out from those of us who are actually living here, day to day, fighting in whatever ways we can to fix this. I do a helluva lot more here than some of you who just want to spout anger and cut us down, and if you don't want to support those of us who are fighting the good fight, then the problem only gets worse. That is a fact. I know many liberals here who are stunned by how vitriolic the rhetoric directed at the ENTIRE state and its ENTIRE population has been.
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I've never seen change without a fire
it is necessary for people to paint everybody with a broad brush instead of using focused attacks against those who deserve it. Isn't the rage, the anger, the hatred better placed when focused against those who support this law and pass it? I just feel like it is very damaging for "progressives" to hate the entire state and ALL of its people when many of us here are part of the solution (but damnit, I don't see how you're going to motivate people to put themselves in real bodily danger when all they see from their own side is a bunch of negative comments about everybody here, as if even those of us who are progressives are just as bad as the racists).
And you like to point out that I won't be profiled? Oh really? When I went to marches this week, and went to a candlelight vigils, you think the skin heads over on the other side of the street weren't taking note of me, this blond haired, blue eyed, almost albino guy walking with the "no good darkies?" You think I wasn't risking anything when they video taped me, have my face on camera, and I stood out far more than the majority of the people who were around me? You know, those racists bastards could follow me home, or to my car, or beat the shit out of me or worse because I am "collaborator" or "sympathizer" or whatever they wanna call it. But, yeah, I guess in your world nobody risks anything unless they are directly targeted by this law.
This shit is sad, forget it. Go on hating. You have every right. It's just destructive and makes me wonder why the fuck I even try and put my own personal safety at risk when the people I count as allies find the best use of their time is to quip that the state and its people should just leave the union already. Progressives here have been outnumbered with our backs to the wall FOREVER, and sites like this were one of the few sources of encouragement and solidarity that I've been able to find (save some local anarchist coalitions that are pretty disorganized and small in number). I guess you'd all rather rage though because, rightfully so, this state "deserves it."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege
I've never seen change without a fire
I am not saying that whites are not privileged or that I don't have it 10000000% times better than any minority in this state. I am a white male, enough said.
But, why are you implying it? Why are you implying that I think such? I just don't get it.
And I noticed you didn't even acknowledge that there are some of us, YES WHITE!!!, who are taking real risks by going to marches and vigils. I don't fucking appreciate reading your bullshit wikipedia link about "White Privilege" when just two or three days ago I had probalby 15-20 neo nazi fucks taking my picture and recording me on video cam while I walked in solidarity with latinos against this madness.
Like I said, go ahead and just rage all you want. You're totally right. We're all racists here and this state is a total lost cause. It's better to just kick us out of the union and be rid of the problem. The people who live here are all crazy. We get what we deserve for voting these kind of whackos in office. The only people who stand to lose anything in this are Latinos. I mean, who the fuck cares about the overreach of government/the police or neo nazi fucks giving you the evil eye because you are walking with the wrong group. Nope, we're all racists, we all want this vicious law, only latinos stand to lose something by this foolish legislation.
Did I miss anything?
anger at Arizonans out to be many times worse than what many Arizonans are wanting for the Latino communities there.
And guess what, it *is* an exercise in white privilege for white allies of people of color to want special recognition for their efforts. I'm glad you and others are working so hard, but that doesn't let the rest of Arizona off the hook!
I've never seen change without a fire
but I want people to stop lumping me in with the racists and neo-nazi fucks that I am railing against. I understand I made a point about what I experienced, but that was only in response to your assertion that only latinos had a dog in this fight. You implied that I wouldn't lose anything from this law or this battle, and frankly, who are you to judge? Really...
THE DAMN POINT IS THAT ALL OF US WILL LOSE FROM THIS... but, by failing to acknowledge that, you make this a very narrow issue when it is MUCH MUCH broader. I am of the belief that injustice against one is injustice against all, but it seems like you're coming from the position that injustice against one is only injustice against that one, so all the rest should just sit back and allow people to badmouth them and lump them in with racists and nazi's because otherwise, we're just exercising our white privilege.
Also, I want those who are angry to focus their anger to where it belongs. That is all. I'm asking a very simple thing... Angry with AZ? Don't like this law? GREAT... then focus on Brewer, Pierce, the legislator, the majority that supports the law... but stop saying nonsense like everybody here is racists, or that the state should leave the union (I know you aren't, but others did and that is why I said something in the first place).
Because the straight up truth is that "white privilege" or whatever it is, many progressives here are so outnumbered and feel so isolated that we need whatever support we can get. You know who the people are who haven't questioned my motives, or who don't think I'm racists and who know that not EVERYBODY in this state is a jackbooting goon? It's the latinos that I marched with, who circled around me (and about 5 other self-professed syndicalists) when we were getting the evil eye from nazi bastards... They understood how far out on a limb we were, and while our risk and what we stand to lose will NEVER match what the Latino community faces, to call the whole state racist or joke that we should leave the union is BULLSHIT. It just is. You can say that I'm whining, but I know where my strength and support will come from when I go to the next march, and the next. It won't come from the "progressives" here who would rather rage because, after all, it's just harmless anger and that white boy doesn't stand to lose anything compared to the latinos in arizona... No, it's the people who are out there with me and can see that I'm not a white who wants to be patted on the back for what I do, but I at least want to be acknowledge to the point that I am not called a racists and bigot when those are the very people I detest. That is the "N" word or "S" word for whites: "Racist." I am so intolerant against intolerance that it makes my blood boil for people to call me a racists, even if it's a just a generalized statement. We need your support and positive encouragement, not blanket statements that leave us all out in the cold.
Whatever, I'm just digging a hole for myself more and more and you'll just dissect what I say more and attribute it to white privilege, so I will continue to put up (and go back to shutting up) and people here, from the safety of their "blue state" or wherever, can make smart ass comments and call all of us racists and the like. We'll solve this problem and kick these fascists the fuck out of our state/municipal governments without your support. Call us racists all you want, joke about kicking us out of the union all you want. The people I march with know what I'm about and where I'm coming from, and NONE of them make me feel like shit or doubt my motivations by linking wikipedia articles on "white privilege". They are grateful for another warm body out there with them, and "white privilege" or not, I can tell you that by and large the latinos were glad to see some gringos out there with them. I didn't expect them to treat me like the second coming, nor did they, but I sure noticed that nobody was screaming that all Arizonans or whites here are racists (at least when I was in earshot). Don't you see, if I was out there marching with them and somebody shouted that, it makes me feel unwelcome and like I am an interloper. There is no real solidarity when all we focus on is race and which group is going to lose what. We are in this together. I wish all of you would stop acting like you can just discredit this state as a bunch of loonies. As I pointed out before, one of the reasons this place is so conservative is that we have so many snowbirds (many of YOUR parents) who come here and vote in our local elections. I know what it is to fight against an unassailable foe and I do so without complaint UNTIL MY OWN SIDE STARTS EQUATING ME WITH THE ENEMY. THEN I HAVE A PROBLEM.
But like I said, go ahead and rage. I won't comment on this shit anymore on these stories. I will do what I do and you can all arm-chair quarterback from the comfort of your homes while those of us who live here march and fight because, regardless of what YOU say, we know that we are not racists and we know that we should END THE VANITY OF NATIONS
to the restoration of slavery and peonage in AZ. Arpaio will declare himself governor-for-life first, then in a few years, God Emperor of Dune.
"The spice must flow!" dontchaknow. AFAIK, that's still largely an import into Arizona from Mexico, along with all those "dirty illegal alien Mexicans" as "mules". (Except, I guess, that as long as "Sheriff Joe" is broadening his horizons to be Governor, he might also want to broaden his pile of graft to go along with the new title and powers -- as a source of "tribute".)
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
-- John F. Kennedy
...
How about this guy instead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOrFlGWaMPU
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
That why he didn't drive-off when that clown posed by his car.
and give Az. back to the Mexicans
At the end of the Mexican War, they ceded Arizona Territory (AZ and NM), parts of Colorado, Utah, and Nevada, and California to the US> But Tucson was the only real settlement in that Sonora Desert area, so "Our Glorious Leaders" wanted that strip too, and got it just a few years later.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
Philip Sheridan said, when asked what he thought of Arizona: "If I owned Hell and I owned Arizona, I'd live in Hell and rent out Arizona." Now there's a guy who knew what he was talking about.
of Arizona want him, good luck to them.
I know the sane folks of Arizona would beg to differ and they rightly would be worried about the economic boycotts negatively affecting them, but it is your responsibility to elect sane, just, fair representatives to government.
If the majority of folks in AZ want a man like him running the state, so be it.
Democracy is still in the experimental stages I suppose, and this experiment will teach us much about our country if only through a sliver of our population.
I personally think that the people of our nation as a collective do not have the long term stomach to boycott their HOA (Home Owners Association) much less the state of AZ.
There will be the usual bluster and then the masses will quietly fade into the night, dragging their picket signs and trumpeting how they made their voices heard and participated in democracy.
As they leave, the state of AZ will stop the brown ones and demand their papers while the white ones look away toward their next facade.
Next bloviation, please. Take a number. Have your say. Go away.
... annex the territory where Arpaio and Brewer roam?
If you need funds to pay for essentials, you have a revenue problem
If you need funds to pay for frivolity, you have a spending problem
Their uniforms wouldn't happen to be brown, would they?
The BrownShirts' shirts were brown cuz Hitler and his band of American fascist supporters (Bush, Harrington, Ford) got those brown shirts CHEAP.
Source.
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
in hot climates.
me-oww!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-IcQSv5Qa4
(About 3:50)
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Just under their armpits reaching to their straining belts
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Wikipedia: Orval Faubus
Could it come to this in Arizona?
Obama sends in US military to guard the polling places in Novemebr?
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
From article: "clutch of local neo-Nazis".
I always wondered what the collective noun would be for them.
you can send them to Sue Lowden to pay for healthcare.
Divine Right of Kings (1600's); Divine Right of Corporations (2011)
You cannot spell crazy without "R-AZ" . . .
around the entire state of Arizona.
just give Arizona back to Mexico.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln
It should be pointed out that Joe is a Christain and that all the white supremacist hate cults operating in the United States today are also Christanic organizations.
On Sunday 10.000 NAZIS paraded in Berlin. WTF?
I asked my wife why is that allowed. She answered: "It's good thing but they keep reminding the rest of Germany what they did 60 years ago, and that's why we are a Democracy. I sat there thinking that maybe the assholes in Arizona will bring he rest of America to think also. If we happen to see Black in Water Arizona, things will get better for the Democrats, unless American are really really stupid.
I suspected Arizona to be the craddle of white supremacist for a long time. I didn't expect them to come out this soon.
...we have a law against these people - and guess what - nobody objects!!!
Maybe it was not enough for the Americans to have fought agaist the Nazis to learn the lesson.
Well I guess you´d rather die for your right to carry arms, than to ban a bunch of wakos....
is that the right to freely assemble and express one's beliefs, no matter how racists/bigoted/destructive/stupid, is what is most important. The permissiveness comes from the belief that if you begin limiting the speech of one group (even nazi fucks), then what's to stop society from limiting the speech of other "offensive/dangerous" groups? Who decides what is offensive/dangerous? Hence the reason the ACLU (and like-minded groups) defend the rights of the KKK and Nazis to have rallies/parades, despite the irony of it all... I'm still not always sure I agree with the logic, but that's (supposedly) why they are allowed to dress up in bedsheets and ridiculous WW2 costumes to make complete asses of themselves... if they can do it, EVERYBODY should be able to. The real problem is that recently, the "free speech/assembly" rights of many leftist groups have been greatly curtailed, while the nazi/kkk fucks are allowed to march around like ignorant martial roosters...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/03/politics/main6457009.shtml
If anybody still doesn't have me on "ignore," some of you might be interested to know that "Sheriff Joe" announced a bit earlier that he's not running for governor after all. I just saw it on the local news. The state of AZ can breathe a collective sigh of relief.
Then again, I think he can do far more damage in his current office than he could as governor, but the idea of a man like him being the state's chief executive is bone-chilling none-the-less.
Anyway, anyway... that's the news from the police state today.
Thanks for reminding me...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
What happened to "The government is taking over"? Where is the right-wing indignation?
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