Arizona as Tea Party Laboratory

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Saturday November 06, 2010 · 9:21 AM PDT

2010/11/06 · 09:21

State Senate president elect Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's unconstitutional anti-immigration bill, announced after his selection as senate president that Arizona will have a tea party senate for the next session.
The Tea Party Senate

Is this an opportunity for America to see the realities of the Tea Party Republicans at work?

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Thursday July 29, 2010 · 5:01 PM PDT

2010/07/29 · 17:01

Somehow, likely due to my frequent letter writing, I have gotten on the contact list for Rep Jeff Flake of Arizona's 6th district. Last night, to my surprise, among the usual evening telemarketing calls was an invitation to join Flake and John McCain for a virtual townhall.

I couldn't resist.

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Tuesday April 21, 2009 · 4:43 PM PDT

2009/04/21 · 16:43

Hello Mr. Ailes.

I am a representative of a growing nationwide grassroots movement demanding the truth about how the United States conducted interrogation of its lawful prisoners and imploring our elected officials to correct these gross ethical shortcomings in the good name of the United States of America. Simply put, we are mad as hell and horrified at the atrocities that have been authorized or condoned by our elected representatives.

This is why I seek your assistance.

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Ok, if somehow Fox News gave this issue the Tea Party treatment, would you show up at a protest with Neil Cavuto?

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Ok, if somehow Fox News gave this issue the Tea Party treatment, would you show up at a protest with Neil Cavuto?

No, F'in way. Fox is to be shunned.

4 votes

Yes, this is so important that any coverage is good.

5 votes

lurxst @ gunpoint. A True Story.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 9:50 AM PDT

2008/10/22 · 09:50

I had to wait a couple of days before writing this diary, the memory was still too fresh and my anger about the whole situation tended to cloud some of my perspective.

You know the old saw that a conservative is a liberal whose been mugged?

I can demonstrate the inverse:

A liberal is a conservative whose experienced what I did Sunday night.

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Friday August 15, 2008 · 11:38 AM PDT

2008/08/15 · 11:38

Arizona is among the states that have a robust citizen's initative history. Oft the bane of legislators, who prefer to have their laws crafted in accordance with their particular special interest obligations, citizens' initatives often run roughshod over lobbyist efforts. But the practice isn't perfect.

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 4:48 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 16:48

I had to diary this just because I think its a great juxtaposition of events. Due to republican chicanery and their strange love/hate for our armed forces, the Pentagon is having to shift budget items around to make sure that the Army can cover payroll.

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 8:35 AM PDT

2008/03/21 · 08:35

In the great southwest we are accustomed to the familiar green and white paintjob of the US Border Patrol vehicles. Along the highways and interstates through California, Arizona and New Mexico they are sometimes more prevalent than actual highway patrol officers. There is a new tactic however that is netting lots of unsuspecting travelers, including my brother.

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Tuesday February 05, 2008 · 5:31 PM PST

2008/02/05 · 17:31

Its a busy day in the body politik, and among all the imagery that I have been absorbing all day, it just gelled in my head how quickly Rudy 9iu11ani has attached himself to McCain's side like some sort of nastier than usual colostomy bag.

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Thursday October 18, 2007 · 2:08 PM PDT

2007/10/18 · 14:08

I received an envelope from my wireless carrier, Verizon, yesterday. It contains an updated customer agreement as well as a notice about Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI).

CPNI is their term for all the marketing information that they have collected on me over the term of my subscription. This information is typically shared with Verizon and its affiliates so that they can customize products. I can opt out of allowing them to share this information, except in the instance of complying with laws, court order or subpoena.

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Friday September 21, 2007 · 10:09 AM PDT

2007/09/21 · 10:09

MIT student arrested for wearing a blinking sweatshirt to the airport.

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Star Simpson is a 19 year old MIT student. By her own account she seems to be of the eccentric caste, an inventor and builder of little gizmos. She made the mistake of wearing one of her favored sweatshirts to the airport to meet a friend from an arriving flight. The blinking lights on her sweatshirt alarmed the airport staff and she was arrested. By the account of the Boston police representative, she was very nearly blown away if she didn't comply exactly as they ordered.

What exactly does a bomb look like these days?

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Should Star Simpson be prosecuted?

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Should Star Simpson be prosecuted?

Yes

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93 votes

I Don't Support the Troops..oops, there, I said it

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Wednesday September 19, 2007 · 4:27 PM PDT

2007/09/19 · 16:27

This has been digging at me for, oh, about 4 years now. I have been hesitant to express this thought, in comments sections and in discussion with other people about the Iraq quagmire for fear of, I don't know, being called mean. Or, un-American. Or something.

Supporting the troops essentially means supporting the illegal war. It seems that us anti-war types have been doing all sorts of mental and philisophical gymnastics to try and work around this. What has emerged is a sort of low impact, mealy-mouthed common wisdom that is palatable to everyone but is ultimately going to allow us to stay in Iraq for years to come.

Even Jim Webb's shelved equal time legislation carries the scent of this erroneous wisdom.

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Boston doesn't appear to like blinking lights

I Don't Support the Troops..oops, there, I said it