Sheriff Arpaio: America’s defense against fake birth certificate fakers

 Idiots & Assholes (Politics), Unfuckingbelievable!
Mar 012012
 

Arizona’s batshit-crazy sheriff, a megalomaniacal  master of racial, political, and sexist asshattery, is still suckling desperately at the withered teats of the “OMG OBAMA’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS LIKE FAKE AND STUFF OMG!” cow.  Jesus effing Christ on a cracker–somebody commit this asshole to an institution before he hurts himself!

America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling and revelations that his department didn’t adequately investigate hundreds of Arizona sex-crime cases.

Rather than seek cover, though, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is seeking to grab the spotlight in the same unorthodox fashion that has helped boost his career as a nationally known lawman.

Arpaio on Thursday unveiled preliminary results of an investigation, conducted by members of his volunteer cold-case posse, into the authenticity of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate, a controversy that has been widely debunked but which remains alive in the eyes of some conservatives.

And, of course, the right wing loooooves him.  They can’t get enough of him…that’s why they keep electing him sheriff in Arizona so he can continue his rampaging abuse of power and wastes of tax money like these “special projects.”

GOP presidential candidates have courted him for his endorsement throughout the primary season. At last week’s GOP presidential debate in Arizona, Arpaio won loud cheers. During a question about Arizona’s border woes, Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said the government ought to give local police agencies the chance to enforce immigration law as Arpaio has.

via azcentral.com

Arizona sinks further into a quagmire of asshattery by debating the “state gun”

 Idiots & Assholes (Politics), Unfuckingbelievable!
Apr 222011
 

Arizona’s rudderless, batshit-crazy lawmakers trying to decide on a state gun.  A state…fucking…gun.

PHOENIX – Saying the gun’s role in killing Indians is not the issue, the state House voted Tuesday to declare the Colt single action Army revolver as the official state firearm.

The vote came over the strong objections of Rep. Albert Hale, R-Window Rock, who said providing such official state recognition amounts to “telling our children we’re going to honor and celebrate an instrument of destruction.” He said that a gun, by its nature, is designed to fire a projectile which is designed to kill something.

And Hale, who is Navajo, said his people were all too often on the wrong end of that weapon.

“Does that mean we honor and celebrate the killing of my relatives?”

Frankly, yes.  This is the sole purpose of the gun:  to kill.  Yes, it has been used for self-defense on occasion, but historically it’s been used to kill people the shooter has a problem with.  Sorry, Indians!

Tuesday’s vote also came after the Republican majority rejected the suggestion by Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix, that if legislators are intent on going ahead, they should at least actually honor something made by a company with a presence in Arizona. But his colleagues rejected two separate proposals, one to instead give the honor to the SR9, made by Ruger which has a plant in Prescott, and the other to declare the stun gun made by Scottsdale-based Taser to be the official state weapon.

So they couldn’t decide on a state weapon because apparently that was too generalized.  No, they have to have a state gun.  And the Taser just wan’t manly enough, because when you’re a man with penis issues in a position of power, you’ve gotta have a real gun in your hand.  And yes, it’s all about penises.

Oh, and this bit really pisses me off:

Gallego’s alternate suggestion to give the official designation to the Ruger SR9 drew derision from Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction.

“No self-respecting cowboy would ever carry a Ruger SR9,” he said.

via Arizona Daily Star

WHY ARE THEY EVEN DEBATING THIS?  Arizona’s economy and education system is circling the drain, and these assholes (Republicans and Democrats) are sitting around waving their dicks at each other, debating on what the STATE GUN should be?  Leave it to men to be so focused on idiotic shit like this.

I simply cannot believe I came from there.  I’m officially in denial now.

More horseshit legislation from my home state

 Bullshit Detector, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Apr 152011
 

Time to disown Arizona once and for all?  I know I keep threatening to do that, but…this one might be the clincher.

Somebody please tell me:  what good is this law if you present your proof (as Obama has countless times) and the dicks in power don’t believe you…because they’re just being dicks?

The Arizona Legislature has become the first in the nation to pass a measure requiring presidential candidates to provide proof of citizenship in order to get on the state’s ballot.

House Bill 2177 got final approval Thursday night from the House. It will be transmitted to Gov. Jan Brewer, who will then have five days to sign it, veto it or do nothing and allow it to become law.

If Brewer chooses to veto the bill, Republican lawmakers could attempt an override vote. The bill would become law if two-thirds of legislators supported the override.

“It’s essential that we bring back the integrity to the office,” Rep. Judy Burges, R-Skull Valley, said during a recent debate on one of the so-called “birther” measures.

via The Arizona Republic

Arizona assholery on the rise

 Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Jul 022010
 

You know, I’m just about at the point of denying I was born and raised in Arizona.  I don’t think I can comfortably call it my home state anymore.  The people are just getting too fucking crazy about everything.  Guns and brown people are the most popular targets for them lately.

Case in point:  some GOP jerkwad running for the AZ Corporation Commission is pushing for something that could actually result in deaths during the hot summers:

Many illegal immigrants could have a hard time getting power, water, natural-gas or phone service at their homes in Arizona if a political candidate gets his way.  Barry Wong, a Republican candidate for the Arizona Corporation Commission, told The Arizona Republic on Tuesday that, if elected, he would require regulated utilities to check the immigration status of customers, a move he says would keep costs down for other customers.

…Serving a growing number of people with power, he said, raises utility rates because it requires building new power plants. He said asking utilities not to serve illegal immigrants could protect other ratepayers from utility hikes.

via www.azcentral.com

Well if it means saving money for everyone else, by all means!  Cut those wetbacks off–they don’t need water or electricity anyway, the filthy brown bastards.  This is the kind of thinking that apparently gets people political attention in Arizona nowadays.  What’s next, demanding proof of citizenship before people can buy groceries?  Why not, at this point?

I also noticed this guy’s last name is Wong.  That indicates Asian heritage–is he so sure he can prove his citizenship?  Shouldn’t he be under constant surveillance as a potential spy and subversive??

Mayor of Yuma, AZ: Asshat of the Month

 Heterosexually Challenged
Jun 182010
 

Gay men and women in the armed servies put their lives on the line like anyone else. But to assholes like this, they’re just limp-wristed faggoty faggots.

Now there is the mayor of Yuma, Arizona. Al Krieger is adamantly against any repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and said the following at a Memorial Day ceremony(!) honoring fallen troops. “I cannot believe that a bunch of lacy-drawered, limp-wristed people could do what those men have done in the past.”

via www.365gay.com

Tell ya what, Al. Some of those soldiers’ wrists may indeed be limp, but I can guarantee they can also slap the living shit out of you.

Arizona bill targets “human-animal hybrids”

 General Blatherings
May 042010
 

Say, wasn’t some guy caught fucking sheep or horses or something in Arizona a couple of years ago?  Is this something their tourism board cooked up?  (It’s not working.)

The bill, which passed 16 to 12, would prohibit anyone in the state from “creating or attempting to create an in vitro human embryo by any means other than fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm.”

The measure would also outlaw “transferring or attempting to transfer a human embryo into a nonhuman womb,” “transferring or attempting to transfer a nonhuman embryo into a human womb” and “transporting or receiving for any purpose a human-animal hybrid.”

via www.azcentral.com

Avoiding Arizona using Google Maps

 Fun Stuff
Apr 282010
 

Hey, travelers!  This may come in handy if your skin is brownish and you don’t happen to have whatever paperwork Arizona’s race-profilin’ cops will now be asking for.  (It’s a joke, but I think Google should seriously consider it…)

Headed cross-country and worried about a new law that might get you stopped by the police in Arizona because you look like an illegal immigrant?  Not to fear!  Google has now added an “Avoid Arizona” option for those generating directions.

via daggle.com

Arizona’s Governor goes off the racistbigothomophobe deep end

 Heterosexually Challenged, Idiots & Assholes (Politics)
Apr 272010
 

Arizona’s governor has completely lost her bloody mind.  First she made racial profiling legal, so anyone who’s brown enough to raise the suspicions of the Immigration Police will be questioned and detained if necessary, but now she’s cutting the benefits for domestic partners to save $3 million out of a $600 budget.  Doesn’t sound right to me.

The creepiest part, however, is that she believes “God has placed me in this powerful position as Arizona’s governor” to help the state weather its troubles.  If that doesn’t send rivulets of cold, dark fear down your spine, I don’t know what will.  Her belief in God isn’t the issue here, it’s the fact that she thinks she’s “just following orders.”  Scary shit indeed.

To start the week off, Brewer cut domestic partner benefits for state employees and their dependents – on the pretense of saving a few bucks. She saves $3 million by cutting the benefits of roughly 800 affected employees. How much does she spend on benefits for everyone else? About $625 million. Looking at it that way, $3 million is merely a drop in the budgetary bucket.

via www.365gay.com

AZ pics finally online

 General Blatherings
Feb 032008
 

I keep forgetting to blog this!  My photos from our recent trip down to Arizona are online.  I’ve split them into two galleries because one needs a gallery of its own.  The first one is general pics from the trip:  lots of cool sights out the plane window (some of the best I’ve taken), some pics of my little hometown of Winslow which is both booming in some ways and rapidly decaying in others,  a visit to Tonto Natural Bridge (plus a little video of that), some wild javelinas, a visit to the TV station where my brother works (in Phoenix), and lots of pretty desert scenery.

The other gallery is for our side-trip to Wupatki National Monumuent, showing the largest complex of intact pueblo ruins for 50 miles around.  I believe they date back over 800 years.  We were there right at sunset, too, which always gives desert photos a certain vibe because of the long shadows and deep red light.  The color is a little odd sometimes, though, because my camera doesn’t always know what to do when the lighting is like that.  Anyway there’s a bit of video in this gallery, too.  I grew up in Winslow only an hour away from these ruins and I had never bothered to go see them!

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