59th Annual Arizona LULAC State Convention
June 8, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: 2010 LULAC Arizona State Convention League of United Latin American Citizens59th Annual Arizona LULAC State Convention Saturday, June 12, 2010Pima Community College-West Campus2202 W. Anklam Road Tucson, AZ 85709 You are cordially invited to attend the 59th Annual Arizona LULAC State Convention. This Convention serves as an opportunity for individuals to come
Tucson’s 40th Annual Juneteenth Festival
June 8, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The 2010 Juneteenth Celebration The Tucson Juneteenth Festival Planning Committee will be hosting its 40th Annual Juneteenth Festival June 18th through June 20th. The Tucson activities include a Gospel Festival and a two-day celebration event with food, song and dance. The Juneteenth Gospel Festival will be held June 18th from 6:00 pm
SB1070 Update: Continuing controversy in the Mormon Church
June 7, 2010
by David Safier The position of the Mormon Church on SB1070 wouldn't be as significant if Russell Pearce weren't Mormon and if he didn't use church doctrine to justify the law. I've posted about Mormons complaining both about the law and its effects on church members. Spanish speaking congregations in Arizona and Utah often have
A “joke” from Pearce: “If I’d had a heart, I’d be dead.”
June 7, 2010
by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie has assembled a frightening number of sources about Russell Pearce's guiding light, W. Cleon Skousen. You can read them a few posts down. I found something else in the same article, said in jest by Pearce, reaffirming my belief that one of the overriding qualities of today's conservatives is
SB1070 Update: “An astonishing willingness to sacrifice the rights of others”
June 7, 2010
by David Safier The Arizona Republic, like most Arizona dailies, has taken an editorial stance against SB1070. Today, the Republic wrote an especially strong editorial, going to the heart of the inherent racism in the law and the assumptions of many of its supporters. For me, this is the money quote. The NBC/Wall Street Journal
Sen. Russell Pearce’s “right-wing political guru”
June 7, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic published a rather interesting profile piece on Sen. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) on Sunday. While revealing, the article could have used a companion piece about Sen. Pearce's "right-wing political guru" to better inform its readers of Sen. Pearce's intellectual leanings. I will explain. First, the Arizona Republic profile piece. Arizona
The “SB1070 supporters = Nazis” analogy is a strong one, but not an overdone one
June 6, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Not by a long shot… Many of the more vocal opponents of Russell Pearce's SB1070 (the "show me your papers" law) have likened him, Governor Jan Brewer, and the other supporters of the law to the Nazis. Brewer finds this analogy so offensive that it caused her
McCain Gets a New Slogan
June 6, 2010
By Michael Bryan Not happy with the verisimilitude of McCain's chosen quasi-slogan, "Build the Dang Fence!" (or some such nativist bullshit…), some enterprising person with a stencil and some spray paint donated one to McCain's campaign. I certainly don't condone defacing campaign signs, but you have to admit that "Drill Baby Drill" hits very near
