Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

Rep. Russell Pearce wants to run for something.
Run for what? You know, something.
He is mulling a run for Governor, or maybe a run against Rep. Jeff Flake in the Republican primary. You see, Jeff Flake is a dangerous birkenstock wearing, leftist, unamerican commiesymp. Well, that’s what Pearce says. Funny what passes for liberal these days.
If […]

Gosh, I guess Janet must really be weak, because all of these Republicans are declaring for Governor.
Don Goldwater, nephew of Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, has announced that he would like to run for governor. Republicans are being quoted in various articles saying that Goldwater would have an advantage because of his name. Yes, the Republicans […]

The Irish Republican Army has just announced that it will destroy all its weapons and become a purely political organization.
Any bets on how long it will take Bush to claim that somehow this is because of his war in Iraq?

Call this credit where credit is due.
I’ve never had much use for Jessica Simpson, but even the most shallow among us eventually stumble uncontrollably into the truth, to paraphrase John McLaughlin.
Simpson and her husband Nick, they of bad reality TV, did a variety special for ABC where they visited with troops in Iraq. Simpson is […]

As most of you know, the SEIU and the Teamsters have disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO. This is going on while they are having their convention, which makes this very high profile. This could be followed soon by UNITE-HERE, and possibly the UFW and my abuelo’s old brothers, the Laborers International.
I have a great deal of […]

I’ve got a bit of an update on some stories we’ve been following here on 3R.
First of all, the likely candidate to fill Jim Pedersen’s position as state chairman is Sen. Harry Mitchell, who is from Tempe. Mitchell was also the hugely popular mayor of that town, and made a previous run for statewide office. […]

I’ve been meaning to write about this one. A branch of The Minutemen is forming in Tennessee by a guy named Jim “Two Feathers” Whittaker. It may seem silly, given Tennessee’s lack of an international border. They claim, however, that they will go after the businesses that hire undocumented workers. Yeah, right. The groups keep […]

The Arizona Republican Party site is back up! So I can get back to posting about something real instead of being petty by complaining about the pettiness of other folks.
The always classy Matt Salmon issued a statement on Jim Pedersen’s resignation as Arizona Democratic Party chairman:
“This institutionalized disorganization within the Arizona Democrat Party is why […]

There are a bunch of different things I’ve been meaning to write about. I always think I can write little snippets about a few things, but that never works because I’m a verbose freak and I end up writing long novellas about one topic. I may post more than one entry today to get all […]

The following is an e-mail that went out to party volunteers:
Dear Arizona Democratic Party Member,
This letter is to inform you of my decision to resign as Chairman of
the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP), effective immediately.
It has been a great honor to have had the opportunity to serve with you
and other local community leaders to build our […]

Oh, Keith DeGreen, we hardly knew thee.
For those of you that missed it, financial planner Keith DeGreen has dropped out of the race for the chance to lose against Governor Janet Napolitano.
Of course, his press release had to contain a self-congratulatory line. According to the Republic he finished off the release with:
his decision is “consistent […]

First Lady Laura Bush made a visit to Africa this week where she spoke out against the genocide in Rwanda. Nice timing on that one.
It has, unfortunately, become the style of conservatives to blame every foreign policy failing of the last quarter century on something Bill Clinton did or did not do. Funny thing though, […]

A co-worker of mine responded to my post about the strikes against ASARCO/Grupo México with a bit of a rant about how he doesn’t make as much as these miners do, and even threw the word “communist” around.
Joseph, Joseph…
Yes, you are right, these guys make more than we do. Then again, mining these days is […]

The Operating Engineers, United Steel Workers and Teamsters are simultaneously striking against ASARCO operations in Tucson, Sahuarita, Kearney and Amarillo, Texas. This is the first major Arizona copper strike in more than a decade.
Workers at Sahuarita have been working without a contract for a year. ASARCO, despite higher copper prices, are claiming that the workers […]

Jeff “Slim” Simpson responded to my post about the profile of Kathleen Dunbar in the Arizona Daily Star with some further facts about Dunbar and legislation to fight the meth problems in our state. Jeff pointed out a few things to me:

She was the only vote on the council against a resolution supporting a state […]

I read this morning that Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale died. The guy was a Republican, but I really admired him. When he was a prisoner of war at the infamous Hanoi Hilton (the same place where Senator John McCain was held), he actually wounded himself, almost dying in the process, so that he and […]

The Arizona Daily Star, in its further quest to avoid any consequential coverage of this year’s city council race, has been running a “Know Your City Council Candidates” feature.
This is somehow supposed to be helpful. Never mind that your typical Greg Hansen story on some high schooler who may or may not play for the […]

Former State Senator Sandra Day O’Connor (R-Phoenix) has announced her retirement from the Supreme Court.
Let the games begin…