Ron Paul

Noam Chomsky and the 9/11 nutbars: Why they suck and he doesn't.

John Birch-ers, Ron Paul-ites and loads of white folk at Gilbert's Constitution Week Fair.

More fun with the John Birch Society...

Automatons for the People: Captured! By Robots @ Rhythm Room on November 29

Another neo-Nazi in the nativist woodpile: "Scott Hume," alias "Shawn Hughes."

Grand Kleagle of local KKK supports Ron Paul for Prez, as does just about every other crackpot...

Republiloon Karen Johnson visits moonhowler Alex Jones' radio show, signals she's straitjacket-ready.

Benjamin’s Weekend Word: First Friday, Just Blazed, and Richard Cheese

Jesse Ventura Packs Mesa Convention Center for Political Gabfest, on 9/11, Immigration and Legalizing Pot.

Sand Land Rednecks Rally for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Harass Mayor Gordon at His Home.

The Bird Praises CameraFraud.com and Aerosol Art While Urging State Democrats to Grow a Pair

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

Thomas Coletto Renounces Neo-Nazi-ism, Alleges Former Comrade to be Satanist

Former NSM member Thomas Coletto... In the parlance of neo-Nazi-sim, former sieg heil-er and Joe Arpaio-admirer Thomas Coletto has "flipped," turning away from the National Socialist Movement he once embraced, and which had embraced him in return. Coletto was NSM's go-to gu ... More >>

Shawna Forde, Alleged Kid Killer, Extremist, Phoenix Tea Party Attendee, and Ghost of Tea Parties Future

Shawna Forde, MAD-woman, Tea Partier, alleged murderer... A Petri dish of right wing insanity and goofiness. That was my impression of the April 15 Tea Party that took place on the grounds of the Arizona state capitol and drew thousands in a mass fit of anti-Obama rage. Sure, not eve ... More >>

Anti-Vaccine Ron Paul Insaniacs (aka, "Ronulans") Rousted by Phoenix PD, and Man Could I Care Less

Well, at least they weren't using old bedsheets this time around Normally, I could give a flip if someone hangs a banner off a freeway overpass. But these Ron Paul-worshipping hosers so annoy me with their conspiracy-a-minute mills and their wack, home-made signs spouting the nonsense that "vaccin ... More >>

Wannabe Timothy McVeigh Types Welcome: The Neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition's Phoenix Fall Wing Ding

Like you needed more proof that white supremacists are lame and talentless Are you painfully white, and hate Jews, diversity, Mexicans, and black folk (though not necessarily in that order)? Do you find yourself googly-eyed whenever Adolf Hitler is on the History Channel, or en ... More >>

Steven Anderson's Yuma City Warrant for "Disorderly Conduct," and RP4409's Moronic Misuse of the Word "Nazi" (w/Update)

  Watch this, and tell me truthfully, who do you feel for, these two guys, or the nudnik operating the camera? Look, I'm no fan of the U.S. Border Patrol. Or of checkpoints. Or of police power in general. I think anyone familiar with this blog knows that. But it's a tribute to both Obama- ... More >>

Charles Goyette

  Watch this, and tell me truthfully, who do you feel for, these two guys, or the nudnik operating the camera? Look, I'm no fan of the U.S. Border Patrol. Or of checkpoints. Or of police power in general. I think anyone familiar with this blog knows that. But it's a tribute to both Obama- ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Supporter Jim Gilchrist Takes Swipe at Ron Paul "Fanatics" and Every Other Nativist on the Planet

The one thing you can always count on with minutemen, nativists and neo-Nazis is more backstabbing than backstage at a Miss America Pageant. This video from VronRN2 of a conversation between anti-racist YouTuber Naui Ocelotl Huitzilopochtli (try saying that three times fast) and minut ... More >>

November 25 In Blogs: Jim Gilchrist, Katy Perry, Flan and the MCSO

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Supporter Jim Gilchrist Takes Swipe at Ron Paul "Fanatics" and Every Other Nat ... More >>

Ron Paul's "Ronulans" Go Gaga Over Documentary For Liberty Tonight

from LittleGreenFootballsOne pic you won't see in the doc: Ron Paul, ex-KKK Grand Wizard Don Black, and Black's son Derek.Whenever Congressman Ron Paul shuffles off this mortal coil, he'll have no dearth of hagiographers. Indeed, he already has plenty, like the makers of the documentary For Liberty, ... More >>

December 3 In Blogs: Ron Paul, Pitchfork, Foie Gras, and the Phoenix Suns

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Ron Paul's "Ronulans" Go Gaga Over Documentary For Liberty Tonight Up on the Sun: Show Y ... More >>

Pushback to Russell Pearce's Bigoted Bills: Hundreds of Protesters Demand Governor Veto Pearce Legislation

Activist Randy Parraz rocks the bullhorn outside the Governor's officeAround two hundred protesters and speakers from groups such as Border Action Network, Puente, Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, Somos America, the ACLU of Arizona, and others rallied at Capitol's Executive Tower tod ... More >>

Russell Pearce Bigot Bill Scuttled by Freedom's Phoenix? And Ernie Hancock Calls Pearce a "Judas Goat"

ErnestHancock.comErnie Hancock and Freedom's Phoenix to the rescue? Sure looks like it...Let's hear it for the Libertarians. It seems civil liberties concerns raised by writers like John Green over at Freedom's Phoenix may have gotten the Ron Paul-wing of the local GOP up in arms over a provisi ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Police State Bill Blasted by Libertarians, House Vote Possible Tuesday

Jason Shelton (aka, "4409") arguing against Pearce's unconstitutional billState Senator Russell Pearce's police state/bigot bill is under siege by the Libertarians and Ron Paul Republicans over at Ernie Hancock's Web site Freedom's Phoenix. As I've blogged previously, Hancock sent out a mass e- ... More >>

Ron Paul Renegade Roughed Up by Police at John McCain Campaign Event

​Much to our dismay, the Ron Paul Revolution apparently isn't over, and at a John McCain campaign stop in Mesa on Saturday, the "revolution" was televised.Cameras rolled as a man, who identified himself only as Alex, was tossed out of the event -- where former vice presidential candidate Sarah ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Within Five Points of John McCain? Scott Rasmussen Seems to Think So

​Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth released poll numbers today that he claims show he's inching closer to dethroning Senator John McCain as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate.A Rasmussen poll released today finds that McCain's lead over Hayworth is only five percentage points, an ... More >>

Jan Brewer Leader in GOP Primary for Arizona Governor, Poll Finds

www.sonoranweeklyreview.com We can't believe it either, Jan.​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer got a dash of good news over the weekend in her bid to go from accidental governor to elected governor -- the latest poll number puts her as the leader in the crowded field of GOP candidates for guv.Nee ... More >>

Jimmie Vaughan's Got No Blues At All

www.sonoranweeklyreview.com We can't believe it either, Jan.​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer got a dash of good news over the weekend in her bid to go from accidental governor to elected governor -- the latest poll number puts her as the leader in the crowded field of GOP candidates for guv.Nee ... More >>

John Birch Society Less Radical Than Arizona Legislature

Ron Paul RevolutionJim Pinkerman: John Bircher and voice of reason? Sca-ry.It's an odd day in the annals of the Arizona legislature when members of the far-right John Birch Society -- a conspiratorial-minded organization obsessed with the "New World Order," the Federal Reserve, and the gold standard ... More >>

Sarah Palin Ditching Phoenix Tea Party Convention to Watch Snow Machine Race. Shucks!

www.yourfunnystuff.comYou betchya Sarah Palin's going to the Iron Man Snow Machine Race, which means she's not joining her fellow Tea Partiers in Phoenix next week.​Tea Partiers from across the country will be flocking to Phoenix next week for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit." Soun ... More >>

They're Heeere; Tea Partiers Invade Phoenix

​If you're feeling a vibe in Phoenix today that's dramatically crazier more Conservative than usual, there's a reason: the Tea Partiers have arrived.Thousands of Tea Partiers are flocking to Phoenix today for the first ever "American Policy Summit."Sarah Palin, as we noted last week, will not be i ... More >>

Herman Cain Favored by Tea Partiers For Presidential Run. Take That, NAACP

www.projectqatlanta.comHerman Cain leads the pack of potential Tea Party presidential candidates.​The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit," and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a ... More >>

David Irving, Holocaust-Denier, Does a Phoenix Best Western

Pro-Hitler propagandist and Holocaust-denier David Irving, pitching a fit last night after his soiree for swastika-lickers endedWell, it wasn't too difficult to find out where pro-Hitler propagandist and Holocaust-denier David Irving was having his coffee klatch of kooks, the one I informed you abou ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Pummeled By Kids, and Tea Baggers Undone By Kindness at Phoenix May Day Rally

Nothing like an Arpaio pinata to make a kid's dayThe Psalms advise us that a gentle answer turneth away wrath. Apparently it has the effect of disarming Tea Baggers as well.That proverb was put to the test last Sunday at Phoenix's Margaret T. Hance Park where a couple of hundred people gathered to c ... More >>

Tumblr of the Week: Snail Quail

It's been a while since I've written about musical duo Snail Quail, but my goodness are they enjoyable. They write fun songs about goofy topics, which kind of makes them the Flight of the Conchords of Phoenix (and who doesn't miss FotC? HBO Sundays just aren't the same without them). ... More >>

Ron Paul's "Rock the Revolution" Tour Coming to Tempe

​On the official Rock the Revolution site, presidential candidate Ron Paul says: "I always knew that if you were going to have a revolution, you needed two things. Young people, and music." Well -- looks like he has the music part locked down with Rock the Revolution Concert, scheduled to be hel ... More >>

GOP Candidates and Their Theme Songs

​Herman Cain was served a tall order when this video leaked a few days ago. He's got a reputation to protect. That reputation: Future Chief Executive Pizza Man and past Godfather's Pizza CEO. Damn it, Americans love pizza. Who is he to hide his affection toward the garnished bread? He might as wel ... More >>

Henry Rollins on Occupants, the Occupy Movement, and the Radio

​There aren't a lot of middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Henry Rollins. You love him or you hate him, and he gives you plenty of chances to do either: He hosts a radio show on KCRW (doing remarkable things like following up a Curtis Mayfield cut with a jam by Japanese drone-rockers Boris ... More >>

Rock The R3volution Tour Goes Belly Up, Tempe Show Still Scheduled

Ron Paul and Ronny Reagan discussing rock 'n' roll. (Maybe?) ​​On the official Rock the Revolution site, presidential candidate Ron Paul says: "I always knew that if you were going to have a revolution, you needed two things. Young people, and music." Well, it used to say that at least. No ... More >>

The Rock the R3volution Tour Was Supposed to Galvanize Ron Paul Supporters -- Then It Fell Apart

Ron Paul and Ronny Reagan discussing rock 'n' roll. (Maybe?) ​​On the official Rock the Revolution site, presidential candidate Ron Paul says: "I always knew that if you were going to have a revolution, you needed two things. Young people, and music." Well, it used to say that at least. No ... More >>

Odd Future, Rock the r3volution, tUnE-yArDs, and More in This Week's Issue

​ This week's issue is a weird one. In our feature, Danny Torgersen and Trevor Denton of Captain Squeegee and Sun Ghost discuss the Rock the R3volution tour, a musical celebration of Ron Paul. Yeah -- as strange as that is. In our Shrapnel section, Chris Piel examines the potentially long-lasting ... More >>

Sun Ghost, Captain Squeegee on Ron Paul: Excerpts From Our Interview

​We've done a lot of coverage on the Rock the R3volution tour, from its announcement to almost inevitable collapse. The confluence of music and politics has always been interesting to me. Political art can be cringe-worthy ("boot up 'yer ass," anyone) or undeniably beautiful ("a change is gonna co ... More >>

The Rock the R3volution Tour Was Supposed to Galvanize Ron Paul Supporters -- Then It Fell Apart

​We've done a lot of coverage on the Rock the R3volution tour, from its announcement to almost inevitable collapse. The confluence of music and politics has always been interesting to me. Political art can be cringe-worthy ("boot up 'yer ass," anyone) or undeniably beautiful ("a change is gonna co ... More >>

Rick Perry's Jan Brewer Debate Moment *VIDEO*

Rick Perry has did gone the route of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer when it comes to looking like a total idiot during a debate.​Remember when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer had the most epic brain-fart in the history of public speaking during a televised debate last year (which in turn -- somehow -- ma ... More >>

John McCain's "Very Disappointed" in GOP Presidential Candidates' Positions on Waterboarding

This is John McCain's "very disappointed" face.​Arizona Senator John McCain -- who spent the better part of five years getting tortured by North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War -- took to Twitter this morning to let some of his fellow GOPers know that he's "very disappointed" in t ... More >>

Arizona GOP Presidential Primary Likely Another Race For Second Place; Mitt Romney Holds Double-Digit Lead

www.icanhascheezburger.com​Arizona's GOP presidential primary, like New Hampshire's, will likely be another race for second place -- according to a recently released poll, former Massachusetts Governor (and one-time Joe Arpaio butt-smoocher) Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead over each of his opp ... More >>

Russell Pearce Nabs First Vice Chair, Ron Paul Dominates Straw Poll at State GOP Meeting

Pearce, now 1st Vice Chair of the AZ GOPEx-state Senate President Russell Pearce began slithering back into relevancy this Saturday during the Arizona GOP's winter meeting, held at Phoenix's Church for the Nations, where he was elected to the party's First Vice Chair position.Despite an embarrassing ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Ron Paul and Science Fiction

Pearce, now 1st Vice Chair of the AZ GOPEx-state Senate President Russell Pearce began slithering back into relevancy this Saturday during the Arizona GOP's winter meeting, held at Phoenix's Church for the Nations, where he was elected to the party's First Vice Chair position.Despite an embarrassing ... More >>