Subject: Steven Anderson

• Pastor Claims Abuse at Border Patrol Checkpoint on Interstate 8

    A local Baptist pastor who was left bloodied and indignant Tuesday night after a stop at the Border Patrol's checkpoint on eastbound Interstate 8 wonders in a recent video, "Why is this happening in the United States of America?" New Times readers who remember our February 2008 article on the infamous checkpoint know the answer: Because of a disputed -- but still potent -- U.S. Supreme Court ruling. As the article states, the Border Patrol was grant

  April 16, 2009

• Pastor Tased and "Beaten" at Checkpoint Plans to Sue; Admits He's Been Resisting at Checkpoints for Months

  Criminal charges have been filed against Steven Anderson, a local pastor we wrote about yesterday who claims he was brutalized at an Interstate 8 checkpoint. Anderson, however, says he's the victim and that he plans to sue the authorities involved in the incident. His family's personal Web site now includes a box for the collection of legal fees in addition to updates about Anderson's situation. (It says he's pulled in $680 as of 3 p.m.) We checked in with Anderson this morning by phon

  April 17, 2009

• Pastor Tasering by DPS a Brutal Event on YouTube

    Image from Steven Anderson's videoA local pastor who was left bloodied after refusing to submit to a search at the Interstate 8 Border Patrol checkpoint near Yuma has posted a video of the incident that shows him being Tasered in his car. The video, posted on YouTube by Steven Anderson, shows Anderson arguing with an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper through his car's closed window. Someone tells Anderson to close his eyes. The DPS officer then br

  May 13, 2009

• Pastor Tased at Checkpoint for 20 Seconds, Says Wife; Typical Taser Burst is Five Seconds

  Anderson's blog siteSteven Anderson, while in custody in a Border Patrol trailer A Valley pastor who was left bloody after an encounter with authorities at an Interstate 8 Border Patrol checkpoint suffered through 20 seconds of tasering, the man's wife says. Zsuzsanna Anderson tells Valley Fever the couple recently received the Taser report from the state Department of Public Safety and intends to post it on their blog site. Tasers are designed to give a five-second burst of electric

  June 9, 2009

• Pastor Left Bloodied at Border Patrol Checkpoint Releases Taser Report

  Steven Anderson today released the Taser report from his bloody and shocking encounter with authorities at a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 near Yuma. We mentioned the report earlier this month, but didn't have the actual paperwork. Anderson's wife, Zsuzsanna, e-mailed us a copy today. One very minor difference from what Zsuzsanna told us on June 9: The report says Anderson was tased for 18 seconds, not 20. Despite the two-second difference, the report by DPS trooper Rick VanKeur

  June 23, 2009

• Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson

  J.T. Ready at the Phoenix Tea Party July 4, 2009 These uber right wing Tea Parties continue to be a magnet for extremists and crazy folk of all stripes. Though I wasn't able to make the recent hate-Obama rally that took place July 4 at the Arizona state Capitol, I have since discovered from info provided from some pals that none other than local neo-Nazi J.T. Ready spoke at the event. More than one source has identified the Ready -- the Ernst Rohm of the East Valley -- as addressing the cr

  July 6, 2009

• July 6 In Blogs: J.T. Ready, Michael Jackson, Digestif, and Arizona Photo Enforcement

  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: Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson Up on the Sun: Michael Jackson In 2009, As Seen From 1984 Incoming: Lil Wayne, Daughtry, Cherry Poppin Daddies Chow Bella: Monday Night Martha: Cake Mix Cookies Digestif Moving; Kasperski Sell

  July 6, 2009

• Pastor Tased at Checkpoint Getting National Attention -- as Anti-Obama Extremist

    ​Steven Anderson, the right-wing pastor from Tempe who said he was abused by authorities at an Arizona checkpoint in April, caught the attention of MSNBC for his hate-filled, anti-Obama extremist. "Arizona, what is your deal?" wonders "Pareene" of the NYC-based Gawker.com, who also references the recent gun parade that took place during Obama's rally at the Phoenix Convention Center. "Is the heat making you crazy?" In a sermon of Anderson's played by the news ch

  August 24, 2009

• Meeting President Obama with an AR-15, plus MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre’s Bout with the Truth

  August 27, 2009

• August 26 In Blogs: President Barack Obama, Rocky Horror, Joe's Farm Grill, and Animal Attraction

  ​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: Christopher Broughton's Pastor Steven Anderson Prays for President Barack Obama's Death Up on the Sun: Scottsdale's Afro:Baile Records Preps Third Comp CD, Party The Rocky Horror Picture Show Returns to Mill Avenue and Finds New Home at Madcap Theaters Chow Bella: There's Something Fishy i

  August 26, 2009

• Alan Colmes Jerks a Metaphorical Knot in Pastor Steven Anderson's Noggin

  from Alan Colmes' Liberaland The lefty champ, givin' them false prophets what for... Alan Colmes is my new hero. Sure, he might look like E.T.'s pappy, but this dood is one sharp liberal. Just bend an ear to the audio clips of Colmes swimming logical laps round Steven L. Anderson, the Tempe pastor who wishes President Barack Obama, homosexuals, and sundry other sinners, dead. Colmes had Anderson on his radio show Tuesday, specifically to discuss the Bible bumpkin's "Why I H

  August 27, 2009

• August 27 In Blogs: Silver Medallion, Total Wine, DMX, and Alan Colmes

  ​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: Alan Colmes Jerks a Metaphorical Knot in Pastor Steven Anderson's Noggin Up on the Sun: Silver Medallion Posts New Music Video Geek Beat: Late Night Sex Scenes Sizzle, Fizzle Chow Bella: This Weekend: Grand Opening of New Total Wine in Tempe Battle of the Sundaes Valley Fever: Rapper DMX

  August 27, 2009

• Pastor Steven Anderson, Gun Nut Christopher Broughton and This Sunday's Worship at the Faithful Word Baptist Church

  Cristopher Broughton (left) and Pastor Anderson outside church Sunday night: Anyone else thinking of a certain Gnarls Barkley tune? Before I hit you with my account of this Sunday's evening service at Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church -- home to Obama-death-wish preacher Steven Anderson, and his spritual follower, AR-15-toter and Obama-hater Christopher Broughton -- I should run down some significant points picked up during my post-service chats with both. First off, despite w

  August 31, 2009

• August 31 In Blogs: Marcia Powell, DJ AM, Prosciutto, and Fat Asses

  ​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: Marcia Powell's Autopsy Report Rules Cage Death in ADC Custody an "Accident" Pastor Steven Anderson, Gun Nut Christopher Broughton and This Sunday's Worship at the Faithful Word Baptist Church Up on the Sun: Phoenix DJs React to Death of Adam Goldstein (a.k.a. DJ AM) Poison, Def Leppard, A

  August 31, 2009

• 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-hating pastor Steven Anderson and to his Ron Paul-y supporters at the RP4409 YouTube site that they actually make me feel a sort of  reluctant sympathy for the U.S. Border Patrol and Yu

  September 3, 2009

• Sept. 3 In Blogs: Steven Anderson, Fivespeed, Crab Legs, and Pfizer

  ​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: Steven Anderson's Yuma City Warrant for "Disorderly Conduct," and RP4409's Moronic Misuse of the Word "Nazi" (w/Update) Over 183 Migrant Deaths, 13 Arraigned for Leaving Water: No Better Time to See 7 Soles Up on the Sun: Fivespeed and Other Locals to Rock Out for Charity Saturday, Sept. 12

  September 3, 2009

• Sunday Service at Obama-Hater Pastor Steve Anderson’s Tempe Church, and Details of Inmate Marcia Powell’s Autopsy

  September 3, 2009

• Sept. 10 In Blogs: Steven Anderson, Bob Corritore, Twestival, and Wal-Mart

  ​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: Steven Anderson's Three Alarm Baptist Church: Barry Lynn of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Weighs In Up on the Sun: Emarosa, Lawrence Arms, Dillinger Four and other Sets Shows Find New Homes Bob Corritore Plans Big Show at Tempe Center for the Arts Chow Bella: 7 Re

  September 10, 2009

• Arizona Tea Party Puddin' Heads; Plus, Russell Pearce Says Joe Arpaio Won't Run for Guv, Despite Business Journal Report

  From left, Jack Harper, Dean Martin, Russell Pearce, and John Huppenthal Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain from the September 15 tea party-animals at the Arizona State Capitol, which featured a panel of politicos, such as gubernatorial hopeful and State Treasurer Dean Martin, state Senator Russell Pearce, s

  September 12, 2009

• Scottsdale's Eric Luke Arteaga Twitters Wish To Shoot President Barack Obama and Other Political Leaders

  from http://twitter.com/ericluke Sick joke, or just sick? I'd be inclined to overlook this "Eric Luke" -- a Scottsdale musician-hipster, and apparent frame shop employee (nothing hip about that), who recently Twittered a wish to shoot the President "in the fuckin back of the head...oh boy." However, I see that political blog sites such as DemocraticUnderground, Political Carnival, and Donna Greathouse's DemocraticDiva.com already have up posts on Luke, who also longs to plu

  September 13, 2009

• Arpaio Visits Houston and the Bigots at Westboro Baptist Church Have a New Target: Jews

  September 17, 2009

• Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 17, 2009

  September 17, 2009

• "Declare Your Independence with Ernie Hancock" Features Yours Truly as Guest

  Think Ernie's got an ego? Nah...I took up Phoenix libertarian Ernie Hancock's invite to be on his Webcast Wednesday morning, after much prodding from Hancock and his supporters. Alas, I couldn't make it into the studio. (Sorry, Ernie, I've never been an a.m. person.) Still, we spent a whole two hours jabbering about everything from Tempe Obama-hate-preacher Steven Anderson and the social contract to why Ernie needs to keep paying his taxes and why, if it were up to me, 

  September 17, 2009