Maria Weeg, aka, “the Weeg-ster”: Her resemblance to erstwhile Dukakis campaign aide Susan Estrich, is striking.It’s gotta be cold comfort for Arizona Democratic Party Chairman “Dandy” Don Bivens and Executive Director Maria Weeg to be getting love from the ideological Cro-Magnons over at the Sonoran Alliance blog. After all, Bivens,…

CNN’s Campbell Brown “Cutting Through the Bull” concerning Janet. Well, not completely… So the blogging and talk radio world is all over Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell for his off-mic comment about our Governor Janet Napolitano being tapped for Homeland Security Secretary, and why she’s a solid pick, in his estimation…

Buffalo Rick Galeener, guilty of taking an illegal al fresco whiz.In a surprising turn of events in the pending bench trial of nativist wackjob and noted Yosemite Sam-lookalike Buffalo Rick Galeener, the grizzled 58 year-old entered Phoenix Municipal Court this morning, and pleaded “guilty” to one count of public urination…

  Part One of Amy Goodman’s recent Democracy Now! segment on Janet Napolitano. Part Two from the same Democracy Now! show. If you want a quick video primer on why today’s official pick of Gov. Janet Napolitano to be Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary is a disaster for those concerned about…

If there’s anything the tragedy in St. Johns should teach you, it’s that if you plan to spank your eight year old 1,000 times, you may not want to show him how to shoot a rifle. Either that, or you might want to consider the option of a “time out”…

The thing that’s annoyed me most post-November 4 is the way state Dems seem to be shrugging and taking their losses locally on the chin. Rather than being infuriated that the state Democratic Party effed up, Dems seemingly have been resigned to getting cornholed royally by Republicans, as if that’s…

An excerpt from Bill McCune’s 1991 documentary, Barry Goldwater: An American Life.Someone recently sent me this YouTube clip from Bill McCune’s excellent bio-doc Barry Goldwater: An American Life, which I first watched while researching my 2006 cover story about the ribald Goldwater we rarely see represented, Goldwater Uncut. I had…

Just a few of the folks WBC missed out on meeting Saturday night.I was expecting a hatefest, a yellathon, maybe even some fisticuffs. Instead, it turned into a love-in.I’m talking about the threatened picket of Glendale Community College by the gay-bashing Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. WBC is a…

Hooman Karamian, the wannabe Perez Hilton… Sometimes, God sends you free room service. That’s what it felt like a couple of days ago when Hooman Karamian’s flack with the mega firm of 5W PR called me and offered him up to me on a silver platter. Hoo-da Hooman? You know…

Why worry? As The Turner Diaries reveals, ofays and guns go together like grits and runny eggs. What the hell is wrong with white people? Numerous media reports of late have detailed a run on gun stores by crazed crackers who believe the new black President-elect will take their firearms…

Freedom’s Phoenix has the scoop on the growing Post-it note rebellion against DPS’ new photo enforcement cameras. Say you wanna revolution? I know I do every time I take the 51 through town and have to run the gauntlet of the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s photo enforcement cameras. Literally,…

Get over it, nutbars. Come January 20, he’ll be the Prez, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Weird how the extremes of the far right and far left end up playing patty cake with each other in this country. Take, for example, Philadelphia lawyer Phil Berg, a former…

Jesse Curnow, organizer of the local chapter of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition. Ever want to shake hands with your friendly, neighborhood neo-Nazi? Well, here’s your chance. This Saturday afternoon, November 15 at the main branch of the Mesa library, the local chapter of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition will be meeting…

Anything to get the boob on the boob tube, eh, Joe? Say you’re sick of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s aged, authoritarian blowhole? So much so that the mere sight of his flaccid turkey neck and oily pate causes the sudden need to blow chunks and an insatiable desire to kick a…

FOX News regular Michelle Dallacroche says she’s shutting down MAIA due to lack of funds. I owe nativist firebrand Michelle Dallacroce a wiener. And I mean that in the sweetest way possible. Ever since the utra-right urban cougar sent out a surprising mass e-mail October 28 announcing that her Phoenix-based…

Olmsted denounces gay marriage, while ignoring the mass deportation of undocumented mothers and fathers. Know what Jesus had to say about homosexuality? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. It apparently was of no concern to him. Of course, he was always hanging out with this group of 12 righteous dudes, and he…

Sheriff Joe celebrates his “10th win” in office, telling reporter Yolie Hernandez he wants to help “resolve” the immigration problem. Could ol’ Joe be getting soft? Or maybe he was just tired and needed to go beddy-bye as he spoke to Barriozona.com reporter Yolie Hernandez about his reelection win November…

Sorry, B-Rock, but I ain’t feelin’ it. Democrats were understandably ecstatic last night at the Wyndham Phoenix Hotel. They chanted, “Yes We Can,” along with Barack Obama on the wall-size TV screen as he gave his acceptance speech in Chicago. Afterward, they sang and clapped along with the Stevie Wonder…