[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Phoenix Rising - BOOYA! (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 5/19/2010 12:20:16 AM EDT
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http://phoenixrally.com/
Who else will be there? Time to man up and show up in force, guys. Update: Here's another one the Saturday before. I'll be celebrating my wedding anniversary with my wife, but my buddy Stacy from Conservative Shirts and AZ Cap Company will be there with a booth, and I'll probably be running a booth at the Phoenix Rally if they allow vendors. So that could be a way for us to meet up. Or there's always the super secret wave . . . . http://standwitharizona.org/pages/about/ Update #2: Here's the printable info sheet: http://www.phoenixrally.com/phoenix-rising-program.pdf I will be there around 2pm to check out some of the displays, then I plan on staying for the program until after 6pm. Not gonna stay for the dinner, though. Well maybe, I'll play that by ear. My wife will be with me as well. Who else is going? |
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Will be headin' up from Tucson with bells on 
ETA: We should try to arrange some way for ARFcommers to meet up there. |
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We should try to arrange some way for ARFcommers to meet up there. I updated the OP with an idea for this Quoted:
we have won, there are still tangos here but they wont let us touch them. I am sick of the middle east. years that I've been visiting 90-91, 96, 03,04, 07,08,09,10 fuck this place  My prayers are with you, man . . . . but I don't just send prayers to our Troops. Anything you need? You name it, you got it (within reason and at least mostly legal). Hooah! |
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WTF?
Arizona immigration law rally loses group due to neo-Nazi links
A national anti-illegal-immigration group has pulled out of a planned June 5 rally in Phoenix to support Arizona's immigration law because of a key organizer's alleged links to neo-Nazis. The website for the "Phoenix Rising" Arizona Rally and Freedom March event scheduled for Wesley Bolin Plaza lists as "confirmed" speakers former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, state Sen. and Senate Bill 1070 sponsor Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, and GOP Senate challenger J.D. Hayworth, although a spokesman said Hayworth won't be participating. The rally intends to show support for the statute, Gov. Jan Brewer and other Arizona lawmakers who supported the legislation. The law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It states that an officer engaged in a lawful stop, detention or arrest shall, when practicable, ask about a person's legal status when reasonable suspicion exists that the person is in the U.S. illegally. As of late Friday, the event's Facebook page had 3,688 members. But William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee, or ALIPAC, is distancing his group from event organizer Daniel Smeriglio of Hazleton, Pa., over Facebook connections to White supremacists and a European neo-Nazi musical act. "We have worked diligently behind the scenes to try to resolve this situation with the knowledge that our political opposition does have strong evidence of neo-Nazi supporters being involved with the event still going forward on the 5th," ALIPAC said Thursday in a written statement. "We feel it is completely unacceptable that Dan Smeriglio and Tom Tancredo or anyone else would put the brave activists, lawmakers, candidates, and citizens of Arizona at risk by proceeding with an event that our opponents can use to harm our cause of stopping and reversing illegal immigration." Smeriglio, whose group is called Voice of The People USA, could not be reached for comment but defended himself in a lengthy written statement on his website. He strenuously denied being a racist. "Out of the 2,200 friends on my Facebook page, two apparently had or have some association with groups that do NOT represent my beliefs, particularly regarding illegal immigration," Smeriglio wrote. "When this was brought to my attention I immediately removed and blocked the two individuals in question, because I stand against illegal immigration with no hatred in my heart for any person, race or religion." Smeriglio said he never listened to the lyrics of Saga, a White nationalist singer from Sweden. "I do not have the ability to do a background check on every person or band out of thousands that I come into contact with on Facebook," he said. "To link me with this band is absurd and was done with malicious intent." Tancredo, who while in Congress was perhaps Capitol Hill's best-known border hard-liner, also defended Smeriglio on the Phoenix rally's website. "The allegations against one of the rally's organizers, Daniel Smeriglio, have been examined and are not only without merit, they are the worst kind of character assassination that no decent person in politics, left, right or center, should condone," Tancredo said in the statement. Mark Sanders, a spokesman for Hayworth, on Friday said Hayworth won't be appearing at the Phoenix rally. Hayworth, a former Arizona congressman, is running against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the Aug. 24 GOP primary and has been endorsed by ALIPAC. "We have a conflict," Sanders said. On Friday, Gheen said he wasn't interested in talking further about the June 5 rally, saying that ALIPAC activists are putting their emphasis on spreading Arizona's immigration law to other states. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/22/20100522arizona-immigration-law-rally-neo-nazis.html |
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I'll be there, likely with my wife and baby, and probably some friends. Anybody know of anything in the AZ law that prohibits CCW at meetings like this? I didn't see anything, but that doesn't mean I didn't miss it. No. Do you have an AZ CCW? If not, you should be able to open carry. I will be. |
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I won't have a sign 'cause I don't want to carry one - wish I had a BFL hat. We should all meet up somewhere - I'm not familiar with the location but if anyone knows a good spot to meet then post it up. Otherwise you can call me when you get there 520-831-3683 (my cell phone number is no big secret so I don't mind posting it.)
Hey Brice is your wife gonna come with you? |
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I won't have a sign 'cause I don't want to carry one - wish I had a BFL hat. We should all meet up somewhere - I'm not familiar with the location but if anyone knows a good spot to meet then post it up. Otherwise you can call me when you get there 520-831-3683 (my cell phone number is no big secret so I don't mind posting it.) Hey Brice is your wife gonna come with you? No. She's going with the kids to her friends wedding. I told her I was more interested in going to the rally. 
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We should try to arrange some way for ARFcommers to meet up there. I updated the OP with an idea for this Quoted:
we have won, there are still tangos here but they wont let us touch them. I am sick of the middle east. years that I've been visiting 90-91, 96, 03,04, 07,08,09,10 fuck this place My prayers are with you, man . . . . but I don't just send prayers to our Troops. Anything you need? You name it, you got it (within reason and at least mostly legal). Hooah! a commander in cheif worth following????? |
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We should try to arrange some way for ARFcommers to meet up there. I updated the OP with an idea for this Quoted:
we have won, there are still tangos here but they wont let us touch them. I am sick of the middle east. years that I've been visiting 90-91, 96, 03,04, 07,08,09,10 fuck this place My prayers are with you, man . . . . but I don't just send prayers to our Troops. Anything you need? You name it, you got it (within reason and at least mostly legal). Hooah! a commander in cheif worth following????? Hey come on, I said within reason.  But oh man, I wish I could give you what you've asked for.
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Does anybody find it odd that there almost seems to be little to no mention of tomorrow's gathering on the information highway? I've been trying to rally up my neighbors and they sort of look at me with the "WTF are you talking about" deer in headlights stare. My wife works downtown and was talking to her co-workers today and none of them even knew about the event until I sent her an email linking to the website. The event prior received national outcry and popped up on Yahoo and MSM under local headlines well before the event took place. Just seems to me that a little PR would have been in order to get as much support as possible.
Should be interesting tomorrow afternoon... 
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I had a good time - plus I got to spend quality time with my wonderful wife without our kids, which doesn't happen much. Got to hear some good people say some good things, and I finally got to meet victor and AKIA_AZ, even though we didn't hang out much 'cause my wife and I had to find some shade and we like to walk around a lot. We also got to see Winston_Wolf, who it's always my pleasure to spend time with, and got to hang with my buddy ObsoleteMan for a while. Saw lots of OC, which I like, and as a bonus we got to see a few idiot protesters make fools of themselves. All in all it was a good day! Afterwards my wife and I walked around the government buildings, took some pics over at the mine resources building, and went and had a very nice dinner.
Arpaio gave an awesome speech as always, it was great to hear Russell Pearce speak, and there were just a lot of good folks around. Here's some pics that I got: Telemundo reporter - she was reporting right next to the porto-crappers, which I found appropriate. 
Pro-1070 reporter from Kali. 
These guys don't think your jokes are funny, you silly protesters. 
Russell Pearce and a few random pics. 
And my wife at the mine resources museum. It's crazy how big this equipment is. 
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