tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58320865474204653842024-03-13T14:33:17.222-07:00Boycott Arizonaarizonaboycott.blogspot.com is a comprehensive web blog with full information on the Arizona Boycott. We give links and details to Boycott Arizona.Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-72278071376131526872011-03-25T14:01:00.000-07:002011-03-25T14:10:39.573-07:00Arizona Republicans Folding: Keep Boycotting!White Supremacist-friendly Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce is still fighting with the vigor of Joseph McCarthy and must be shut down. News of the effects of Arizona's racist policies have graced headlines recently. Please keep up the pressure. <br /><br />via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/us/19immigration.html?_r=2">The New York Times</a><br /><br />"Arizona established itself over the past year as the most aggressive state in cracking down on illegal immigrants, gaining so much momentum with its efforts that several other states vowed to follow suit. But now the harsh realities of economics appear to have intruded, and Arizona may be looking to shed the image of hard-line anti-immigration pioneer..."(<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/us/19immigration.html?_r=2">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-33559397142746410152010-12-29T04:25:00.000-08:002010-12-29T04:29:00.416-08:00SB 1070's Hate-FIlled Sister Law HB 2281<span style="font-style:italic;">via <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/arizona-bans-ethnic-studies-and-along-with-it-reason-and-justice66340">Truthout</a></span><br /><br />While much condemnation has rightly been expressed toward Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, a less-reported and potentially more sinister measure is set to take effect on January 1, 2011. This new law, which was passed by the conservative state legislature at the behest of then-School Superintendent (and now Attorney General-elect) Tom Horne, is designated HB 2281 and is colloquially referred to as a measure to ban ethnic studies programs in the state. As with SB 1070, the implications of this law are problematic, wide-ranging and decidedly hate filled...(<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/arizona-bans-ethnic-studies-and-along-with-it-reason-and-justice66340">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-63124193452909356402010-10-20T02:18:00.001-07:002010-10-20T02:20:03.367-07:00<object width="420" height="195"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QKFAiMbm1Fc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QKFAiMbm1Fc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="195"></embed></object>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-78965684799578817102010-10-20T02:10:00.000-07:002010-10-20T02:16:50.702-07:00Nevada Republican Calls Hispanics Asians<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43757.html">via Politico</a><br />"Nevada GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle said at a recent event with Hispanic high school students that some of the students in attendance looked “a little more Asian” to her.<br /><br />Angle has landed herself in hot water for a previously reported remark from the event, in which she claimed that she was “not sure” whether her illegal immigration ad featured Hispanics.<br /><br />But on Monday morning, the Las Vegas Sun’s John Ralston pulled another nugget from the meeting — Angle said that some of the members of the Hispanic Student Union looked like they might be Asian.<br /><br />“So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation, and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that,” Angle said, according to video posted by the Nevada paper. “What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country.”"(<a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43757.html">READ MORE</a>)<br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://krnv.img.entriq.net/dayportcore/dpm/DayPortPlayers.js"></script><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"11894",playerInstanceID:"0A49490D-27DB-8F26-F969-CB32D156F8F8",domain:"krnv.web.entriq.net"});</script>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-61865177295111185682010-10-20T02:07:00.000-07:002010-10-20T02:10:23.274-07:00Arizona Sued Over New 'Anti-Hispanic' Schools Law"<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/19/arizona.ethnic.studies.lawsuit/index.html?hpt=T2">Tucson, Arizona (CNN)</a> -- Eleven Tucson, Arizona, educators sued the state board of education and superintendent this week for what the teachers consider an "anti-Hispanic" ban looming on Mexican-American studies.<br />The suit comes in a state already roiled by a controversial immigration law that is being challenged in court..." (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/19/arizona.ethnic.studies.lawsuit/index.html?hpt=T2">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-61321803179915119922010-10-05T13:40:00.000-07:002010-10-05T13:41:02.442-07:00Vote!<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ExzINsaq4LI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ExzINsaq4LI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-54467902236765176652010-10-03T17:32:00.000-07:002010-10-03T17:34:20.013-07:00Bright Eyes Records "Coyote Song" for Arizona<object width="400" height="265"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15418942&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15418942&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="265"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/15418942">Exclusive Song for The Sound Strike "Coyote Song" by Bright Eyes.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cimarron">Producciones Cimarrón</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesoundstrike.net/soundstrikesongs.php">BUY IT HERE</a> for $2Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-9227003129813750452010-09-27T18:14:00.000-07:002010-09-27T18:21:05.632-07:00Anti-Immigration Hero Deputy Possible Fraudvia<a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/az_county_reopens_deputy_shooting_case_after_news.php?ref=fpa"> Talking Points Memo</a><br /><br />"<span style="font-weight:bold;">AZ Sheriff's Dept Reopens Case Of Deputy Allegedly Shot By Drug Smugglers</span><br /><br />The Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff's Office has announced that it is reopening the case of a sheriff's deputy who was shot on April 30, after an article last week raised questions about the deputy's story that he'd been involved in a shoot-out with drug smugglers -- and just hours after telling TPM that the department stood by the original investigation...<br /><br />In April, the case of <span style="font-style:italic;">Deputy Louie Purol</span>l received widespread media attention, as it came at the height of the debate over the state's controversial new immigration law. The tale was seized upon by anti-immigration activists to whip up support for the state's new law. Puroll said that he was shot by drug smugglers during an altercation in the Arizona desert..." (<a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/az_county_reopens_deputy_shooting_case_after_news.php?ref=fpa">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-57622525633286427732010-09-20T03:33:00.000-07:002010-09-20T03:39:14.675-07:00Mormon-Owned Paper Stands With Immigrants<span style="font-style:italic;">via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/business/media/20deseret.html?hp">The New York Times</a></span><br /><br />"SALT LAKE CITY — Joseph A. Cannon is nobody’s liberal. His résumé reads as if it belongs to a delegate to the Republican National Convention, which, incidentally, he was in 2004...He was an official for the Environmental Protection Agency under Ronald Reagan and chairman of the Utah Republican Party...<br /><br /><br />So it was something of a head-scratcher, Mr. Cannon said, when his voice mail and e-mail started filling up with messages from people calling him a “liberal freak” for the sympathetic way his paper (The Deseret News) often writes about illegal immigrants..." (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/business/media/20deseret.html?hp">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-52654048487190132822010-09-05T06:15:00.000-07:002010-09-05T06:18:40.347-07:00Gail Collins Column, NYT: Ungreat Debate"We do not generally look to gubernatorial debates for excitement. But this week there was a fascinating one in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer gave a bad performance of epic proportions. Really, Richard Nixon in 1960 was Demosthenes in Athens compared with this one.<br /><br />Brewer began by blanking out during her introductory statement — there was this horrible 16-second interval where she went silent, stared down at her notes and giggled. The evening ended when she stomped away from reporters who were yelling: “Governor, please answer the question about the headless bodies.”..." (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/opinion/04collins.html?src=me&ref=general">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-87205162234157085682010-09-03T04:58:00.000-07:002010-09-03T05:50:41.200-07:00Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe ArpaioIt wasn't until reading the first paragraph of today's <span style="font-style:italic;">New York Times</span> article about Sheriff Joe Arpaio being sued by the Department of Justice that this man finally came into proper perspective. He is the modern day embodiment of the "Mississippi Burning" deputy Cecil Price and Sheriff Lawrence Rainey with their smug expressions and his inflated sense of themselves. Hopefully it will end up with this racist right-wing nut ending up on one of his infamous chain gangs wearing stripes. He is bound to try to make himself a martyr for wing nuts and racists.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2lsxXjXOx7VYHcyQbGG7TleLlcq9aQf75cPHlj7UTB1gnovHs_A6Uxg1d7oOD7T5SXeuDzd1j7KqirgbN9JbE-u-lWKnRBT8IQ4djV717Cy57BV7JPcj01OCMO7-wiRwau8ESnrS5P0/s1600/rainey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2lsxXjXOx7VYHcyQbGG7TleLlcq9aQf75cPHlj7UTB1gnovHs_A6Uxg1d7oOD7T5SXeuDzd1j7KqirgbN9JbE-u-lWKnRBT8IQ4djV717Cy57BV7JPcj01OCMO7-wiRwau8ESnrS5P0/s320/rainey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512664954788687874" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">The Photo Paul Reed photograph in LIFE Magazine shows a defiant Deputy Cecil Reed and Sheriff Lawrence Rainey in MIssissippi.</span><br /><br /><br />via<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03sheriff.html?_r=1&hp"> The New York Times</a><br /><br />"The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County for not cooperating with an investigation into whether his department was systematically violating the rights of Hispanics. The government is looking into whether Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s department discriminates against Hispanics in its immigration sweeps. Obama administration officials called the suit the first time in 30 years that the federal government had to sue to compel a law enforcement agency to cooperate with an investigation concerning Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<br /><br />“The actions of the sheriff’s office are unprecedented,” Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the department’s civil rights division..." (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03sheriff.html?_r=1&hp">READ MORE</a>)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu96MNF8mFh0Mym6RGRcOLWlabqGNqR0EgsRzo8Pw5OiaFEvyVqqju_hvaQUYv0HwHzxiOYH9NquYMbB94nI_RWt_kHfcZwpeU4KA2dvC7mBPClvfU6VojvH1pw0B9P7CbM3_CPedA0Q/s1600/Arpaio.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu96MNF8mFh0Mym6RGRcOLWlabqGNqR0EgsRzo8Pw5OiaFEvyVqqju_hvaQUYv0HwHzxiOYH9NquYMbB94nI_RWt_kHfcZwpeU4KA2dvC7mBPClvfU6VojvH1pw0B9P7CbM3_CPedA0Q/s320/Arpaio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512666923852648530" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">Protest on February 8, 2009. Photo/Creative Commons/Flickr</span>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-3936904562000718022010-09-02T13:39:00.000-07:002010-09-02T13:47:39.105-07:00Jan Brewer Makes a Fool of HerselfIn appointed governor Republican of Arizona Jan Brewer's debate with Democratic opponent Terry Goddard last night, she made a spectacle of herself. It is a sight to see. Mr. Goddard pointed out her big lie about desert beheadings which has become an urban myth among the extreme right wing and some media outlets, particularly Fox News. <br /><br />Take a look: <br /><br /><object width="340" height="245"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xUPKKbmWMZ8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xUPKKbmWMZ8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="245"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="340" height="245"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AL5KQ4Ao0ro?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AL5KQ4Ao0ro?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="245"></embed></object>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-38183881261293366552010-09-01T23:08:00.000-07:002010-09-01T23:26:43.188-07:00AZ Gov Jan Brewer's Big Conflict of Interest"Gov. Jan Brewer took center stage last Tuesday night after she officially clenched the Republican nomination. Standing just behind her was a man most Arizonans would not recognize.<br />He’s Chuck Coughlin, Brewer’s campaign chairman, policy adviser and a lobbyist for the largest private prison company in the country. And he’s one of two people in the Brewer administration with ties to Corrections Corporation of America...<br /><br />Corrections Corporation of America holds the contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to lock up illegal immigrants picked up in Arizona. Tough immigration laws like Arizona's SB 1070 could send thousands of new bodies its way, and millions of dollars..."(<a href="http://www.kpho.com/news/24834877/detail.html">READ MORE</a>)<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="190"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KokOeCbrjzw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KokOeCbrjzw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="190"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">via <a href="http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=90248700&JobTitle=Writer-Editor&q=art&x=55&y=27&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&pg=1&re=0&where=washington+dc&rad=20&rad_units=miles&AVSDM=2010-08-23+11%3a54%3a00">Phoenix New TImes</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=90248700&JobTitle=Writer-Editor&q=art&x=55&y=27&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&pg=1&re=0&where=washington+dc&rad=20&rad_units=miles&AVSDM=2010-08-23+11%3a54%3a00">Jan Brewer's Chuck Coughlin, CCA, KPHO, and the Nearly $14K Canceled Ad Buy</a>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-4873639935075124852010-08-30T08:49:00.000-07:002010-08-30T09:04:45.287-07:00Matt Taibbi on Fox and Right Wing Media Hate"In Arizona, John McCain trounced a Tea Party candidate...he had to bend himself completely ass-backwards issue-wise in order to maintain what’s left of his cred with right-wing voters...McCain’s biggest problem with Republicans has always been his occasional willingness to describe Hispanic immigrants as human beings (remember his “Hispanic immigrants are God’s children, too?” spot in 2008?). That occasionally culturally empathetic McCain got stuffed in a steamer trunk for this primary season, though...<br /><br />Meanwhile Arizona governor Jan Brewer completed a similar turnaround. Last year at this time she was in trouble politically because of a tax increase she proposed two months after taking office. Then she rammed through Arizona’s notorious 1070 immigration law, and her political fortunes among Republicans changed instantly. By this summer she was following the Fox News script in telling phony scare stories about immigration (she told reporters the Arizona deserts were littered with beheaded bodies; the claims were later debunked by local law enforcement), and her status as the champion of America’s first attempts at pass laws helped her cruise to victory in her primary this week." (<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi/blogs/TaibbiData_May2010/195177/83512">READ ENTIRE STORY</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-51625839599036016272010-08-30T08:37:00.000-07:002010-08-30T08:48:41.670-07:00Brewer on U.N. Report: Remove Reference To SB 1070<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/29/jan-brewer-un-human-right_n_698427.html">via Huffington Post</a></span><br /><br />"Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state's controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations' human rights commissioner.<br /><br />In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Brewer says it is "downright offensive" that a state law would be included in the report, which was drafted as part of a UN review of human rights in all member nations every four years...<br /><br />The U.S. Justice Department sued to block the measure, arguing federal law trumps the state's authority to enforce immigration laws.<br /><br />A federal judge in July sided with the Justice Department and blocked enforcement of the law's most controversial provisions a day before it was scheduled to take effect.<br /><br />"A recent Arizona law, S.B. 1070, has generated significant attention and debate at home and around the world," the report says. "The issue is being addressed in a court action that argues that the federal government has the authority to set and enforce immigration law. That action is ongoing; parts of the law are currently enjoined."...<br /><br />Brewer, a Republican, is running for election in November. Her popularity in Arizona and her national profile have soared since she signed the immigration measure in April." (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/29/jan-brewer-un-human-right_n_698427.html">READ STORY</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-5950221892127772852010-08-15T19:09:00.000-07:002010-08-15T19:12:59.078-07:00NYT: "As Arizona Went, So Goes Virginia"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/opinion/15sun2.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">via The New York Times</a><br /><br />Virginia has long had localized tensions over immigration: places like Prince William County and towns like Herndon where influxes of day laborers and other immigrant Latinos have been followed by police crackdowns, anti-solicitation ordinances and laws empowering the police to check people’s immigration status.<br />Editorial Series<br /><br />Immigration<br />But now that Arizona has gone to unconstitutional extremes in its anti-immigration campaign, Virginia’s highest officials are trying to take their whole state farther down that dark road.<br /><br />Gov. Robert McDonnell and the attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, both Republicans, are leading the charge..." (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/opinion/15sun2.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-20976613825451595172010-07-30T05:52:00.000-07:002010-07-30T05:59:04.309-07:00SB 1070 Okay: “My children don’t look Hispanic.”"It wasn’t long ago that he said in an interview on Univision that he vehemently supported Arizona’s anti-immigrant law. In reference to the same law, he (R, Brian Sandoval) was asked how he would feel if he his children were stopped in the street and asked for their papers. He answered, with a note of pride in his voice, “my children don’t look Hispanic.”' (<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/29/888774/-NV-Gov:-Sandoval-(R)-isnt-worried-about-SB-1070-because-his-kids-look-white">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-7061288216864326992010-07-29T09:03:00.000-07:002010-07-29T09:07:36.881-07:00Elton John Calls Arizona Boycotters "F*cktwits"Fresh out of whoring himself out at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, Elton John works on making himself even more laughable. <br /><blockquote><br />""Elton John made his stance on the Arizona boycotts absolutely clear at a concert in Tucson, Arizona, though it might not be the stance supporters expected.<br /><br />Not only was John happy to play Arizona, but he remarked that he was staunchly opposed to the boycotts.<br /><br />"We are all very pleased to be playing in Arizona," John announced. "I have read that some of the artists won't come here. They are f**kwits! Let's face it: I still play in California, and as a gay man I have no legal rights whatsoever. So what's the f**k's with these people?"<br /><br />This isn't the first time John has shrugged off widespread boycotts. He also played a show in Tel Aviv in June, despite protests against Israel following the flotilla raid.<br /><br />Perhaps even more interesting was John's performance at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, despite Limbaugh's outspoken stance against same-sex marriage. John is legally married to David Furnish." (<a href="http://www.sodahead.com/entertainment/is-elton-john-right-to-criticize-arizona-boycotts/question-1125529/">READ MORE</a>)</blockquote>Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-84438213010853253162010-07-29T06:58:00.000-07:002010-07-29T07:02:35.835-07:00Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Arizona SB1070"A federal judge in Arizona on Wednesday broadly vindicated the Obama administration’s high-stakes move to challenge that state’s tough immigration law and to assert the primary authority of the federal government over state lawmakers in immigration matters" (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/us/29immig.html?_r=1&hp">READ MORE via The New York Times</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-21151603897164606852010-07-06T13:59:00.000-07:002010-07-06T14:01:34.519-07:00DOJ Suing ArizonaThe Department of Justice has sued the State of Arizona over its immigration law today.<br /><br />(<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/07/06/us/news-us-obama-immigration-lawsuit.html?_r=1&hp">Read the Story Here</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-8899266910747586072010-06-17T21:02:00.000-07:002010-06-17T21:05:52.449-07:00Hillary Clinton: Obama to File Suit Against Arizonavia <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/clinton-obama-administration-prepping-lawsuit-challenging-azs-immigration-law.php?ref=fpb">Talking Points Memo</a><br /><br />"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton let the gato out of the bolsa when she spoke to a reporter in Ecuador last week, telling the world the Obama administration would challenge Arizona's new immigration law.<br /><br />"The Justice Department, under [Obama's] direction, will be bringing a lawsuit against the act," Clinton said in a June 8 interview with NTN24 that went unnoticed until some conservative blogs posted the video today.<br /><br />A spokesman for the Justice Department said that Clinton's statement is premature, but Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer apparently got the message. Brewer (R) has begun to raise money for a legal defense fund...."(<a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/clinton-obama-administration-prepping-lawsuit-challenging-azs-immigration-law.php?ref=fpb">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-16686542212028723232010-06-17T20:56:00.000-07:002010-06-17T21:00:48.179-07:00SB 1070/Diamondbacks Protested at Fenway Parkvia <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/06/16/protesters_rally_at_fenway_park/">The Boston Globe</a><br /><br />"The Arizona Diamondbacks huddled in the cramped visitors clubhouse in Fenway Park yesterday afternoon, carrying more baggage than the usual bats and balls. On Lansdowne Street, the protesters were arriving.<br /><br />The team has become mired in the vitriolic national debate over illegal immigration, a symbol of a state under fire for recently passing the most restrictive immigration law in the country. Protests have dogged them in Houston and Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami, and yesterday in Boston, where scores of demonstrators gathered behind the Green Monster before game time to rally against the law.<br /><br />“It’s been happening everywhere we go,’’ said Miguel Montero, a 26-year-old catcher from Venezuela. “We don’t talk about it.’’" (<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/06/16/protesters_rally_at_fenway_park/">READ MORE</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-77272913532984952662010-06-11T01:30:00.000-07:002010-06-11T01:54:46.328-07:00"F*ck Arizona...Let's Boycott that B*tch!"<a href="http://bossip.com/251316/kanye-west-says-fck-arizona-lets-boycott-that-btch/"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqBOAZm9zahdgq7C0tjfgGV0Z5RRVYH4LOSzYuU32poMz5tgyetJl_xPX90sYjKhKoO1R9dLfM4uoZZXX070mzKyDk_J8ZfvVfS00Q7bOyieOmvnOjk8QAUlYkYMqDbf6W7H010pSlQM/s1600/BossipKanye.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqBOAZm9zahdgq7C0tjfgGV0Z5RRVYH4LOSzYuU32poMz5tgyetJl_xPX90sYjKhKoO1R9dLfM4uoZZXX070mzKyDk_J8ZfvVfS00Q7bOyieOmvnOjk8QAUlYkYMqDbf6W7H010pSlQM/s320/BossipKanye.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481435328006002930" /></a></a><br />Kanye West really has a way with words that can break through all of the polite chit chat and get to the point. When <a href="http://www.thesoundstrike.net/">The Sound Strike</a> kicked off last month with Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West and a growing list of other musicians boycotting Arizona, Mr. West put out his best quote since "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIUzLpO1kxI">George Bush doesn't care about black people</a>" after Hurricane Katrina. Even though it's been out their for a while, we thought we'd put it out there for the record.<br /><br />(<a href="http://bossip.com/251316/kanye-west-says-fck-arizona-lets-boycott-that-btch/">Link</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-75930722826117614272010-06-11T01:20:00.000-07:002010-06-11T01:25:03.959-07:00Massachusetts Following Arizona LawAndres Del Castillo, who just finished his freshman year at Suffolk University in Boston, is holding a vigil on the Statehouse steps to protest what could be the state’s harshest crackdown on illegal immigrants in decades. The plan, already approved by the Senate, must survive budget negotiations with the House to become law. (READ MORE)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832086547420465384.post-8592288603001285712010-06-11T01:12:00.000-07:002010-06-11T01:18:37.012-07:00Arizona Fight Draws White Supremacist-via <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/arizonas-immigration-battle-becomes">Crooks and Liars</a><br /><br /><object width="320" height="195"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1crnpTtj4vo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1crnpTtj4vo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="195"></embed></object><br /><br />"Videographer Dennis Gilman attended last weekend's "Phoenix Rising" rally in Phoenix last weekend and made this amazing video. You really have to watch it to believe it.<br /><br />My favorite moment is the woman who believes there is a "radical Islamic Mexican Catholic movement" that "has been taking over our nation and getting rid of and killing American citizens".<br /><br />But notice: There are a number of familiar faces here, most notably Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Russell Pearce. These are guys who show up on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC as spokesmen for SB1070..." (<a href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/arizonas-immigration-battle-becomes">READ MORE at Crooks and Liars</a>)Boycott Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670485778482461872noreply@blogger.com