http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arizona/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:02:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286040/posts At first Stewart Loew was excited by the sight: a mountain lion on the family's farm near Amado. In 40 years on the Agua Linda Farm, Loew said this was first large cat he had seen when it appeared in the donkey pen about a month ago. But soon, his animals started to turn up mauled or dead. First there were four sheep. Then, on June 15, an awful sight: 16 pygmy and nubian goats — all the mammals in the farm's petting zoo — were killed. Only the geese were spared. Loew and his wife, Laurel, who run the... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286040/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:02:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283705/posts 1. What is the supreme law of the land? 2. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution? 3. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 4. How many justices are on the Supreme Court? 5. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 6. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 7. What are the two major political parties in the United States? 8. We elect a U.S. senator for how many years? 9. Who was the first president? 10. Who is in charge of the executive branch? Arizona Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283705/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:09:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282684/posts It appears as if the spirit of the 9th and 10th Amendments are alive and kicking in Arizona: Voters in Arizona will decide next year whether residents will be subject to mandates in the pending health care reform that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are promoting. At least five other states - Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and Wyoming - have considered proposals to take pre-emptive action against the pending federal mandates, but those proposals have either not made it out of committee, failed to get enough votes from one side of the legislature, or are still being... Right Wing News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282684/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:22:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278971/posts Arizona is now close to becoming the first state to outlaw climate change legislation. The state Senate voted Monday, 19-10 to approve a bill banning the Department of Environmental Quality from enacting or enforcing measures with language pertaining to climate change. The bill is now awaiting House approval. DailyTech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278971/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:56:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277596/posts U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a Tucson man Friday on federal charges related to the sexual exploitation of children. According to officials, Albert Thomas Rogers, 51, contacted an ICE undercover special agent regarding a tour including the sexual exploitation of children in January. Rogers is the superintendent for the Tanque Verde Unified School District and an associate principal at Emily Gray Junior High School. KVOA TV Tucson, AZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277596/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:20:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264663/posts AUTHORITIES ARREST TWO PEOPLE ABOARD U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER SMUGGLING HANDGUN ON BOARD. Twitter #Breaking News Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264663/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:26:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2275925/posts For the past month, Emma Ramirez has been sleeping with her late husband. Each night, she tucks the urn full of his ashes into the bed they shared and talks to him in her dreams. Saying goodbye is harder than she imagined. But when her grief wanes, the Tucson woman plans to have her mate buried at sea as a tribute to his years of Navy service. "I know he would be honored," Ramirez, 58, said of her husband, Francisco M. Ramirez, a retired chief petty officer who died on May 15 at age 99. The Ramirezes are among a... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2275925/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:19:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275671/posts PHOENIX — Are you 18? Not convicted of a crime? Legislation set for debate today would let you carry a concealed weapon without having to bother with the background check, training and proficiency test now required. Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, said she believes all Arizonans should have the right to defend themselves. Allen, who does have a state-issued permit to carry a concealed gun, said she does not believe that makes gun owners any safer. More to the point, she said the law makes Arizonans less safe. Allen’s proposal, SB 1270, does not do away with the concealed weapon permits.... Sierra Vista Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275671/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275218/posts The Triple and Quadruple Bypass Burgers are advertised at Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona June 17, 2009. The restaurant is known for their hospital theme and enormous burgers. Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275218/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273553/posts Saudi Arabian Muslim Student Raed Al-Saif at Univ. of Tampa Tries To Get On Plane With 7 inch Butcher Knife in His Carry On Bag, the last name "Al-Saif" is linked to Al-Qaeda. Fifteen of the nineteen on 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia they used box cutters and small knives to take over control of the 4 airplanes on 9/11. The United States government determined that al-Qaeda, headed by Osama bin Laden, bore responsibility for the attacks, with the FBI stating "evidence linking al-Qaeda and bin Laden to the attacks of September 11 is clear and irrefutable". The Government... Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273553/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:51:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270927/posts Pima County Sheriff's investigators have charged three people with a May 30 home invasion that left a father and 9-year-old girl dead. Shawna Forde, Jason Eugene Bush and Albert Robert Gaxiola face murder, burglary and aggravated assault charges. Investigators say the suspects broke into a home in Arivaca, shooting and killing 29-year old Raul Flores and his daughter Brisenia. The child's mother was also wounded, but was able to return gunfire. Detectives believe the suspects were after money and drugs. Authorities say Raul Flores had drug connections. Investigators say Forde was the mastermind of the operation. She and Gaxiola are... KOLD.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270927/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273085/posts A smoky fire in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness southwest of Tucson has grown to about 14,500 acres today. [snip] About 215 firefighters are on the fire, and tanker trucks are on hand to protect a ranch and related buildings in Wood Canyon, about 30 miles south of Three Points. [snip] Wood said tankers were dispatched to another fire on state land near Sunsites, 70 miles southeast of Tucson, Monday. The Diamondback Fire burned about 80 acres east of U.S. 191, Wood said. Coronado National Forest officials, meanwhile, said the Slavin Gulch Fire in the Dragoon Mountains, 50 miles southeast of... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273085/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272449/posts Do you favor cutting the business tax rate to make it more equal to homes, effectively shifting more costs to homeowners? Yes No Do you believe such a change would be good for the economy by bringing more businesses or commercial activity to Arizona? Yes No Whom do you trust most to come up with a fair and balanced fiscal 2010 budget? Gov. Jan Brewer Legislative Republicans Legislative Democrats None of the above azstarnet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272449/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:24:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271311/posts Another tunnel apparently dug by drug smugglers has been found beneath the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz. Scioli said it’s the 63rd smuggling tunnel found beneath the border in the Nogales area since October 1995, and the 16th since last October. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271311/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:14:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271149/posts An outspoken anti-immigration activist who was at the center of a series of violent crimes in Everett earlier this year now stands accused of the home-invasion killings of an Arizona man and his 9-year-old daughter. Shawna Forde, 41, and two associates in her Minuteman American Defense group are charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree burglary and one count of aggravated assault ... The May 30 killings were believed to be premeditated and part of a plan to steal money and drugs to finance the Minuteman group she leads. Forde's own family said that the woman... The Daily Herald, Everett, WA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271149/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:03:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269188/posts PHOENIX — The state moved on two fronts Tuesday to prohibit politicians and appointed agency chiefs from blocking law enforcement officers from enforcing immigration laws. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 8-3 to outlaw any policies that keep any public employee from contacting federal immigration officials to determine whether someone with whom they are dealing is in this country legally. That would include not just people stopped by police, but anyone who enters a government building applying for a benefit, service or license where being a legal resident is a condition. And to make sure SB 1162 had some real teeth,... Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269188/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269306/posts Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon used the occasion of a fatal shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC – allegedly by a white supremacist – to accuse Sheriff Joe Arpaio of being sympathetic to Nazis and neo-Nazis. At a news conference called to discuss Phoenix's light rail system, Gordon led off expressing his sympathies to the family of the victim in the DC shooting. He then called white supremacists "despicable" and wondered aloud why community and law enforcement leaders across the Valley have repeatedly denounced white Supremacists, except for Arpaio. According to Gordon, the sheriff has had numerous occasions to... kfyi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269306/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:06:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267805/posts Eight illegal immigrants 'stacked like wood' in the back of a sports-utility vehicle were killed when the driver lost control on a remote southeastern Arizona highway. At least 27 men and women were in the vehicle traveling about four miles east of Sonoita when the vehicle rolled shortly before midnight on Saturday, according to Officer Joy Craig of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. dailymail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267805/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260053/posts Austin Michael Wright died Wednesday night, two days after Dean Martin's wife Kerry died after complications from childbirth. kfyi.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260053/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 19:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259410/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Eight Uzbekistan Nationals Among 12 Charged with Racketeering, Human Trafficking & Immigration Violations in Scheme to Employ Illegal Aliens in 14 States Twelve defendants, including eight Uzbekistan nationals, have been charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on May 6, 2009, on RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges related to labor racketeering, forced labor trafficking and immigration and other violations in 14 states. Abrorkhodja Askarkhodjaev, 30, Nodir Yunusov, 22, Rustamjon Shukurov, 21, citizens of Uzbekistan residing in Mission, Kan.; Ilkham Fazilov, 44, Nodirbek... US DOJ.GOV/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259410/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 23:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258588/posts The wife of Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin passed away Monday night shortly after giving birth to the couple's firstborn son. http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/Wife-of-Arizona-State-Treasurer-dies-af http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258588/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 21:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253702/posts Veterans In Politics Talk Show Introduces AZ State Senator Seel and Veteran Jeff Brookman LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net May 23: Jeffrey F. Brookman, DO, FACOFP Carl Seel Arizona State Legislature District 6: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson and Co-Hosted by Ronda Baldwin Kennedy. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call in and speak to the guest or/and hosts at (702) 309-6690. Sage Bocook has done an excellent job as co-host on the Veterans In Politics. We wish... The Veterans In Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253702/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 05:01:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251296/posts PHOENIX – A woman in Arizona suffering from a lung condition has apparently become the fourth person with swine flu in the nation to die, authorities said Thursday. The Maricopa County Health Department reported that the woman in her late 40s died last week of what appears to be complications of the new strain of influenza. Laboratory tests confirmed that the woman was infected with the flu strain. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to add her to the official national tally on Friday, health department spokeswoman Jeanene Fowler said. "Unfortunately, we knew this was coming.... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251296/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 02:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2250093/posts Hello, the name is Danielle. I just moved from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Hereford Arizona. I am currently in the Army Reserves. I formally worked for the Republican Party of Florida, as well as lobbying and counter terrorism research organizations. I also was a public educator in Florida before making the move to Arizona. Now I am a contractor for the Army. I have "lurked" on here for years and a friend of mine (my favorite headache) told me that you might be able to answer some of my questions. I am very interested in getting involved with the Simcox... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2250093/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 16:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244337/posts Evolving faster than any other new rabies virus on record, a northern-Arizona rabies strain has mutated to become contagious among skunks and now foxes, experts believe. The strain looks to be spreading fast, commanding attention from disease researchers across the United States. It's not so unusual for rabid animals to attack people on hiking trails and in driveways, or even in a bar—as happened March 27, when an addled bobcat chased pool players around the billiards table at the Chaparral in Cottonwood. Nor is it odd that rabid skunks and foxes are testing positive for a contagious rabies strain commonly... National Geographic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244337/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 07:00:56 GMT