DID SIMCOX THREATEN ARPAIO?
This is just way too good to let go. Seems like Sheriff Joe (our very own American version of the Sheriff of Nottingham) is now accusing Minuteman leader Chris Simcox, among others, of plotting to kill him. I am not kidding!Seems like Sheriff Joe and Putkin have a heck of a lot in common:
1. They both think people are out to off ‘em
2. Both try to silence journalists who try to expose ‘em
3. They both try and take out their opposition
4. Both have their own version of prison camps
Yep – lots in common! Sheriff Joe has decided that Chris Simcox and his merry little minutemen, among others, including an immigration rights activist, are trying to do him in, mostly for publicity. According to the Phoenix New Times
“…The MCSO brain trust actually believed Bermudez was helping the Minutemen take out a hit on Joe through big-time narco gangsters! What was the MCSO smokin'?! Joe's handlers even hustled the lawman and spouse Ava out of their abode, shuttlin' them from one fleabag hole to another. In the Republic's story, Joe gripes about having to eat a Denny's hamburger instead of his Easter ham. He almost sounds like some decrepit dictator, like, say, Cuba's ancient commie leader, Fidel Castro, a doddering figurehead not even in control of his own person. "When I have to move out of my house," huffed Arpaio to the Republic, "from one dumpy hotel room to another, I don't blame my staff. It's their job to protect me." Isn't Joe sentient enough to realize when his dunderheaded deputies don't know their keisters from a groundhog hole? Jesus, if they'd tried hidin' you in Tent City, Joe, would you have gone? "He doesn't have it upstairs anymore," Bermudez observed to The Bird. "Most of the stuff he puts out in the press, he's practiced and memorized. One-on-one, when he's not guarded, he mumbles, he says incoherent things, he introduces [MCSO flack] Paul Chagolla to me five times in the space of 15 minutes."MCSO investigators interrogated Bermudez in June about the alleged plot, but Bermudez didn't learn 'til recently that the Sheriff's Office finally had it figured for a crock. That's why, when The Bird chatted with Bermudez in August about the hubbub over that pic he circulated of Arpaio in Ku Klux Klan garb, Bermudez said he believed he was going to be arrested…”
Seriously, this isn’t the first time Arpaio has done the assissination thing, keeping disabled and disturbed kid in jail for 4 years, even ignoring the man’s request for an attorney. So, this is nothing new. Inquiring minds in Phoenix and Maricopa are asking if Sheriff Joe is losing it, or is this more of the same old same old? Our new favorite liberal site The Feathered Bastard, has all the juicy details.
“…I’m not knocking the grunts. I reckon they were just doing their jobs, especially since the higher-ups so desperately wanted to believe this javelina hockey. See, Elias Bermudez was supposed to be the go-between in the caper, brokering a $3 million contract on Arpaio’s life, with the Minutemen ponying up the dolo and the Meraz drug-running org using a hit squad hired from the infamous (and some say mythical) Los Zetas paramilitary group. Um, I think the first indication that this tale was a big ol’ pantload would be Bermudez and the Minutemen holding hands….
…$330 is certainly a pittance in comparison to the $500K the MCSO reportedly spent on the investigation. But that only adds insult to injury: MCSO bigwigs fell for a penny-ante grifter’s verbal three-card Monte, and they’re STILL falling for it. Chief Black, head of Arpaio’s special ops, told the Rep, “We’re still investigating. We still don’t believe it’s over…We still continue to believe the threat is out there.”
To quote the Geico caveman, “What!?” In the MCSO report, the CI tells them, at one point, that he’s been offered $10,000 by the drug smugglers for his role as a translator, but refused receipt of the payment. Then he turns right around and asks his MCSO handlers for $100. Didn’t this make anyone a tad suspicious? What was the CI’s motivation in all this? He doesn’t want to get paid $10K, but he needs $100 for expenses? Puh-lease!... Joe’s “Selective Enforcement Unit,” which seems like Joe’s personal Praetorian Guard, is suckered in by these James Bond-ish daydreams where hit squads are studying shaky surveillance video of Arpaio and divvying up their not-so-incognito attire, like Jordache shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, Nike tennis shoes, etc. The MCSO even does its research of the Los Zetas crime group on Wikipedia! Wow. Now that’s really sad, people. Some of their other info. on Los Zetas comes from the uber-right moonbatt site WorldNetDaily; conservative fruitcake William Gheen’s ALIPAC site; and wacko wing-nut Alex Jones’ PrisonPlanet.com. That’s right, you can rest easy at night knowing that the MCSO gets info. from a man who believes 9/11 was an inside job and that world leaders worship Satan up in Bohemian Grove. (That would be Jones, mind you.)
The MCSO comes off as a deeply paranoid and delusional organization. As well as just plain dangerous. It didn’t take much for them to try to tie in Elias Bermudez into this “conspiracy to commit murder” investigation. They even have a copy of that Arpaio-as-Klansman pic Bermudez sent around a couple of months back. (See, "Grand Wizard Arpaio," August 23, 2007). They definitely wanted to take him down. You’d think the informant’s canards linking Bermudez to nativist Minutemen would have caused an arched eyebrow, or two. But no. And that’s where you come off believing that these Rosco P. Coletranes are more menace than comedians. Like Reno 911 or Super Troopers, but with the power to waste big taxpayer bucks and chase chimeras while real criminals get away with murder. Be afraid, people. Be very afraid….”
…$330 is certainly a pittance in comparison to the $500K the MCSO reportedly spent on the investigation. But that only adds insult to injury: MCSO bigwigs fell for a penny-ante grifter’s verbal three-card Monte, and they’re STILL falling for it. Chief Black, head of Arpaio’s special ops, told the Rep, “We’re still investigating. We still don’t believe it’s over…We still continue to believe the threat is out there.”
To quote the Geico caveman, “What!?” In the MCSO report, the CI tells them, at one point, that he’s been offered $10,000 by the drug smugglers for his role as a translator, but refused receipt of the payment. Then he turns right around and asks his MCSO handlers for $100. Didn’t this make anyone a tad suspicious? What was the CI’s motivation in all this? He doesn’t want to get paid $10K, but he needs $100 for expenses? Puh-lease!... Joe’s “Selective Enforcement Unit,” which seems like Joe’s personal Praetorian Guard, is suckered in by these James Bond-ish daydreams where hit squads are studying shaky surveillance video of Arpaio and divvying up their not-so-incognito attire, like Jordache shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, Nike tennis shoes, etc. The MCSO even does its research of the Los Zetas crime group on Wikipedia! Wow. Now that’s really sad, people. Some of their other info. on Los Zetas comes from the uber-right moonbatt site WorldNetDaily; conservative fruitcake William Gheen’s ALIPAC site; and wacko wing-nut Alex Jones’ PrisonPlanet.com. That’s right, you can rest easy at night knowing that the MCSO gets info. from a man who believes 9/11 was an inside job and that world leaders worship Satan up in Bohemian Grove. (That would be Jones, mind you.)
The MCSO comes off as a deeply paranoid and delusional organization. As well as just plain dangerous. It didn’t take much for them to try to tie in Elias Bermudez into this “conspiracy to commit murder” investigation. They even have a copy of that Arpaio-as-Klansman pic Bermudez sent around a couple of months back. (See, "Grand Wizard Arpaio," August 23, 2007). They definitely wanted to take him down. You’d think the informant’s canards linking Bermudez to nativist Minutemen would have caused an arched eyebrow, or two. But no. And that’s where you come off believing that these Rosco P. Coletranes are more menace than comedians. Like Reno 911 or Super Troopers, but with the power to waste big taxpayer bucks and chase chimeras while real criminals get away with murder. Be afraid, people. Be very afraid….”
Now for the serious commentary on the subject: Seems like the Maricopa Co Sheriff’s Office spent a half million dollars during the past 6 months to protect Arpaio Chris Simcox and an immigration rights activist. Yep, you read this correct.
“The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spent an estimated $500,000 during the past six months protecting Joe Arpaio from an assassination that supposedly was designed to cause a furor in the United States over illegal immigration.The convoluted plot, reported to police by a paid informant, purportedly involved members of the Minutemen border group hiring a hit squad from a Mexican drug cartel and using an outspoken immigrant-rights advocate as their intermediary. Sheriff's officials now acknowledge that virtually none of the information supplied by the source panned out. According to the informant, Mexican nationals were to be blamed for the killing, which was to be carried out by members of Los Zetas, an enforcement arm of the smuggling organizations comprised mostly of former Mexican police and soldiers.
The informant, claiming to be a translator for cartel leaders, said he witnessed a down payment of $1.5 million for the slaying. In all, 88 employees have played a role in the investigation since it began in mid-March. The Sheriff's Office racked up about 16,720 hours of work on the case, plus nearly $82,000 in credit-card bills for gas, meals, airfare and motel rooms, including those for Sheriff Arpaio. Detectives staked out border crossings, hid Arpaio in hotel rooms and chased leads from Connecticut to the Arizona-Mexico border. People identified by the informant said they had never heard of the plot. The president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was incredulous at the idea his group would have been involved….
…According to the informant, two Minutemen leaders met with the administrator for a Mexican narcotics ring. The informant told sheriff's deputies that the Minutemen wanted Arpaio killed to "rally more support for their cause, which is to secure the U.S.-Mexican border and stop illegal immigration." They purportedly agreed on a price of $3 million in cash, with an advance payment of $1.5 million. The informant said Elias Bermudez, a Phoenix immigrant-rights advocate and talk-radio host, served as an intermediary in the plot. Bermudez said he never heard of the plot until he was contacted by investigators…."It's pure fabrication," Bermudez said. "I told them I had no reason to have the demise of the sheriff. . . . The idea of me and the Minutemen trying to hire someone to do this is outlandish."
Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, expressed bewilderment when told of the informant's story. "Wow, that's quite a rich plot," he said. "Look, Joe Arpaio is like a hero to us as Minutemen. Why would we want to go against the toughest sheriff in the country?"…”
The informant, claiming to be a translator for cartel leaders, said he witnessed a down payment of $1.5 million for the slaying. In all, 88 employees have played a role in the investigation since it began in mid-March. The Sheriff's Office racked up about 16,720 hours of work on the case, plus nearly $82,000 in credit-card bills for gas, meals, airfare and motel rooms, including those for Sheriff Arpaio. Detectives staked out border crossings, hid Arpaio in hotel rooms and chased leads from Connecticut to the Arizona-Mexico border. People identified by the informant said they had never heard of the plot. The president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was incredulous at the idea his group would have been involved….
…According to the informant, two Minutemen leaders met with the administrator for a Mexican narcotics ring. The informant told sheriff's deputies that the Minutemen wanted Arpaio killed to "rally more support for their cause, which is to secure the U.S.-Mexican border and stop illegal immigration." They purportedly agreed on a price of $3 million in cash, with an advance payment of $1.5 million. The informant said Elias Bermudez, a Phoenix immigrant-rights advocate and talk-radio host, served as an intermediary in the plot. Bermudez said he never heard of the plot until he was contacted by investigators…."It's pure fabrication," Bermudez said. "I told them I had no reason to have the demise of the sheriff. . . . The idea of me and the Minutemen trying to hire someone to do this is outlandish."
Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, expressed bewilderment when told of the informant's story. "Wow, that's quite a rich plot," he said. "Look, Joe Arpaio is like a hero to us as Minutemen. Why would we want to go against the toughest sheriff in the country?"…”
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