09 October 2017

Mesa Arts Center Provides A Stage For Alt-Right Conservative Politics

Some people might call this event "A Theater of The Absurd" with a big cast of characters (600) appearing on-stage and otherwise - with little or no publicity-in-advance locally. It was promoted as the Phoenix Freedom Summit and did take place inside the Ikeda Theater @ MAC over last weekend on Saturday, Sept 30.
A good site selection for sure here in the most conservative city in America. But instead of any other choice of venue [like the convention center or amphitheater] the sponsors paid for staging this event in an "arts complex" supported financially by residents/patrons, event ticket-buyers and taxpayers.
MAC is owned and operated by the City of Mesa.

Blogger Note: An announcement for the event was made as "other presenters" on the Mesa Arts Center official website https://www.mesaartscenter.com/index.php/shows/other-presenters/freedom-summit that yours truly happened to miss except for a coincidence . . .
Your MesaZona blogger would have missed this story except for having his quiet enjoyment of the peaceful water-feature flowing through the public space interrupted by a security guard escorting an SUV sporting a 960ThePatriot.com logo to park 10 feet away. . .
Let's just say yours truly was not "on-the-beat" looking for a story. It wasn't any assignment to "cover the news" since there's no chain-of-command in this independent journalistic endeavor, but an internal reporting instinct took over seeing "The Patriot" on the sides of a media-owned SUV with two guys stationed @ MAC. The event with few details, was memorialized on this blog dated Saturday, Sept 30th
https://mesazona.blogspot.com/2017/09/here-in-mesa-tonight-freedom-summit.html   
Like some media outlets here in Mesa, your MesaZona blogger does not - as has never claimed - that only "good news" is reported.
That would totally distort real life no matter the slant or bias of those other publications in their so-called mission to deliver the news. However, at times this journalist has perhaps become over-sensitive to some criticism for being "a Rabble-Rouser" and "a Trouble-Maker" but that's the way it goes when some officials want to control and dictate who and what is published, oftentimes "spoon-feeding" news they want regurgitated and made public to selected reporters in mainstream media. That's not happening here.
The Freedom Summit/Battle For American Greatness event last Saturday @ MAC was prime time material ripe for hype for what a local attorney termed "paparazzi reporting" when wanting to avoid sensationalistic coverage over an issue that arose in the run-up for what turned out to be voter rejection of a proposition in last November's general election. 
With that in mind, this blog probably under-reported  what went inside the Ikeda Theater on September 30, 2017 last weekend - over 600 listeners showed up and 83 images were posted and made public from reports on the Facebook page for https://www.facebook.com/960thepatriot/ . . . it goes to show that the powerful national neo-con alt-right conservative agenda is saturating into a number of cities getting a local stage right here in Mesa inside an arts complex with the appearance of a cast of characters both on-stage and outside.
Not mentioned is the speaking appearance of Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. [in the image to the right]
A high-priced VIP Ticket got you access to 9 top named speakers: Dinesh D'Souza, Mike Gallagher, Larry Elder, Guy Benson, Seth Leibsohn, Chris Buskirk, J.D. Hayworth, Ed Morrissey and Caleb Howe.
Ticket prices: VIP $111, Preferred $52, General Reserved $36
Fortunately, Maria Zuniga has provided her comments in an article a week later on October 8th with some details on reproductive rights and generalities about others:
Blogger's Note: over 700,000 women here in Arizona might be impacted by changes announced after this event permitting an exemption for business owners on "religious or moral grounds"
Republican gathering focuses on conservative issues, draws protesters
, The Republic | azcentral.com 7:00 a.m. MT Oct. 8, 2017

"Women dressed like characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" protested for reproductive rights outside a gathering of conservative Republicans in Mesa on Saturday.
The National Federation of Republican Assemblies convention drew hundreds of people, including Arizona Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former state Sen. Russell Pearce.
Attendees from across the country at the event discussed a host of conservative issues, including gun rights, federal land and reproductive issues. . . " * 
Protesters were focused on reproductive issues. . . Kim Mundis, who helped organize the protest was quoted as saying "They are pursing a religious-based agenda to control women." 
* Topics listed on the Freedom Summit program were these:
Race relations in America
The War Against Radical Islam
Illegal Immigration
Healthcare 
Criminal Justice Reform
Read more if you want > AZ Central 
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Thank you to all our listeners who came out Saturday for the Phoenix Freedom Summit! Check out the general session photos from our event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…
Note: The photos from our VIP event will be available for free downloads from our VIP sponsor's website on Monday. We will make that link available here once it is uploaded.
960 The Patriot added 86 new photos from September 30 to the album: Phoenix Freedom Summit - The Battle for American Greatness — with J.D. Hayworth and 7 others at Mesa Arts Center.
September 30
America is faced with important issues and 960 The Patriot along with Townhall Media, brought together a star-studded panel of conservative leaders to analyze w...here we are and where we need to go with today's issues.
On September 30th over 600 listeners gathered at Mesa Arts Center as best-selling author, Dinesh D'Souza, and radio hosts Mike Gallagher, Larry Elder, Seth Leibsohn, and Chris Buskirk, along with Townhall experts Guy Benson, Caleb Howe, Ed Morrissey and J.D. Hayworth took the stage to tackle the battle for American Greatness. #ImWithThePatriot
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Bill Montgomery

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Blogger's  Note: The next summit for Arizona is scheduled for February
Arizona Freedom Summit
Appearance Friday, February 2, 2018 - Saturday, February 3, 2018 "Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law"
Arizona Freedom Summit – Where the Great Minds of Liberty Come Together.
The Attorneys For Freedom Law Firm and The ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will be hosting the 2018 Arizona Freedom Summit.
https://attorneyforfreedom.com/
The Freedom Summit is an annual seminar dedicated to promoting and advancing human freedom. To that end, the Freedom Summit offers speakers who have demonstrated their effectiveness in presenting the intellectual case for freedom.
The Freedom Summit offers a highly distinguished assortment of the best, brightest and most entertaining people in the freedom movement today. The Freedom Summit is an annual update on the current status of freedom in our world from several varied perspectives. Rather than seek to present either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, the Freedom Summit strives to present an honest and straightforward assessment of the current status of our freedom.
Socialism and other coercive centralized planning schemes have failed to improve and indeed worsened, the human condition. As such, the Freedom Summit does not encourage or promote any particular centralized plan to achieve freedom. Rather, the Freedom Summit encourages individuals to promote freedom in non-coercive ways which are best suited to their individual talents.
The Freedom Summit is a forum for the vigorous and peaceful exchange of ideas about how humans ought to interact with each other. People recently introduced to the concepts of freedom as well as lifelong supporters of freedom are encouraged to attend. Additionally, those who support a coercive government are also welcome to attend and examine their views in light of the ideas and arguments presented.
 
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Here's some other both before and after
America is faced with newer and more dividing issues than ever before, and 960 The Patriot along with Townhall Media are bringing together a star-studded panel of conservative leaders to analyze where we are and where we need to go at Phoenix Freedom Summit 2017: The Battle for American Greatness.
 
One of the organizations sponsors is
Crossroads of The West Gun Show
 
 
Join bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza on September 30th as he discusses race relations in America, the war against radical Islam, illegal immigration, healthcare, criminal justice reform, and more with radio hosts and a panel of Townhall experts to tackle the battle for American greatness.
 
Phoenix Freedom Summit
America is faced with important issues and 960 The Patriot along with Townhall Media, are bringing together a star-studded panel of conservative leaders to analyze where we are and where we need to go with today’s issues.
Race relations in America
The War Against Radical Islam
Illegal Immigration
Healthcare 
Criminal Justice Reform and more!
Join us on September 30 as best-selling author, Dinesh D’Souza, and radio hosts Mike Gallagher, Larry Elder, Seth Leibsohn, Chris Buskirk, along with a panel of Townhall experts, take the stage to tackle the battle for American Greatness.
 

 
 
 

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