AZ pede here, born and raised. My grandfathers were born in or near Tombstone, and worked in mining and cattle ranching, and fought in WWII. 6x great grandfather of the same line fought in the Revolutionary War.

We were the last state to join the Union (from the lower 48), somewhat begrudgingly. Every once in a while you can smell that Wild West mentality in the air. We, along with a couple other places, don’t care for daylight savings time.

We like guns. Yavapai County has more gun smiths per capita than almost anywhere else in the world. We argue with other states about who held the first rodeo. I greet people, “Howdy.” We have some rough and tough but good-hearted people in our state.

The USS Arizona is reverenced for the beating it took during Pearly Harbor. It was manned by mostly Arizona boys (shameless plug for Dan Carlin’s ‘Supernova in the East’ series, Hardcore History podcast).

It’s a great state.

But it’s also a border state. ‘No Name’ fooled most of us (including me) for decades. Drug and human trafficking are certainly happening, even if we don’t see it. The DS tentacles must have a good foothold.

Why didn’t they set up shop in DS-friendly CA, or even NM? I can see why TX would’ve been tough for them. Perhaps the DS is so well established in CA, NM I don’t see it. And why the blatant election fraud here in 2022? Why isn’t PA the epicenter? Is PA too far gone?

Just thinking.