Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paranoia strikes deepInto your life it will creepIt starts when you're always afraidStep out of line, the man come and take you away Advertisement (We better) Stop, hey, what's that sound?Everybody look – what's going down?– For What It's Worth, by Buffalo Springfield Tea-Publican paranoia strikes deep out of fear the Arizona … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted about this last week. Jonathan 'Payday' Paton still trying to subjugate the citizens of Tucson: "Paton's Law" attempted to dicate to the City of Tucson, a charter city, that its city elections had to be non-partisan and election by ward only. The City of Tucson challenged "Paton's Law" as violative … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Update from Leah Sakala at Prisoners of the Census. I apologize, Ms. Sakala, for reproducing your post at length here, but your analysis is so concise it bears repeating. Small changes to AZ redistricting map would mean a big win for democracy: The Prison Policy Initiative today submitted testimony to the Arizona Independent … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ol' Russell just loves him some white nationalists, doesn't he? He just can't quit them. Jeff Biggers at Huffington Post has the latest "King" Russell Pearce Scandal. Jeff Biggers: New Arizona Recall Scandal: Did Tea Party President Pearce Plagiarize (Again) for "White Nationalist" Press?: In a scandal-ridden recall election, Arizona state senate president … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During the call to the audience at last Tuesday's city council meeting, several members of Occupy Tucson asked the council to address TPD targeting the Occupy Tucson protestors for citations. The council could not take any action on the public complaints because the item was not on the agenda. It appears that the council has not put the … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic today published this bit of lame analysis from the Washingtopn Post, Perry adding heft to team, touts tax plan Welcome to Rick Perry 2.0: The Perry campaign announced Monday that it has hired several veteran operatives with national campaign experience to augment a team that had been dominated by people … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I previously posted about job-killer Willard "Mittens" Romney's false claim of being a job creator in Willard 'Mittens' Romney, the anti-jobs candidate: [I]sn’t Romney the guy who succeeded in business by laying off thousands of American workers so he could get rich? Why, yes he is! Political Animal – The anti-jobs candidate: … Read more