AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

Santa Baby

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Posted by AzblueMeanie: Most of us are familiar with Madonna's cover version of Santa Baby, but it was Eartha Kitt who first made this song popular. The song was written by Joan Javits (the niece of Senator Jacob K. Javits) and "Philip Springer," a legal fiction created for purposes of membership in the performing rights … Read more

Another Angel Gets It’s Wings

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I watch It's a Wonderful Life almost every year because I love the movie. In 1993, Target stores did a promotional tie-in to the movie with an original song "Another Angel Gets It's Wings," which could only be bought on cassette if you bought either a Vince Gill or Trisha Yearwood CD (which I … Read more

Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney’s post-truth politics (big lie) campaign

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted about the relatively new political science concept of Post-Truth Politics a couple of years ago. Briefly: We live in post-truth politics: a political culture in which politics (public opinion and media narratives) have become almost entirely disconnected from policy (the substance of legislation). This obviously dims any hope of reasoned legislative compromise. … Read more

Indiana Secretary of State removed from office for voter fraud

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well, isn't this ironic. Indiana, the state that could not produce a single prosecution for voter fraud into evidence in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S. 181 (2008) in which the Court upheld the state's requirement for photo I.D. to vote on the grounds … Read more

Federal Judge enjoins South Carolina’s version of SB 1070

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Thursday, United States District Judge Richard Mark Gergel handed down a preliminary injunction blocking several key parts of South Carolina's version of SB 1070. BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions Of South Carolina's Anti-Immigrant Law | ThinkProgress: The provisions blocked by Judge Gergel’s opinion include: Papers Please: The SC law makes … Read more