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.

Hanukkah Song (Original)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Adam Sandler of Saturday Night Live has done several versions of his Hanukkah Song over the years, but how many of you remember the first time he performed his song on SNL? (Wait for the ad to run at the beginning). Happy Hanukkah.

A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I was a huge fan of the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. One of the features of the comic was Calvin making "unusual" snowmen. These Calvin & Hobbes inspired creations are now in this video by Jim Frommeyer, Teague Chrystie, & Bill Watterson. "Some have been asking how this was made, so … Read more

Tea-Publican treachery and cowardice: a middle-class tax increase in time for Christmas

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The "less-than-do-nothing" Tea-Publican Congress has fallen into total chaos over middle-class tax cuts. Steve Benen reports at the Political Animal – Congress’ conservative, convoluted chaos: As of Sunday night, the New York Times noted that the deal that would send everyone home for the holidays had “given way to chaos.” Yesterday, Capitol Hill … Read more

John McCain throws gas on the fire

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Much of the world has headlines like this in the last 24 hours: N. Korea uncertain; region gets jitters over Kim Jong Il's death: It was the scenario strategists from Beijing to Washington worried about: Kim Jong Il of North Korea dies suddenly, before the isolated regime can complete a transfer of … Read more

Newt Gingrich gets a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Newt Gingrich, who has proposed taking poor children from their parents and sending them to orphanages where, no doubt, he would put them to work scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms for their keep, gets a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present. In this version, George C. Scott plays Ebeneezer Scrooge in … Read more