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.

AIRC Update: Public Hearing Schedule

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Please be aware that, according to the publicy announced agenda, a final vote to finalize maps could occur at any one of these scheduled meetings. Steve Muratore reports that Executive Director Ray Bladine is working on scheduling post-Christmas meetings but needs to get availability information from each of the commissioners for the … Read more

Happy Christmas (War is Over)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now that the final U.S. troops have left Iraq and the war is officially over, John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War is Over) is the appropriate Christmas song for today. (Plays in YouTube.com).

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq

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Posted by azBlueMeanie: The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. The mission cost nearly 4,500 American and well more than 100,000 Iraqi lives and $800 billion from the U.S. Treasury. The … Read more

Another big win for Labor in union organizing

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this month, organized labor settled its dispute with Boeing on terms favorable to labor, and promising a new era of cooperation. On Friday, a federal court ruled in favor of the new union organizing voting rules by the Department of Labor bringing union organizing elections in line with all other American … Read more

Christmas Dragnet

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I'll stick with the novelty Christmas songs for now. For those of us of a certain age, we grew up listening to the irreverant comic genius of Stan Freberg. He was a voice actor for many Warner Brothers cartoons, but he made his name with satirical comedy recordings beginning in the 1950s. … Read more