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.

Bipartisan deal on payroll tax holiday/UI benefits extension

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tea-Publicans are opposed to the payroll tax holiday middle-class tax cut, and they are really opposed to any extension of unemployment insurance benefits for the unemployed. It does not benefit their clients, the one percent. We finally found a tax break that Tea-Publicans do not like. President Obama asked Congress to send him a … Read more

The Omnibus Budget: Tea-Publican tyranny thwarted

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen breaks down the Omnibus Budget deal approved on Thursday and being voted on this weekend in Congress. Political Animal – Removing right-wing riders: Late Thursday, policymakers struck an agreement on funding the government through September, averting a government shutdown that would have begun last night. The House easily approved the … Read more

Dominick the Donkey

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am an aficionado of Christmas songs form the "golden era" of the 1950s and 1960s, but I must confess that I never heard of this Christmas song until the other day when it was mentioned on a cable televison news show out of New York. Apparently this song is popular back East, … Read more