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: Compounding the error of their way

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I posted the other day, AIRC Update: the Commission takes a major step backwards: A motion was [made Tuesday] to proceed with the Chair's "donut" map as the working map, and commissioner's reluctantly agreed to move forward with the Chair's "donut" map as the working map, expressing their reservations on the … Read more

The NRA leadership reaches for the crazy: true crazy or just another money grab?

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …Of course, since those are hardly mutually exclusive conditions, it could easily be both… Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) has recently ratcheted up the paranoia-speak. He's been telling people (not just the NRA's "true believers") that President Obama is coming after their guns.  … Read more

Pearce Recall Update: Olivia Cortes takes the stand and pulls the Sargeant Schultz defense, “I know nothing!”

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "King" Russell Pearce's stalking horse "sham" candidate, Olivia Cortes, took the stand today in the case of election fraud brought against her by a Mesa resident. Ms. Cortes has evaded voters and the media who have wanted to speak with her about her "campaign" for weeks, not something an actual "candidate" would ever do. In … Read more

Talking Baseball: putting the ‘wild’ in wild card

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The final game of the 2011 major league baseball regular season provided high drama with four teams tied for the two wild card playoff spots. I was kind of hoping that they would have to face each other in a one game playoff today, it only seemed right. Alas, it was not … Read more