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.

The AZ Senate Ethics Committee To Consider Bundgaard Matter Tuesday*

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings * = if they achieve a quorum, and enough "yes" votes show up.  More on that in a moment. The Senate Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in Senate Hearing Room 1 (SHR1).  They'll be considering action against Sen. Scott Bundgaard.  In February, … Read more

The American Jobs Act – ‘pass this bill’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If there’s going to be any progress at all in Washington on job creation, President Obama’s speech to Congress last week to introduce The American Jobs Act was just the first step of many. Political Animal – A coordinated push for the American Jobs Act: With that in mind, the Democratic National Committee launched a … Read more

Gabrielle Giffords to be interviewed by Diane Sawyer on Nov. 14

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will give her first TV interview since being shot in January to Diane Sawyer of ABC News. Giffords grants first interview to Diane Sawyer: Gabrielle Giffords will be interviewed with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. ABC said Monday that the discussion will air as part of a prime-time special … Read more

Repeal the 20th Century – Vote GOP

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have posted about this previously, but Steven Pearlstein at the Washington Post writes about it in The magical world of voodoo ‘economists’: If you came up with a bumper sticker that pulls together the platform of this year’s crop of Republican presidential candidates, it would have to be: Repeal the 20th century. … Read more

GOP Ethics Trials This Week

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Are we a nation of laws? Or are we a nation of IOKIYAR? We are about to find out this week with two GOP ethics trials in Arizona. On Monday, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who used his office to pursue politically motivated investigations and lawsuits in a witch hunt against his political opponents … Read more