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 ‘Texas Miracle’ is a Myth

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Predictably, the media villagers and Beltway bloviators rotely reported secessionist Texas Governor Goodhair Rick Perry's "jobs" talking point like the good little stenographers they are without any fact checking or raising any caveats about his claim: “Since June of 2009, Texas is responsible for more than 40 percent of all of the … Read more

DNC ads lampoon Romney for ‘corporations are people’ gaffe

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sorry, Mittens, but corporate personhood is a "legal fiction" — originally granted by an act of judicial fraud in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886) — for certain limited purposes but not all rights afforded to natural persons under the law. For more details read Thom Hartmann's … Read more

Tim Pawlenty of Nuthin’ drops presidential bid

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Once again proving that I was right and Washington, D.C. media villager insider Lawrence O'Donnell was wrong, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty of Nuthin' ended his presidential bid on Sunday after a distant third-place finish behind the Minnesota Loon, Michele Bachmann, who beat him 2-1 in the Iowa Straw poll on Saturday. First … Read more

AIRC releases first grid maps

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports Redistricting commission unveils first set of maps: [T]he five-person panel charged with redrawing Arizona’s political districts released its first set of working maps Saturday. The initial “grid” maps only meet two of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s six constitutionally mandated criteria – equal population and … Read more