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.

Federal debt deal pass-through to state and local governments

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The dirty little secret of the federal debt deal is that it will be passed through to state and local budgets. Way to go Teabaggers and acolytes of Grover Norquist. You just blew up Arizona's budget with your faith based supply-side "trickle-down" economics — AGAIN! Ezra Klein reports Why any debt-ceiling deal … Read more

The GOP went on a debt orgy – and blames the Democrats for it

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you have forgotten, Ronald Reagan tripled the national debt and George W. Bush doubled it. The New York Times presented this helpful reminder below. Republicans want us to pretend that history began on January 20, 2009, with the inauguration of Barack Obama. Once Again, in words and pictures, the New York Times … Read more

SWAG Re: Early Filers for 2012

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It’s August and you know what that means — “Silly Wild Ass Guess” (SWAG) time about who is running for office in 2012. One year from now, voters will be casting early votes in party primary elections. The district maps have not even been drawn, yet alone litigated in court, but there … Read more