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.

A bad day for America

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: All the headlines today say that there is a deal on the federal debt ceiling and deficit reduction negotiations. Crisis averted. Silly media villagers. Get past the misleading headlines and what we really have is an agreement to an "outline" between the president and congressional leaders of both parties. That outline will be presented to … Read more

Prison-based gerrymandering of districts

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A friend of mine tells me that prison-based gerrymandering of districts was raised as an issue at an AIRC meeting last week. I am informed that one of the GOP shadow groups present at these AIRC meetings was particularly interested in this tried and true method of gerrymandering. It is up to … Read more

AIRC Public Hearings in Baja Arizona This Week

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) has three public hearings scheduled in Baja Arizona this week — South Tucson, Sierra Vista and Bisbee[the remote location has been cancelled], and Tucson. It is important that Democrats and Progressives, moderate Republicans, Independents and "other" political party persuasions attend these meetings to make sure that your … Read more

Boehner 3.0 is a move backwards – stop the insanity!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a press conference this morning, President Obama said "The time for putting party first is over. The time for compromise on behalf of the American people is now.” The TanMan, the Weeper of the House John Boehner, was not listening. He was busy caving in to the hostage demands of his Tea Party … Read more