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 public hearing Friday, July 8 in Phoenix

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have already explained to you why it is important under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and LULAC and other civil rights organizations to attend the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission public hearings and to testify on the record — it is your "community … Read more

Richard Cohen: The GOP has become a cult

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed this the other day, the Washington Post's Richard Cohen thinks the GOP, like Charlie Sheen, needs an intervention. It has become a cult (I have been explaining this for years). A grand old cult – The Washington Post: Someone ought to study the Republican Party. I am not … Read more

David Brooks: This is not your father’s GOP

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a follow-up to yesterday's post, You can’t negotiate with those who refuse to take 'yes' for an answer, it appears that New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks has come to the same conclusion: Tea-Publicans are radical ideological extemists, steeped in anti-intellectualism, who are holding America hostage and are engaged in economic terrorism against … Read more

Debunking another GOP myth: The U.S. already has low corporate taxes (and corporations still don’t pay the taxes they owe)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During negotiations over raising the federal debt limit, congressional Republicans have been defending tax loopholes for corporations (corporate welfare subsidies), Paul Ryan Responds To David Brooks: We Won’t Cut Tax Loopholes To Reduce Deficit, Only To Finance More Tax Cuts, asserting that America has a high corporate tax rate that is stifling economic growth … Read more