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 jokes just write themselves

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Headline in the Arizona Daily Star: Vermin found in Arizona State Capitol building: Senators, representatives, lobbyists and mice are sharing space at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The Arizona Republic reports rat remnants have been found in the House of Representatives, the Senate and the executive tower. It's too easy.

Breaking: Tea Party Tyranny at AIRC meeting in Tucson

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I received a message this afternoon from the AIRC meeting that "Tea Partiers have taken over the redistricting meeting and are demanding that Coleen Mathis resign." Any member of the public who wants to resist this Tea Party tyranny threatening our democratic process should head on over to the AIRC meeting this afternoon (if … Read more

Stephen Colbert’s performance art mocks our broken election system

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. Supreme Court has bastardized the 14th Amendment by finding that corporations are "persons" too and enjoy the "privileges and immunities" of political speech under the First Amendment in Citizens United v. FEC (where's your "original intent" jurisprudence now, Justice Scalia?) Not only that, but corporation's rights are superior to your … Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This is not your father’s GOP

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC for highlighting this editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Sunday. I used to be a regular reader of this newspaper back in its heyday. Editorial: Eight myths to chill an old-school Republican soul (excerpt): It's sad to see what has happened to the Party of Lincoln, … Read more

‘Recall’ Russell Pearce tops the list of Fiesta Bowl corruption

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Guardian reports that "New documents released Tuesday reveal what may be the full extent of Senate President Russell Pearce's trips around the nation on the Fiesta Bowl's dime." Pearce's political problems and the Fiesta Bowl (subscription required): The documents show Pearce tops a list of 31 lawmakers who took cushy … Read more