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.

Romney’s joke of economic analysis

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The media villagers have been having fun with Willard "Mittens" Romney's off-putting sense of humor in his awkward attempt to appear more spontaneous and human. Today Romney told a group of unemployed workers that “I’m also unemployed,” which was followed by polite uncomfortable laughter. It’s pretty clear from the context that he was … Read more

Corporatocracy: The Board Game

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: They should call it "Corporatocracy," but like everything else from the right-wing noise machine it has some bullshit name that is exactly the opposite of what it is, like George W. Bush's "clear skies" initiative or "healthy forests" initiative. Karoli at crooksandliars.com posts about ALEC Publicopoly – The New Old Game In … Read more

Weiner to resign – will the prurient ‘lamestream media’ now please find something else to talk about?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is throwing in the towel (yes that's a reference to his latest House Gym photos). The New York congressman has scheduled a news conference for 2:00 p.m ET Thursday afternoon in the New York City area to announce his resignation. Anthony Weiner plans to step down, New York press conference scheduled … Read more

Rep. Giffords released from hospital to outpatient care

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: CBS Evening News report last night (video embed disabled) http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7370205n&tag=contentMain;contentBody or http://youtu.be/_einKumy5s4 Local coverage in the Arizona Daily Star, Giffords is out of hospital, will be treated as outpatient; and The Arizona Republic, Gabrielle Giffords released from Houston hospital: There's something else Giffords says often, according to her staff: "I miss Tucson." … Read more