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 race to the bottom to serve their corporate masters

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week, former Massachusetts Goveror Willard "Mittens" Romney and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty "of nuthin'" released their so-called economic plans. Romney called for lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent. Wanting to outflank Romney, Pawlenty went a step further, calling for a cut to 15 percent. The race to the … Read more

Giffords’ office releases first photos of Gabby since shooting

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Sunday, the public got its first look at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot on January 8 at a Congress on Your Corner event near Tucson. Rep. Giffords' staff provided two photographs to The Arizona Republic Photos reflect Giffords' recovery and to the Arizona Daily Star First photos of Gabrielle Giffords … Read more

GOP fails to learn from mistake of Bush tax cuts

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the Goerge W. Bush tax cuts (2001). The tax cut champions made bold predictions about what the tax cuts would do — massive job growth, vast new wealth, higher incomes, smaller government, and balanced budgets. So how'd that work out? Steve Benen has a good … Read more