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 deficit in one graph

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It has been awhile since I posted this graph, so it is time for a refresher course. Via Ezra Klein.  The five main causes of the budget deficit are the economic downturn (tax revenues go down), the Bush tax cuts (which quickly become the largest part of the deficit), the wars in … Read more

Something else for FAUX Nation to freak out over

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The way-too-white correspondents at FAUX News Fraudcasting and their lily white viewers have something else they can freak out over: the "browning" of America. The days of white privilege are ticking down like their Countdown-to-the-Rapture clocks. It won't happen by May 21st, Evangelist Group Predicts End of World is May 21, 2011, … Read more

FAUX News returns to race-baiting President Obama

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Osama bin Laden is STILL dead. And President Obama's Approval Rating Hits 60 Percent, Highest in Two Years – FoxNews.com. So the way-too-white correspondents at FAUX News Fraudcasting returned to their tried and true coordinated race-baiting attacks on President Obama and the First Lady — this time for having invited rapper Common … Read more

Pearce threatens to lock up workers if they protest

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In keeping with his favorite way of dealing with those who disagree with him.  Another reason to turn out to help out the recall effort in LD18…not that we needed yet another. From Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times – The latest addition to the Pearce foot-in-mouth … Read more

A political realignment occurring?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Washington Independent reports a Majority of Republicans want a third party for the first time: For the first time since Gallup began polling the public on the issue, a majority of Republicans back the establishment of a third political party. Although support for a third party among all Americans is actually down … Read more