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.

Jan Brewer has scorpions for breakfast?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona political media is all atwitter today that Governor Jan Brewer is allegedly "writing" her memoirs. Well, not quite. As with all vanity press for conservative politicians, there is a ghost writer involved. And it has an heroic fictional title:  "Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical … Read more

The Four Horsemen of Anti-immigrant Demagoguery to Appeal SB 1070

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well, three of the four horsemen, anyway. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still busy making excuses for how me misspent nearly $100 million. Joe Arpaio's staff misspent $99.5 million, budget officials say; Kunasek won't set a public hearing for Arpaio on misspending. On Monday, Arizona officials announced they will ask the U.S. … Read more

If it’s Sunday, it’s GOP Beltway PR

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I stopped watching the Sunday morning political talk shows some time ago because the media villagers and Beltway bloviators are so completely out of touch with reality which exists outside of their protective Beltway media bubble. For example, what was the biggest news story last week? C'mon, you know the answer. That's right, … Read more

Foreign Policy Magazine: The Situation Room

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: These guys must have way too much time on their hands, but it's so funny I have to post it. From The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell blog, The Last Word – Situation Room superheroes: As both a comic book and political geek, I love this sooo much. It was tweeted out today by … Read more