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.

Representative democracy increasingly less representative

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Is government really "too big"? Actually, it is not big enough for a representative democracy. I have previously posted that "Arizona ranks among the states with the least representation based upon per capita representation by district." Before redistricting, consider increasing the number of districts (see for chart). I have always believed that … Read more

LoL! Tea Party doesn’t want guvmint license plates

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You know the political media in this state is lame when the New York Times comes to town and scoops them on a story (OK, some of this was kinda sorta reported buried deep in some reporting awhile back). In Arizona, Tea Party License Plate Draws Opposition From Its Honorees: When conservative … Read more

President Obama honors victims of 9/11 at Ground Zero

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the New York Times, Obama Honors Bin Laden’s Victims at Ground Zero: President Obama laid a wreath of red, white, and blue flowers at ground zero on Thursday, honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 2001 terrorist attacks and marking the death of its perpetrator, Osama bin Laden. After … Read more

The right-wing noise machine freak out

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A great post by Kaili Joy Gray at Daily Kos describing the right-wing noise machine freak out over President Obama presiding over the successful mission to rid the world of a mass murderer and the "most wanted" terrorist. Osama bin Laden assassination turns conservatives into dirty hippies: Who knew conservatives were, at heart, a bunch … Read more