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.

Half a bird and a dead fish

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Breaking news from the Chicago Tribune: In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate panel said Emanuel does not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Chicago for a year prior to the election. The judges reversed a decision by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, which had unanimously agreed that Emanuel was … Read more

Media false equivalency and domestic terrorism

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the wake of the "Tragedy in Tucson" as it has been labeled by the media, many media villagers and Beltway bloviators were quick to draw a false equivalency between right-wing extremists groups and "leftist radicals" in their blame game analysis, citing 1960s radicals like the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers (the … Read more

The coming week – legislative edition

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature or other online sources, and subject to change without notice.  "SHR" indicates that a meeting room is a Senate Hearing Room; "HHR" indicates a House Hearing Room. Committee hearings on the Senate side of the Capitol this … Read more