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.

Illinois Rep. demonstrates to Arizona legislators how to restore funding for transplant patients

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: State Rep. Steven Daglas (R-IL) is the kind of "compassionate conservative" with basic human decency and his humanity still intact, something in short supply in the GOP-dominated Arizona Legislature. Rep. Daglas was so moved by the plight of Arizona's transplant patients at the hands of our legislature and Governor Grim Reaper's death … Read more

Enough

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Remember the names, because while Gabrielle Giffords was the highest-profile victim of yesterday's shooting, she wasn't the only one. John Roll, 63 Dorothy Morris, 76 Dorwin Stoddard, 76 Christina Greene, 9 Phyllis Scheck, 79 Gabe Zimmerman, 30 Yesterday in Tucson, six people were murdered, 14 more were injured, … Read more

Rep. Giffords’ medical condition remains ‘very precarious’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The latest update following this morning's press conference. Giffords' medical condition called 'very precarious': Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was in surgery within 38 minutes of arriving at University Medical Center with a gunshot "devastating wound" to the head that required the removal of half her skull, doctors said at a news conference this … Read more

Rep. Giffords interview from March 25, 2010

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo was interviewed by Keith Olbermann on Saturday night about previous threats of violence against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and the "eliminationist rhetoric" routinely employed by right-wing politicians and in the right-wing media noise machine. The news interview from March 25, 2010 is disturbingly prophetic. There is a "climate … Read more