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 GOP Gimmicks-R-Us Shop: Opening Day of Congress

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nobody, and I mean nobody, does gimmicks as much as the GOP. The GOP Gimmicks-R-Us shop has Two new rules will give Constitution a starring role in GOP-controlled House for opening day of the 112th Congress: When Republicans take over the House [this] week, they will do something that apparently has never been done before in the … Read more

‘The first default in history caused purely by insanity’

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Posted  by AzBlueMeanie: Whether you view this as the next hostage taking by the GOP, or as a dangerous game of chicken by uninformed Tea-Publicans, the manufactured crisis of raising the federal debt ceiling portends trouble because serious adults who are cognizant of their responsibility to govern wisely are in short supply in the Republican … Read more

Obama Derangement Syndrome and GOP Witch Hunts

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There are two stories today in the Washington Post that make one consider whether our elected leaders have gone entirely mad. The first headline fails to adequately describe the serious story of corruption that it is about. Demise of Iraqi water park illustrates limitations, abuse of U.S. funding program. What is this … Read more

Update: NY Times on the GOP war on public employees

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times today takes a look at the GOP war on public employees. Public Employee Unions Face Rising Public Anger: Across the nation, a rising irritation with public employee unions is palpable, as a wounded economy has blown gaping holes in state, city and town budgets, and revealed that some … Read more

What’s new in the new year

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Some laws take effect with the first of the year, so what's new in the new year? Several provisions of the Affordable Care Act go into effect. The Washington Post reports New health-care rules to take effect: The new rules include: *A provision that limits what health insurers can do with the money … Read more