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.

AZ House committee assignments for the 50th Arizona Legislature

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Now, the House list.  They haven't been so kind as to provide a .pdf list of each committee's membership, so this info is gathered committee-by-committee from the lege's website (Democrats bolded).  All info subject to change with or without notice. Appropriations – Lela AlstonChad CampbellSteve Court Vice-ChairmanJohn FillmoreTom ForeseMatt … Read more

AZ Senate committee assignments for the 50th Arizona Legislature

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings First the Senate; the House list will be posted later today. This list is by committee with the schedule meeting time (Democrats bolded); a list by the name of the senator is here.  All information subject to change with or without notice. APPROPRIATIONS Tuesday, 2:00 PM, SHR 109 … Read more

2010 In Memoriam

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Every news organization runs one of these stories at the end of each year, but this one from NBC Nightly News was particularly well done. It aired a few days ago, so the list of notable names who passed away this year may not yet be complete. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, … Read more

Redistricting update: “Cry Havoc, and Loose The Dogs…”

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …Of Litigation… Having been unsurprisingly unsuccessful in their attempt to intimidate the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments into changing the pool of possible appointees to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) to one more of their liking, Russell Pearce and Kirk Adams are turning to the Arizona Supreme Court … Read more

Bad science fiction writing does not a theory of economics make

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From Paul Krugman's blog post Rule by the Ridiculous – NYTimes.com, this tidbit: Rep. Paul Ryan requires that his staffers read Atlas Shrugged. I mean, I was inspired by Isaac Asimov, but I don’t think I’m Hari Seldon — whereas Ryan, it seems, really does think he’s John Galt.Time to bring out … Read more