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.

Dispelling some economics ‘zombie lies’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Gaius Publius at Americablog.com has a post on two of the "zombie lies" told by the right about the economy and echoed by the economics-ignorant media. Two charts dispel myths about inflation: There are two economic themes, bells that are being constantly rung, to frighten people who read little real news for themselves … Read more

Redistricting update: Another one bites the dust

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …and some interesting ties between the Tucsonan (maybe "Tucsonite"?  Have to ask Tedski some time… 🙂 ) that Senate President-elect Russell Pearce (R-National Alliance) and House Speaker Kirk Adams (R-I'll think of something clever and snarky soon) want added to the pool of applicants for the Independent Redistricting Commission … Read more

Why should anyone take the GOP seriously on budget issues?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is the first question the media villagers and Beltway bloviators should be asking Republicans. Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly sums it up nicely: HOW NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ON BUDGET ISSUES…. At face value, the pledge from congressional Republicans to slash $100 billion from the federal budget is itself superficial … Read more