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 Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Will Wreck The Recovery

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Many of you have read "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule," by Thomas Frank. If you have not read it, it is recommended reading. Conservative economic policies have destroyed America's middle class, and nearly destroyed the world's financial system and economy with an economic meltdown in 2008. Efforts to recover from this … Read more

Update: The GOP war on public employees

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Sam Seder guest hosting) on Monday caught up to the reporting this blog has been doing about the GOP war on public employees — and by extension on government itself. Transcript not yet posted. In case you missed it, here again is the Arizona Republic report, Arizona legislators … Read more

Redistricting update: one candidate withdraws, Rs pressuring two more to follow suit

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings From an Arizona Republic article, written by Mary Jo Pitzl – Elevating their dispute with the state's redistricting effort, the top two Republicans in the Legislature are asking three nominees for the Independent Redistricting Commission to step aside. So far, they've had mixed results: One nominee declined their … Read more

Want to get serious about the state budget? Then repeal Prop. 108 (1992)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Recently, three leading Tucson business groups — TREO, the Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Arizona Leadership Council — told a group of 11 Southern Arizona legislators to overhaul the state tax system and improve the climate for high-paying jobs. Business groups seek AZ tax action: The officials said the state needs … Read more

Must read post at Daily Kos

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: MeteorBlades at Daily Kos has a must read post on unemployment in America with good charts and graphs that I would simply have to reproduce in full here, so I will provide you with the link and highly recommend that you read it. Millions of Americans still subject to economic nutcracker (snippet): A number … Read more