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.

About reapportionment and redistricting

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The problem with political reporters is that they are, well, reporters. Their job is to take a snapshot in time and to describe the picture. It is superficial, there is no depth of understanding the picture they describe. And their reference point is always backwards looking – "this is similar to" analysis, rather … Read more

Republicans to Latinos: ‘We don’t care about you’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During his press conference last week, President Obama spoke eloquently of his disappointment over the failure of the Senate to pass the DREAM Act — due to the betrayal by five conservadem senators who voted against cloture — the votes were there for final passage of the bill. After the press conference, Republicans … Read more

Getting ready for the next session of the legislature – dates

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Culled from an Arizona Republic article written by Alia Beard Rau.  The House and Senate schedule/deadline memos aren't posted yet, but when available, they'll be posted on the legislature's website. Commentary, some snarky, some not, added by me for educational and entertainment value. Some of the scheduled upcoming events … Read more

The Arizona Republic fails its readers

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic on Sunday published an Associated Press "analysis" by Nancy Benac and Calvin Woodward that it recaptioned President faced a difficult year. This AP "analysis" has been published around the country since December 20 under this caption, Obama's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year – Fox Nation, taken from … Read more