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.

Redistricting update: Latest salvo targets judicial independence

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings It looks like Kirk Adams, Russell Pearce, and Jan Brewer are opening up another front in their war against the judicial branch's independence. From the Arizona Business Gazette, written by Howard Fischer – The dust-up over the process of nominating candidates for the Independent Redistricting Commission is giving … Read more

Update: Fix The Senate Now – Democrats Unanimous in Support For Reform

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell the other day chortled with evil laughter that for Democrats, “There’s much for them to be angst-ridden about. If they think it’s bad now, wait till next year,” Bwahahahaha!, McConnell plans to make Dems sweat – POLITICO.com, Senate Democrats have finally wised up to the gross abuse of … Read more

Update: The GOP war on public employees

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about the Secret GOP plan to push states to declare bankruptcy and smash unions in The corporatocracy's war on government and labor. If states are permitted to default on pension obligations and to file bankruptcy, as municipalities are entitled to do, it can lead to the wholesale destruction of publice employee … Read more

John McCain blocks troop suicide prevention program

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell blog: Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, who admitted in his memoir to attempting suicide while held captive as a P.O.W. in Vietnam for 5 1/2 years, is responsible for blocking funding for a suicide prevention program aimed at military reserve troops returning home from … Read more