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.

Conservative Activist Judges and Movement Conservatism

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about the intersection between Republican presidents having stacked the federal judiciary with conservative activist judges (like John Roberts) over the years with billionaire-funded conservative think tanks that provide full employment for Federalist Society lawyers to bring "junk lawsuits" on frivolous constitutional grounds to advance conservative causes. Working together in tandem they are … Read more

GOP plans to do to the country what they did to Arizona

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Digby at Hullabaloo warns what the Tea-Publicans have in store for the country: I've been tracking the Republicans' strategic decoupling of the deficit and taxes recently and here's the latest tactic: NEW REIGN, NEW RULES: CUT/GO: No surprise here, but the new House Republican rules package for the 112th Congress will include a … Read more

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republicans holding America's unemployed hostage in exchange for continuing the Bush tax cuts for the "two percenters" and the sweetener of the Jon Kyl-Blanche Lincoln "Paris Hilton Amendment" reducing the estate tax finally got what they wanted Thursday night. The House approved the Obama-McConnell tax cut compromise by a vote of 277 to … Read more

Update: Fix The Senate Now

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen writes at The Washington Monthly today: This morning, I joined a conference call with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who are helping take the lead with their proposed "constitutional option." The plan, roughly: on January 5, when votes are taken to organize the Senate, get 51 votes to … Read more

(Repost) Brig. Gen. John Adams on DADT Repeal

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Contributor to Blog for Arizona and my friend, Brig. Gen. Ret. John Adams, wrote this op/ed on DADT repeal for the Arizona Daily Star back in August 2009. Op Ed: Arizona Daily Star, Brigadier General John Adams | Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: Time for US to let gays serve openly in military … Read more