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.

Update on the Redistricting Commission screen process

November 18, 2010 by AZ BlueMeanie

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 8. Interviews, both in-person and telephonic, will be conducted. All of the applications can be viewed here; a list of the candidates who made the first cut is here. From an email that was forwarded to me (and there … Read more

New York Times: “Iran should send a thank you note to Senator Jon Kyl”

November 18, 2010 by AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times today in an editorial opinion asks The Party of National Security?: The world’s nuclear wannabes, starting with Iran, should send a thank you note to Senator Jon Kyl. After months of negotiations with the White House, he has decided to try to block the lame-duck Senate from ratifying … Read more

Senate Dems to bring votes on DREAM Act and conditional repeal of DADT

November 18, 2010 by AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Game on! Start writing and calling your senators today! Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, and call into your local political talk radio shows as well. Make your voices heard. Demand justice. Press releases from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: November 17, 2010 Reid Will Introduce DREAM Act … Read more

The Healthcare Is Too Damn High

November 18, 2010 by AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Budget deficits clearly explained by cartoon characters for low information voters (LIVs). This should run as a public service announcement on a loop.

A reasonable alternative to the Catfood Commission “chairmen’s mark”

November 18, 2010 by AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Since last week when the co-chairs of the Catfood Commission, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, issued their "chairmen's mark," the media villagers and Beltway bloviators have been falling all over themselves on television and in the opinion pages of the New York Times and Washington Post to tell us that this is … Read more