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.

Catfood Commission: history repeating as farce and tragedy

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Perr weighs in with his view of the Catfood Commission in PERRspectives: Obama Should Repeat Bush's History on Deficit Commission (emphasis added): Karl Marx famously said that historical events occur twice: first as tragedy, then as farce. But when it comes to his debt commission, President Obama is in danger of standing that … Read more

Tea-Publican priorities are low priorities for the American middle class

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don't matter." — Vice President Dick Cheney as first recounted by Paul O'Neill, Bush's Treasury Secretary. In our time, the Republican Party has compiled an impressive history of talking about fiscal responsibility while running up unrivaled deficits and debt. Dick Cheney was right – Joe Conason – … Read more

Republicans behaving badly, threatening U.S. nuclear security

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's other twin embarrassment Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, has been blocking ratification of a new START treaty — you know, the one Saint Ronnie Reagan signed to reduce nuclear arsenals – which the Pentagon would like to have confirmed so that it can get back to its inspection regime of the old … Read more

Neo-Nazi rally in support of SB 1070 in Phoenix turns ugly

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Think Progress reports Neo-Nazis March In Support Of SB-1070 In Arizona: Yesterday, members of the Neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement gathered in front of the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Court Building in Phoenix, AZ to protest a federal judge’s decision to block several provisions of the state’s controversial immigration law, SB-1070. Pollice had … Read more