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.

Exit Poll: Tax the rich, protect social security

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Exit poll data indicates that even as voters cast a vote for Republicans on November 2nd they were decidedly against the Republican agenda of tax cuts for the rich and corporations, and cuts to social security. Voters last week sent Washington a strong message about fixing the federal budget, according to exclusive numbers from a … Read more

Kevin Drum on the Catfood Commission “chairman’s mark”

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ("Deficit Commission") aka the Catfood Commission was a bad idea from the beginning. Stacked with Clintonista conservadems and conservative Republicans, the outcome was all too predictable. Yesterday, the chairs of the "bipartisan" commission, Clintonista Erskine Bowles and long-time anti-social security Republican Alan Simpson, issued … Read more

Thank a Veteran Today

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today is Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day observed on November 11 to recall the official end of World War I on that date in 1918, when the major hostilities of World War I were formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918 with the German signing … Read more

What has happened to McClatchy News?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When the Neoconservatives began beating the drums for war with Iraq and fabricating intelligence claims of weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein was prepared to use against the United States, every major news service in the country — including the Gray Lady New York Times – dutifully reported the Neoconservative propaganda unquestioningly … Read more