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.

The Unified Nothingness Theory of Rand Paul

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stephen Colbert takes on the media villagers and the Aqua Buddha "unified nothingness theory" of Kentucky senator-elect Rand Paul who are accusing those of us who are tired of being on the receiving end of the faith based supply-side "trickle down" GOP economics of waging "class warfare." Oh, there's class warfare going … Read more

Why does John McCain hate the men and women proudly serving their country in the U.S. Armed Forces?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly writes: THE INEXPLICABLE FIGHT OVER DADT…. In theory, this should be one of the easiest political victories of the year for Democrats. The existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is a disaster, denying servicemen and women of basic decency while undermining military readiness. The public wants it … Read more

The 50th Arizona Legislature (Unofficial Results)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Yes, there are still ballots being counted, but in my experience the margin of difference in the few close races is unlikely to be overcome with the ballots remaining to be counted. It's possible, but mathematically improbable. For the first time in Arizona history, Republicans will control all statewide offices and super-majorities … Read more

A civil war over social security/medicare/medicaid ?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our "shadow governor," Sen. Russell Pearce, appeared on Sunday Square Off with News 12 anchor Brahm Resnik. At one point, host Resnik probed Pearce’s proposal to reject the federal health care funding and asked him if the more than one million people who rely on the program will just have to “fend … Read more

Fool me three times… don’t get fooled again!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t Crooks and Liars: Fareed Zakaria reminds Americans that this newest re-taking of the House is the third "Republican revolution", behind the Reagan revolution and Newt Gingrich's Contract On For America. Neither era of Republican control worked out well for the vast majority of Americans. Will the American people give the GOP … Read more