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.

Don’t get fooled again on corporate tax rate scam

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times published this interesting editorial opinion, Fool Me Twice?: In 2004, America’s multinational corporations offered Congress a deal: They would repatriate hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign profits — to invest in new plants and create new jobs at home — in exchange for a break from the … Read more

Daily Star endorsement: Terry Goddard for Governor

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star today endorsed Terry Goddard for Governor. Goddard's leadership, intellect fit state's top job: Terry Goddard possesses the experience, wisdom and mettle required to lead Arizona through its ongoing economic crisis. He is an effective, decisive leader who has protected Arizonans and successfully promoted economic growth. Underneath his low-key … Read more

Short-term memory leads to bad endorsements

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If it happened yesterday, it's already "old news." Move on. This kind of short-term memory leads to bad choices in making candidate endorsements. A glaring example of this is the endorsement by the Arizona Daily Star and The Arizona Republic of appointed Secretary of State Ken Bennett.  In the case of the … Read more

Citizens United Fallout: Billionaires for Bush Buying Congress

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The alleged conservative "grassroots" movement is really just a few dozen ultra-conservative billionaires who have decided to purchase Congress in the wake of Citizens United v. FEC. Take these self-interested billionaires out of the equation and the political narrative of this election would be entirely different. Politico reported Thursday that Karl Roves … Read more