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.

Cognitive Dissonance – Another View

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this year I posted an essay entitled cognitive dissonance. Today John Aravosis at AMERICAblog reports on a similar, but more expansive essay on this topic circulating on the Internet: Something that's been flying around the Internet – I couldn't figure out who the actual author is. This morning I was awoken by my … Read more

Special Session Update: The “Sham-Wow!” Budget Deal

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Monday marks the start of the sixth week of the Special Session and is also the next to last day before the "drop dead" date on which the Legislature can refer any matters to the general election ballot on November 3. Secretary of State Ken Bennett has said that the tax referral … Read more

Do not feed the trolls (DNFTT)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Blog for Arizona has had a rash of Trolls of late (you all know who they are): In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response or of … Read more

President Obama to visit Arizona on August 16

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Apparently the Obama advance team can't find Tucson or even Southern Arizona on a map. President Obama will visit Phoenix for a third time this year on August 16, as well as the Grand Canyon. Obama's 3rd Ariz. visit part of Western swing: President Barack Obama will return to Arizona this month … Read more

Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor sworn in

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy From the New York Times Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice: Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath on Saturday, becoming the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court in United States history. At just … Read more