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.

UPDATE: More navel-gazing at the Legislature

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday the Legislature convened for the third week of the Special Session, but could not muster a quorum. Only 26 members of the House and 12 members of the Senate showed up. No quorum? No big deal, lawmakers say They held some discussions on the budget impasse, and agreed to reconvene … Read more

President Obama on health care reform at Children’s Hospital

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama addressed health care reform on Monday at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C. Obama directly challenged the partisan comment from Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) last week. Text of prepared Remarks by the President on Health Care at Children's Hospital (excerpt): Now, there are some in this town who are content to … Read more

The CBO estimate the corporate media villagers did not report

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senators just had to hold a premature hearing with the CBO chief Doug Elmendorf last Friday before the senate committees working on health care reform even have a bill to vote on. The resultant headlines were what one has come to expect from the corporate media villagers and Beltway bloviators. The headlines … Read more

Media failing again on Healthcare Reform

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Once again, mcjoan is doing a yeoman's job over at Daily Kos with this post Media Failing Again on Healthcare Reform First we had AP's zombie numbers, and now we've got cable news, and conservative pundits, all abuzz about testimony yesterday afternoon from CBO Directo about the healthcare reform bills in the … Read more

UPDATE: What’s really going on?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Good to know that others are asking the right question… mcjoan at Daily Kos, who used to work for Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), and still has contacts with his office, asked what was behind his participation in the "gang of six" letter on Friday. What's with Wyden? This is the e-mailed response: Majority … Read more