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.

A little friendly competition, cast your votes now!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tedski over at R-Cubed reports that Chris Cilizza of the Washington Post is once again running a “Best State Blogs” survey. He is, for the second year in a row, basing this on the opinions of his readers. If you would like to vote for Blog for Arizona, you simply make a … Read more

April Fool’s Joke: The GOP Budget Plan

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republican leadership's insane clown posse finally released its GOP's budget report (PDF) today, on April Fool's Day no less, following their fiasco of a press conference last week (the comedy just writes itself with this gang who couldn't shoot straight). I have quickly read through the GOP plan – easy to … Read more

Colbert mercilessly mocks Glenn Beck’s faux patriotism

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report simply destroys the lunacy of Glenn Beck and his "9-12 Project." This is his best work since he delivered a blistering "tribute" to President Bush at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The 10/31 Project … Read more

Update II: The Party of No (New Ideas)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to BarbinMD at Daily Kos: This story just gets better and better – from The Washington Independent: While reporters hooted at the comically simplistic charts and lack of details in the House Republican leadership’s budget plan, the green eyeshade types at Citizen’s for Tax Justice crunched the numbers (PDF). They conclude … Read more