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.

Arizona Democrats: Assert your legal rights, demand answers

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As a general rule, I do not write about internal Democratic Party disputes. What goes on in the family stays in the family. But there are rare exceptions to this rule, and it pains me to admit that this is one of those rare exceptions. David Safier and Tedski at R-Cubed have … Read more

SWAG re: 2010 Arizona Attorney General race

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The folks over at The Yellow Sheet (Arizona Capitol Times – subscription required) recently engaged in speculation and some silly wild ass guesses (SWAG) about the 2010 Arizona Attorney General race. The Yellow Sheet is of the opinion that Republican Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will resign to run for Attorney General. … Read more

Update: Doubting Thomas

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors over whether County Attorney Andrew Thomas is its attorney. Suit OK'd against Board of Supervisors The judge on Thursday also ordered Thomas to disclose all cases in which attorneys on staff or on contract … Read more

Congress should investigate Wall Street as it did after 1929

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Chris in Paris at Americablog raises the question Should Congress investigate Wall Street as they did after '29? Hell yes! And start sending these corrupt "masters of the universe" to jail. Chris provides the historical context: Most relevant to today, Congress has investigated the causes behind economic downturns, using the power of … Read more

The party of Beavis and Butthead

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From a recent Paul Krugman blog post What should government do? A Jindal meditation: So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response to Obama last night? Volcano monitoring, of course. And leaving aside the chutzpah of casting the failure of his own party’s governance as proof that government can’t … Read more