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.

McCain’s record on privatization of Social Secuirty

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It has been a very bad week for many retirement funds and 401(k) accounts invested in the stock market, with the melt down of the financial system.  For many people, their only retirement fund is the safety net of Social Security. Just imagine what might have occurred had George W. Bush and … Read more

John McCain, suddenly a Socialist!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Movement conservatism, which came to power with the Reagan Revolution, is a political ideology that for the past 28 years has preached blind faith in free market capitalism.  Less government and less regulation would unleash business innovation and the creation of new businesses and jobs.  To accomplish this, we were told that … Read more

Obama addresses America about the economy

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama campaign has released a two-minute ad in which Obama directly addresses Americans as he briefly lays out his plans to rescue the economy: A transcript of the ad: In the past few weeks, Wall Street’s been rocked as banks closed and markets tumble. But for many of you — the … Read more

John McCain, echoes of Herbert Hoover (Updated)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It’s beginning to look a lot like 1932 – Bear Stearns, Fannie, Freddie, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Washington Mutual, and well over a 100 other financial institutions on the government’s watch list for under capitalization or insolvency.  This is not a locally owned corner bank that will have only a local … Read more