This is why they worship Ayn Rand — she justifies, no, sanctifies their selfishness by telling them that they’re the superior intellects and humans and that everyone else deserves to be ground under their boot heels.

Or as John Kenneth Galbraith said: “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

And Gen. JC Christian just Tweeted this:

Called @royblunt’s office, 202-224-5721, aide unsure whether Sen Blunt would oppose Cantor’s plan to deny aid to #joplin #mo

Why are the war-mongers in the military never “on their own”?

Welfare’s OK when it’s warfare welfare.

Actually, I’m thinking that Ayn Rand’s position would be that the truly superior people would be able to build brick ovens, create their own bricks, build their own homes (oh yeah, and create their own TNT so that they can blast their own storm cellars because the ground out there is too hard to dig a cellar any other way), all by themselves. And provide their own medical care for their wounded … all by themselves. The rest of the people are obviously NOT superior beings and frankly, as far as she (and Randians like Cantor) was concerned, should be left there to die, among the rubble. Because only the superior deserve to survive, you see. I do so wish I could ask Cantor if something this horrible had happened in your district while Nancy Pelosi was Speaker, do you think HER response would have been ‘eat s**t and die’ like yours is to this? And what would have YOUR response been, hunh?

I keep forgetting Roy Blunt is in the Senate.

There’s a kind of mania that is running rampant in the USA these days.

altruism is natural behaviour, and is demonstrated and observed in many species, including our own.

for instance, kildeer.

These birds will frequently use a distraction display (“broken-wing act”) to distract predators from their nests. This involves the bird walking away from its nesting area holding its wing in a position that simulates an injury and then flapping around on the ground emitting a distress call. The predators then think they have easy prey and are attracted to this seemingly injured bird and away from the nest. If the parent sees that a potential predator is not following them, they will move closer and get louder until they get the attention of the predator. This is repeated until the predator is far from the nest, and the killdeer suddenly “heals” and flies away.

wikipedia

not only that, but for most of the history of our species, communal behaviour was the only way the species survived.

Not only is this behavior on Cantor’s part unsurprising, but the good people of Joplin will vote once again when able for Tea Baggers, fools and republicans, forgetting that in their hour of need they were left to fend for themselves.

The idea of the “compassionate conservative” went long ago, and the idea that we’re all in it together never arrived

Compassionate conservative is a contradiction in terms. Always have been. Like Army intelligence or business ethics.

Bingo!!!

Best, and truest, line of the last ten thousand years, mafr.

(It is what allowed the females of humankind to “discover” agriculture; it took clever guys to figure out how to gain total control of the common wealth …however.)

It just takes a “while” for the truth to sink in …

What will all the static, plundering, pillaging, religiosity going on.

(Them thar early “Christians” was all communally inclined, but it never got mentioned in the Book because them olde-tyme religion folks thought it self-evident necessity.)

DW

Of course they wouldn’t want to spend a dime on relief efforts in Joplin. The people of Joplin should have expected that.

So the other shoe has dropped?

When I saw the horrible outcome of the tornadoes in Joplin, I truly did wonder of the Teahadists would scream: You’re on your own, ya slackers! Stop being so d*mn lazy; get offa ya butts & get ta work, ya whiney nanny staters. Ya cadillac welfare Queens need to figure it out On Your Own.

Whilst truly sorry for the plight of citizens in Joplin (and elsewhere) I’m kind of *glad* that Cantor revealed his true “hand.” In the ongoing Kabuki Show of ginned up “libertarianism,” this is the natural outcome.

No doubt, we’ll now be deluged with our libertarian bloggers shaking their fingers at us “nanny state” hippies for, you know, having some sense of compassion for those who are suffering.

More tax dollars for the MIC, please!!!! /s

Ah yes, that quaint notion called ‘civilization’.

Republicans are objectively against it.

Rush Limbaugh to the rescue: Rush is no doubt at this very moment carefully *explaining* why Joplin citizens should “take care of themselves,” and the Teahadists will *sagely* nod their ditto-heads in total agreement.

We are all on our own. Get used to it. Your tax dollars are “liberally” spent only on Warz, Inc, not on “fixing” anything in the USA.

How about some Walmart BillionHeirs trust fund cuts for Joplin?

Fuck you, Cantor; we are not broke!

You can betcha your ass he will vote no fund Joplin. How these people vote against their own interests is beyond me. I live in Missouri and see it happen every voting season. Roy Blunt is sad excuse for a human being.

I feel better now.

Just as an aside, what happens when disaster befalls VA-7? There isn’t a Republican I can think of who hasn’t screamed and jumped up and down for aid, RIGHT NOW, when trouble hits home. They all do, and not a moment’s hesitation or embarrassment. It’s a tribute to the complete corruption of the MSM that they’re never called out for it.

Good to contrast this today with Obama’s response to the bankers maybe losing some money on their bets.

I envision a Batman-like cartoon where Commissioner Obama is shining the Fed-Light dollar sign on the nighttime clouds to ask Fed-Man to fire up the printing presses and save the rich.

Obviously, the vast majority of elected officials in DeeCee are good-for-nothing sleaze-bags. However, in terms of generating a visceral and profound loathing in me, Cantor pretty much takes the prize. There’s just something about the guy that gives off a Major Creep Vibe. Here’s his bribe list…

Cantor, merely following established conservative ideology, made the statement that no emergency relief for Joplin would pass the House without corresponding cuts elsewhere.

Are the GOPers reading How to win friends and influence people backwards and upside down?

I believe the proper phrasing at the moment is that they should have planned for it. You know, with insurance or a spare tire in the trunk. It gets increasingly difficult to feel pity for, or a desire to help, other Americans. That may be the worst thing that these horrible people have done to us. That’s why we need to stand together in spite of political affiliation – our common enemy is not political; it’s the super-wealthy.

TCU – I was thinking the same thing – somehow kicking people when they are down all the while holding up the banner of fiscal frugality (and especially when your team in Congress is not exactly just scraping by) seems like an Rx tailor made to make people really pissed off at you.

These poor people haven’t even buried their dead (including children) and these assholes are already holding any help hostage. This is beyond the pale. I hope this gets exposed far and wide in the Midwest states that tend to go to the GOP. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU. THEY DON’T REALLY CARE IF THEY STICK YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WITH THE DEFICITS. IT’S ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES. (of course the same could be said of all the politicians). It really makes me cry that they will throw our tax dollars to every despot and dictator, every war contractor and profiteer, every bank and corporation but they won’t take care of the average citizen. Piggies at the trough.

Are the Rs trying to lose in ’12? Seems as if they are doing everything they can to turn voters off.

Yes the GOP can get away with this behavior if they do it to Dark People but only if everyone knows they are screwing over dark people. I don’t know who is in Joplin but the GOP now seems not to bother caring what color you are when they screw you. They are going after government workers pensions, Union members rights and in Maine they want to get rid of Child Labor laws.
Now they want to screw over tornado victims? Tornadoes probably caused by global warming?
This is very self destructive behavior its like the GOP is trying to push everyone away.

Billions for war but not a penny to Tornado victims. :(

I think you’re seeing things incorrectly (with due respect). I think that the Oligarchy Party (it has 2 branches, who both work for the super wealthy) is doing its level best to *train* citizens to “get used to it.”

The upper 1% owns the media and pays Hate radio/tv to bray forth Libertarian propoganda 24/7/365. The ditto-heads have reliably gone along with it and, frankly, revel in it bc they perceive that they’re punching hippies by being conservative, so: Yay Team.

Plus most citizens have the attention span of a gnat. These Joplin tornadoes will have long vanished from most conservatives’ (and most citizens’) minds by the time there’s any voting to be done. The siren song of Rush will have lulled them back in line… and they dance to the piper’s tune.

And anyway: votes don’t really “count” anymore. Whomever the upper 1% want to win is who wins…

That’s my take on it.

I think we might to research the early warning signs for suicide to predict the psychological mood of the GOP this election.
The 30%ers all seem to want to go down in a blaze of glory but right now they all seem to think they are going to win that very soon America will just realize that They were Right.
David Koresh, Hitler’s Bunker at some point they will realize that they are never going to change our minds about how evil their candidates are…and then I expect a bunch of shooting to start.

Terrible. You would think even Rand and Ayn would approve aid since this was something these people had nothing — nothing at all — to do with. Just goes to show you what you said David, the folks in Joplin should have expected it.

Don’t forget, folks, that Cantor is basically saying: we won’t give a dime to Joplin UNTIL the dreaded “liberals” agree to draconian budget cuts, including cutting Soc Sec, Medicare and Medicaid.

So if the good citizens of Joplin don’t get any help, who’s gonna be held “liable”??? Why the “liberal Democrats,” of course… the Republicans, needless to say, will be innocent little lambs, who are just trying to “do the right thing.”

Count on it. That’s the narrative that Cantor is spinning, and I can almost count on someone writing a letter to the editor with this bunk in it. It’ll all be cast as the hippies fault once again, and conservatives will be ever so happy…

But this is something you would think even Ayn could agree to. Are we a nation that looks out for one another like 9/11 and Katrina or are we merely a group of loosely organized clans along class lines?

Fact is: Ayn Rand would’ve been the first in line with her hand out, if she had been in Joplin. Let us not forget that Ayn Rand had no problem collecting Soc Sec and Medicare, when the time came.

Ayn Rand was always and forever a crappy writer and a hypocrit.

Yes, but if the dems give up something to help they should shout this shit from the rooftops and keep on shouting it> it’s fucking blackmail.

Yes, she would. But you would think she would be shamed to say what Cantor said.

Wrong on all counts.

We are all “on our own.” YOU are ONLY & solely responsible for yourself. Figure it out, and only take care of yourself. Everyone else needs to stand on their own 2 feet, and you can just ignore them, as they are supposed to ignore you.

How this is supposed to translate into a “functional society,” much less a functional nation is beside the point. Just “do it.”

Stick it to these MFers.

I think you’re seeing things incorrectly (with due respect). I think that the Oligarchy Party (it has 2 branches, who both work for the super wealthy) is doing its level best to *train* citizens to “get used to it.”

You can’t treat House Slaves like you do Field Slaves yes you can lower wages, benefits for both groups but House Slaves must always be treated better than Field Slaves.
You can’t keep a Divide and Conquer strategy going if Residents of Joplin, Government workers teachers, police, firepeople, union workers all start getting treated like African Americans.
The GOP has decided that they are strong enough to show poor and middle class Whites that they really are no better than African Americans.
The GOP I think is to full of power right now. I think the GOP is suicidal and delusional.
I agree they want everyone to get use to less. But that is a suicidal decision to have arrived at.

And anyway: votes don’t really “count” anymore. Whomever the upper 1% want to win is who wins…

That’s my take on it.

Agreed Diebold and those 7,000 votes that were found in the Supreme Court election in Wisconsin.

Never happen and you know it. Both branches of the Oligarchy hide behind each other’s skirts. That’s why we call it the Kabuki show.

Neither “party” has any intention of looking out for anyone except the upper 1%. Don’t expect Dems to “protest” what Cantor is saying… they’ll just use it as *convenient excuse* to fold and be all bi-partisany and give in and cut Soc Sec, which is what Pete Peterson, etc, is *demanding* that they do.

Joplin = conveninet excuse to cut Soc Sec & Medicare.

I don’t disagree with the fundamentals of what you’re saying, but time will tell how this plays out. I’m not counting on it “backfiring” on either “political party.” That’s just my take…. I think it’s just us serfs who’ll suffer, and that’ll be that.

I don’t think Ayn Rand knew the meaning of shame, and I think that Ayn Rand would be applauding Cantor at this very moment. Of course, Rand would applaud him from the security she had for a while of having earned enough money to stave off the wolves. When she got old, then Rand might have had a different opinion when Cantor stole the Soc Sec & Medicare that Rand “enjoyed.”

I don’t agree. No one can say sanely that you do not want an army, firdept or police force to name a few. If Ayn said such shit, then she is certifiable. It is one thing to say I will not pay for your health care, unemployment, etc etc but another to agree to anarchy and let anyone steal what he can and kill whenever he pleases. Fuck if the Japanese killed some people at Pearl Harbor, aint my fault?? Short of anarchy there are some things we have to agree to to form any kind of civil society. But then I dont really know all the crazy shit that bitch may have said.

Cynical politcs as usual. The dems should run with this. We’ll have to watch what the good piss ant says in the coming days and what happens.

However, in terms of generating a visceral and profound loathing in me, Cantor pretty much takes the prize. There’s just something about the guy that gives off a Major Creep Vibe.

Eric Cantor’s the guy that makes Charlie Manson go “that’s one creepy, fucked-up dude.”

I don’t agree, either, but we’ve had bloggers here who basically espouse just what I wrote @36.

It makes absolutely NO sense, but that’s what I’ve read right here at FDL… YOU are supposed to take care ONLY of yourself and forget about anyone else.

Unless you’re someone able to live off the land out in the woods somewhere, I truly don’t “get” how that’s supposed to work, either.

Some Libertarians would argue that we shouldn’t have the Military or Wars (one thing that I do like about Ron Paul), but some have blogged right here at FDL that we don’t “need” the police and fire dept – deal with it yourself… and no speed limits on the highways, and no red lights, etc… just deal with it.

Former Governor of NM, Gary Johnson, was on the NPR Quiz Show “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” and he was arguing against speed limits and red lights in this typically doltish ersatz “libertarian” way. It’s beyond specious and gets into the territory of being outright fracking irresponsible:

http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/

These people ARE jokes, but they are jokes that we need to take seriously.

PS reminds me of the fire department that lets the guys house burn down, Remember that?

Oh yes, Mr. Cantor is definitely a piece of work unto himself. I’ll never forget during the town halls on health care in the summer/fall of 2009 when a woman asked him what advice he would give her for a friend who was diagnosed with a stomach tumor and didn’t have health care insurance. Was she supposed to go out in the woods and die or what exactly did he recommend. Eric Cantor (R-Va) has a net worth of between $2.37 million and $6.95 million, according to personal financial disclosure reports.

CANTOR’S SOLUTION FOR HEALTH CARE WAS THAT THE WOMAN GO TO CHARITIES AND BEG FOR IT–EASY FOR HIM TO SAY SINCE HE IS A MULTIMILLIONAIRE ON THE GOVERNMENT DOLE Of course he didn’t name any specifically–that might have been helpful. He just threw it out there–like so many other Republican generalizations–as if that solves the problem and absolves him of any further responsibility.

Another out they use as justification is to say that hospital emergency rooms can’t refuse you. First of all that is no financial solution as that raises health care costs for people who do have insurance and second of all, people die in emergency rooms waiting for attention. They may have to allow people to sit in emergency room, but that doesn’t mean you will see a doctor. The number of people seeking treatment in emergency rooms has jumped sharply over the past decade or so, from 90 million in 1993 to 114 million in 2003.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07EED71E31F932A15755C0A9609C8B63

The Dems and Repubs are colluding together. The Dems won’t “run with this” anymore than they’ve “run” with anything else. Don’t expect the Dems to anything except to cower before Cantor and capitulate.

That’s my “take” on it. Don’t agree with it; just the way it is.

I take your point but this is beyond left and right. This is nuts. If people don’t stand against this you are ripe for the fall, first they came for Jim and I did nothing and then…..

Since he is this morally corrupt we should make it a task to defeat him in 2012.

Yeah, I remember that. But conservatives have been *trained* by Rush to “believe” that charity bullsh*t. My family gives me that crap all day long. Like what charity out there can pay literally $100s of thousands of dollars that it takes to deal with cancer and other complicated illnesses? I sure don’t know of any.

And IF someone dies in the ER, due to ER being overburdened, etc, then the conservative “take” will be that the person who died “deserved” it… bc they were a minority or an illegal or a lazy slacker welfare queen and why should *I* pay for their health care, etc etc etc…

Believe me, I’m sure that there are conservatives out there clapping with unbridled JOY at what Cantor is saying. They are THAT deluded and nasty and spiteful and selfish. It’s a creeping dis-ease and very dysfunctional, but that’s where we are at these days. Too bad if you have a “problem.” It’s not MY problem… just “deal with it” on your own.

Some needs to remind Republicans than Ayn Rand was a fiction writer. Literally. That is her literary genre–fiction–not biography, not politics, not religion, not philosophy, and/or nonfiction. Her genre was fiction.

Good for a grin isn’t it when you consider that conservative ideology is based on the rants of a fiction writer.

But it does bring some clarity as to how they can look you in the face and call white black.

Why bother? There’s dozens more just like him.

There still are many people displaying altruistic tendencies in our country. You can see it when you go to the actual communities where tornadoes or other natural disasters have occurred. The problem is when those who supposedly “represent” you in the White House or Congress (both parties) are unable or unwilling to represent the citizens (as we see repeatedly), it makes recovery much slower.

Time will tell. I don’t disagree with you, but it’s almost like the nuttiness has to get sooooo extreme that the sleeping sheep will actually wake up.

Do YOU know anyone – other than folks here at FDL – who actually paying any attention to this sh*t?

Look what happened with Katrina. For eff’s sake: what a horror show, but conservatives LINED UP to bray out all kinds of crap about how the denizons of NOLA *deserved* what they got… and NOLA still ain’t all that rebuilt, believe me. And if you ask most conservatives about Katrina or NOLA, they’ll still tell you that NOLA citizens “deserved” what happened.

Why will they feel any different about Joplin?????

Libertarians don’t care that Ayn Rand was a fiction writer. They know that, but somehow they “believe” that what Rand wrote is “achievable,” and furthermore, quite “worthy” as a goal to achieve.

There is no reasoning with such brainwashing.

We all bring out our ideas and argue them to the best of our ability the strongest ideas win by arguing we strengthen our ideas. I don’t think there is much difference between our ideas and don’t think one idea needs to win right now as more facts will get rolled out later.

When it comes to things like that:your own personal health, etc I can almost ( I said almost) understand but there are some common services we all count on like public safey and help in disasters. shit even the Kochs might need help if their house was hit with a tornado or a bomb. The local community obviously must do something but what the heck we got FEMA for if not to help?

I think you and I are on the same page.

Sadly, though, I don’t believe that the wealthy in this country agree with you and me. The wealthy are addicted to their greedy ways. Not sure how to change that.

Why will they feel any different about Joplin?????

I think the outdoor protests everyday for weeks in Wisconsin in the winter shows just how determined we can be:) It wasn’t only Union Members walking the picket lines.

At some point I leave left and right at the door. We have to do our part to make people understand and throw out this crazy stuff.Nearly all my neighbors are of the conservative variety, I will try this out on a few of them.,

I want to make it dozens minus one.

I doubt that the Kochs would need any help at any time bc of anything that happened to them or their properties or their businesses. Therein lies the rub. They have become so immured in their bubble that they don’t give jacksh*t about anyone else. And that’s the end of it.

However, the Ayn Rand madness is just something that the wealthy pump out as propoganda to fool the rubes… and it works.

But have you ever visited a third world country?? Esp a very poor one? I have spent time in several, and believe me, they *barely* have any services. Running water, esp clean water?? Often not available. Roads? Good luck; you’re on your own. Police? Maybe, but probably not to be trusted. Fire dept? Doubtful. If there’s a fire, better hope that there’s some water source nearby and maybe you have enough family members to help put out a fire.

I am not exaggerating. MANY countries around the world are in this state. The citizens usually pay the taxes, and, like in Pakistan, the super wealthy pay NO taxes… and live in bunkers with their own “staff” to provide the services that they need.

Think it can’t happen here??? Guess again. I figure that this is the way we’re heading… and dumb, asleep citizens will “let” it happen.

Just my take; JMHO. Don’t like it, but that’s what I see.

The wealthy are addicted to their greedy ways. Not sure how to change that.

Fear of a French style Revolution or another Bank Collapse where we can’t afford to bail the rich out again will do it.
Given that the banks are still gambling and there are no jobs being created its only a matter of time.

on the other hand, if, after a “once in a thousand years” flood, it’s pointed out that this is the consequence of burning fossil fuels,

the rant is

“how dare you make cheap political points, when their houses are underwater. “

Yes, I take heart with the Union protests in WI and elsewhere. But then again, how much have these protests been seen in our media? We had large protests for over a week all over CA (mainly about the Unions and teachers pay, etc), but there was barely a mention about them in the print or broadcast media. Thousands protested, but many many many more CA citizens had no clue that they even happened.

There’s a post here on MyFDL about a huge protest in Lansing MI (I think) that had *no* coverage in any media in MI. A LOT of the protests in WI were deliberately *ignored* by the media and/or given scant attention.

Unless or until we have, perhaps, a general strike … well, I dunno.

I’ve been protesting recently in CA (and earlier), but … well, the PTB do their best to keep it all under wraps. And I resoundingly applaud the citizens of WI for doing the recalls of the various State representatives, but like that Judge vote in WI, the PTB will rig the vote to get “their people” back into office.

We’re really in a pickle. I know I sound negative, but I’m also trying to stay in reality. These people, like Cantor, in Wash DC mean business… they are out to screw us. Make no mistake.

Perhaps… that may be what it takes. We shall see…

Afganistan is a good example, but this country was not organized that way or I doubt we would be sitting here today. What Cantor says needs to be fought against and not accepted or we will get our third world wish.

I’m fighting…

Afghanistan was a warlord situation. They live in tribal groupings, and much of the country was very feudal with people living pretty much as Europeans did in the Middle Ages (in all ways, including lack of basic services, not much education, etc). Was different at one time in Kabul and Herat, where there used to a middle class and women were permitted to get degrees and work, etc.

It’s a mess now due to Russian & USA wars. More’s the pity. USA has a LOT to answer for in Afghanistan.

Well, tomorrow, Cantor can insult another whole red State – CNN is reporting an enormous tornado heading for Oklahoma City. I don’t know about you, but they keep this up and the GOP is gonna have a whole lot of explaning to do.

Does someone have demographic information on “twitter” users? Who is most likely to see this message from Eric Cantor on twitter? With the bombardment of neo-liberal and conservative messages from our media and the bullies in society such as Eric Cantor, what effect will this have on the youth in America long term?

When asked what he though of western civilization, Gandhi is supposed to have relied “I think it would be a very good idea.”

Unrelated really, but I’m curious if anyone else’s Gaydar goes off around Cantor?

Really, just asking.

Let’s cut the Israeli Military Aide. That should pay for Joplin.

So, Cantor and the Republicans want to take a dump on a loyal red state? Guess there’s nothing we can do.

Guess it’s just not your day, Missouri.

There is also the issue of people not even going for care because they know they will get hit with a huge bill that they can’t afford and they don’t want to send their families into bankruptcy with it. Saying ‘go to the ER’ is not an answer and it is a piece of crap for Cantor and his buddies to say that since a) they have inhouse medical facilities in Congress, b) they and their families have the best medical care available and c) none of them ever had to go sit for hours, in pain, in an overcrowded ER where a triage nurse had to decide who got cared for first. This is as close to ‘Let ‘em eat cake’ as we’ve got today.

When state legislators across the nation introduce similar or identical bills designed to boost corporate power and profits, reduce workers rights, limit corporate accountability for pollution, or restrict voting by minorities, odds are good that the legislation was not written by a state lawmaker but by corporate lobbyists working through the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a one-stop shop for corporations looking to identify friendly state legislators and work with them to get special-interest legislation introduced. It’s win-win for corporations, their lobbyists, and right-wing legislators. But the big losers are citizens whose rights and interests are sold off to the highest bidder.

ALEC’s major funders include Exxon Mobil, the Scaife family (Allegheny Foundation and the Scaife Family Foundation), the Coors family (Castle Rock Foundation), Charles Koch (Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation), the Bradley family (The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation) and the Olin family (John M. Olin Foundation). These organizations consistently finance right-wing think tanks and political groups.

Members of ALEC’s board represent major corporations such as Altria, AT&T, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Koch Industries, Kraft, PhRMA, Wal-Mart, Peabody Energy, and State Farm. Such corporations represent just a fraction of ALEC’s approximately three hundred corporate partners. According to the American Association for Justice, over eighty percent of ALEC’s finances come from corporate contributions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m5RtrMar4Y

These assholes have crossed over into moustache twirling villain territory

Ok General strike it should be. How about July 4th. Its perfect Monday morning on the 4th we all go to a government building somewhere close to where you live and show your support for the American people. Tell everyone, including all from the left and right. Why not? We are all tired of the BS thats going on. Lets stop fighting each other and join hands. We may not have a choice someday. OK so its a holiday, again its perfect because by Tuesday they will know we are serious. By the end of the week they will know!

Wow, so does anyone think that if Eric Cantor has a medical emergency like getting shot in the head (dear Eric Cantor, you can review that day here), that he would find it acceptable that

no emergency relief for Joplin Eric Cantor would pass the House be provided without corresponding cuts elsewhere

in his financial resources?

And remember folks, AIPAC-pandering (Blue Texan, May 23, 2011) Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) is up for re-election in 2012. However, for a civil servant to shamelessly take a public position as the one Eric Cantor has indicates to me that after, he is removed from office, he shouldn’t have any future job but “broom pusher.”