FEC report details lavish Republican spending, including nearly $2,000 at Voyeur West Hollywood
Fiscal responsibility never felt so good. Especially in our laps. The Republican National Committee gave nearly $2,000 to a Southern California GOP contributor for meal expenses at Voyeur West Hollywood, a lesbian-themed California nightclub that features topless dancers wearing horse-bits and other bondage gear, according to newly filed disclosure records. Now we don't know about you, but that's one tasty meal.
"We think their extravagant spending and their high burn rate speaks for itself," said Woodhouse. "If limos, chartered aircraft and sex clubs are where they think their donors' money should be spent, who are we to judge? But it shouldn't give voters much confidence in Republicans when they say they want to be put back in charge of federal spending."
Rep. Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, said Thursday that a bullet had been shot through a window at his district office in Richmond, Virginia. He also said he had received threatening messages.
He said he would not publicly release the messages out of concern that doing so would only incite further violence.
He also accused Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine and Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland - a member of the Democratic House leadership - of "fanning the flames" of violence by using threats that have been made against Democratic members "as political weapons."
"Enough is enough," Cantor said. "It has to stop."
FUCK YOUCANTOR
So enough is enough...is it? To theGOPisDEAD this sounds a little deja vu does it not? Let's review with a little video we like to call: whoops, WTF have i done, featuring John McCain's runaway train and his attempt to put on the breaks in the lead up to the last election:
For over a decade, theGOPisDEAD has been witnessing Republicans that consistently incite violence, then obtusely attempt to rescind and rebuke the intended outcome, as if they are completely shocked and taken by surprise? It's like, they're having an out-of-body experience.
But, what we are experiencing here ladies and gentlemen is a Helter Skelter moment indeed. And as a writer for this blog, I have to say that I am sitting here sweating bullets because I cannot get my words onto the screen quick enough. I am being flooded with the adrenalin of OMFG...are you kidding me?!
The Republican party and their base have lost it completely. They are displaying the paranoia of a person suffering with schizophrenia. They are boiling over with anger like molten metal spewing out of a reservoir, and have been whipped into a frenzy by the likes of their Congressman, Glenn Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, and a host of violence inciting megalomaniacs.
"The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history." [Bertrand Russell] Helter Skelter...
Not unlike Charles Manson who considered the Beatles music to be prophetic messages about an apocalyptic race war, in which his followers the Familywould not only survive, but precipitate.
Manson ordered the murders, to trigger a race war directly, and in his own mind was the puppet master behind the slaughter that took place. The case became one of America's most highly publicized murder trials of its time.
At the risk of sounding completely insane ourselves, we see striking similarities between the family, the teabaggers, and the Republican redneck, Budweiser swilling base that is taking up arms in the name of FREEDOM from Tyranny.
The parallels we have drawn from the Manson case are the means at which victory against a system, or in this case a demonized government to which Republicans claim "All Americans" are diametrically opposed. They have declared war on the left-winged "socialist" Obama administration using "ALL" as if it were inherently inclusive. Your name, my name, and anyone you know has been claimed as property of their exclusive philosophy. Welcome my friends, to the family.
Having "ALL Americans" in your corner is a potent ally that cannot be discounted, or ignored, so it is repeated over and over again ad nauseam by the Republican base, the teabaggers, and Lawmakers that we are ALL in this together. We have come to fight the machine!Don't tread on me, and the rest of that lame-ass patriotism bullshit.
In the end Manson wipes his hands clean of all violence that occurred, and rebuked the crime as if it were outside of his own body. Like the Republicans, Manson sees himself as the prophet and savior of "ALL PEOPLES" inciting violence, and vehemently expressed deep and profound surprise at the outcome. Like a fucking mind warp people believed in his calling, cutting crosses in their heads, and were led astray. He didn't have to lay a hand on anyone, and absolved himself of any violence. Sound familiar?
Holy shit. [cracks a smile] I'm practically giddy over how crazy I sound now. :) His "very name ... a metaphor for evil". While Republicans may not be evil on a Manson sliding scale, however to incite violence then not take responsibility of the outcome, is at least fucking disturbed.
So Republicans here you are...getting a bullet in your window. The look on your stunned face, is blowback. Get used to it...because this is your HELTER SKELTER moment.
For most of yesterday, theGOPisDead was brimming with a sense of positivity and hope for and about America that hadn't been felt since pre-9/11. As much as the myth of big government can seem utterly dysfunctional, the leaders on the left again stood on the moral high ground and significantly closed the gap between us and the rest of the Western world. No more do we have to listen to GOP liars and schmucks who stand on the floor of the House and either ignorantly or maliciously expound on how we are trying to destroy "the greatest health care system in the world." You fools are now forever on the wrong side of history. Go eat a shit pie.
Our glee has nothing to do with a vindication of Obama and the democrats. Hell, I'm a registered Independent. But given the choice between good and evil, well, you're a fucking tool if you can't figure that one out. That said, Maureen Dowd (of all people) got it right when she wrote, "...the lofty president and the wily speaker suddenly steered [the Dems] off Jimmy Carter Highway and onto F.D.R. Drive." For all the talk of socialist propaganda and the destruction of America, it took a black man with a keen sense and respect of American history to take cues from some of the greatest presidents this country has had (and no, that does not include Reagan), learn from their mistakes, and put things right in their honor. We are truly impressed and for once, feel blessed.
Unfortunately, the last 9 years of GOP scumbagary has also negatively affected our brain patterns to the point that pleasure is no longer self-sustaining. So the thoughts that these ass-clowns are now going to run on promises of destroying the health care bill is enough to make us want to scratch our eyes out. It's not that we take that promise seriously. It's a sham offering, one that will never happen. It's more like watching King Kong (sans the sensitivity and hot chick) get riddled with bullets at the top of the skyscraper. You feel bad that a living creature is being hurt though you know that even in death, this fucker is going to flatten some people when it falls to the Earth.
Newt Gingerich theorized that this would “[destroy] their party much as Lyndon Johnson shattered the Democratic Party for 40 years” by passing civil rights legislation. That's the kind of delusional, anti-Americanism we're talking about. We still have a party that measures success by how much they can limit freedom, while at the same breath packaging it as salvaging those same rights. I have a dollar bill for you to earn, I just need four quarters.
Worse, it shows that the GOP hasn't grown up in over 40 years. They may not have turned on the fire hoses against blacks this time, but their most ardent followers spit on them, called our gay leaders 'fags', and all while giving implied support for such behavior. Shouts of 'baby killer' and 'You lie!' on the floor of the House... there hasn't been this much vile behavior since the Civil War. One almost feels like another one was brewing for some time. So we're keeping one eye open at all times in the back of our head as we move forward and beyond this sleaze.
The only thing we want to know is why the hell did it take this long for someone like Bob Herbert to come out and write such a perfect, blistering denunciation of the GOP and the Tea Bag Party? Herbert writes:
It is 2010, which means it is way past time for decent Americans to rise up against this kind of garbage, to fight it aggressively wherever it appears. And it is time for every American of good will to hold the Republican Party accountable for its role in tolerating, shielding and encouraging foul, mean-spirited and bigoted behavior in its ranks and among its strongest supporters.
It's clear at least one piece of GOP has been woken up by a mighty bitch-slap of reality. GOP speechwriter David Frum compares the "just say NO" strategy to the end of the Napoleonic era:
We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat.
Nor did it take long for these fucknuts to question their own voting tactics. Via the Boston Herald:
“If he were a milk carton, he would be expired,” said Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman John Walsh.
Brown’s backers from the insurgent Tea Party movement want to know if they’ve been had.
Been had? No. The arc of history bends towards justice, peace, and inclusion. There are setbacks along the way but until the GOP decides once and for all to stand on the right side of history, not just the right side of the aisle, they will forever be losers. Their followers will forever be ignorant fools. Their principals will forever be paper lions. To them, we say, "wake up and welcome to the 21st century."
It's ironic to note, that most of you will take advantage of the new benefits you received today. The bill is now the law of the land.
I hope for everyone's sake that you conservatives continue on the path you have chosen. I hope that you continue to nurture the lowest common denominator of your constituents, where racism, bigotry, and a disdain for reason are considered values.
Your party's philosophy and platform will eventually give way to progress. Of course progressing is your idea of communism, socialism, or otherwise.
As we seek scientific progress, it indelibly will drive social progress, advances in technology, social organization, and the evolution of intellectual communities that will produce social equality, economic equality, and advancements in the human condition.
It's a matter of science really that your party is dying a slow death. Society cannot continue on the conservative path.
Three Democratic African-American lawmakers - including civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia - said demonstrators against the health care bill yelled racist epithets at them as they walked past. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri said a protester spit at him. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, an openly gay Democrat, said protesters yelled anti-gay comments at him.
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The AID Law project uses the law to protect the rights of people with HIV
An American insurance company was ordered by the court last year to pay Jerome Mitchell $10 million for “wrongly revoking his heath insurance policy”.
And this week Reuters revealed that: “Previously undisclosed records from Mitchell’s case reveal that Fortis had a company policy of targeting policyholders with HIV”.
“Mitchell not only obtained a measure of justice for himself; he also helped expose wrongdoing on the part of Fortis (now known as Assurant Health) that could have repercussions for the entire health insurance industry,” the Reuters story said.
“A computer program and algorithm targeted every policyholder recently diagnosed with HIV for an automatic fraud investigation, as the company searched for any pretext to revoke their policy.
“As was the case with Mitchell, their insurance policies often were canceled on erroneous information, the flimsiest of evidence, or for no good reason at all, according to the court documents and interviews with state and federal investigators.”
Reuters reported: “Insurance companies have long engaged in the practice of ‘rescission’, whereby they investigate policyholders shortly after they’ve been diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses.
“But government regulators and investigators who have overseen the actions of Assurant and other health insurance companies say it is unprecedented for a company to single out people with HIV.
“In his previously undisclosed court ruling, the judge in the Mitchell case also criticized what he said were the company’s efforts to cover its tracks.”
It seems that Assurant Health has set a record new low with its illegal discrimination against people with HIV.
When someone starts a blog, the intent is to present information others may find intriguing, relevant, frustrating, informative, or down right cool enough to keep your collective asses engaged.
We here at theGOPisDEAD started this particular amalgamation to prove the "Grand Old Party" with "OLD" as F*** being the optimal word here is kaput, over, done, fried, crispy, and a vacant shell of a party not worthy of recognition. We find their ideas stagnate, tired, backwards, boorish, mean, and down right irrelevant...and frankly a little re'TARD.
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