Eric Cantor Cries Over Giving Japan Money for Tsunami Disaster Relief
In a time when we can spend billions bombing third world nations into oblivion and arming our ‘defenseless’ allies with state of the art nuclear weapons and bombers, Eric Cantor is trying to defend cutting back money to Japan.
Cantor, just in case you are reading you greedy son of a puckerslutt leg gapper, listen. You have to be a cold, heartless man to actually try to suddenly say America needs to cut back spending, citing that we’ll just be borrowing money from Japan to feed it right back to them. Stop trying to play smart because if you had any idea of why our economy was in shambles, we would immediately call our troops out of the Middle East, stop stockpiling certain nations with weapons and tap our rich citizens to pay out all the money they owe our government and society.
But that’s just too much to ask, isn’t it. It’s easier to say let’s be hardasses this time, let’s not help Japan. Nevermind our economies are tied together and that their estimated $180 billion in rebuilding alone is going to be felt here. Are you an idiot? Do you not understand our economies, let alone our lives, are tied together?
We may be miles apart, but the Japanese are people. They are just like us. They deserve all the help we can give them, based on the simple fact they are human beings. You must be a nationalistic, smug dolt who does not deserve to hold office if you can dare say our nation, which wastes so much, cannot fully help Japan right now.
“All of us need to be tempered by the fact that we’ve got to stop spending money we don’t have,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told reporters at his weekly press briefing. “Essentially, what you are saying is to go borrow money from the Japanese so we can spend it there to help the Japanese.”
Cantor has proposed cutting a staggering $121 million, nearly 10% of our budget to help with disasters that is plaguing Japan today. As we watch Japanese literally wash away in turbulent ocean waves and the nation is reporting over 10,00o dead, thousands missing and a nuclear reactor meltdown with radiation imminent, Cantor and other House GOP members are trying to push through a bill that will immediately cut all of our foreign aide.
Even more outlandish, the same bill would reduce funding for the National Weather Service by $126 million, crippling tsunami watching centers worldwide as reported by National Weather Service President Dan Sobien.
Like it our not, we have a responsibility in this world. It is very easy. Help others. It is a simple rule. If we can bomb a country to hell, what is so bad about spending money to help save people who are suffering and clinging to life. What is so bad about spending millions if not billions to relieve Japan?
We definitely have borrowed money and use those very dollars to boy weapons that destroy nations and allow our handpicked dictators come to power. We have squandered resources and taxpayer dollars on luxury items and pet gifts. Now, it is time to use our powerful economy to do something useful and look who is crying.
Say what you will about Obama, but the president has vowed to fight off the GOP proposed cuts and continue to do the right thing: give humanitarian relief to Japan. We may face an economic crisis, but we can fix that. It’s called stop spending money on war and start taxing those who are wealthy, including large businesses. It is called don’t repeat the mistake of past presidents, who liked to have wars while cutting taxes.
Cantor, you are an idiot and let us pray your constituents vote you out of office with a flood of support for whoever wants to replace your delusional, small mind and greedy policy. You do not stand for America or humanity if you could honestly propose cutting relief for Japan right now. You are inhumane if you really think you can justify saying these people need no help. Cantor, leave your glass bubble and behold some things:
This is Japan’s coastline, after the earthquake and tsunami. It has been moved 8 feet from its prior position. The earthquake was so powerful, it knocked Earth 4 feet of its normal axis and moved an entire country 8 feet. This is clearly not grounds for a nation to get as much relief as possible, especially not from the world’s largest economy and leading technological power.
The city of Sendai, submerged by water. They still do not yet how many are missing, but in total Japan estimates the number missing from various cities will be in the tens of thousands.
People in Japan may be suffering from radiation poisoning. Here, a medically isolated daughter gets a last view of her mother as the daughter may be contaminated by nuclear radiation from the nuclear meltdown in progress at Fukushima. 100s of people in Japan are currently radioactive, unable to interact with society and that number may sharply increase. Any change Japan will need help?
Do not forget, many parts of Japan are submerged in cold weather right now. Many people who have survived do not have access to heat and may freeze to death. These people are fortunate and in a makeshit campsite, where minimal supplies used for warming have been given out. Japan will need plenty more and medicine, food, fresh water and makeshift living arrangements will still have to be implemented after the ongoing crises are maintained.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iDBoOvb0
Here is footage from Sendai Airport. Notice the cars rushing by as the water closes in on the trapped people.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AdFjklR50
We’ve all seen the footage and worse. There is a simple point in this, actually, two. Men like Cantor do not belong in government. The GOP he envisions, a greedy, distorted kaleidoscope of errant policy and crack-pot dreams is not a true view of reality.
The reality here is Japan needs our help. If anyone dares says otherwise, tell them to jump in the ocean and keep swimming until they get tired. Then, they can drown. Because clearly, any person who finds themselves chinup in a fearful grip of ocean water does not need help. We all know anyone in that situation needs help, especially when they also have a nuclear reactor that can blow up at any second and a surrounding of death and destruction all around.
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Author: Dean Miller
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12:07 am
I just finished reading an article entitled “The Inevitable ‘It Would Be Smart For The GOP To Lose In 2012′ Piece Has Been Written”. Long title and even longer article on the Huffpost “speculatron” section. I guess they could have been referencing this article, but most likely they’ve seen Congressman Cantor’s plead to save the rich by cutting spending and not raising taxes for the top 2% of earners.
I think Mr. Cantor may view his role differently than the author. Where the author sees a contributor-pandering, servile sycophantic gastropod – Mr. Cantor sees himself as a first Knight in the defense of the American public’s pocketbooks. I can’t rationalize these differences, perhaps he has a method to receive questions like this.
A quick visit to his website only has these updates:
http://cantor.house.gov/
Mar 11 -Congressmen Cantor Statement on Short-Term Continuing Resolution
Mar 4 -Congressman Cantor Statement on the Defense of Marriage Act
Mar 4 -Congressman Cantor Statement on February National Jobs Report
Mar 3 -Congressman Cantor on Repealing Onerous 1099 Provision for Small Businesses
And it looks like you can order a flag!
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12:23 am
I am usually not a fan of your left leaning journalism, but definitely agree that this is a time America should be stepping up to help. This is a time to unify, not divide pennies and fret when Japan stands in need of immediate relief. Cantor called it wrong on this one and let’s hope he recants his position. We can cut non-pressing programs down the road, Japan needs help and this is more proof why we need to cut back spending, so we have deeper pockets to help ourselves and others in times like this.
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1:53 am
Are we living in CRAZYTOWN? Attacking this man for speaking his mind and trying to show some fiscal restraint????
I am very sad for Japan, very sad for what has happened and what will be happening. They are a proud and resourceful people, they will rebound they will recover.
Japan is a large and rich nation. One of the original G6. While a terrible tragedy Japan currently has blood, money, resources, food and a very large portion of their people untouched by this terrible tragedy. The problem is the area affected by the quake. Japan cannot get the resource already in japan to these people fast enough. They also need to get their reactors safe and do it fast.
Do we really think can write a check to solve these problems? Honestly, do you think shelters aren’t being erected, because someone doesn’t have the money? Do you think the reactors could go critical because they can’t afford to fix them? Japan probably needs some help with reactors and coolant and maybe some American engineering, but what they need right now is for us to let them do what they have been ready to do and stand by if they ask.
Yesterday, I saw someone broken down on the side of the road and I stopped to help. I could have given them my car and left myself stranded, but I did the obvious thing and just offered a ride. We can’t just print more money we don’t have. If we bankrupt ourselves then who is left to help victims the next Haiti or Katrina?
In Haiti, they did need things like machinery food money. And America gave it to them. I saw on the TV today that workers in Japan were still making Nintendo’s and PlayStations. Why are they doing that instead of helping? Because help now is a logistical nightmare, something we can’t buy or give our way out of. Right now we just have to do the hard thing, stand and watch on the sidelines and pray for a miracle.
Sure giving blood is always a good idea, and helping others on your own and donating your own time and money is a good idea. Maybe sometimes the silver lining in a tragedy like this is it does remind us to give, not because we are taxed, but because we want to. But think before you give. There is nothing wrong with giving to Japan if you really want to, but don’t forget other peoples too. Meals on wheels, shoveling sidewalks for your elderly neighbor, Africa still hurts, food banks, Haiti, they all still need our help too.
A donation of your time is often way more valuable and rewarding than your dollar.
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12:43 am
I think I agree this with. There are many ways to help our allies, but throwing money at every problem is not always the answer, and in some cases it actually makes things worse.
For example, the Japanese were in denial about how serious their nuclear problem was, but the US stepped up and told the truth to the world. Like an alchoholic in denial, this tough love intervention only cost us some ships off their coast, which were probably based there already. Throwing more money into a government in denial won’t help anybody.
Also, I think sending more missionaries and bibles could be a real blessing right now.
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3:12 pm
“Here, a medically isolated daughter gets a last view of her mother as the daughter may be contaminated by nuclear radiation from the nuclear meltdown in progress at Fukushima.”
That picture breaks my heart.
Thank you for this story, Dean.
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3:18 pm
Claire, I didn’t realize you were a fan of Charles Mesure.
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3:24 pm
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3:53 pm
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10:55 am
I have to be careful here, because the jury is still out as to whether God intended to punish the Japanese.
I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but, do they allow homosexuals to marry there? Aren’t they Buddhists or some other un-Christian religion? Don’t they sell alcohol from vending machines on the street? And all those schoolgirls in miniskirt uniforms those dirty movies! And why so many masks all the time — are they afraid of being recognized?
What has Pat Robertson said about the matter? Too bad we no longer have Reverend Falwell for Holy Guidance in our hour of need.
I pray that Rep. Cantor (a Jew now but hopefully one who’ll repent for the crimes of his tribe when Jesus returns) has left the funding for faith based initiatives intact so we can all afford to pray for the Japanese. Lord knows we can’t spare them a nickel. We’re taxed enough already!
If we don’t have the will to ignore the cries of the Japanese when they’re suffering, how in the name of God will we do it to our own senior citizens?
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3:04 pm
I think you are on the right track but seem to be a little fearful of saying what we good Christians are thinking.
We know the Japanese should suffer even more for their uppity Buudist religion, a religion that worships gayness and other abominations like they were themselves gods.
God gave America, a decent God Fearing Christian country, the Atom Bomb so we could eradicate these godless chimpanzees from the face of the earth. (God’s Earth).
The so called disaster is God’s method of finishing the job we started when we nuked those atheistic mongrels.
Rev Falwell prayed every day for the extermination of non-Christian animals, and Rev Robertson probably would if has time.
I am so glad to know that it’s time for all of us real Christian Americans to begin the march to Armageddon and the Final Judgement of the Satanic communists.
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1:34 am
Joe and Leon,
You two make me sick. Joe, you said the following: “We know the Japanese should suffer even more for their uppity Buudist religion, a religion that worships gayness and other abominations like they were themselves gods. God gave America, a decent God Fearing Christian country, the Atom Bomb so we could eradicate these godless chimpanzees from the face of the earth”.
As for you, Leon: “I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but, do they allow homosexuals to marry there? Aren’t they Buddhists or some other un-Christian religion? Don’t they sell alcohol from vending machines on the street? And all those schoolgirls in miniskirt uniforms those dirty movies! And why so many masks all the time — are they afraid of being recognized?”
What kind of planet do you idiots live on? Have you no empathy for your fellow human beings? Have you no empathy for people who are suffering because of a massive natural disaster? I don’t see any sign of God at work here. I don’t see how you can call yourselves Christian, when everything you both say goes against everything Jesus taught us. Fear not: you’ll have to answer for your hate and your intolerance when you meet God in the next life.
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11:49 pm
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