Douchebag Of The Week: Republicans

I know what a lot of you are thinking. Republicans? With Obama's God awful speech and BP destroying the planet, why would Republicans be Douchebag of the week? Simple. They have all but stated with undeniable certainty that they don't care about anybody but big business. They are officially the fascist party and anybody a die hard Republican this week is no better than the brownshirts or SS of days past. Unemployment is running out for millions of people and two measures were shot down this week to extend benefits to those who most need it. Mind you, Democrats get some of the blame for adding on amendment after amendment that had nothing to do with the jobs bill, ballooning the price tag to double what the house had passed. But today Mitch Mcconnel, douchebag extraordinaire, shot down a stand alone bill to extend unemployment for the millions losing their only lifeline. Worse, at the end of the month, EVERYONE loses their unemployment. Anyone going from one tier to the next is shit out of luck, meaning every week hundreds of thousands will become destitute. What do you think is going to happen when people can't pay their bills? Rioting with pitchforks and torches I expect. We have all sorts of money to give to the rich, but when it comes to helping the average Joe, Republicans have said fuck off. I say right back at you. Anybody Republican at this point better give me a wide birth because you're selling out this country and the words like traitor and fascist will be directed at you. I'm not saying Democrats are any better. They're not. But I give them an ounce of decency for at least trying. Anybody reading this post should call their Congressman and demand they vote for the jobs bill. It doesn't matter if you're unemployed or not. This will affect us all. Incidentally, a post I wrote about earlier is getting worse. More and more people are being arrested for failing to pay their debts to credit card companies (Bush Jr strikes again) setting up new debtors prisons once illegal in this country. Thanks to Bush's credit card bankruptcy bill, a blow job to the the big banks, debt can be sold off to private collectors who can charge whatever they want in fees and penalties. A 85$ bill can rise to thousands of dollars and those who can't pay are arrested. The laws depend state by state, but in places like Minnesota, watch out if you owe anything to anyone. An arrest warrant can be issued without your knowledge, allowing you to be arrested at any time and thrown in jail for days on end.
Perhaps the biggest douchebag for the week though goes to Joe Barton, R TX who during the BP hearings apologized to BP head honco Haywood for the tragedy of shake downing his company for 20 billion to help people affected by the oil spill. Republicans everywhere scrambled to distance themselves from one of the dumbest things said ever and he was forced to issue a less than heartfelt apology saying his words were taken out of context. No they weren't. And you sir are definitely douchebag of the week. Congratulation.