Forum Post: Help End Homeless Hate Laws in Florida
Posted 9 years ago on Jan. 16, 2015, 7:50 a.m. EST by turbocharger
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/didier-ortiz-progressive-for-15-now/x/574646#pledges
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Video done courtesy of yours truly. Was suppose to have an interview of him at the end speaking into the camera, but the campaign couldnt come up with it in time.
Gotta have the ask in a pitch. Gotta.
Also, a campaign without perks is a challenging campaign.
We are starting a national free conference call on Wednesday nights to discuss crowdsourcing for any minor political parties and social causes/actions.
If you are a Dem/Rep politician, well... Wall St gives you enough money already, so please don't waste our time. We are trying to shake things up, not shake down the public.
Peace.
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/terrible-gop-policy-thatll-kick-thousands-more-mentally-ill-homeless-people-out
Update: Because turbocharger continues to take part in a relentless stalk and markdown campaign against me even after posting this legitimate and relevant contribution to his page, I have decided to post more entries here with no regard whatsoever for topic.
A stalk and markdown war is being waged against me simply because I refuse to buy into this 'don't vote' crap. For as long as necessary, I will respond using alternative methods.
http://occupywallst.org/forum/ows-readers-beware-our-site-has-been-taken-over-by/
http://occupywallst.org/forum/it-wont-work-turbocharger-shule-johannus-flip-and-/
http://www.alternet.org/media/republicans-homeless-11-year-old-black-girl-named-dasani-useless-eater-who-should-die
http://educationvotes.nea.org/2014/05/16/as-homeless-student-rate-soars-house-republicans-propose-cuts-to-life-changing-services/
http://www.gallup.com/poll/167084/democrats-republicans-differ-top-priorities-gov.aspx
http://occupywallst.org/forum/it-wont-work-turbocharger-shule-johannus-flip-and-/
http://www.sltrib.com/news/1932680-155/us-mayors-report-hunger-and-homelessness
Part A:
Sen. Bernie Sanders released a report today directly taking on the Business Roundtable, by outing 31 banks and corporations who have dodged $128 billion in taxes.
According to the report, the 31 corporations and banks have dodged $128 billion in taxes by setting up offshore tax havens. They have received $6.5 billion in tax refunds, and $2.5 trillion in taxpayer bailout money. While stuffing their pockets with trillions of taxpayer dollars, the Business Roundtable has called for the deficit to be reduced by raising the eligibility age for Medicare and Social Security to 70, cut Social Security and veterans’ benefits, and increase taxes on working families.
The reason why congressional Republicans are adamantly opposed to generating new revenue through closing these loopholes is that doing so would force these tax dodgers to pay their fair share. For Republicans, the concept of fairness only applies to making sure the wealthy get more by doing less. One of the reasons why Republicans continue to lose elections is because they insist on protecting corporations and banks at the expense of the American people.
Instead of passing the burden of deficit reduction on to workers, seniors, the poor, and the middle class, how about we start with getting the 31 corporations and banks listed below to pay their taxes?
Here is the list:
Number of Offshore Tax Havens in 2010? 371.
Amount of federal income taxes Bank of America would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $2.5 billion.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $1.9 billion tax refund.
Bank of America received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS in 2010, even though it made $4.4 billion in profits.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? Over $1.3 trillion.
Number of Offshore Tax Havens in 2010? 83.
Amount of federal income taxes JP Morgan Chase would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $4.9 billion JP Morgan Chase has stashed $21.8 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $4.9 billion in federal income taxes.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? $416 billion.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2008? Zero. $278 million tax refund.
Number of offshore tax havens in 2010? 39.
In 2010, Goldman Sachs operated 39 subsidiaries in offshore tax haven countries. Amount of federal income taxes Goldman Sachs would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $3.32 billion. Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? $824 billion.
During the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs received a total of $814 billion in virtually zero interest loans from the Federal Reserve and a $10 billion bailout from the Treasury Department.
Number of offshore tax havens? At least 14.
Amount of federal income taxes General Electric would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $35.7 billion.
GE has stashed $102 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $35.7 billion more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $3.3 billion tax refund. In 2010, not only did General Electric pay no federal income taxes, it received a $3.3 billion tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned over $5 billion in U.S. profits.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve? $16 billion.During the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve provided GE with $16 billion in financial assistance, at a time when Jeffrey Immelt was a director of the New York Federal Reserve.
Jobs Shipped Overseas? At least 25,000 since 2001.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $705 million tax refund. In 2010, Verizon received a $705 million refund from the IRS despite earning $11.9 billion in pre-tax U.S. profits. Amount of federal income taxes Verizon would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $525 million. Verizon has stashed $1.5 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Verizon would owe an estimated $525 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated. American Jobs Cut in 2010? In 2010, Verizon announced 13,000 job cuts, the third highest corporate layoff total that year.
Amount of federal income taxes paid from 2008-2010? Zero. $34 million tax refund. From 2008 through 2010, not only did Honeywell pay no federal income taxes, it received a $34 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned over $4.9 billion in U.S. profits during those years.
Amount of federal income taxes Honeywell would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $2.835 billion. Honeywell has stashed $8.1 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Honeywell would owe an estimated $2.835 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2009? Zero. $55 million tax refund. In 2009, not only did Merck pay no federal income taxes, it received a $55 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned more than $5.7 billion in U.S. profits.
Amount of federal income taxes Merck would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $15.5 billion.
Merck has stashed $44.3 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $15.5 billion more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes paid from 2008-2010? Zero. $4 million tax refund. From 2008 through 2010, not only did Corning pay no federal income taxes, it received a $4 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned nearly $2 billion in U.S. profits during those years.
Amount of federal income taxes Corning would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $3.78 billion. Corning has stashed $10.8 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Corning would owe an estimated $3.78 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? None. $124 million tax refund.
Boeing, which received a $30 billion contract from the Pentagon to build 179 airborne tankers, got a $124 million refund from the IRS in 2010.
Amount of federal income taxes Boeing would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $66 million.
Boeing would owe an estimated $66 million more in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
American Jobs Shipped overseas? Over 57,000. Since 1994, more than 57,000 Americans lost their jobs at Boeing as a result of overseas outsourcing or rising imports.
Amount of Corporate Welfare? At least $58 billion.
Amount of federal income taxes Microsoft would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $19.4 billion. Microsoft has stashed over $60 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid 19.4 billion more in federal income taxes.
Part B.
Sen. Bernie Sanders released a report today directly taking on the Business Roundtable, by outing 31 banks and corporations who have dodged $128 billion in taxes.
According to the report, the 31 corporations and banks have dodged $128 billion in taxes by setting up offshore tax havens. They have received $6.5 billion in tax refunds, and $2.5 trillion in taxpayer bailout money. While stuffing their pockets with trillions of taxpayer dollars, the Business Roundtable has called for the deficit to be reduced by raising the eligibility age for Medicare and Social Security to 70, cut Social Security and veterans’ benefits, and increase taxes on working families.
The reason why congressional Republicans are adamantly opposed to generating new revenue through closing these loopholes is that doing so would force these tax dodgers to pay their fair share. For Republicans, the concept of fairness only applies to making sure the wealthy get more by doing less. One of the reasons why Republicans continue to lose elections is because they insist on protecting corporations and banks at the expense of the American people.
Instead of passing the burden of deficit reduction on to workers, seniors, the poor, and the middle class, how about we start with getting the 31 corporations and banks listed below to pay their taxes?
Here is the list:
Number of Offshore Tax Havens in 2010? 371.
Amount of federal income taxes Bank of America would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $2.5 billion.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $1.9 billion tax refund.
Bank of America received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS in 2010, even though it made $4.4 billion in profits.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? Over $1.3 trillion.
Number of Offshore Tax Havens in 2010? 83.
Amount of federal income taxes JP Morgan Chase would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $4.9 billion JP Morgan Chase has stashed $21.8 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $4.9 billion in federal income taxes.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? $416 billion.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2008? Zero. $278 million tax refund.
Number of offshore tax havens in 2010? 39.
In 2010, Goldman Sachs operated 39 subsidiaries in offshore tax haven countries. Amount of federal income taxes Goldman Sachs would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $3.32 billion. Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? $824 billion.
During the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs received a total of $814 billion in virtually zero interest loans from the Federal Reserve and a $10 billion bailout from the Treasury Department.
Number of offshore tax havens? At least 14.
Amount of federal income taxes General Electric would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $35.7 billion.
GE has stashed $102 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $35.7 billion more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $3.3 billion tax refund. In 2010, not only did General Electric pay no federal income taxes, it received a $3.3 billion tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned over $5 billion in U.S. profits.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve? $16 billion.During the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve provided GE with $16 billion in financial assistance, at a time when Jeffrey Immelt was a director of the New York Federal Reserve.
Jobs Shipped Overseas? At least 25,000 since 2001.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $705 million tax refund. In 2010, Verizon received a $705 million refund from the IRS despite earning $11.9 billion in pre-tax U.S. profits. Amount of federal income taxes Verizon would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $525 million. Verizon has stashed $1.5 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Verizon would owe an estimated $525 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated. American Jobs Cut in 2010? In 2010, Verizon announced 13,000 job cuts, the third highest corporate layoff total that year.
Amount of federal income taxes paid from 2008-2010? Zero. $34 million tax refund. From 2008 through 2010, not only did Honeywell pay no federal income taxes, it received a $34 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned over $4.9 billion in U.S. profits during those years.
Amount of federal income taxes Honeywell would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $2.835 billion. Honeywell has stashed $8.1 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Honeywell would owe an estimated $2.835 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2009? Zero. $55 million tax refund. In 2009, not only did Merck pay no federal income taxes, it received a $55 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned more than $5.7 billion in U.S. profits.
Amount of federal income taxes Merck would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $15.5 billion.
Merck has stashed $44.3 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $15.5 billion more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes paid from 2008-2010? Zero. $4 million tax refund. From 2008 through 2010, not only did Corning pay no federal income taxes, it received a $4 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned nearly $2 billion in U.S. profits during those years.
Amount of federal income taxes Corning would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $3.78 billion. Corning has stashed $10.8 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Corning would owe an estimated $3.78 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? None. $124 million tax refund.
Boeing, which received a $30 billion contract from the Pentagon to build 179 airborne tankers, got a $124 million refund from the IRS in 2010.
Amount of federal income taxes Boeing would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $66 million.
Boeing would owe an estimated $66 million more in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
American Jobs Shipped overseas? Over 57,000. Since 1994, more than 57,000 Americans lost their jobs at Boeing as a result of overseas outsourcing or rising imports.
Amount of Corporate Welfare? At least $58 billion.
Amount of federal income taxes Microsoft would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $19.4 billion. Microsoft has stashed over $60 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid 19.4 billion more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes Qualcomm would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $5.8 billion.
Qualcomm has stashed $16.4 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $5.8 billion more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes Caterpillar would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $4.55 billion. Caterpillar has stashed $13 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Caterpillar would owe an estimated $4.55 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Cisco would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $14.455 billion.
Cisco has stashed $41.3 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Cisco would owe an estimated $14.455 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Dow Chemical would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $3.5 billion.
Dow has stashed $10 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Dow would owe an estimated $3.5 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Alcoa would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $2.9 billion.
Alcoa has stashed $8.3 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Alcoa would owe an estimated $2.9 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Stanley Black & Decker would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $1.26 billion. Stanley Black & Decker has stashed $3.6 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. They would owe an estimated $1.26 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Motorola Solutions would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $350 million.Motorola Solutions has stashed $1 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. They would owe an estimated $350 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Part C:
Amount of federal income taxes Tenneco would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $269 million.
Tenneco has stashed over $698 million in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $269 million in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes Express Scripts would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $19 million.
Express Scripts has stashed over $54 million in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid $19 million in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes Caesars Entertainment would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $15 million.
Caesars Entertainment has stashed $42 million in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice was outlawed, it would have paid about $15 million more in federal income taxes.
Amount of federal income taxes BlackRock would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $525 million.
BlackRock has stashed $1.5 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. BlackRock would owe an estimated $525 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes UPS would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $1.12 billion. UPS has stashed $3.2 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. UPS would owe an estimated $1.12 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes CA Technologies would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $700 million.
CA Technologies has stashed nearly $2 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. CA Technologies would owe an estimated $700 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Eaton would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $2.24 billion.
Eaton has stashed $6.4 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Eaton would owe an estimated $2.24 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Part D:
Amount of federal income taxes Nasdaq OMX Group would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $21 million.
Nasdaq OMX Group has stashed $60 million in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Nasdaq OMX Group would owe an estimated $21 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Textron would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $165 million.
Textron has stashed $470 million in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Textron would owe an estimated $165 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Thermo Fisher Scientific would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $1.645 billion.Thermo Fisher Scientific has stashed $4.7 billion in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. Thermo Fisher Scientific would owe an estimated $1.645 billion in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes Weyerhaeuser would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $8 million.
Weyerhaeuser has stashed $22 million in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. It would owe an estimated $8 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Part E:
Amount of federal income taxes World Fuel Services would have owed if offshore tax havens were eliminated? $278 million.
World Fuel Services has stashed $794 million in offshore tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income taxes. It would owe an estimated $278 million in federal income taxes if its use of offshore tax avoidance was eliminated.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2008? Zero. $74 million tax refund.
In 2008, not only did Time Warner pay no federal income taxes, it received a $74 million tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned over $2 billion in U.S. profits.
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2008? Zero. $49 million tax refund. In 2008, not only did R.R. Donnelly & Sons pay no federal income taxes, it received a $49 million tax refund from tax refund from the IRS, even though it earned $561 million in U.S. profits.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/02/07/sanders-report-corporations-tax-dodge.html
Campaign is going well, one week left to help out.
What this campaign is proving is that waiting until things are perfect to act is a failed strategy.
Just go for it, see what happens, learn a ton of shit, and make it happen!!
South Carolina Republican Wants The NRA In Charge Of School Curriculum For 3 Weeks Each Year
January 14, 2015 By Allen Clifton
It has been my long-standing belief that the National Rifle Association is one of the most detrimental organizations to society in this country. Not because I’m anti-gun, but because I think there’s a huge difference between gun rights advocacy and a group of gun-obsessed radicals who are basically just shills for gun and ammo manufacturers.
They make it nearly impossible for this country to ever sit down and have a common sense discussion about guns. No matter what the problem is, their answer is always the same: “more guns.” That’s always the answer for gun nuts. Even when a country like Australia or France (two nations with a small fraction of our gun violence) experience some sort of terrorist attack (Australia last month, France last week – 14 combined victims), these gun fanatics have tried to claim that more guns may have prevented these tragedies.
Meanwhile the United States, according to the FBI, averages around 24 gun-related homicides - per day.
I’m pretty sure Australia and France would gladly go toe-to-toe with the United States when comparing their “gun violence problem” with ours.
Well, now it seems the NRA may have a hand in directing school curriculum in South Carolina. Republican state Rep. Alan Clemmons has introduced a bill that would require schools in the state to dedicate three straight weeks every school year to the Second Amendment, with curriculum centered on guns that comes directly from the NRA.
And according to Mother Jones:
The law would also require that every December 15—the day after the anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook school in Newtown—be designated “Second Amendment Awareness Day.” To celebrate the occasion, schools will be required to hold mandatory poster or essay contests at every grade level, with the theme “The Right To Bear Arms; One American Right Protecting All Others.” The South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus will be in charge of choosing first, second, and third place winners in both contests.
Yes, you’ve read that right. Not only does Clemmons want to dedicate nearly an entire month of the school year to NRA propaganda, but he also wants to exploit the horrific Sandy Hook shooting to set up a “Second Amendment awareness day” the day after the anniversary of the shooting.
This bill is just absolutely asinine. Though it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see it passed. After all, this is a state with a governor who thinks it’s okay for people to carry loaded firearms on them when they’re out drinking at a bar.
And while I would hope that there are at least enough sensible Republicans who would vote against this absurd bill, when it comes to guns and conservatives I never put anything past them. Because, yes, I fully believe there are millions of conservatives who think that teaching children about guns is more important than teaching them science, math or history.
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/south-carolina-republican-wants-nra-charge-school-curriculum-3-weeks-year/
http://occupywallst.org/forum/ows-readers-beware-our-site-has-been-taken-over-by/
http://www.ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/entryid/2101/social-security-targeted-on-day-one-of-new-congress
http://occupywallst.org/forum/ows-readers-beware-our-site-has-been-taken-over-by/
David Barton Again Falsely Claims The Average Welfare Family Receives $61,000 A Year In Benefits
SUBMITTED BY Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 1/14/2015 3:07 pm
A few months ago, David Barton appeared on Glenn Beck's radio program, where he falsely asserted that the "average welfare family" receives $61,000 a year in government benefits.
As we pointed out at the time, this was an entirely misleading claim first put forth by the Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee back in 2012 that was, as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explained, derived by relying on "a series of serious manipulations of the data that violate basic analytic standards and are used to produce a potentially inflammatory result."
But just because the claim is false, that certainly is not going to stop Barton from repeating it, as he did when he appeared on Daystar's "Marcus and Joni" program yesterday:
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-again-falsely-claims-average-welfare-family-receives-61000-year-benefits
http://www.ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/entryid/2101/social-security-targeted-on-day-one-of-new-congress
Republicans love homosexuality - as long as no one knows they are the homosexual in question - and they love hurting and humiliating other people. If there are two overpowering traits that make a Republican conservative politician, I'd have to say those two are it.
I have nothing against homosexuality. But torture, hurting other people BECAUSE YOU CAN, well, it would be all right if they confined themselves to sado-masochistic hobbies but history plainly shows they want to inflict pain upon other people. Pain and humiliation (the gravy to pain). That's just not right, but it's totally Republican.
Republican Family Values
REPUBLICAN anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida. REPUBLICAN County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. REPUBLICAN judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation. REPUBLICAN activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor. REPUBLICAN legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. REPUBLICAN Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8 and 10 year old girls. REPUBLICAN campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. REPUBLICAN racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old girl which produced a child. REPUBLICAN pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile. REPUBLICAN legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. REPUBLICAN activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980's. REPUBLICAN lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s. REPUBLICAN Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail. REPUBLICAN fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty on charges of child porn and paying teenage girls to pose for sexual photos. REPUBLICAN activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes against children. REPUBLICAN activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child. REPUBLICAN Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page. REPUBLICAN activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter. REPUBLICAN governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he almost 30 years old. REPUBLICAN congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. REPUBLICAN Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. REPUBLICAN activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD. REPUBLICAN legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. REPUBLICAN Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media. REPUBLICAN preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him. REPUBLICAN talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl. REPUBLICAN anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her. REPUBLICAN Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison. REPUBLICAN election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl. REPUBLICAN politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy. REPUBLICAN politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children). REPUBLICAN activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl. REPUBLICAN County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child. REPUBLICAN activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl. REPUBLICAN candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters. REPUBLICAN Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. REPUBLICAN County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. REPUBLICAN City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. REPUBLICANRepublican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. REPUBLICANRepublican parole board officer and former Colorado state Representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession. REPUBLICAN strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet. REPUBLICAN city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison. REPUBLICAN businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter. REPUBLICAN director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison. REPUBLICAN benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
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