Santorum Wants Penalties For Hurricane Victims

Not a joke.

Not making this up.

This is for real, news just breaking. Link courtesy of Atrios:



If they were too poor, too sick, or old to get out of the city by their own means, then screw them! Little Ricky wants them to pay fines too!

No wonder some of the hurricane victims do not want to be rescued, fearing they are going to be charged for the helicopter ride. These poor people know very well how America treats the poor, and that there's nothing free here, not even humanitarian relief.

Rick Santorum just proved them right.
Sick.

To see how much the government really cares about the victims.

I want Santorum out, and I'm a Republican (or was before Bush).
I will be emailing that simplistic idiot about this.

Welcome to DU, bozo299.

simply not enough vengeance for Ricky-boy?

Not surprising coming from the lowlife that once said "Its not the worst thing in the world for people to have to struggle" So long as it's we expendable poor people doing the suffering, that is, not his obscenely wealthy puppeteers. He is the outward ugly manifestation of the right wing malignancy that has eaten our country and our public institutions alive. "Punish the victim, after all it's their own fault they are poor" is their perverse mantra which they mindlessly chant with smug, sneering derision as they survey the carnage they have wrought from their gated enclaves and mansions built on the very backs of those whose sufferings they revel in castigating. :grr:

Come next election he needs to be scraped off the public commons and deposited unceremoniously in the regrettably large compost pile of failed demagogues and worthless scoundrels who have befouled American government throughout the years.

kiddies to play with.

Must have made Dog-Shit Rick feel IMPORTANT showing that "Bad Boy in the Bottle" around the neighborhood.

Yeah all of you poor people who could not get out on your own, well we will see how you like a little jail sentence in addition to losing everything you own... /sarcasm

Santorum is such a dim-wit.

It's not like the actual situation hadn't been reported. How misinformed (or prejudiced).

That's the worst blame-the-victim abomination I've heard yet. Hope it comes back to him a thousand-fold.

No wonder the wingnuts love him.

Which level of Hell does he want to get off on?

Let's fine a government that allows people to sink to such a level of poverty that they can't defend themselves against natural disasters.

And if hospitals can't evacuate their patients... we'll fine them to bankruptcy also.

If nursing homes or children's homes can't evacuate those under their care... fine them silly.

Keep talking rick... you stupid fucktard.

You're really showing a lot of compassion :sarcasm:

Every time I turn around some other wacko in this administration is making a statement or doing something that is more outrageous than the last wacko did five minutes ago! I'm seriously losing my patience - and maybe my mind. We are truly a country run by madmen.

Our dogs are afraid!!!

Or anywhere like Planet Earth, for that matter.

What a fuckface.

Correction: what an anomalously lopsided fuckface.

what a fucking idiot

:puke:

is like wearing a sign around your neck that says "I'm PROUD to be a hateful, prejudiced, supercilious, sanctimonious pseudo-religious, homophobic asshole." Problem is, there are just plenty of them - they're also known as Republicans. (I live in PA, and I know.)



*edited to add "homophobic"*

During Olbermann's historic rant, he said that some people thought they would be charged for the helicopter rescue.

As most people know, calling an ambulance can cost hundreds of dollars in some cities. Insurance covers it, but what if you're too poor to have insurance?

And Santorum wants to fine them?

Unfreepin'believeable!

I can't get the video to run.

make a commercial of himself reading this quote. One more Dem. in the Senate.

remember it all. They hate anyone who is not them. That's what's happening here.

Monsters. Real living breathing walking monsters.

you know the us gov't and you and I as taxpayers pay not only for beach cleanup after hurricanes, but we also subsidize hurricane insurance for people who have houses on the beach.

Funny how after a hurricane destroys beach homes you never hear "well why did you build a house there?" but now it seems like everyone is asking that question of new orleans, and saying to the poor, "well why didn't you leave"

We pay higher insurance premiums and higher hurricane deductibles so those living in beachfront homes can pay less. It doesn't make any sense!

in the past you have made dreadfully insensitive remarks, some down right stupid. You have surpassed all previous insanity.
You are a disgrace to the US Senate.

I probably should have said to the US population.

And open his foul unChristian mouth.

Arming the Left: Is the time now? --by Charles Southwell "As long as we pose no REAL threat to the powers-that-be, to what is shaping up into a dictatorship, we will continue to be ignored. Right now, we are ignored because we present no organized power to fight this onslaught of anti-democratic, totalitarian government that we are up against..."

http://www.legitgov.org/essay_southwell_arming_the_left_is_the_time_now_102203.html

Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

I sure hope they march this one out around the '08 election season..

Does he think this crap up himself, or does his staff??? I wonder how long they met before they came up with this bright plan.

This would work well in the midwest, in tornado alley. By default, we all defy the risks of living here every spring. Our decisions to stay or leave happen very quickly, with very few places to run when its "Oz" time.

the private vacuum you've created for yourself.

The repukes really have no clue!

Washington, D.C. Office:
511 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202-224-6324

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=5B475746-147C-4536-9BB7-1C5340C2B38C

Buying Weather Data Twice
Sen. Santorum puts a price on weather information.

Published on 9/6/2005

Sen. Rick Santorum, the third-highest- ranking Republican in the Senate, wants taxpayers to get weather information only if they pay for it twice. He's filed a bill that would make the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — NOAA — give out routine weather bulletins only if private companies do not provide the same information.

In other words, the agencies can gather data all they want. But the bill would forbid them from giving away critical information to taxpayers unless a private company doesn't sell the same set of facts. The bill also forces the federal government to give the information to these private companies, such as AccuWeather and the 14 other weather forecasting companies, all of which are located in Pennsylvania.

Such a coincidence.

For proof of the bill's intent, critics point to a sentence in the proposal that states, “The Secretary of Commerce shall not provide, or assist other entities in providing, a product or service that is or could beprovided by the public sector.” (italics ours). How's that for writing a blank check on behalf of parochial interests?

They need to know that there are consequences for dressing provocatively.



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Hey Rick, FUCK YOU TWICE, you sick bastard!!!


:grr: :argh: :grr: :argh: :grr: :argh:

The rethugs are cruel and inhumane. I wouldn't be surprised if they call the parents who didn't/couldn't leave N.O. unfit and try to take their children away.
The rethugs hate themselves so much they take it out on the rest of the world. Truly sickening.

.. vote for this puss postule on the ass of Bushco again?

I shudder to think.

Sue

Sorry it's under such sad circumstances. :hi:

I lurk daily but post rarely. But I am well pissed about the maladministration's utter neglect of the people of N.O.

It would almost be worth moving to Pennsylvania to be able to vote against this shithead. Or would that be shitheart?

Help us work to get him OUT of the Senate, and to yank that jackass friend of his out of OUR White House, too.

What if you are an emergency service worker?
OK - you had to stay.

What about if you are the spouse/child of an emergency worker.
What a hobson's choice, abandon your loved one (from the family values crowd) or get fined for staying.

Good point!

for that political gift.

Welcome to DU :hi:

Help us send this miscreant, AND the schmuck at the top of the food chain, too, to the UNEMPLOYMENT line and the dustbin of history.

Senator Santorum,

I am beyond outraged at your response to the New Orleans residents unable to evacuate from their beloved homes prior to Hurricane Katrina. Are you devoid of compassion or merely ignorant? Surely you are aware that a large percentage of those left behind were people too impoverished or infirm to leave unassisted. Where were you when they wanted to leave the city but could not?

Even those who remained voluntarily should not be chastized when their own president told Diane Sawyer on September 1, 2005, he didn’t think anyone anticipated levee breeches.

In my opinion, there should be penalties against complacent politicians who neglect their constituents in greatest need. Perhaps if you ceased advocating policies that oppress the poor and take steps to improve their standard of living we won't be faced with such a dilemma in the future.

Regards,
Rev. Ann Fuller

Santorum is my senator and he was very busy last week working on his plans to eliminate the "death tax". A letter pushing his tax plan of pure greed arrived in my mailbox on Wednesday, with the horror of Katrina's aftermath unfolding all along the Gulf coast Perhaps in his preoccupation with making the wealthiest Americans even wealthier, Santorum forgot to consider the least fortunate among us as Jesus taught his followers.

His net approval rating for August was -4% in PA. I'm curious to see what his numbers look like for September after this comment.

Has he forgotten he's up for reelection in 2006? Or is he buying the BS that America will just forget about what happened in NOLA 2005 by then?

It's time we start thinning the herd of these jackasses and he's one that needs to go.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, Santorum. It rings for thee.

Buh-bye!

Insanity at it's worst.

for his family to grieve.

What a douche!

I'm starting to think these people have a special book of talking points. Statements like this make me proud to be a heathen Democrat.

crap like this comes along.

Maybe their insurance should pay for recovering their bodies. Or if they were uninsured, we could just throw their relatives in debtors' prison.

And I don't want to hear anything about how Santorum is dumb as a rock. Rocks don't deserve that kind of insult.

onenote

For one thing, it would bankrupt just about every Republican out there.

Because CLEARLY this guy doesn't have one. We'll see you next year, rickie-baby. I, here in California, am saving my pennies so I can donate to whomever is running AGAINST you. I'm targeting him personally for defeat.

And BTW - Welcome to DU!

when Pat Robertson called for the assassination of the democratically elected president of Venezuela, the very popular Huge Chavez, who has harmed no one, and helped many.

Now this. A user fee for tragedies and disasters. Which will, of course, hit the poor the hardest...

...and this, after they abandoned the poor of New Orleans to die, leaving them no way to get out--Amtrak, Greyhound shut down, no transport provided--no food, no water--and took five days to START rescuing people, with many thousands dying...

I don't think I've ever heard anything so cruel, especially in the current climate of raw nerves and trauma.

The last I heard about a day before the storm hit, was that it had been downgraded to a Category 4 or 3, and was not likely to cause that much damage, and, in the first few hours of the storm, I was rejoicing that nobody had died...then the levees broke...

How were people who had no transportation and no money anyway, supposed to know how bad this was going to be? I seem to recall they had only 24 hours on the mandatory evac--with all transportation service shut down. And what were they supposed to do, even if they knew?

This remark should never be forgiven. It should stain his name forever, not only as cruel, but as the purveyor of lies and disinformation to cover the Bush regime's deliberate slaughter of the poor.

he's really doing a great job to ensure he isn't reelected.

1) Deflect blame to local and state level 2) Depict victims as cause of their own situation..."why didn't they get out" 3) Place * in hero scenarios e.g. arrival of aid coincides with his visit to NO 4)Depict vistims as brutal savages unworthy of saving...scare the hell out of white America...play on racism. Am I missing anything?

What do you expect them to pay with, indentured servitude?

Oh wait - that asshole would probably LOVE that idea.

:mad:

What an ass.

He just lost reelection today.

How in the WORLD do these people look at themselves in the mirror? I just do NOT get it!

Jenn

How bout people exploring caves that gets trapped

Or is this just for those who choose to get their enjoyment by choosing to be too poor, too elderly, or too sick to leave an area after receiving last minute mandatory evacuation notice?

Yep, they should all be put away, then the incompetence of republican administrations who choose to leave people to die won't be so obvious.

I'll vote for that, who wouldn't???

And I thought Cheney's heart was rotten.

websites, or make it a pay-for play thing too, doesn't he? I think it was him.

If it was him, then, he won't tell you when they're coming, and you're gonna be penalized if you don't leave.

Well, that seems about on par. :puke:

or welfare...it was the end of the month...no money left to go anywhere with. That added to the disaster. Go to hell Santorum.

He is an insult to Pennsylvania (I am a Pennsylvanian - my pre-need plot is in Plum Boro).

As a former "Coastie" (US Coast Guard veteran) - and as a Red Cross Disaster Service volunteer -- there is no way a responder can "force" an adult to accept "rescue."

Oh well - what can you expect - bottom of the class at Dickinson Law School, took the Bar Exam several times before he passed.

:sarcasm:
Last in his class in law school, a low-life senator. Considering Michael Brown's credentials, he'd be a perfect candidate to replace Sandra Day O'Connor!!!
sarcasm off.

rick, go back to what you're good at, box turtles are still fucking like box turtles last time i checked, right in my fucking back yard, i have photos

ok, hate to say it, but the constitution needs to be amended such that if a senator is elected who is a total fuckwad, then the rest of the states should have the right to vote him off the island

forgive the language

i have lost someone (confirmed & buried), and i am still missing someone

rick santorum can go blow

no man without a heart or a soul should be allowed to be a senator

period

I'm so sick of this guy.

He has the unmitigated NERVE to say that these people need penalties???!! OMG! Meanwhile, he has been SCREWING the taxpayers of Pennsylvania and Penn Hills School District by having them pay to cyber-school his children while they live in Virginia.

You know what...there is no penalty that is tough enough for this man.
There are no words to describe how utterly useless he is. I'm absolutely apoplectic right now because I didn't think that it was possible to despise him more.

But now I do.

I will work around the clock on Casey's campaign next year. I will do anything to rid our state and this country's Senate of this hater.

He is pandering to his racist base.

An utterly disgusting POS.

I support harsh penalties for corrupt politicians that destroy great nations.

That's what people do when they are out of control of their emotions of fear -- lash out.

Has he recommended increasing the penalty/ fines against firms that price gouge in a disaster/crises?

case of it.

there may be however....revenge

Which I wish he didn't.

Piece of shit.

us invade them.

And the Red Cross needs to imprison all starving people for living where there's not food.

What's weird is that Rick never struck me as Swift before.

Of course I can't prove it. Good observation about the being charged to be 'rescued'. California charges for some rescue services now.

and Homeland Security's FEMA. Why should people pay twice? The purpose of Homeland Security is to protect America and Americans. They failed. Can we have our money back?

...haven't got a clue -- nay, they completely fail to care -- what it's like NOT to be them: well off, white, and sanctimonious to the point that one wonders if they fart angel dust.

Ricky boy seriously needs to unstuff himself and try being human. Just once.

I think of that every time I hear his name, as in one for the chronically insane.

Sanatorium

:mad:

Just emailed Santorum's office - with my correct email, phone, address, etc. with a rant about this.

Yeah, he's a Christian.

I hate this guy.:grr:

What a fucking idiot.
:banghead:

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or do you just play one on TV?

I had the stomach flue recently and I thought that I was such a baby. I mean, vomiting is the nastiest thing in my protective little world - I could of cried. So, I've thought about that recently, thinking, what if I had been like that in NO at the time of Katrina? There's no fucking way I would have moved 2 feet from my room, let alone leave the city. So what about folks who were feeling like shit? Huh, Ricky? They CHOSE to stay? You are our one PATHETIC excuse for a human being.

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freeper

But it bothers that we share the same alma mater, Penn State.

because they wouldn't let her take her guide dog.

And how about the ones who haven't left because they don't want the government (specifically, assholes like Senator Sanctimonius) from swiping their property from them?

Just keep talking, jerk. Show the people what kind of slimy scum you're really made of.