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Mush4Brains
LOOL HACKED!!!

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I think we have figured out why the Tea Party is so fucking loony.
#19166527 - 11/20/13 05:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Maybe they're all doing blow with Trey Radel.
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Congressman Trey Radel, a tea party freshman lawmaker from Fort Myers, was arrested on Oct. 29 for cocaine possession in Washington, D.C, Politico reported.
Radel, who faces a maximum of 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000, was charged Tuesday in the District of Columbia Superior Court with misdemeanor cocaine possession and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
“I’m profoundly sorry to let down my family, particularly my wife and son, and the people of Southwest Florida,” the 37-year-old Republican, whose legal name is Henry Jude Radel III, said in a statement. “I struggle with the disease of alcoholism, and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice. As the father of a young son and a husband to a loving wife, I need to get help so I can be a better man for both of them.”
Radel was arrested in a Drug Enforcement Agency bust when his alleged dealer, arrested in a separate case, led authorities to the congressman, officials said.
Radel then allegedly bought cocaine from an undercover agent in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighborhood. Afterward, authorities visited the congressman’s apartment and informed him he would be charged with misdemeanor cocaine possession.
If Radel had been arrested in his home state for cocaine possession, he would have faced far more serious consequences than in Washington. The crime is a felony in Florida, where Radel would have lost his voting and other civil rights had he been convicted in state court.
Another contrast between D.C. and Florida: If the congressman had been a state worker, he would face termination under Gov. Rick Scott, who wants to drug test state employees.
Radel’s arrest comes amid international attention over the use of cocaine by Toronto’s mayor, conservative Rob Ford, who recently admitted to smoking crack. As did Radel, he blamed his crack use on alcohol. Unlike Radel, Ford has been defiant and has denied at times having a drug problem.
A libertarian-leaning Republican, Radel doesn’t support lock-’em up policies. He was a co-sponsor of a bill to reduce mandatory-minimum sentencing.
A former TV news anchor and radio-show host, the political newcomer won his Republican-leaning district in 2012 and defeated a host of bigger names in a crowded GOP primary that included Chauncy Goss, the son of former U.S. Rep. Porter Goss, and former state Reps Paige Kreegel and Gary Aubuchon.
Radel’s campaign was accused of dirty tricks when opponents learned he bought up phony websites in their names that appeared to be maintained by them and that, his critics said, misled voters. His business, Trey Enterprises, also owned sexually explicit website names that fellow Republicans criticized.
A fan of rap music, Radel frequently mused about loving old-school hip-hop such as Public Enemy and freely engages and jokes with constituents, consultants and reporters on Twitter. He also posts numerous photos of him and his young son.
On the day he was arrested, Oct. 29, Radel made no mention of it but kept tweeting.
Radel noted he was heading to a Geraldo Rivera interview that day, and continued criticizing Obamacare.
“The mandate to carry health insurance is the most unpopular requirement of the healthcare law. #delaythefine,” he tweeted posted at one point.
“Had some fun last few wks. Check out #treydome for look at tour of our Capitol. And for fun- #treyonplane Reviewed hilarious SkyMall mag!,” he said in his last tweet on the day he was arrested.
Critics of the congressman on Tuesday were quick to point out that drug-abuse treatment is now required under the very law that Radel bashed — the Affordable Care Act.
Radel made a splash in D.C. by appearing to be a younger, hipper version of fellow Florida Republican and rap lover Sen. Marco Rubio, whom he jokingly challenged to a rap trivia contest.
Radel’s political positions are a little more hard-edged. He was one of the original group of Republican lawmakers to start talking about a federal-government shutdown and suggested impeaching President /Barack/ Obama over gun use.
“In facing this charge, I realize the disappointment my family, friends and constituents must feel. Believe me, I am disappointed in myself, and I stand ready to face the consequences of my actions,” Radel said in his statement.
“However, this unfortunate event does have a positive side. It offers me an opportunity to seek treatment and counseling,” the congressman wrote. “I know I have a problem and will do whatever is necessary to overcome it, hopefully setting an example for others struggling with this disease.”
“Please keep my family in your prayers.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/19/3765335/tea-party-rep-trey-radel-busted.html
Man, must be nice to be in the GOP, you get caught buying an 8-ball, and you can ask for people's prayers, keep your job, and move on with your life. If you're a Democrat who tweets a dick pic, you're forced to resign, smeared left and right, and Fox News has hour long specials about your dick.
But seriously, this guy is a fucking creep. He voted to force people on food stamps to take drug tests while doing lines in his office? Sickening, just like most of these tools the Tea Party has recruited.
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zappaisgod
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Re: I think we have figured out why the Tea Party is so fucking loony. [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19166940 - 11/20/13 06:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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He hasn't kept his job yet
And yes it is not inaproppriate for me to demand that scumbag losers who want me to buy them shit submit to a drug test while I snort all of Peru. I'm snorting Peru on my dime. Loser shitbags need to buy their fucking drugs. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, no fucking nothing unless you can pass a drug and alcohol test
http://www.beaufortobserver.net/Blog-3931.112112-7231.112112-If-you-cant-fix-it-with-a-hammerYou-have-an-electrical-problem.html
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Put me in charge . . .
Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.
Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job.
Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.
In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good.."
Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.
If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.
AND While you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.
The American flag does not fly because the wind moves past it, the American flag flies from the last breath of each, military member who has died protecting it.
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check Made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'
That is Honor, and there are way too many people in This country who no longer understand it.
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Mush4Brains
LOOL HACKED!!!

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Re: I think we have figured out why the Tea Party is so fucking loony. [Re: zappaisgod]
#19166946 - 11/20/13 06:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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"Loser shitbags" according to the Florida pilot study are doing drugs far less than their "non-loser shitbag" counterparts.
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zappaisgod
horrid asshole


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Re: I think we have figured out why the Tea Party is so fucking loony. [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19166978 - 11/20/13 06:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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So? I have never felt that drug users are de facto loser shitbags. Certainly doesn't apply to my friends. Loser shitbags has nothing to do with drug use except to the extent that loser shitbags who use drugs want me to bail them out.
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starfire_xes
I Am 'They'



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Re: I think we have figured out why the Tea Party is so fucking loony. [Re: zappaisgod]
#19167073 - 11/20/13 07:16 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I dont know, but I don't see anything wrong with a little snowstorm now and then, it just isn't my thing.
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