When all the news was turned to the flooding Mississippi, there was a big rumor going around the right wing media that the federal government wouldn’t offer any aide. Of course that was a flat out lie and FEMA is still expanding the financial aide.

This week Joplin, Missouri was hit by the worst tornado in it’s history. The entire town was basically flattened. So is our federal government ready to help there? Well not if Eric Cantor has his way:

The No. 2 House Republican said that if Congress doles out additional money to assist in the aftermath of natural disasters across the country, the spending may need to be offset.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said “if there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental.”

Finding ways to offset disaster relief funds could be a significant challenge for House Republicans and would put their promise to cut spending to a true test.

So while a town suffers and it’s economy is at a basic stand still, Eric Cantor wants to play politics. I can’t even begin to describe how disgusting this is. You can bet your ass if this tornado hit in Virginia, Cantor would be demanding money. It’s much like Rick Perry or Bobby Jindhal, who constantly decry federal disaster aid until their own state needs it. Once that happens, it’s time for them to open their hand and beg for those federal dollars.

This hypocrisy needs to stop. It’s time for Americans to wake up and realize the game these idiots are playing. Sure it’s easy to shrug your shoulders and go “oh well”, when you are sitting hundreds of miles away from Missouri. Let’s just forget about all those that are suffering now, but what happens when if finally hits in your home town? Will you be like Perry and Jindhal, then begging for money?

And this is a good time to remind everyone that the GOP wants to severely cut the NOAA budget that is attributed to saving lives by giving a little early warning for some of these tornadoes. These people care nothing about the lives of American citizens – they only care about their highly flawed ideology. I really don’t know how they can sleep at night knowing the damage they are causing.