no... he didn't really say that... did he?

Record flooding of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.  Killer tornadoes through Joplin Missouri, Tuscaloosa Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and numerous other states wreaking havoc and horrendous destruction, death, and financial loss to citizens of the United States.  Always, at least before today, in these situations, the federal government has done what it could to send aid, in the form of experienced disaster personnel and money, in order to augment state and local emergency personnel, secure damaged areas, save lives, and help in the rebuilding of what "Mother Nature" has destroyed.

But maybe, this will no longer be the case...  Eric Cantor, Republican Majority Leader in the United States House of Representatives, announced that emergency funding to help those devastated by the recent tornadoes and storms, should certainly be sent, but only as long as there is an equal corresponding reduction of monetary assets taken away from other federal programs...  in the interest of deficit reduction, of course.

When, oh when, will Republicans quit holding the American people hostage in the guise of deficit reduction?!!  And when will they quit trying to "reduce the deficit" on the backs of those who are least able to bear the burden - the poor, the needy and those who are "powerless" and have little voice in our society?!!

Shame!!!  Shame on you, Eric Cantor, for trying to use the sufferings and the hardships of thousands,  sufferings that have resulted from "Mother Nature's" destructive forces... shame on you for trying to use them for political ends!!!  In making a statement, you had a chance to give an encouraging word, to show some compassion for the people who will now be trying to pick up the pieces of their lives after the utter devastation they have been blessed enough to survive...  but no, you had to make it into a political point, at their expense....  Shame on you!!!   I have no doubt that your mother tried to teach you better, but you must not have listened to her lessons very well...  I will say it again... Shame on you!!!