Congressmen Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, a first-class asshole like so many of his GOP brethren, took to the Twitter machine today to commemorate Labor Day.
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Of course, that's not what we celebrate AT ALL today. Today is "Labor Day," not "CEO Day." Labor Day was made a federal holiday in the U.S. in 1894, shortly after several workers were killed by U.S. marshals and the U.S. military during a ... particularly contentious strike involving the Pullman Palace Car Company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike
Liberal blog Balloon Juice puts it well here:
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I disagree with the blogger's assertion that Cantor has "never worked a day in his life;" being a Congressman ain't easy, and it's not out of the realm of possibility that this tweet was issued by a staffer (it's since been removed from Cantor's Twitter feed). However, the sentiment is appalling. It's like these people are from fucking MARS.
