
When we last saw Tennessee teabagga playa Bill Hemrick he was being used by Herman Cain and not in that hawt “I’ma gonna sex you up and make you my special lady” kind of way that Herman has with the wimmens. Hemrick held a greet & grip for the gropey pizza guy that didn’t turn out so well:
Management problems extended to important events. In July, a businessman and Tea Party supporter, Bill Hemrick, invited some 200 friends to the private Standard Club in Nashville to meet Mr. Cain. Mr. Hemrick said the Cain campaign had asked him to serve as its financial chairman for Tennessee.
After speaking to the crowd, Mr. Cain was to attend a private club dinner for a select group of conservatives, who were in a position to donate the $2,500 maximum.
But somehow Mr. Cain forgot, or his staff failed to follow through. After his speech, Mr. Cain called to thank Mr. Hemrick for the evening. “I said, ‘I’ll see you upstairs,’ Mr. Hemrick recalled, where the potential donors had gathered. “He said, ‘Well, I’m at the airport.’ ”
“I thought, wow, good communication there,” Mr. Hemrick said.
Mr. Hemrick, a founder of the Upper Deck trading card company, said that shortly afterward, the Cain campaign named someone else as its Tennessee financial chairman — which he first learned from his replacement.
Mr. Hemrick, who is now a fund-raiser for Representative Michele Bachmann, likes Mr. Cain’s conservatism and bears him no hard feelings.
But plucky Bill Hemrick is not one to be denied a voice in determining the future course of The American Experiment, so he and some buddies all pitched in to start up Tea Party HD which was supposed to be a teevee network devoted to teabaggers that would, I don’t know, maybe have a camera mounted on everyone’s flatscreen and people could sit on their couches and watch themselves scream at the teevee about Kenyans and socialism when then weren’t masturbating into their laminated copy of the Federalist Papers or something. I’m sure it would have been quite popular. But because the tea party draws grifters who can smell low-information/high-gullibility from a mile away, Bill and his buds, as they say in the south, “got took“:
A group of Middle Tennessee conservatives is suing a California businessman for $19 million, claiming he tricked them into investing in a sham business idea for a television network devoted to the tea party movement.
Among those suing is Bill Hemrick, the Brentwood millionaire who is the Tennessee financial director for Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. Hemrick has been active in tea party circles in Williamson County, helping to organize the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville in 2010 that was headlined by Sarah Palin. He worked briefly raising money for presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Hemrick and the other plaintiffs — Howard Luartes, Reinhold Holtkamp and Melvin W. Martin of Williamson County; James Hearn of Davidson County; and James Huffnagle of Dickson County — ultimately invested $287,500 in the tea party television venture.
Hemrick and Anthony Loiacono founded Tea Party HD in 2010, but Hemrick and the other investors now claim in the lawsuit that Loiacono never kicked in his own promised investment and used the plaintiffs’ money as his own “personal bank account” to pay himself, his family members and his business, Heads & Tails Inc., “exorbitant rates” for the few projects Tea Party HD undertook.
“The alleged purpose of Tea Party HD was to be the ‘world’s first HD provider of news about the Tea Party,’ ” the lawsuit states. “In reality it was an investment scheme to defraud politically conservative-minded citizens who support the Tea Party mission.”
I love this part:
Loiacono has not filed a response in the lawsuit, but sent a news release to The Tennessean in which he challenged Hemrick to settle the lawsuit by facing off in a televised “lie detector challenge” in Nashville. Loiacono proposed that, if he wins, the lawsuit be dropped and he be reimbursed for all his expenses.
They could put it on Tea Party HD! Oh wait….
Anyway, the suit has been filed in Tennesee and can probably be found under Morans v. Loiacono.



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Who would have thought that a group known for being proudly ignorant and insistently gullible would make a perfect mark for a con?
~~~sigh~~~
These people ….
Wait, what? “Loiacono never kicked in his own promised investment and used the plaintiffs’ money as his own “personal bank account” to pay himself, his family members and his business…” — why on earth are those mean people suing this vibrant American entrepreneur? He sounds like the perfect man to run as a GOP candidate when the last of the current crop flunks out of the running. The American dream made flesh… or at least flab.
Looks like The Glorious Invisible Hand o’the Free Market® just smacked them rubes right upside their heads.
“Tea Party” and “epic fail” are getting closer and closer to becoming synonymous.
“Heads and Tails” sounded like a local stripper bar. Intrigued, I turned to teh Innertubes and read this on Big Tony’s website:
Guess we see what “personal endeavours” means.
I think it’s free market speak for “fuck you, I’ve got mine.” You know, the GOP-scout’s credo.
One of my exes is married and living in Nashville, TN, I’m glad she has to live amongst such folks as these.
HD? Oy. If the Tennessean Tea Party-ers are anything like the TP’s one sees at rallies and “conventions,” they’re literally the last people you want to see Highly Defined on the teevee. Good-looking local news anchors despair at looking good on HD. The idea of these pasty-white flabboids and muu-muu-tented frizzy-haired mamas quacking and braying in Hi-Def is enough to make one take to drink.
More good tidbits from the article;
When Tea Party HD launched last year, Hemrick sang Loiacono’s praises. “At Upper Deck, Tony Loiacono took the Upper Deck authentication process and unknown brand to the No. 2 brand in the world, second to only NIKE, and I expect him to do it again with Tea Party candidates and the Tea Party HD TV network,” Hemrick said
Upper Deck is the no. 2 brand in the world after Nike? Who knew? Though I would certainly say that Hemrick got upper deckered by Loiacono.
So, in many other words, another Republican “Job Creator”?
Tea Tardy HD? When will they learn that many things seemingly look a little better when they aren’t really clear at all, and instead just slightly opaque and even with a fuzzy, dusky hue. In fact, when one can see the full details, they are just downright ugly.
Like, say, Reaganomics or conservative policies in general. Or porn.
~ Harry R. Sohl
The “end” of the American experiment will be when we arrive at the endgame of the “dismal science”.
If you actually read adam smyth and understand economics, capitalism’s endgame is one company owns EVERYTHING.
I suppose if it was possible to sustain this long enough, eventually ONE PERSON would own everything.
The real question is not IF the masses will fight back, it is WHEN and just how bad things have to get before it happens.
This is why any real understanding of economics acknowledges the role of government to protect the system and not let it run unfettered – even smyth explicitly acknowledges this.
WHERE ARE TEH DOGZ????
“Proudly ignorant, insistently gullible” AND investment ready.
Heads (I win) & Tails (You lose)Inc.
Hey, Teapartiers! This Way to the Egress!!
I understand economics and I am telling you “capitalism” is the wrong culprit
“corporatism” is the culprit, they are using capitalism as their host, if capitalism were banned but there were still corporations then the corporate virus would use socialism as their host…oh…wait…they did…they called that fascism
I am a capitalist and most people are capitalists and most people find nothing wrong with the principles, nor does economics find a flaw with capitalism, a real capitalist who is not a corporatist runs their business so that everyone can benefit, their business grows stronger the MORE money people make not the least money people make
on the other hand, a corporation does not plan for the future, they do not plan for the family, they plan for this quarters bottom line and bonuses are based on that, they will scavenge a business to demonstrate this months bottom line, a capitalist who is not a corporatist would hardly ever (if not never) do that
the principles of corporatism on the other hand a well known leach on not only economics but society and politics
the corporatists had co-opted the republican party a long time ago, now they are in the process of c o-opting the democratic party and if “capitalism” fails but corporatism does not, believe me, we will be no better off
As soon as Sarah the Klondike Clodhopper reads about this we can look forward to the All Palin Network , seeking inbred investors. Think of it… Sarah 24/7.
There’s a local “Indian (feather, not dot)Gaming” casino that on the TeeVee advertises “loose slots” as an attractant to the rubes. What an image that brings to mind! It’s a perfect epithet for these TeaParty gulls and I shall use it often from now on! (:>
Barona Casino’s motto actually is “Loosest Slots/Biggest Winners”.
Guess the winners/wieners wouldn’t apply to those low-information/high-BMI scooter citizens trying to keep government out of Medicare?
Ummm hmmmmmm! I said it!
~ Harry R. Sohl
Corporatism not capitalism huh? You’re making this up, rignt? Or else you are deranged.
capitalism is not democracy
“…he challenged Hemrick to settle the lawsuit by facing off in a televised “lie detector challenge” in Nashville.”
No sense wasting a good polygraph machine, so how about getting Cain and his 4 accusers there in Nashville and having a big Jack Daniels and Godfather Pizza Party after. It could be be cool.
Breaking news: Free Market Capitalists run to big government when Free Market Capitalism fails.
These socialists want big government to solve all of their problems. Goddamned kenyan obammunists.
Of COURSE it was a CALIFORNIA businessman. Everybody knows that California is just full of con men, and show bizness people, and brown people, and (gasp) those so-called “gay” people, and….full of badness and unAmericaness in general. Why the surprise and shock? Couldn’t they have found a true American from Wasilla to take their money?
Jesus! The one and only skill these birds consistently display is the ability to write puff pieces about themselves. Want to get rich? Give seminars in how to grind this crap out.
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It’s the first half of it. The second half involves getting yours too.
Think of it… Sarah 24/7.
More like 8 hours of Sarah, followed by 16 hours of infomercials, for a total of 24 hours of infomercials.
same as casinos.
peas!
corporatism plus capitalism equals casinoism?
peas!
No you don’t understand capitalism, economics, nor what adam smyth wrote. There clearly IS a role for government and pure capitalism is fully unsustainable – eventually, one company achieves a cost structure that others cannot, earns more money, and can buy out competitors or crush them.
Proclaim what you want – but you are catapulting propaganda now.
Think this one has been randomly clicking on REPLY and posting shit all day.
exactly!
Only business in world where people come in, empty their pockets and then quietly go home with nothing.
call me deranged then
and of course, adam smith could not possibly be wrong, of course not!…rediculous, capitalism has existed since the very first person traded their very first skin or drawing or the fruits from their harvest and it will ALWAYS exist no matter what adam smith wrote
you even disclaim your own opinion with the term “pure capitalism” which nobody is talking about unless they feel like that’s what they need to do to argue against my point
as far as propaganda…interesting choice of words there, you are saying you do NOT think corporatism is the real problem today?
I on other hand would think THAT statement is corporate propaganda
so to be clear;
I am not talking about some mythical “pure capitalism” I am talking about the kind of capitalism MOST people endorse, the mom and pop shop that REPLIES on regulations (just as all commerce does by the way), you are going to be hard pressed finding even a small percentage that thinks this kind of capitalism is a failed theory
sorry, deny as you like, CORPORATISM is the problem, not capitalism
as far as “this one is clicking and making shit up all day”, you might want to click on my name to see just how long I have been “making shit up” on this site and how much I contribute
so whoever decides to argue against my points on this thread (rather then insulting me or them), you can have the last word and I retire from this post
That wasn’t capitalism. “Pure” or not. Check this book out, whether you agree with the author on everything or not it’s mostly just straight history/anthropology focused on debt and economics and along the way you can learn when capitalism began. It’s not just any system in which capital exists or is traded or etc, it’s something else.
People using or owning capital isn’t the same as a system actually based on capital. The latter is “capitalism”.
“Starve orthography-seek alternative werds.”
“…the tea party draws grifters who can smell low-information/high-gullibility from a mile away…”
That’s how one gets to be the 1%.
Sounds like a 21st century version of “The Sting”. Nothing more enjoyable then seeing a con get conned.
On this capitalism vs. corporatism thing, my perspective is that capitalism is not a bad economic system for a democracy. The problem is that when capitalism takes over government, you get a weird hybrid called corporatism. Under capitalism, a strong government referee is needed to make sure the rules are applied fairly. When businesses start running government, the referee works for the home team and no one should be surprised that the home team never loses. Eventually, there are no away teams that want to play the game.
Put another way, the farmer who was collecting the eggs from the golden goose shouldn’t be surprised when, after he’s killed the golden goose for the liver pate, there are no more eggs to be had.
Wait a minute people…you’re all missing the real story here: This is classic “frivolous” litigation. Textbook “lawsuit abuse.” Hemrick apparantly didn’t get the Hot Coffee memo from Republican HQ. As the Tennessean notes:
Doesn’t Hemrick know that all inter-party disputes are settled by televised lie-detector tests followed by arm wrestling?
Oh, nailed it in one!
And I was wondering why you would sue for $19 million over a $287,500 investment? Who’re the grifters here?
Somehow the Tea Party confused the notion of finding a bunch of grifters willing to take their money with a successful political movement. It’s kind of like bragging about what a ladies man you are and showing the receipts from all the prostitutes you slept with as proof only to later admit that even the prostitutes weren’t willing to sleep with you. They just took the cash and left.
Will the manly, take no shit, TeaChoads resort to Second Amendment Solutions? Bring it on GunTards. Strap em on boys and show the difference between right and wrong. Bring it Tards bring it. Hello Tards? I’m talking to those Tards that strapped it on during TeaTard Fest. Hello Tards? Hey where’d they go? Hey goobers where are your GunTard friends now? Watering the tree of liberty with what? Urine? No silly it’s supposed to be blood. Can’t you inbred shitheels do anything right? For fucks sake.