Bread and circuses are often enough to distract the masses from the more serious shortcomings of government. And so it is that the pandering to Black Lives Matter and politically correct college student demonstrators serve to help them forget that they are poorly educated, poorly served and just plain poor.
In the city of New Orleans, with so many other more important issues, the city council has voted to remove statues of Confederate civil war heroes in order to placate loud mouthed whiners who are “offended” by the statues, rather than deal with the real problems the city faces.
The monuments are of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard, and the Battle of Liberty Place. They mark historical figures and events that cannot be erased. The city council voted 6 – 1 for their removal, and declared them public nuisances.
It is estimated that removal will cost $170,000, and all of the arguments made by groups hoping to keep the monuments in place were judged by the city council to be “frivolous,” “entirely without merit,” or “made no sense.” One wonders about other moments in history that various segments of society will find offensive and move to have them erased.
Who is paying for monument removal, page 2:
Whoever supports this is a useless piece of trash.
Wrong to rewrite history! If we do not remember, we domed to repeat it. These men died in the line of duty (Southern).
Both of my mother’s
Grandfathers fought in the Civil War. They
both were in the Alabama Calvary. One
had his big toe shot off and the same bullet killed his horse.
Neither owned slaves.
They were fighting for
States Rights. I am
disgusted with what
the government is
doing. I can not wait
till Obama and his 72
Muslims are run out
of our government!!!’
What are they doing with all these monuments after they are taken down? I would like to try and get some. Far cry from actually purchasing one but I am curious.
ISIS does the same thing with things they don’t like, regardless of if it’s historic
Don’t visit New Orleans again, they depend on tourist dollars so deprive them of our dollars, it is filthy there anyway!!!
Im undecided on term limits however im all for cleaning house.
What a joke !
Ignorant Bastards
I guess the Michael Brown monument will be next?