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:
Changing history and re-writing it the way that some folks like the sound of.
obama wants to buld another statu of himself their so more americans worship at obamas feet the feet of the anit=christ
Bastards!
I agree with Richard Williams. this is history and should not be removed!! The city counsel should be the one fired and they should be made to pay to have it put back!!
Well said. Its been a disaster with him in office!
WTF???????THESE ARE HISTORICAL MARKERS !!!!!!! SCREW THOSE DINGLE BERRIES !!!!!!! DO THOSE IDIOTS WANT TO ALTER HISTORY TOO????
People protesting historic monuments are part of the problem, ask them what part of their history is getting deleted…..complete and total BS….slaves of all races in the Bible but u don’t see anybody calling for it to be deleted…
Boycott them, no tourists $$$$….so stupid
Hey are they acting like ISIS is
Removing history?
They’re no better than the muslims who destroyed and removed ancient history in the middle east.