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:
This will come back to bite them right in the backside. They are trying to re-write history.
Although islam don’t care it isn’t them it is black racists like obama and sharpton who are behind it all.
Remove monuments to mlk then
Well if congress would impeach and throw the problem in jail it would stop but they are too incompetent to do a thing.
Those who forget the past are condemed to repeat it…if anyone thinks a civil war is not possible in this country is missing the fact that Trump is a very hated guy and hes building a mob of angry frustrated people…the Confederates were a very important part of American history’ Taking monuments down doesnt change the past but it sure helps us to forget the past..Don’t be thinking that a John Willes Booth couldnt re appear….
Vote wisely in 2016 and get it put back up. No more politicians or Dynasties in our White House!
This is Americas ‘ history!
It is about heritage not hate. It is part of history and should not be disturbed. Both Confederate and Union soldiers monuments deserve the same respect. This is political correct b******t, and needs to stop.
that is part of our history
Isis dose the same thing in the middle east