Billy Nungesser was the subject of a previous PolitiDose commentary during the BP rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the death of 11 rig workers and billions of dollars in damages to Louisiana's environment and property. Nungesser who was President of Plaquemine parish at the time was the mouth who criticized President Obama's decision on the moratorium in the gulf until answers could be given in what took place. And he opposed President Obama's every move.
Now we have a Times Picayune article dated 9/27 where the mouth said he will not attend the Saints game in London because some Saint players protested during the national anthem before their game with Carolina. the article also reported Nungesser said he would not be attending any more NFL games because of the protest. Well, like Trump, Nungesser is about a year late as he and the trumpet man never made an issue out of Frisco's quarterback Colin Kaepernick protest when he took a knee during a game last year. I wonder why he did not stop watching the NFL at that time?
That same Times Picayune carried another article by the same author who reported Louisiana's republican rep., Kenny Havard said Louisiana should pull Saints funding because of the Saint's players protest. Nungesser during the interview said it was worth discussing whether Louisiana should offer so much support to the Saints given the recent protests. Later he said he didn't have an opinion on whether the contracts should be reviewed by the legislators.
There are better reasons why the elected officials of Louisiana should have never given Tom Benson and the Saints the millions of dollars in corporate welfare in the first place. And those reasons are more legit than a few Saints players taking a knee or sitting out the national anthem. But leave it to politicians to try and cover their mistakes any way they can even though taking a knee was done on such a small scale prior to the trumpet man's SOB remark.
Nungesser also said this in the article about the protesters. They are using this great opportunity they have to disgrace America. They say they are protesting police brutality. There are only a handful of police that have been convicted of doing something wrong. Nungesser seems to be saying in this statement, since only a hand full of police have been convicted of doing something wrong, that does not justify players taking a knee. Well if that is the case, only a hand full of players have taking a knee before the trumpet man's SOB remark so why blow things out of proportion. Well, because that is what politicians do when they want attention.
Burning the American flag, taking a knee and other forms of protest will always be debated in the public and political arena because people on both sides have strong feelings and free speech defines America. Hate groups carry Nazi and other symbols and flags that disgrace the American flag and all it stands for and is protected by freedom of speech. Yet, they get a free pass from the trumpet man and the SOB remark is with held. Taking a knee and other forms of protest will continue and America with continue to move on in the right direction because the great majority of Americans will always show respect to our institutions and all the good that it represents. The American flag and our national anthem are one and the same and will also continue to be respected by the great majority of our citizens.
Yes, our country is still America the beautiful and has never lost its greatness.
Note: PolitiDose carried past commentary long ago about the millions of corporate welfare given Mr. Benson and the Saints by the state politicians and how wrong that was since Mr. Benson was a multi-millionaire from the very beginning. That give away of tax payers money was and still is a disgrace. And there is no good excuse.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
