Mayor Ben Zahn banned the purchase of Nike equipment used in Kenner's recreation programs, caught a lot of push back from a number of sources, including some Saint players and then cancelled the order. The ban was in response to Nike's advertising campaign that included Colin Kaepernick who was the subject of President Trump's rage because he took a knee last year during the playing of the national anthem.
Zahn's action was a political ditto head mirror image of Trump's attempt to politicize a non political issue to appeal to their base. Both tried hard to act patriotic and put themselves on a pedestal but have a false understanding of patriotism. There are 1760 NFL players on 32 teams and approximately 80,000 people in each stadium on game day and the great majority pay respect when the anthem is played. A very small minority take a knee in protest.
Protests is legal in America, thank the good Lord and thanks to our constitution. Yet there are those elected officials who would rather grand stand and divide us politically when politics should not be involved. Trump injected politics into the business of the NFL and the owners when he said Kaepernick should have been fired, called him a SOB and said the NFL should change its policy. Zahn injected politics in a business decision made by Nike.
The extreme political culture we see since the Newt Gingrich era has become worse, more divisive and more unAmerican. Trump's assault on America's institutions, the constitution and his lack of respect for everyone and all things is unprecedented in American politics and especially for the occupant of the White House. It has become trickle down extremeness infecting governors and mayors. And politics becomes more extreme when religious beliefs are allowed to be used to discriminate against other people.
America is still "America the Beautiful" despite a small minority who choose a way of protesting that the great majority of Americans would not choose. Our founding fathers had the wisdom to understand what patriotism was really all about. A great American statesmen, Elmer Davis put it best when he said, THIS NATION WILL REMAIN THE LAND OF THE FREE ONLY SO LONG AS IT IS THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. Too bad we have far to many elected officials who are lacking.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Louisiana's Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry: Just Another Trump Ditto Head
Louisiana's Attorney General Has joined a group 20 state republican governors and Attorney Generals who brought a lawsuit in a Texas federal court in an attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Texas Attorney General is leading the lawsuit. Landry wants the Louisiana legislature to determine whether pre existing conditions should be covered by insurance companies should the court toss the ACA along with pre existing conditions. Landry thinks the state can handle the issue better than the ACA or the federal government.
Of course we all know that President Trump and the republican controlled congress said they were better to handle the heath care issue and have failed because they have no plan and never did. It should be noted that Landry and no other republican in the Louisiana legislature has ever introduced a heath care bill in Louisiana Like Trump, their rhetoric is good but their actions are non existent. The state legislature, the state and the state insurance commission can't even do anything about Louisiana's out of control high automobile insurance premiums that increase every year. Yet Landry wants the state legislature to handle pre existing conditions. They actually had a chance to do so before the ACA ever became law and failed. That is one reason we have the ACA.
Landry is just another Trump and republican ditto head on the extreme side of issues because they have no record of accomplishments as a party. They have kicked health care down the road since the George W. Bush administration and still have no working plan. Big mouths, all talk and no plans. That is Landry and his party.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Of course we all know that President Trump and the republican controlled congress said they were better to handle the heath care issue and have failed because they have no plan and never did. It should be noted that Landry and no other republican in the Louisiana legislature has ever introduced a heath care bill in Louisiana Like Trump, their rhetoric is good but their actions are non existent. The state legislature, the state and the state insurance commission can't even do anything about Louisiana's out of control high automobile insurance premiums that increase every year. Yet Landry wants the state legislature to handle pre existing conditions. They actually had a chance to do so before the ACA ever became law and failed. That is one reason we have the ACA.
Landry is just another Trump and republican ditto head on the extreme side of issues because they have no record of accomplishments as a party. They have kicked health care down the road since the George W. Bush administration and still have no working plan. Big mouths, all talk and no plans. That is Landry and his party.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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