The New Orleans Saints are Playoff Bound

Another NFL regular season comes to an end and the New Orleans Saints are once again in the play offs for the fourth straight year.  But very little has changed for the NFL or the Saints.  The regular season ends with only 13 teams with a winning record out of the 32 total teams.  The NFL is still the non-competitive league year in and year out. Two of the playoff teams, Washington and Chicago do not have winning records.  In fact no team in Washington's division has a winning record.  

The Saints during the regular season beat only one team with a winning record, Tampa Bay.  So no one really knows how good the Saints really are despite the hype of the sports media, especially the local sports media.  The sports page in Mondays New Orleans Advocate after the game with Carolina read, "PICKED APART" like the Saints beat a really good team.  But Carolina won a total of only 5 games this season and are a poor team who  are poorly coached.  

But people who  are objective know that the good teams who know how to play good defense and not allow Saint receivers to run wild unprotected, expose the Saints weakness.  That is one reason why the Saints have been eliminated from the last three playoffs.  So now the Saints have another opportunity to show how good they really are.  Their first opponent is Chicago who finished the season at 8-8.  Just another opponent without a winning record.

This  commentary written by Joe Lorio

Food for thought:  There are too many teams in the NFL and too little talent to go around player wise and coaching wise.  The result, few teams with winning records, too many with losing records.  A competitive league would be around 20-24 teams at the most.  

 

President Trump Commits Another Impeachable Act.

The impeachment of President Donald Trump in December 2019 by the U.S. House of Representatives was justified by the evidence given under sworn testimony by qualified witnesses.  The House performed its sworn duty to uphold the constitution and the rule of law that holds the President accountable for impeachable acts.  During the impeachment procedure democratic representative Adam Schiff noted the President must be held accountable in the Senate trial or he would continue to lie, obstruct and repeat his impeachable acts.  The republican controlled Senate made up its mind weeks before the evidence was presented they would vote to acquit Trump and did so.

Now, a year later, once again Trump has committed an impeachable act by asking Georgia's Secretary of State to find enough votes to over turn the November 3 election that Joe Biden won.  He did so even though there were three recounts of the votes and all three confirmed Biden's win.  The pressure by Trump on the Secretary of State to change the outcome of the election and the will of the people is a flagrant violation of the law and a impeachable act.  Trump's attempt to reverse the outcome of a democratic election is more than just a traitorous act against America and its people.  Trump's phone conversation with the Secretary of State was taped and made public, so Trump's impeachable act has been confirmed.  Federal and state laws may also have been violated.

The republicans in congress knew Adam Schiff was right about what Trump would do again but it did not matter to them because they and Trump are one and the same.  The latest Trump impeachable act will be brushed off by the GOP like they have done for the past four years concerning Trump's flaunting the laws.  And the GOP still plan to try and over turn the election when the electoral college meet to confirm Biden's vote on January 6.  

Forty six percent of the American people in 2016 elected the most corrupt, traitorous, disrespectful, dishonest and Un-American President in memory.  Coupled with the most "do nothing" republican controlled Senate resulted in a disaster of four years for the country and its people.  The GOP's embrace of Trump's violations as President should be unacceptable by all Americans who believe in the constitution, the rule of law and democracy itself.  

On January 20, this dark four year chapter in American history will come to an end.  The darkness of Trump with the GOP's support should never be repeated again.  The future of America and its people are bright, but can only take place if the future is not like the failed past.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio