The Losers In President Biden's Build Back Better Legislation.

 The democratic controlled U.S. House passed President Biden's "Build Back Better" (BBB) legislation a few weeks ago with a vote of 220 - 213.  The legislation is a good bill for America, the country and the American people.  The losers were over 200 republicans in the U.S. House who voted against the bill and even objected to a debate and debating issues is the corner stone of democracy in the congress.  The other losers were the GOP in general, the so called conservative media and the media noise machines who enable the republican propaganda of lies, mis-information and dis-information on the subject matter.

Those same noisy groups are now trying their propaganda on the Senate "BBB" bill since Senator Joe Manchin announced he would not vote for the bill.  They are now proclaiming democratic failure, democratic mis-management, the death of the bill and etc., etc., and etc.  But Joe Manchin is the lone opponent out of the 50 democratic senators.  The losers here too, are the 50 republican senators who have vowed to vote against this good bill and refused to debate its merits like the republicans in the U.S. House.  

But President Biden will not allow his "BBB" legislation to die in the senate and the democratic controlled congress will prevail when it is all said and done.  After Manchin's announcement, the CEO of Goldman said he revised and lowered his economic predictions for the first quarter of 2022, which indicates he thinks Biden's "BBB" legislation is good for the economy.  No matter how you cut it, the big losers are the 250 republicans in congress who oppose its passage and the group of noise machines mentioned above who are the enablers of the GOP.

Good legislation that works for the country, its people, the economy and moves the country forward scares the losers to death.  They prefer the division they try to create with an anti-American attitude.  The losers have already struck out twice this year with Biden's COVID and Infrastructure legislation and its three strikes and you're out.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

The Noise Machine Continues To Speculate On President Biden's Intentions To Run For Re-election.

 It's the same noise machine who deal in mis-information, dis-information and even lies concerning the President's policies.  It is their way of personal attacks because they want to see the President fail. They see a President who has accomplished much in his first year in office and a expanding economy that is creating jobs and not losing jobs and a unemployment rate at a historical low level.  All of which was in recession when President Trump left office and was corrupted by Trump and his party trying to steal the results of the 2019 Presidential election.

If President Biden decides not to seek re-election it will be due to his age and a feeling of accomplishments for the country and its people.  The President has had a long political career and has nothing to prove by serving two terms if he determines it is not necessary.  Biden knows there are other capable democrats who are capable and able to carry the torch of democracy for the future.  A successful 4 years is something the GOP has proven to be incapable of producing with their anti-American attitude, obstruction policies and their support to overturn a legitimate democratic Presidential election.

If the President believes his administration has accomplished his objectives and decides to move on, he will do the honorable thing and give proper notice to the American people.  He is not a public servant who would hang on and run for re-election just for the sake of running.  He is a public servant who will do the right thing for the country and its people. 

And President Biden has once again restored Honor to the White House in a short time.  And those who follow politics knew it would be a democratic President who  would do so.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

Abortion, The U.S. Supreme Court, The GOP and The Conservative Media.

 The GOP with the support of the conservative media has tried its best to destroy the Affordable Care Act (so called Obamacare, because Obama cared) since 2009 and have failed in a spectacular manner when Trump and the republican controlled congress failed in its attempt to do so during their 4 years in office.  The same sorry group has tried to overturn Roe vs. Wade since 1973 (48 years) and have failed to do so.  They oppose abortion in any form so they say.

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court took up oral arguments concerning a Texas abortion law that caps abortion at 15 weeks.  Some in the news media have reported that comments made by several Justices indicate some parts of the Texas law may be upheld and that maybe Roe vs. Wade would be dismantled altogether.  

The Texas law validates the conclusion that the GOP has used the abortion issue only to divide the country and that they could care less about abortion.  After all, the GOP supports the Texas law and the Texas law provides for abortion during the first 15 weeks of being pregnant.  Roe vs. Wade provides for 24 weeks.

Roe vs. Wade is a GOP problem because it became law in a 7-2 vote and the majority vote was provided by a conservative majority Supreme Court  appointed by past republican Presidents.  Now, another conservative majority Supreme Court appointed by republican Presidents will have to decide the fate of Roe vs. Wade and the Texas case 48 years later.  No matter how the court rules, the GOP will be the losers on the issue.  The GOP, mostly white men who have made abortion a political issue have already lost the respect of a woman's right to choose under the present law.

And if the Supreme Court upholds the Texas law of 15 weeks a woman will just see a doctor if she thinks she is pregnant sooner and have enough time to still have an abortion.  The shorter time period will not prevent a woman from having an abortion and the GOP will have proved their only interest in abortion is to divide the country.  

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

Note:  The Majority Supreme Court vote in Roe vs. Wade was 7-2.  Five of those who voted yes were appointed by republican Presidents, while Two who voted yes were appointed by Democratic Presidents.

Note:  See previous commentary in Politidose concerning abortion dated 8/24/19

Job Creation and The Unemployment Rate For November 2021

The U.S. Labor Department reported the U.S. economy added 210,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate came in at 4.2%.  It was 4.6% in October.  It was the 10th straight month of positive job growth for the Biden administration and the 4.2% unemployment rate was the lowest since February 2020.  Also reported last week was the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummented in November to the lowest level in more than a half century.  

So the U.S. economy continues to grow, create jobs, reduce unemployment and the American consumer continues to spend.  More people are also entering the job market and finding jobs with higher pay.  The turn around in the economy is taken place at a reasonable level considering all the negative factors that come with the recession, the pandemic and several COVID outbreaks over the past 18 months.

The economy should improve even more as President Biden's legislation begins to kick in over time for the long term.  The negative voices of the GOP, the conservative media and those who love to spread dis-information and see the Biden Presidency fail are hopeless with an extreme anti-American attitude.  That is why now it is so important for a mature President like Biden to be in the White House.

Presidential leadership is back at governing with courage and virtue.  

This commentary written by Joe Lorio   

Coach Orgeron's Era Ends At LSU

Orgeron ended his coaching career at LSU Saturday night in Tiger stadium with a dramatic win over Texas A&M 27-24.  And like LSU's last years regular season, this season ended up with the Tigers playing .500 ball once again.  Orgeron's record the past two seasons was a combined 11-11 after going 15-0 in 2019 winning the SEC and a National Championship.

So LSU once again failed to maintain a consistent winning record under a new head coach and qualified for the playoffs only once in the past 8 years.  To add insult, the Tigers finished tied for last place with Auburn in the SEC's West Division with a 3-5 record.  Not a good place to be when you are a school that rates in the top five for recruiting each year.

Out of all the predictions by the LSU sports media prior to the season as what to expect from LSU, Politidose commentary published 3/25/21 was the more accurate one.  Baton Rouge sports writers are too close to the team to be objective about their evaluations of the team and the coaching staff.  Now the hunt is on for another new head coach for LSU and when the announcements are made, fans will hear all the superlatives about the new coach, but it will be time and time alone that writes the true story about the new hire.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

Note:  Former LSU head coach Charlie McClendon coached the Tigers for 18 seasons and had only one losing season.  He never won a National Championship as a head coach and holds the record of winning at LSU with a record of 137-59.  He was LSU's defensive co-ordinator on the 1958 National Championship team. In this writers opinion those years were the most steady years in LSU football.

Buffalo 31 - New Orleans Saints 6: And As Usual, Saints Sports Writers are Wrong Again About Their Predictions

 The New Orleans Saints lost its 4th straight game Thanksgiving night at home as the Bills came in town ready to play and left with a huge victory.  The game was never close as the Bills out played the Saints in every department.  The Saint's offense was lackluster and the defense was its usual on again, off again defense with no continuity which is the way the Saint's defense has performed for the past several years.  No real news there for the defense.

And once again the Saint's sports writers have egg all over their faces because they are incapable of being objective when evaluating the Saints.  They predicted great things for the Saints before the season even started.  One writer said this was Payton's best defensive club.  Yeah, right!!!  Then wrote an article predicting the Saints were poised to go on a run of their patented midseason winning streaks when they return from their bye week and gives reasons why, that do not add up.

And since the bye week the Saints have lost 4 of the past 6 games.  So much for being poised to go on a run of their patented midseason winning streaks.  The Saints have beaten only two teams with a winning record so far this year.  Last year they beat only one team with a winning record during the regular season.  It's not like the Saints have a record of beating a lot of the good teams with winning records.  

This writer wrote commentary in Politidose prior to the start of the season as to what you might expect from the Saints and LSU this year dated March 25.  It was more accurate than any predictions from the Saint's sports writers or the LSU sports writers.  Both groups of writers are too close to the teams they write about to be objective, the reports have become more hype and cliches than anything else.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

The U.S. House of Representatives Passes President Biden's "Build Back Better" Legislation.

 The democratic controlled U.S. House led by its Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late last week passed President Biden's "BBB" legislation by a vote of 220 - 213.  The GOP as a party opposed the legislation and voted against passage.  The legislation is the second leg of the President's infrastructure bill that was passed the week before.  The "BBB" bill now goes to the U.S. Senate for action, debate and a vote.

And once again, Nany Pelosi and her democratic members in the House stood strong, passed the bill that the democratic controlled Senate has been debating for over 3 months and still no decision.  Pelosi has to satisfy over 200 of her members desires, moderates, liberals, progressives and centrist and was able to do that in a much shorter time, produce a bill, debate and then pass it.  Democratic Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has only 50 members to satisfy but two, Senators Manchin and Sinema have an ego problem and think they are President and have delayed the President's agenda.  No matter how you cut it, dealing with 200 members is more difficult, but Pelosi has the political understanding to deal with people and important legislation and the U.S. House, under her direction knows how to legislate.

The President's "BBB" legislation is just as important as the infrastructure bill because it addresses the human needs and the U.S. Senate needs to take its cue from the House and pass the House bill.  Forget about the Senate being called a deliberate body because its deliberations have to produce an agreement and has failed to do so as of this date.  The Senate is the people's house also so act like it and start to produce like the U.S. House did.

The government can afford the  legislation because its paid for.  There are no more excuses for Manchin and Sinema.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

The Democratic Controlled U.S. House of Representatives Stands Tall For America.

The U.S. House reminded the American people this week that Congress has a major role in keeping democracy functional and on going when the House voted to censure republican representative Paul Gosar for posting a video of himself killing a democratic member of the U.S. House.

All democrats in the House and two republicans voted to censure while the rest of the republicans in the House (200+) voted against censure.  Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the two who voted with the democrats.  Democratic Speaker of The House, Nancy Pelosi, once again stood strong in leading the House to fulfill their obligation of oversight to protect American democracy and congress role in governing without the kind of vivid threats posted by Paul Gosar.  Those are the kinds of threats and intimidation that have a way of being taken to the next level of executing by copy cats and part of the ugly politics the republican party has chosen to follow.

Pelosi's actions in restoring the democratic process to congress and her political understanding of her responsibility as Speaker that its members must follow a code of civility or face the consequence of their actions was the right and only decision.

And once again it is a democratic congress that took the step to punish one of its members for conduct unbecoming an elected official serving in the U.S. Congress.  Congress needs more like minded people such as Pelosi who understand the responsibility that goes along with serving in the Congress.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio 

  

President Biden's Administration Continues The Precedent Set By Past Democratic Administrations For Job Creation.

 According to the U.S. Labor Department's monthly jobs report for the first full 9 months of President Biden's administration (February through October) the U.S. economy added 5,005,000 jobs for a monthly average of 562,777 jobs added per month.  By contrast, in Trump's last 9 months in office (March through December 2020) the economy lost 8,896,800 jobs in those last 9 full months.  And in Trump's first 36 months in office (before the pandemic) 6.6 million jobs were added to the economy for a monthly average of 183,333 jobs added per month.

In President Obama's last 36 months in office 8.1 million jobs were added to the economy for a monthly average of 225,000 jobs added per month.  Biden's job creation record is no surprise to the readers of Politidose commentary because they know democratic administrations out perform republican administrations by a wide margin for the past 100 years.  They also have the numbers to prove it.  And Politidose commentary predicted the success of Biden in job creation and the economy before he even took office.  See Note Below.

The GOP, the conservative news media and the news media in general are ignorant of the democratic record of success and therefore their comments are not worth listening to.  Facts are foreign to them because facts spell the truth and their only interest is propaganda.  A good example is their put down of the economy and job creation during Biden's first 9 months in office.  

President Biden's administration is confirming what the readers of Politidose and those who follow the facts already know.  Democrats are best at governing for the country and its people.  So stay tuned to Politidose, your daily dose of political commentary.

Note: See previous commentary:  What Will The New Year Bring Politically? dated 12/7/20 and Joe Biden, The 46th President of the United States dated 1/23/21

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

HAPPY 246th BIRTHDAY TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

Happy Birthday Marines where ever you may be and especially to those who are still in Harms Way.  To all who have ever wore the Eagle, Globe and Anchor, Semper Fidelis, Always Faithful.  After 246 years the Marine Corps tradition of Honor, Duty, Commitment and Courage still stands strong for our beloved Corps and the men and women who serve.

On this birthday we remember our brother Marines who went before us and served their country well.  Those that paid the ultimate price are forever in our thoughts and their sacrifice never forgotten.  May the Supreme Commandant always be with them and their family.

On this 246 birthday it calls to mind the pride of being a U.S. Marine and the following poem.

                                                                            THE TITLE

                                                                    It can not be inherited

                                                                    Nor can it ever be purchased

                                                                     You and no  one alive

                                                                      Can buy it for any price

                                                                      It is impossible to rent

                                                                      And it cannot be lent

                                                                      You alone and our own

                                                                       Have earned it with your

                                                                        Sweat, blood and lives

                                                                        You own it forever

                                                                                THE TITLE

                                                                     UNITED STATES MARINE

Happy Birthday Marines

Sgt. Joseph Lorio, Sr.

U.S. Marine Corps 1952 - 1956