The quacks were out in force at today’s meeting of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the spineless board didn’t have the courage to enforce a mask mandate. Consequently, an overwhelming number of those in attendance were maskless, brainless, and grossly irresponsible.
Not that they give a damn about the rest of us. Hell, they don’t even care about themselves. They’re probably still waiting for the Trump reinstatement that they thought was going to take place last Friday.
But apparently, their numbers were enough to frighten the gutless BESE into hiding behind an illegal executive session during which the decision was very likely made to drop any attempt at voting on a mask mandate for schools – a certain victory for Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis chew toys like Jeff Landry.
As an illustration of just how off-plumb these people are, one of them responded to my post yesterday about members of the House Committee on Health and Welfare not wearing masks by calling me a “socialist democrat.”
I doubt seriously that individual knows what a socialist democrat is – for that matter, the difference between a socialist and a communist. One would first need to know what each one was before he could distinguish any difference, but here’s a clue for the clueless:
- If you like fire and police protection, you probably have socialist leanings;
- If you want your garbage picked up and your streets repaired, you’re something of a socialist;
- If you have a retirement plan, then you must be a socialist;
- If you have life or health insurance, the programs are based on a form of socialism;
- If you are receiving Social Security or Medicare benefits or if you’re anticipating them in the future…well, you get the picture.
But back to the BESE meeting today. The attendees, all of whom probably have had immunization for measles, smallpox, polio, flu and other viruses, somehow object to the experimental COVID vaccinations. Hell, all immunizations were initially experimental (I betcha John Wayne had all his immunizations and what could possibly be more patriotically American than John Wayne, who won World War II in the movies but never served a day in the military?)
There was an announcement made that masks should be worn and the audience laughed and laughed. I hope they can still laugh when they’re on that ventilator.
Yeah, I know, the vaccines aren’t foolproof. Neither are parachutes, but if I’m going to have to jump out of an airplane, I sure as hell want one on. I’ll take my chances on it working as opposed to screaming, “My body, my choice!” all the way down. (And didn’t they co-op that expression from women who are pro-choice? How macho!)
Masks? Oh, I know that I can be wearing a mask and if an unmasked, infected person sneezes in my general direction, droplets of germs, virus, and cooties can enter through my eyes. But consider this: If you’re naked and someone pees on you, you get wet. If you’re wearing pants and someone pees on you, you’re partially protected. But if you’re both wearing pants and the other person pees, he only gets himself wet. That’s how it works. Got it?
The board went into a lengthy executive session at one point.
Once back in open session, the meeting erupted into screaming bedlam when attendees were again asked to mask up. The scene became so chaotic that the online streaming of the meeting was cut – another form of executive session, I suppose, but it seems to me we have a right to watch all of the meeting and not just what the censors want us to see.
Meanwhile, BESE and a gaggle of so-called freedom advocates who more closely resemble Manchurian Candidates merrily gamble with children’s lives and BESE makes a mockery of the governor’s MASK MANDATE. When all was said and done, the board didn’t even have the courage to call for a vote on a mask mandate for schools – a decision doubtless made in that illegal executive session.
I’m sure pseudo-attorney general Jeff Landry is peeing in his pants as he plots his 2023 run for governor.
But before you get too far into your campaign Jeffie boy, I have a couple of questions for you – and for all the self-appointed experts who think they know better than the scientists about what works and what doesn’t:
What is your solution to a virus that has killed nearly 700,000 Americans?
What precautions would you recommend?
I’ll wait for your answers.
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In my opinion, every meeting of BESE violates the open meetings law. They have committee meetings a day before the board meeting. Although there are listed members of the committees, every member present participates. I have been there when the committee chair was absent and the actual committee did not have a quorum of its members but they proceeded with the committee agenda. When the Board meets, the agenda includes committee reports but the reports do not line up with the committee agenda and the public is not provided with the committee minutes so it is impossible to follow what they are actually voting on. I have also been there when an audience member was told that an item had been pulled from the agenda and then witnessed that the item was heard and voted on. And, they blink at the ethics laws – several members over the years have had very real conflicts of interest but proceeded to vote on issues that directly affected them. There needs to be a watchdog group covering the meetings and calling attention to how they operate.
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Excellent points.
As Sandra’s comment, your post, and everyday life in 2021 proves:
1. Civil laws mean virtually nothing since nobody seems concerned with enforcing them.
2. People like those anti-maskers pictured in your post believe they have the right to accept whatever they want as truth. Factual truth has no meaning for them if it contradicts what they want to believe. God forbid they should pay any attention at all to science. And, I’m sure they think God is on their side if they bother to wonder at all.
Do our elected officials give a hoot about either of the above? No, and as a matter of fact they too often encourage civil disobedience and reinforce ignorance simply to get votes. They want us to believe they are “representing their constituents.” Is it okay to represent your constituents’ beliefs even when you know they are wrong – and dangerous? Hell, no. They would be better off with no representation at all.
Even if somebody were still nuts enough to be anti-mask, considering how many other important issues come up for consideration by government, it’s beyond belief that THIS is the probably the only issue that many of these deranged idiots will ever show up for. Imagine that they spent hours and some traveled many miles to do this and for nothing anyway because BESE is dominated by corporate-controlled stooges as has been well documented through campaign disclosure filings. They ain’t mandating no masks.
So, all mothers of school-age children can correctly conclude that the BESE Board is clearly demonstrating its members care nothing at all about their childrens’ health or endangerment.
You continue to get dumber and dumber. I feel like your wife may be cleaning up your soiled bed linens soon.
Well, Mr. L. Frost, at least I can always count on your rapier wit to lighten my mood. But I’m really sorry that I get your panties in such a wad. Have a nice day now.
Tom should ban your childish posts as the trolling they are. I Just saw a national news story about the BESE meeting – embarrassing, like your comments,
Note to “L”: As I often say, “Insults are no substitute for intelligence!”
I do notice lately, there are some trolls on your site. Matters not to me. Trolls will be shown as the idiots they are.
Re BESE? Yep, Steve Winham has it right. Re anti-vaxers? It’s not just happening here. It’s all over the country. It’s amazing how uneducated some people are! Science? They don’t understand what science is, so they don’t believe in it.
Which leads us back to BESE…….
Hmmmm….
Great Article 💝
It’s a shame that typed-in-text often looks like a combination of a rant, incomprehensible panic, fear-mongering, hypocritical judgement, ad hominem attacks, and outright juvenile sophistry.
When people say “Follow The Science”, they usually mean “Agree With What I Tell You.”
It’s time to be a little bit nicer, let others be what they want to be. Stop trying to rule the world and acting like a hall monitor. We had enough of it in junior high school. We don’t need it here.
If you’re bound and determined to make your point, and enforce it on others, you should probably consider what it was like in Germany in the 1930s through 1989…
Some things just need to end.
You mean like Trump, DeSantis, Abbott, Hawley, Fox News, Hannity, Carlson, Newsmax, OAN? Yeah, that’s a good idea. Let’s just follow them over a cliff.
No one’s trying to rule the world. You’re confusing that with just trying to survive this pandemic.
None of these people were representing Qanon. Where are you getting that title for your article from.
You have people in your photograph that were there to actually do business and your blanket cast over the crowd is adversely affecting them.
We will take this serious as soon as Biden stops allowing millions of illegals into our country being super spreaders!
Millions? Seriously? Millions? That’s a pretty high number.
If I were in your shoes and the thought of “millions” of illegal super spreaders bothered me as much as it must you, then I’d think I’d want to be vaccinated AND wear a mask. But hey, that’s just me.
I think you’d better go back and do your research. (He said millions.)