Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss….
Yeah, those are lyrics from The Who’s anthem, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again‘. You might have heard it on one of those CSI shows where all the Sci-Tech gals are playmates and the mailman drives a Ferrari.
While TV & Rock and Roll are Classic American Distractions, that particular song holds special meaning for New Orleanians as the Mayoral Race closes to the final sprinting distance. We were certainly ‘fooled again’ when Mitch Landrieu was outvoted four years ago by a grinning jackal we know as C. Ray Nagin.
Of concern to me in this race, among other things, is do we really want another cocky business man at the helm, telling himself he can do no wrong behind his Isolation of Power Door, or can we deal with the slippery slope of half truth and convenient beliefs.
Of special interest in current events is the ongoing playing of the race card by Nagin and most recently (and pathetically) by Warren Riley.
Even Troy Henry has “lambasted recent news reports suggesting “a likelihood that the next mayor of New Orleans would be white.” He went on to say, “”All we’re asking for is fairness and equal consideration, period.” These are, of course, admirable qualities to strive for.
I’m also told that Troy Henry & Stacy Head are ‘friends’ which I’m guessing is some sort of euphemism for political associates. I doubt they have Sunday Tea together, but hey, I could be wrong. Neither of them has ever invited me. Go figure.
So, anyway, I’m wondering where all of this ‘can’t we all just get along racially’ song and dance was when Veronica White et al were breaking laws all over the place, focusing only on white council members and using her race to cover up her inept failure at, well, covering up her inept failure. You gotta give Veronica points for consistency, something she must have learned during her political science days. At Beauty School.
Where was Troy’s righteous indignation at race baiting in City Hall then? In fact, where is it NOW, when his buddy, Ms Head, is taking dirty shots from a known liar (check his crime stats) in uniform, also busting out the unethical chops by accusing her of open racism in an email he cannot produce or even prove exists?
Nowhere, that’s where.
Nada, zip, squat. He’s not gonna do shit to stand up for his ‘friend’, for what’s right, for what WAS right as long as he can spend his time using this Race Baiting issue to get himself closer to being in office. Once there, I’m guessing that we can expect the same race card shenanigans, ignoring alliances with those fighting the good fight, and general shuck & jive bullshit that we’ve been drowning in for the past eight years.
It’s not okay to DO IT to Troy Henry, but if it’s not a stain on his tie, it doesn’t exist.
This lack of concern for a real issue that has has cost the City Of New Orleans years of recovery, suddenly turning around when it may effect his bid for Mayor, just stinks to high heaven of personal agenda and the Delusional Egomaniac show that were about to celebrate the end of.
Or are we?
“I pick up my guitar & play.
Just like yesterday.
Then I get on my knees and pray….
We don’t get fooled again.”
- Peter Townsend
Lord David
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Wasn’t Head accused of racism a few years back as well? I wonder if she’ll break down and cry for the cameras again this time. Personally, I’m sick of the black/white thang. It’s time to put some REAL color in office. Yellow color! Homer Simpson for Mayor!! (To those of you saying we can’t elect a cartoon, I refer you to the last eight years.)
On the lighter side, John Georges seems to have upped his meds. Check out the fun here:
http://wecouldbefamous.blogspot.com/2010/01/rabid-john-georges-demonstrates-comedic.html
My point is more towards his choosing the TP remarks as an isolated incident.
When it effects his coverage in a Mayoral Race, Mister Henry seems to think the color card is big deal. Let’s all get together on this.
When it’s a renegade trash czar, stealing emails and talking smack, well, la dee fuckin da. None o’my biznass, sista.
The potential here for manipulation by race baiting is distinct, as is the manipulation of opinion by selective truth.
We should all recognize these things by now.
They’ve been rammed down our throats for eight years.
It is not lost on me that Troy Henry was a no-show at yesterdays’ Mayoral Meeting on the value of Music & Art in New Orleans culture.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/new_orleans_music_culture_are.html
While Rob Couhig is a hypocrite (he bought a condo on Rampart Street and allegedly had King Bolden’s shut down because he didn’t like ‘the noise’), Troy Henry just couldn’t be bothered.
This feels all so familiar; We, the people who make up the City of New Orleans, are mere pawns in the Game Of Big Business and should stand aside, waiting for edicts from on high. Again.
Fuck That Shit.
Again, Mister Henry make no mention whatsoever of the fantastic wealth New Orleans possesses in terms of Art, Music & Culture.
There’s nitpicking about race in the election, saying on one hand it should be ignored and on the other, that there’s a move to put all whites into power jobs.
“All of a sudden you begin to wonder: Is there even going to be African-American representation in our elected officials?”
Hardly a color blind remark.
Please read this article from the TP, and tell me, doesn’t this guy smack of high testosterone corporate mania? He claims to be more advanced in everything than Nagin is. Yet he still seems bent on turning New Orleans culture into a corporate machine, with all of us as collateral employees.
That might just make him a better Dr Evil, instead of an evil clown.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/troy_henry_planning_to_sow_see.html
Also from the TP:
“Every campaign trail is littered with broken, forgotten and pipe-dream promises. But all five candidates — Troy Henry did not attend Monday’s event, citing a scheduling conflict — expressed interest in facilitating music’s crucial role in the economy and identity of New Orleans. Landrieu, as Georges and Perry acknowledged, has already done so as lieutenant governor.”
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/01/for_new_orleans_muisicians_mus.html