It's Mardi Gras Day - Fat Tuesday - March 5th 2019:
Last night (Lundi Gras), my wife and I brought my 7y/o daughter to the Metairie parade. Before we get into that, let me explain a bit of history.
Metairie Louisiana during Mardi Gras is well-known for it's "family" type atmosphere when being compared to New Orleans. It's a suburb of NOLA so it's known for being tame in comparison to say Bourbon St. Yes, uptown New Orleans parades are very family friendly but Metairie is just known for a more tame experience.
Last night (Monday 3/4/19 or Lundi Gras) we went to the Athena parade followed by Pandora parade. These were both re-scheduled parades due to bad weather during the originally scheduled day/time of Saturday 3/2/19. Athena was a predominately "black" krewe (as is Zulu) and Pandora a predominately "white" Krewe - both are a female krewe. Athena started first. We chose our spot, got comfortable and let the parade begin. Immediately to our left of the barracade was a black family (seemingly an early 30's mom, her older mother and her one young daughter). We made small talk with them before and during the parade. As many know, to young children, Mardi-Gras throws mean a lot. Mid parade I look over at my daughters haul and compared it to the black family next to me. There's was at least 4 to 5 times more beads, cups, trinkets, etc... in the black child's bag when compared to my child's bag. So I began to take notice of the floats and throws per rider. It was obvious to me that the black riders were throwing items to the black guests much more than to the white guests. Many times pointing at the black child while looking at my daughter as if to say "this isn't for you, it's for her". Then the Pandora parade began and I kept notice. The white riders seemed as though they were more interested in being fair - in other words, if my daughter caught something and the other child seemed upset, the rider would make sure the other girl got something also. It was as if they were making sure BOTH girls were having a good time. When comparing both parades, it felt like the black riders made it a point to NOT throw goodies to the white child. This was my observation. Another observation was the black female dance/cheerleader groups. Too many times did I see vulgar type, booty-poppin', bounce twerk style dancing set to vulgar music. Not something that should be done during a family type atmosphere. Also, the amount of foul-language being used by those around us including adults cursing around not only their own kids, but mine. My polite requests to stop using profanity seemed to fall on deaf ears.
Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day:
Went uptown to catch the Rex parade. Got there early and also got to see the Zulu parade. Again, a black family next to us. I've lived in the area my entire life and never, ever once caught a Zulu coconut. For those aware, Zulu coconuts are highly coveted. Anyway - almost every float that went by, my daughter was on my shoulders. At least once a float, I tried to make eye contact with a rider and very nicely ask for a coconut even a few times pointing out I've never caught one. NOT ONE coconut was given to me, my daughter or my wife. So after the parade I'm looking over to the black family and I see the mother counting the coconuts she and her family caught. She counted out 6. Again, 6 coconuts to the family no more than 2 feet from us the entire time. Draw your own conclusions from this.
I've learned two things from these experiences: ONE - Metairie during Mardi Gras is turning into a shit-hole. TWO - I will refrain from going to "black" parades in the future not because of my perception, but because I want my daughter to think that ALL people are genuinely good for as long as possible. Perhaps Covington parades are better suited for families with good morals and ethics.
-Rob
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Monday, February 25, 2019
IT'S CARNIVAL TIME!!!!
It's MARDI GRAS time here in New Orleans!!!!
Lot's of fun, parades, music, dancing, king-cake, beads, family and an all-around good time. But some people use it as a time for other things - such as gaining popularity on Social Media. Here is a recent post from a Facebook friend who shared her friend's post:
Post:
"RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.... YOU PAY HIS SALARY WITH YOUR CITY TAXES!!!!! Stand up and DEMAND for Service & Protection (praying hands emoji)"
Pic:
Original Post from George Peterson:
"Typical NOPD officer along the St. Charles Ave. Parade route with his nose in his phone instead of paying attention to the crowd.
He stood there on his phone long enough for me to take his picture, walk down the street to show it to his Commander and Lieutenant, walk back and stand directly next to him for several minutes without any situational awareness.
I spoke with Commander Deckert and Lt. DeVallier but they took the usual "I don't give a f*ck attitude that we have come to expect from the leadership in the City of New Orleans (red frowny face emoji inserts x4)"
My thoughts and my opinion:
1st (and MOST important), I wasn't there to witness this. So these are only
my opinions after seeing the pic and reading the comments -
I'm torn - what makes this pic different from videos of NOLA cops dancing during
a parade? Pics/videos of cops dancing along with music and with the crowds seem
to be accepted by most people, especially those who have lived in New Orleans their entire life. Those cop dancing vids/pics are usually cleverly titled in efforts to make people feel as though Mardi Gras is such a safe and happy time, that even the Police Officers join in the fun. I've been to many
parades and have seen cops dance, catch throws, entertain children as well as
break up fights, prevent crime, maintain order and do their job at the same time.
However in this particular photo, Mr. Peterson is showing AND describing something in a way that most people would find unacceptable. If this cop were in fact doing EXACTLY what is being described, then yes that is a problem. From the pic, written post and responses, it is obvious that anger was the emotion that Mr. Peterson was striving for. If in fact, this cop did exactly what's described - then yes, perhaps NOPD needs a refresher course in crowd safety/control.
What I find tasteless is the fact that Mr. Peterson chose to put this cop on blast by posting to social media. File a formal complaint if needed. Contact the Police Chief's office. Contact your congressman if necessary. But to call him out on social media is something I would expect from a left-wing liberal democrat since that's how most of their arguments start.
Like I said I wasn't there. But this is a blantent attempt at trying to start
a social argument.
Lot's of fun, parades, music, dancing, king-cake, beads, family and an all-around good time. But some people use it as a time for other things - such as gaining popularity on Social Media. Here is a recent post from a Facebook friend who shared her friend's post:
Post:
"RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.... YOU PAY HIS SALARY WITH YOUR CITY TAXES!!!!! Stand up and DEMAND for Service & Protection (praying hands emoji)"
Pic:
Original Post from George Peterson:
"Typical NOPD officer along the St. Charles Ave. Parade route with his nose in his phone instead of paying attention to the crowd.
He stood there on his phone long enough for me to take his picture, walk down the street to show it to his Commander and Lieutenant, walk back and stand directly next to him for several minutes without any situational awareness.
I spoke with Commander Deckert and Lt. DeVallier but they took the usual "I don't give a f*ck attitude that we have come to expect from the leadership in the City of New Orleans (red frowny face emoji inserts x4)"
My thoughts and my opinion:
1st (and MOST important), I wasn't there to witness this. So these are only
my opinions after seeing the pic and reading the comments -
I'm torn - what makes this pic different from videos of NOLA cops dancing during
a parade? Pics/videos of cops dancing along with music and with the crowds seem
to be accepted by most people, especially those who have lived in New Orleans their entire life. Those cop dancing vids/pics are usually cleverly titled in efforts to make people feel as though Mardi Gras is such a safe and happy time, that even the Police Officers join in the fun. I've been to many
parades and have seen cops dance, catch throws, entertain children as well as
break up fights, prevent crime, maintain order and do their job at the same time.
However in this particular photo, Mr. Peterson is showing AND describing something in a way that most people would find unacceptable. If this cop were in fact doing EXACTLY what is being described, then yes that is a problem. From the pic, written post and responses, it is obvious that anger was the emotion that Mr. Peterson was striving for. If in fact, this cop did exactly what's described - then yes, perhaps NOPD needs a refresher course in crowd safety/control.
What I find tasteless is the fact that Mr. Peterson chose to put this cop on blast by posting to social media. File a formal complaint if needed. Contact the Police Chief's office. Contact your congressman if necessary. But to call him out on social media is something I would expect from a left-wing liberal democrat since that's how most of their arguments start.
Like I said I wasn't there. But this is a blantent attempt at trying to start
a social argument.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Election Time
IT"S ELECTION TIME!!!!
Well folks, here we are..... it's election time. We have 2 overwhelmingly obvious choices:
Choice #1:
A career politician that has contributed to our countries problems for years. How did she contribute to our problems you ask? Hmmmm.... well for one, she is unethical. During the time that her husband was the Governor of Arkansas, she (and he) took bribes and payouts from lobbyists from shifty cattleman for the cattle market futures including payouts from Tyson Foods and other major corporations in excess of over $100k.
Those emails - The private email server that contained top-secret emails. Although it has never been publicly proven exactly what was in those emails, what has been proven to the American public is that those emails DID contain highly confidential, secret and information regarding our nations security. That bothers me. It bothers me a lot. But what's worse than that is the fact that she is NOT being held accountable for those emails being leaked. She has been investigated by every imaginable law enforcement agency from the FBI to the CIA. No criminal charges have been filed to date. That tells me our federal government is in on the scam and has just as much to lose as she does if she is held accountable.
The Benghazi Cover-Up - This could possibly be the worst possible situation for our country. I can not believe there are people in our country that could possibly support a person that is accused of such atrocity. After reading the Quaran (twice), I've come to realize the Muslim religion has 2 main goals. 1) Love all people who are faithful to Alla. 2) Hate, fight and destroy any "non-believer". So to classify Muslims as "radical Muslims" or "non-radical Muslims" is just ridiculous. Each and every Muslim is taught, thinks and believes this to be true. The bottom line? Muslims hate Americans. The Benghazi scandal and the person involved should be tried for tyranny just for being accused of such atrocity. Punishable by death.
She has lied repeatedly. That should tell you about her character.
Choice #2:
Someone with nothing to lose. Someone that will not be influenced by lobbyists. Someone that seems to genuinely have our nations best interest at heart. Is he perfect? Absolutely not. But.... prove to me that he is a racist. And please google the word racist prior to answering that question. He wants to build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants. Again, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Not all immigrants, illegal immigrants (huge difference). He wants to fix our crime problem which to me, is a very big issue because it goes much more deep than just your average street thug. Keep criminals out of our country - ALL criminals including terrorists.
He will run our country like a business, a successful business and that's how it needs to be ran. Low cost, high profits. Ignore the politically correct BS that comes along with all other politicians. We've tried that and it doesn't work. Time for a change. Racist? Bigot? Big ego? Loud mouth? We can live with those things. We can't live with terrorists or violent criminals. It's time to put our safety and security first.
Mr. Trump - you have my vote.
Well folks, here we are..... it's election time. We have 2 overwhelmingly obvious choices:
Choice #1:
A career politician that has contributed to our countries problems for years. How did she contribute to our problems you ask? Hmmmm.... well for one, she is unethical. During the time that her husband was the Governor of Arkansas, she (and he) took bribes and payouts from lobbyists from shifty cattleman for the cattle market futures including payouts from Tyson Foods and other major corporations in excess of over $100k.
Those emails - The private email server that contained top-secret emails. Although it has never been publicly proven exactly what was in those emails, what has been proven to the American public is that those emails DID contain highly confidential, secret and information regarding our nations security. That bothers me. It bothers me a lot. But what's worse than that is the fact that she is NOT being held accountable for those emails being leaked. She has been investigated by every imaginable law enforcement agency from the FBI to the CIA. No criminal charges have been filed to date. That tells me our federal government is in on the scam and has just as much to lose as she does if she is held accountable.
The Benghazi Cover-Up - This could possibly be the worst possible situation for our country. I can not believe there are people in our country that could possibly support a person that is accused of such atrocity. After reading the Quaran (twice), I've come to realize the Muslim religion has 2 main goals. 1) Love all people who are faithful to Alla. 2) Hate, fight and destroy any "non-believer". So to classify Muslims as "radical Muslims" or "non-radical Muslims" is just ridiculous. Each and every Muslim is taught, thinks and believes this to be true. The bottom line? Muslims hate Americans. The Benghazi scandal and the person involved should be tried for tyranny just for being accused of such atrocity. Punishable by death.
She has lied repeatedly. That should tell you about her character.
Choice #2:
Someone with nothing to lose. Someone that will not be influenced by lobbyists. Someone that seems to genuinely have our nations best interest at heart. Is he perfect? Absolutely not. But.... prove to me that he is a racist. And please google the word racist prior to answering that question. He wants to build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants. Again, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Not all immigrants, illegal immigrants (huge difference). He wants to fix our crime problem which to me, is a very big issue because it goes much more deep than just your average street thug. Keep criminals out of our country - ALL criminals including terrorists.
He will run our country like a business, a successful business and that's how it needs to be ran. Low cost, high profits. Ignore the politically correct BS that comes along with all other politicians. We've tried that and it doesn't work. Time for a change. Racist? Bigot? Big ego? Loud mouth? We can live with those things. We can't live with terrorists or violent criminals. It's time to put our safety and security first.
Mr. Trump - you have my vote.
Monday, July 4, 2016
AMERICAN Middle Age White Men are now the MINORITY
In today's day and age, it's blatantly obvious that the average Middle Age White Man in America is the minority. Middle Age White Men in America are paying for everything. Paying for past mistakes, paying for present reparations, paying for future generations.
Affirmative Action: My company hired a under-qualified black man over a much-qualified white man in order meet our "minority quota". I'm paying for this. Me, a middle-age white man. I'm paying for this by picking up the slack left by an under-qualified person who got his job by simply being black. I'm all for fairness.... so if this black man wanted a job at my company, why didn't he earn it? Let's take a step back.
In order to "earn" this position at my company, this black man would've needed a college degree (which he does not have). So, he should've went to college right? Reason he didn't go to college? He couldn't afford it. Let's think for a minute and take a look at this average black man in America:
PAST: He was born and raised in average "inner city" America (which we all know means black ghetto). Single mother, no father present (which we will get to in a later blog post), no positive male role model, mother either worked 2 jobs to support her multiple offspring (another problem in the US that we will get to in a later blog), a drug addict or a "welfare" mother. Forget about the challenges this man had growing up, he still had the same opportunities as the much-qualified white man - he just chose not to take advantage of them. He had public schools and the opportunity to get basic education. Upon graduation of public school, he had many more opportunities than most. He had more minority government scholarships to take advantage of, he had the United Negro College Fund, he had TOPS, he had community college with many financial aid programs strictly for minorities. He chose NOT to take advantage of any of them. So couldn't afford it? I'm not buying that excuse.
The much-qualified white man: Graduated from public school - with the same curriculum and basic education offered to anyone and everyone who can't afford private school. Upon graduation, no scholarship offers, no government programs, no United Honkey College Fund and did not qualify for TOPS. But... he worked 2 jobs in order to pay for 4 semesters at the local community college. Upon graduating from CC, he continued to work 2 jobs to pay for his 4 year University degree. *Remember, he had less opportunities. So now he graduates and is in the hunt for a meaningful job that he has been trained, educated and qualified for. But because my company did not have enough "minorities" employed, he was not hired.
PRESENT: So now my company hired an unqualified black man to meet quota. But now production is low, so now what? Again I'm paying for it. How? Because now my company decides to implement a "work/education" program in order to get this man qualified to do his job. Meaning, my company will now help him pay for college, while he works part time. Again I have to pick up the slack PLUS, pay raises/increases and bonuses are cut-off because this money for college help has to come from somewhere. Oh, and my vacation is now cancelled because we have to make up for low production - so it's a "all hands on deck" work environment until further notice. So how am I paying for it? Me? An average Middle Age White Man in America?
- Due to Affirmative Action, the most qualified candidate was not hired
- Production is much lower than anticipated.
- I have to work longer hours in order to raise production. Being away from my family more.
- No annual cost-of-living pay increase due to low production & paying for unqualified mans college.
- No bonus for meeting or exceeding production quota.
- No vacation (even though it's well earned)
FUTURE: Now because of low production, more costs, over worked and underpaid employees who are producing less, our prices to the public are now higher to make up for the loss. So I (Middle Age White Man in America) now have to pay higher prices for the goods/services my company provides. Yes, the mark-up is now higher and the product is now more expensive.
So let's review:
PAST: Because of the perceived notion that the white man is to blame, we have publicly funded, government programs that provides free public education and free college.
PRESENT: Because of the perceived notion that the white man is to blame, companies are forced to hire unqualified minorities.
FUTURE: Increased costs for goods and services are passed on to me.
Wake up Middle Age White Men!
I'M OUT!!
-Kid
Affirmative Action: My company hired a under-qualified black man over a much-qualified white man in order meet our "minority quota". I'm paying for this. Me, a middle-age white man. I'm paying for this by picking up the slack left by an under-qualified person who got his job by simply being black. I'm all for fairness.... so if this black man wanted a job at my company, why didn't he earn it? Let's take a step back.
In order to "earn" this position at my company, this black man would've needed a college degree (which he does not have). So, he should've went to college right? Reason he didn't go to college? He couldn't afford it. Let's think for a minute and take a look at this average black man in America:
PAST: He was born and raised in average "inner city" America (which we all know means black ghetto). Single mother, no father present (which we will get to in a later blog post), no positive male role model, mother either worked 2 jobs to support her multiple offspring (another problem in the US that we will get to in a later blog), a drug addict or a "welfare" mother. Forget about the challenges this man had growing up, he still had the same opportunities as the much-qualified white man - he just chose not to take advantage of them. He had public schools and the opportunity to get basic education. Upon graduation of public school, he had many more opportunities than most. He had more minority government scholarships to take advantage of, he had the United Negro College Fund, he had TOPS, he had community college with many financial aid programs strictly for minorities. He chose NOT to take advantage of any of them. So couldn't afford it? I'm not buying that excuse.
The much-qualified white man: Graduated from public school - with the same curriculum and basic education offered to anyone and everyone who can't afford private school. Upon graduation, no scholarship offers, no government programs, no United Honkey College Fund and did not qualify for TOPS. But... he worked 2 jobs in order to pay for 4 semesters at the local community college. Upon graduating from CC, he continued to work 2 jobs to pay for his 4 year University degree. *Remember, he had less opportunities. So now he graduates and is in the hunt for a meaningful job that he has been trained, educated and qualified for. But because my company did not have enough "minorities" employed, he was not hired.
PRESENT: So now my company hired an unqualified black man to meet quota. But now production is low, so now what? Again I'm paying for it. How? Because now my company decides to implement a "work/education" program in order to get this man qualified to do his job. Meaning, my company will now help him pay for college, while he works part time. Again I have to pick up the slack PLUS, pay raises/increases and bonuses are cut-off because this money for college help has to come from somewhere. Oh, and my vacation is now cancelled because we have to make up for low production - so it's a "all hands on deck" work environment until further notice. So how am I paying for it? Me? An average Middle Age White Man in America?
- Due to Affirmative Action, the most qualified candidate was not hired
- Production is much lower than anticipated.
- I have to work longer hours in order to raise production. Being away from my family more.
- No annual cost-of-living pay increase due to low production & paying for unqualified mans college.
- No bonus for meeting or exceeding production quota.
- No vacation (even though it's well earned)
FUTURE: Now because of low production, more costs, over worked and underpaid employees who are producing less, our prices to the public are now higher to make up for the loss. So I (Middle Age White Man in America) now have to pay higher prices for the goods/services my company provides. Yes, the mark-up is now higher and the product is now more expensive.
So let's review:
PAST: Because of the perceived notion that the white man is to blame, we have publicly funded, government programs that provides free public education and free college.
PRESENT: Because of the perceived notion that the white man is to blame, companies are forced to hire unqualified minorities.
FUTURE: Increased costs for goods and services are passed on to me.
Wake up Middle Age White Men!
I'M OUT!!
-Kid
Hello,
I am the average Middle Age White Man.
I grew up in a normal middle class family in a normal middle class safe neighborhood in South Louisiana - married with kids. Still live in South La with my family. This blog is for the average middle-age white man.
I try very hard to live my life as an intelligent, moral, honest, practical and god-fearing man. Common sense and integrity are essential to me.
These are my thoughts as I've lived through many things.
Enjoy!
TheKid
I am the average Middle Age White Man.
I grew up in a normal middle class family in a normal middle class safe neighborhood in South Louisiana - married with kids. Still live in South La with my family. This blog is for the average middle-age white man.
I try very hard to live my life as an intelligent, moral, honest, practical and god-fearing man. Common sense and integrity are essential to me.
These are my thoughts as I've lived through many things.
Enjoy!
TheKid
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