Lame LaBruzzo

Did the man actually suggest eugenics as a means to eliminating poverty? I think he did. John LaBruzzo (Louisiana House, District 81) actually floated the idea that preventing reproduction among poor people is a solution to ridding the country of the scourge of poverty. And he suggests that a great incentive to get the poor to cooperate is to pay women $1,000 to tie their tubes.Many in the media have stated the obvious. The obvious being that this is an unintelligent approach to solving any problem, at best. LaBruzzo, himself, admitted that he didn't think his idea would make it off the House floor.

I have two questions about this. What does this say about a society that is allegedly more tolerant? What does this say about the folks who voted for this clown?

Mainstream America is fooling itself if people feel the need to pat themselves on the back for being more diversity-friendly. The fact is that LaBruzzo's Nazi-like idea is shared by many who mistakenly believe that the poor are America's economic albatross. The poor or only as much of a problem as America's delusional attitude about education and corporate greed. LaBruzzo is a perfect example of that.

LaBruzzo is typical of folks who believe that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived and learned like him. It is, at best, a narrow-minded approach to solving a societal problem. These people (people of LaBruzzo's ilk) want issues to go away with the simple symbolic wave of some magic wand. Does this mean that when he and political cronies make bad decisions that the public can storm LaBruzzo's office and take his office by force?

The scary thing is that the man is not alone. He represents the same district that elected David Duke to represent them back in the day. David Duke! The neo-Nazi who had plastic surgery to make his features "whiter". The same dude who suffers from the paranoia that Black folks are somehow taking over the country---all 12% of us. These people in district 81 apparently have it out for humanity.

The good thing is that America sees how ridiculous this is. LaBruzzo has managed to embarrass Whites, Italians, Republicans and communications majors all over the place. At least he got his place in the sun on CNN. Unfortunately, another elected official has shown the rest of the country that the New Orleans area has problems identifying effective problem-solving leaders.