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2006-01-16 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-16 19:39|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nagin, who is black . . . also promised that New Orleans would be a "chocolate city" again.

Oh, thank goodness. At last someone is combating the jackbootneoconracistwhitehomophobicfascistrepublican plan to whiten New Orleans. Mayor Nagin to the rescue--again!

Posted by Faith">Faith 2006-01-16 21:03|| 2006-01-16 21:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, Mayor Ray, but it wasn't America that got whacked, it was New Orleans. Just maybe, God is mad at YOU and your sorry-ass attempt at running a city.

Have those buses at the Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool dried out yet?

Posted by SteveS 2006-01-16 21:14|| 2006-01-16 21:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I think we can all agree that Ray Nagin is mad.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-01-16 21:57|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-01-16 21:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Pat Robertson says something like this, and the entire MSM declares he's delusional and a moral idiot. Ray Nagin says it, and it's greeted as the sterling truth. Just another bit of evidence that the mainstream media has nothing to do with truth, integrity, or news.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-16 22:15|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-16 22:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Ray Nagin is an incompetent bigot and racist...someone had to ~~start it~~ say it

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-16 22:51|| 2006-01-16 22:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a "chocolate" city again. Many of the city's black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina.

Translation: "I need my hapless supplicant underclass back again or my incompetent chocolate ass will be voted out of office at the next election."

A variety of historical, demographic, and economic factors aligned to make New Orleans a uniquely awful place to be poor and black. It isn't instructive to view New Orleans' problems as black/white because the city's privileged ruling class is in fact creole.

Louisiana's French past has given it a French-flavored present. It's the most corrupt state in the union. Corruption is theft and theft is the very opposite of wealth creation. After a while lack of opportunity takes its toll on a person's will, and resignation rules the day. The post-hurricane flood created an imperative for much of the underclass to leave. Many of them aren't hurrying to rush back, either because of their aforementioned resignation, or because they've found genuine opportunity elsewhere.

Posted by Rory B. Bellows 2006-01-16 23:03|| 2006-01-16 23:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe G-d was just sending the message: "If I meant you to live below sea level, I'd have given you gills."

Posted by Flerert Whese8274 2006-01-16 23:38|| 2006-01-16 23:38|| Front Page Top

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