…and the “black community” in particular, which is why Hurricane Katrina rained down on New Orleans.
I wonder if the wrath of the leftist media, the godless (and Democrats), and non-Bible-reading Christians (including bloggers) will rain down on New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin for that statement the way they do every time Pat Robertson (and Jerry Falwell) opens his mouth?
If I were a betting woman, I’d wager they’ll give him a pass. How about you?
Related: God is Sovereign in the Natural Realm
Addendum: I challenge all bloggers (and journalists) who criticized Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell for “divine retribution” statements to jump on New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin for making similar statements. Trackback.
Update (1/17): New Orleans evacuees pocket rent checks while FEMA continues paying for hotels.
Yes, let’s rebuild New Orleans!
Update II:
1) Mean Dean spoofs Nagin.
2) Ray Nagin apologizes??? Isn’t anyone man enough these days to stand behind what he says, no matter how unpopular and controversial? They should all be like Tancredo.
3) In light of Hurricane Katrina and poverty, one subject very important to the conversation but seldom discussed is the marriage gap.
Update III: This is a really cool spoof. Talented bloggers.
Don’t bet on it…. I am about to *Track Back*…
Comment by TexasFred — 01.16.06 @ 8:00 pm
Ray Nagin & Pat Robertson, Separated at Birth ??
Somehow, I doubt I’ll be the only Blogger to write about this…
Nagin just earned himself a *Barking Moonbat* award for this tirade…
Can you imagine the shock and anger from the likes of Je$$ie Jack$on and Al $harpton if a WHITE Mayor had go…
Trackback by And THAT is MY opinion... by TexasFred — 01.16.06 @ 8:01 pm
You posted your piece about 4 minutes before I did, and once again, great minds DO think alike…
Comment by TexasFred — 01.16.06 @ 8:03 pm
Amazing, isn’t it? I’m waiting for the Left to get themselves worked into a tizzy over Nagin’s comments, though it probably won’t happen.
I can’t say very much though. Since I’m one of those WASPs, it’s probably in my best interest to just agree with Nagin and carry on. Though of course, I could never just do that…
Thanks for being a voice of reason!
Comment by NeoFascist? — 01.16.06 @ 8:04 pm
The LEFT won’t say *spit*… But *Right Handed* bloggers are going to have a field day…
Comment by TexasFred — 01.16.06 @ 8:05 pm
So, I accept La Shawn Barber’s challenge, as a liberal, to take on this (should-be) certified loon.
Pingback by Down with Absolutes! — 01.16.06 @ 8:06 pm
Haha Fred, I think I ended up posting mine between the times that you and La Shawn posted. Funny that we should all congregate here…
It’s also funny that the story is no longer on the Yahoo! News headlines, while the Anti-Nuke Protester story has been up all day.
Comment by NeoFascist? — 01.16.06 @ 8:07 pm
Wow…I surfed away for a couple of minutes and return to find six comments already.
Comment by La Shawn — 01.16.06 @ 8:11 pm
Liberals ALWAYS get a pass.
Robert Byrd gets a pass on his KKK membership, but Trent Lott gets fried for saying something dumb about a former segregationist. Typical stuff.
I almost drove off the road tonight when I heard Nagin saying that God wants New Orleans to be a “chocolate city.” What the heck is that kind of racism all about?
Comment by RedBeard — 01.16.06 @ 8:17 pm
WHEN IS IT OK TO TALK ABOUT DIVINE RETRIBUTION?
When you’re the Democrat mayor of New Orleans. *** Ian Schwartz has video of another Ray Nagin-ism that the MSM will let slide here….
Trackback by Michelle Malkin — 01.16.06 @ 8:21 pm
I can’t believe he said that. But the leftist media won’t touch it because it’s a quandry.
Comment by mj — 01.16.06 @ 8:22 pm
I’m tracking back too babe
Comment by Stacy Harp — 01.16.06 @ 8:23 pm
Blogger buddy La Shawn Barber feels the same way I do. She believes even the blogosphere will give Nagin a pass.
Pingback by Blog For Books — 01.16.06 @ 8:25 pm
N.O. Mayor’s “Chocolate” Not So Sweet
…did he actually say “This city will be a majority African American city, It’s the way God wants it to be”? So what’s Mr. Nagin going to do to accomplish this? Turn away anyone not African American? Is he going to keep quotas to make sure that th…
Trackback by Faith at the Front — 01.16.06 @ 8:29 pm
It’s so racist. Imagine a white mayor of a slightly majority white city saying, “____ville will be vanilla city again.” He’d be ruined. But not Nagin the Incompetent Blowhard.
Comment by Jay — 01.16.06 @ 8:34 pm
Recall this poor fool. There is already a recall underway for the governor, it is time to clean up a bit more and get this racist bigot out of the city he let drown and then has the gall to blame it on God.
Comment by Bb — 01.16.06 @ 8:42 pm
RACISM….it isn’t just for whites anymore.
Comment by jihadgene — 01.16.06 @ 8:44 pm
I blew my coffee through my nostrils when Mayor Noggin said that. I suppose that he is thinking of his chances, or lack of chances, for re-election. He needs his voter bloc back again. Let you or me say something that racist, we’d be crucified, (oops, that didn’t offend the Baptists, did it?), wouldn’t we. Anyone heard if Larry Elder has weighed in? The man is right up there with Lashawn Barber on credibility and seeing through the fog. Gotta go check Larrys site. nuf sed
Comment by Frankly Opinionated — 01.16.06 @ 8:54 pm
Brokeback Levee, Gods, Monsters, and the Producers
For this, Mayor Whiplash Nagin should win the Knucklehead of the Day award from The Florida Masochist.
Trackback by A Blog For All — 01.16.06 @ 8:55 pm
Ray Nagin Says God Caused Hurricanes, Wants New Orleans To Be “Chocolate” City
Could you imagine the outrage if a white politician made this statement? “Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it’s destroyed and put stress on this country,” Nagin said as he and…
Trackback by Rhymes With Right — 01.16.06 @ 9:00 pm
Nagin says: We as black people, it’s time, it’s time for us to come together. It’s time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans and I don’t care what people are saying uptown or wherever they are, this city will be chocolate at the end of the day.
Marion Barry used to call DC Chocolatetown. He’s looking for a change, maybe he could be Nagin’s chief of police.
If God really is mad at New Orleans, it would be, as they say, a match made in Heaven.
I think Nagin has just figured out how much of the city budget was stimulated by the massive federal and state welfare payments.
Comment by Heliotrope — 01.16.06 @ 9:34 pm
I was wondering the same thing when I saw this story La Shawn. Where’s the outrage?
Comment by Mark La Roi — 01.16.06 @ 9:46 pm
I posted on Nagin’s “I Don’t Have a Clue” speech at SmartChristian.com.
Comment by Andrew Jackson — 01.16.06 @ 9:47 pm
“… surely God is mad at America…”
Step aside Pat Robertson, Mayor Nagin has assumed your role:Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that God is mad at America and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart
Trackback by Brutally Honest — 01.16.06 @ 9:53 pm
Isn’t it great how he throws the War In Iraq right there in the mix. It’s astounding–really making Pat look good. Well…almost good.
Comment by Agent Tim — 01.16.06 @ 9:57 pm
LOL Tim… Yeah, I love that nice little stab, as though it means something.
As for Pat… well… I like a lot of what he says… but dang, he’s got a big mouth.
Comment by NeoFascist? — 01.16.06 @ 10:04 pm
N.O. Mayor Ray Nagin wants a “chocolate” New Orleans
On MLK Day, a day named in honor of a man who fought for equality, New Orleans Mayor and all-around bigot Ray Nagin, called for a “chocolate New Orelans” - in front of a crowd that had gathered at City Hall for a MLK Day march:
“We…
Trackback by Sister Toldjah — 01.16.06 @ 10:08 pm
I’ve commented on the same subject. But as always, you beat me to it!
Comment by Captain Ron — 01.16.06 @ 10:12 pm
Interesting, this chocolate thing. Maybe the next survey will have the category “Chocolate American.” This could get interesting. I’m an Caucasian accountant, does that make me a vanilla bean? I know a few rocky roads out there that are a bit nutty and I have a friend who is definitely a fruit cake.
Comment by Rodger S. — 01.16.06 @ 10:19 pm
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Pingback by California Conservative — 01.16.06 @ 10:31 pm
Pat Robertson Isn’t The Only One Who KNOWS What God Is Thinking
Apparently God is talking not only to Pat “Let’s-kill Chavez” “God Is Puneshing Sharon” “What’s That About Me Being Cut Out Of That Israeli Theme Park Deal…
Trackback by The Moderate Voice — 01.16.06 @ 10:36 pm
“I Have A Chocolate Dream”
In a speech earlier today that addressed the rebuilding process in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin was quoted as saying, It’s time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New
Trackback by Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face — 01.16.06 @ 10:44 pm
The Silence is Deafening
When Pat Robertson said Hurricane Katrina was a punishment from God, the civilized world told him to shut up. But when Ray Nagin says the same thing: Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms
Trackback by I Am, Therefore I Think — 01.16.06 @ 11:18 pm
La Shawn Barber’s Corner » Ray Nagin Says God Is Mad At America…
La Shawn Barber’s Corner » Ray Nagin Says God Is Mad At America…
Nagin is totally out of his mind.
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Trackback by and now for something completely different — 01.16.06 @ 11:23 pm
Yes, I’m sure they’ll he excoriating Nagin for those statements. NOT!!!!!
Comment by Michele — 01.16.06 @ 11:38 pm
I had the opportunity to read a speech today that MLK made the day before he was killed. It was the one in which he talked of “I have been to the mountain top and I have seen the promised land” where he eloquently compared the plight of black Americans to that of the Jews being led out of the dessert by Moses. He knew that he would not survive to see the great strides he would give his life for. I hardly think that he envisioned a day set aside in his honor being one of the most racist, hateful days of the year. I believe Ray Nagin, Hilary Clinton, Al Gore et al owe him a sincere apology.
Comment by tonynoboloney — 01.16.06 @ 11:39 pm
Take a peek at one liberal’s blog, for I have indeed taken Mr. Nagin to task for such theological twaddle.
http://notabene.typepad.com/canossa/
Comment by K. Grant — 01.16.06 @ 11:53 pm
NO the media will say nothing at all, nothing. CNN playes pat and jerry’s comments all day long, but ray nagin, complete silence. if my husband didn’t watch tv i would get rid of it.
Comment by shari — 01.17.06 @ 12:06 am
It’s a shame that this man continues to be silenced.
Comment by Brian — 01.17.06 @ 12:07 am
Aw, c’mon people. He means a “sweet” city.
“…one day right here in Louisiana little black chocolates will be able to join hands with little white chocolates as sisters and brothers.”
Purloined and paraphrased w/o permission
Comment by SickAndTired — 01.17.06 @ 12:58 am
Is God Speaking To New Orleans Mayor Nagin?
While over at LaShawn Barber’s Corner, I found that Nagin says God is mad at America. And, God is also mad at the ‘black community’ in particular, and that’s why Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans? Does this sound a little far-fetched? Well, you hav…
Trackback by Tidbits And Treasures — 01.17.06 @ 12:59 am
He can start by moving his family out of Dallas where he and his family are currently living.
Then he can get Jessie, Louis and Al to rent some buses and take all the evacuees in Houston back to New Orleans. That way we might save some money on the overtime we are paying for the police due to the crime wave we have going on here. One that *surprise, surprise* started about a month after Katrina. It will also stop all the mayhem going on in our schools caused by evacuee kid gangs.
Comment by Nahanni — 01.17.06 @ 1:22 am
Ray Nagin, please shut the h*ck up.
And it’s only out of respect for LaShawn that I’m not using stronger language.
Trackback by Dreams Into Lightning — 01.17.06 @ 2:08 am
My post is here.
Comment by Asher - Dreams Into Lightning — 01.17.06 @ 2:27 am
Trackback didn’t work, but my response is here: http://theconnexion.net/wp/?p=1827
Comment by Richard Hall — 01.17.06 @ 3:37 am
I’m a *late night* person…
As of right now, 3:20 AM, Texas Time, the only 2 news sources I see still running it are My Way News-AP and FOXNews.com - Politics …
Reuters and USAToday have dropped it…
Comment by TexasFred — 01.17.06 @ 4:23 am
As of right now, 3:20 AM, the only 2 news sources I see still running it are My Way News-AP and FOXNews.com - Politics …
Reuters and USA Today have dropped it…
Comment by TexasFred — 01.17.06 @ 4:25 am
Gimme a few minutes - it’s not like I can come up with these parodies overnight!
Comment by Mean Dean — 01.17.06 @ 4:39 am
Mayor Nagin wants a chocolate New Orleans. What kind of chocolate Mayor Nagin, dark chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate?
God mad at America, just wait untill next hurricane season, it is predicted to be as bad, if not worse, as last season.
my response
Robertson and Nagin TWINS??
http://www.livejournal.com/users/silverpjs/2906.html
Comment by Pamela — 01.17.06 @ 4:57 am
Nagin says God is mad at America
Another politico hiding behind religion
Trackback by Pagan Vigil... — 01.17.06 @ 7:19 am
Ai yi yi!
And “chocolate city”? Puh-lease. I know what he means, but, aside from the cheesiness of the phrase which I will leave alone because, well, cheese and chocolate? Ick. But I digress. If a white man had said they were going to build a “vanilla city” does anyone not think someone somewhere would take issue with that? Start some marches? Have a revolution? Jeez louise. If you don’t, I have some beachfront property in the Four Corners I want to sell you.
Comment by Elzabet — 01.17.06 @ 7:51 am
Well, at least he’s from within the community itself. He’s not just wagging his finger from the outside.
As far as speaking for God: Will he be apologizing in a few days? I’ll be watching.
Read my post about Pat Robertson.
Want to speak prophetically? Go for it. Just get it right, and don’t apologize for it just because people don’t like what you say.
Comment by Curt Dalaba — 01.17.06 @ 8:08 am
How about leftist, Bible-reading Christians? Can we get in on the act?
AC
Comment by Andrew — 01.17.06 @ 8:29 am
I believe that his statement(s) may be an overt invitation to entice his fellow-thinkers to return and vote him back in office. It may be that if things remain as they are there, that the populace will elect a more cerebral mayor.
Comment by Chief RZ — 01.17.06 @ 9:01 am
God is Mad at U.S.
I doubt God is upset at us for liberating Iraq from an oppressive dictator; if he sent the hurricanes to punish, it was to punish New Orleans for the debauchery, as he punished Sodom and Gomorrah.
Trackback by Don Singleton — 01.17.06 @ 9:11 am
Look in the mirror Mayor
No mayor, its blithering elected politicians like yourself who need to take some blame for a change. You would resign your office if you had the best interests of the people of New Orleans in mind but you don’t. Hopefully the voters will show you the…
Trackback by The Florida Masochist — 01.17.06 @ 9:38 am
IF God is “mad” at black America, and IF God also wants to entice black Americans to come back to New Orleans because it’s His will for the city to be chocolate, I think I’d run the other way! Who knows what He might do next?
Comment by Katy Raymond — 01.17.06 @ 10:01 am
Ray Nagin, meet Pat Robertson
People who confidently presume to know the mind of God in major world events have always unsettled me. Often I think they must not be reading the same inspired Scriptures that I do. About 10 days ago I took Rev. Pat Robertson to task for his remarks a…
Trackback by Mount Virtus — 01.17.06 @ 10:36 am
FOrget Nagin Evita likened the House to the Plantation, via Capt Ed:
Martin Luther King Jr. fought four decades ago to free black Americans from the legacy of slavery. Yesterday, Senator Clinton compared the Republican leadership of the current House of Representatives to the very idea the civil rights leader dedicated his life to fighting.
“When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run - it has been run like a plantation,” she said. “You know what I’m talking about.”
Mrs. Clinton, who was addressing a packed house at the Reverend Al Sharpton’s annual Martin Luther King Day event at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem, continued: “It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary point of view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard. The Senate’s not that bad, but it’s been difficult. It’s been difficult.”
Comment by Sandy P — 01.17.06 @ 10:37 am
AC wrote: “How about leftist, Bible-reading Christians? Can we get in on the act?”
I don’t think LB believes such a thing exists.
Comment by Richard Hall — 01.17.06 @ 10:37 am
Here’s something new!
UPDATE: LaShawn Barber wants to know when the media and certain bloggers who crucified Falwell and Robertson for “divine retribution” comments are going to give equal time to Nagin’s comments…
Trackback by Conservababes: Right from New Fallujah — 01.17.06 @ 11:00 am
As usual, La Shawn Barber has some excellent ideas on this matter.
Pingback by Conservative Dialysis — 01.17.06 @ 11:15 am
LaShawn, I have unintentionally taken your challenge since I basically am and have accused both Pat Robertson AND Ray Nagin of “foot-in-mouth” disease on my person little blog. One difference at this point is that Robertson is doing a better job of recovering while Nagin is making himself look foolish. Read some of his “explanations” of his Monday comments and see how badly he’s “stuck on stupid” (thank you General Honore).
Comment by Carl — 01.17.06 @ 11:42 am
Another “Open Mouth-Insert Foot” Moment
Earlier this month, Pat Robertson opened mouth and inserted foot. He received massive negative feedback. This past Monday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin did the same and is receiving the same sort of feedback. And boy he’s backtracking just as fast …
Trackback by The World According To Carl — 01.17.06 @ 11:52 am
I believe Nagin wants New Orleans back the way it was with a majority of the population black. He sees a city that is certain to change in its ethnic mix with a good portion of former residents never returning. He was upset over the shooting at the parade and crime in N.O. He is probably tired beyond belief, feels hopeless and probably does believe that God has punished his city. I think that was reflected in his statement but as a public figure, he’s not supposed to speak his mind if it offends anybody. Trouble is, everybody is offended by something. Maybe it’s time for Nagin to turn over the reins to somebody else and allow himself to recover from his depression, but I don’t think he should be ostracized. And by the way, I’m white.
Comment by dianne — 01.17.06 @ 11:59 am
Doesnt look like Nagin’s getting that pass….from what I’ve seen and heard.
I believe in divine retribution, but dont agree with what Nagin said.
I agreed with what Pat Robertson said regarding Sharon, though I think he said it at the wrong time.
I think Hurricane Katrina happened to us because Bush fully supported Sharon’s Gaza eviction strategy.
Katrina struck us during the height of that eviction. We get hurricanes all the time but this one and its aftermath were by far the most destructive in US history.
I believe that America was only created by God to spread the Gospel of Christ AND to protect the nation of Israel, thats it.
Comment by lukeNC — 01.17.06 @ 12:55 pm
First Pat Robertson, now Mayor Ray Nagin?
Seems God isn't too happy with Pat Robertson's habit of delivering God's message and then turning around and apologizing for it the minute one of his business deals is threatened because of it so God has decided to start talking to the p…
Trackback by Stupid Evil Bastard — 01.17.06 @ 1:24 pm
Ten Stuipd Things Said By Liberals-In Just Three Days/Second Edition
Well, history has a way of repeating itself, and we at Thespis Journal find ourselves on another Tuesday, five weeks later, writing the second edition of “Ten Stupid Things Said By Liberals-In Just Three Days! Welcome to this “carnival of stupidity.”
Trackback by Thespis Journal — 01.17.06 @ 1:29 pm
Ray Nagin promises a “chocolate” New Orleans
From the genious that brought us the botched evacuation of New Orleans (and all those parked/unused buses), Mayor Ray Nagin:We as black people, it’s time, it’s time for us to come together. It’s time for us to rebuild a New…
Trackback by Conservative Outpost — 01.17.06 @ 1:36 pm
Here’s my “MAD” response:
http://www.blogs4god.com/node/1148
Not my best parody, but then again, I’m not totally convinced that our depraved nature (mine included) didn’t contribute to the massive the distress suffered in N.O.
Comment by Mean Dean — 01.17.06 @ 1:59 pm
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In one speech, Nagin managed to channel Pat Robertson, David Duke, and Hillary Clinton. [Update: LaShawn Barber wonders if Nagin will receive a similar level of criticism.] That’s quite impressive.
Pingback by Nagin: God Mad at America, Wants Chocolate New Orleans — 01.17.06 @ 3:01 pm
Common Ground?
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin may have found some common ground with Pat Robertson yesterday. Do you remember outrage from the left when Pat Robertson blamed hurricane Katrina on God’s displeasure? Well, that never really happened, but yesterday Mayor N…
Trackback by Everything I Know Is Wrong — 01.17.06 @ 3:23 pm
As a Resident of Shreveport LA, I have been embarassed at our leadership.
Nagin’s latest rants do more to reinforce the national stereotype of LA residents as “losers” who tolerate such poor leadership.
He is risking severe backlash from people nationwide who are tired of his rants - and believe me, there are many (including myself) who are NOT intimidated by the lame charge of “racism”.
If I were in Congress, I would not give the State of LA a penny unless Nagin publically apoligized for such racist behavior.
Comment by Frank Zavisca — 01.17.06 @ 3:27 pm
PS -
Nagin has welcomed Black people to come back to New Orleans even as the wind was blowing.
Unfortunately, they have not, but Mexicans have. So Nagin’s dream of a chocolate City is going to include a lot of Mexicans.
Comment by Frank Zavisca — 01.17.06 @ 3:28 pm
Nagin is now doing what ALL double-tongue politicians do - back peddling. I had more respect for him when he expressed his true “blacks only” racist position. The back peddling doesn’t erase that reality anymore than it does for the likes of a KKK Byrd.
As for “speaking FOR God” - ANY human claiming to do that is a delusional half-wit.
Comment by Dave in AZ — 01.17.06 @ 4:15 pm
Joe Scarborough called it like it is on msnbc.com. The link is below. Politicians taking advantage of MLK Day to spread hatred and racism. And blacks still flock behind this racist liberal party. What a pity (and I’m black).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9665505/#060117a
Comment by gds — 01.17.06 @ 5:06 pm
Pillow Talk
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Nagin wants New Orleans to be a chocolate city like he feels it once was? It never was just a chocolate city.
New Orleans was…
a chocolate city.
a vanilla city.
a spicy city.
a salty city.
a creole city.
a cajun city.
a jazzy city.
a bluesy city.
a garlic city.
a po’boy city.
a “erster” city.
a party city.
a sleepy city.
a wide-awake city.
a port city.
a pizza city.
a szechuan city.
…and so much more.
It has so many flavors and textures and nuances that it qualifies as the only real GUMBO city in the world in my humble opinion.
Comment by Carl — 01.17.06 @ 5:55 pm
Mayor Nagin’s New Orleans Chocolate Factory Explained…
First of all, thanks to The Political Teen for using my photoshop and linking to me, in addition to a couple others I’ve seen out there. The image is from my original post on the Nagin “Chocolate” city comments. Read…
Trackback by RightWinged.com — 01.17.06 @ 6:11 pm
Could There Be Any Leader More Worthless Than Ray Nagin?
First this worthless “leader” failed to do anything while his citizens were drowning in a flood caused by Hurricane Katrina. Then he didn’t accept any responsibility for his failings blaming it on the federal and state government and FEMA. Now…
Trackback by Diggers Realm — 01.17.06 @ 8:01 pm
Reflctions on MLK Day
The problem with the Black community is the extreme lack of honest on the part of the leaders
Trackback by The Dark Truth — 01.17.06 @ 8:25 pm
Ray Nagin — You Decide
Overall, the media is treating him as a harmless aside. There’s been no firestorm over his daring to claim that God may not be happy with us. (If only Pat Robertson were black! Or a Democrat!) Of course, he’s apologized, leaving us to wonder if there…
Trackback by Preaching Politics — 01.17.06 @ 10:55 pm
Wouldn’t it be cool if Nestle could get the mayor to do a commercial for Nestle Quik? With that bunny?
Get some white guys to dress up like milk, add some black guys to play the Quik powder, mix ‘em up, presto - a tasty beverage.
That would RULE.
Comment by DC — 01.17.06 @ 11:15 pm
God’s Angry at America?
The Mayor of New Orleans said in a statement yesterday, “As we think about rebuilding New Orleans, surely God is mad at America.” Nagin went on to say, “He’s sending hurricane after hurricane after hurricane.” I don̵…
Trackback by The Land of Ozz — 01.17.06 @ 11:21 pm
LaShawn Barber has issued a challenge for those “non-Bible-reading Christians” and others who normally bash Robertson. She wants to see if any come out against Nagin. I have to say that I don’t know if Mayor Nagin is right or not. He said it. Something had to put that notion on his mind. The Holy Spirit may just be working on this man. I think he is stretching it by trying to drag in international political matters, and how black men treat their women, but he may be on to something with this wrath of God thing in general. Who knows other than God himself? Nobody really knows exactly what God is thinking and that is the way God intended it.
Pingback by The Land of Ozz — 01.17.06 @ 11:26 pm
Maybe the hurricane was divine retribution on New Orleans for electing Nagin…
But seriously, one thing that the Katrina disaster showed is that it could kill you if your local and state officials are incompetent.
Comment by On the left coast — 01.18.06 @ 2:01 am
Ray Nagin and the Chocolate Factory!
On Monday during a speech honoring Martin Luther King, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin stuck his foot in his mouth again. He said that it was God’s anger with the United States over the Iraq war that caused hurricane Katrina. He also said that New Orlean…
Trackback by Oblogatory Anecdotes — 01.18.06 @ 2:21 am
Picnic 01-17-2006
Items I found while perusing my blogroll.
Trackback by Basil's Blog — 01.18.06 @ 7:02 am
nagin is a racist, self-serving hypocrite just like jesse, louie, and big al, who should be brought up on charges for his total mishandling of the evacuation during Katrina. His family was safe in Dallas, while the people who pay his bills where suffering from his gross incompetence. Why should we, the American taxpayer, have our hard earned money sent to help this city out of its mess? According to the msm, only n.o. was hit during the hurricane. Guess the rest of those people along the gulf coast just don’t rate. Must be because they are not predominately “chocolate”.
As vile as this sounds, I hope the next hurricane hits n.o and wipes it off the map completely. The issues surfacing now have been plaguing that city forever. Nobody cared before how corrupt the mayor, the police force, city council was until the water flooded in and forced the scum to the top. I did hear comments from nagin’s constituency defending his remarks. Truly amazing, in this day of readily available information, how ignorant some people still choose to be.
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Comment by mao — 01.18.06 @ 9:26 am
Charlie Wonka Nagin declares God is mad
It seems to be popular today to declare that God is angry. The MSM and bloggers enjoyed the Pat Roberston comments concerning God being irritated over Sharon giving some of the land away. Now ‘leave the buses in the garage’ Nagin hops on b…
Trackback by Conservative Culture — 01.18.06 @ 10:03 am
Ever the one to heed the call to arms, Elgin and I have responded to La Shawn’s exhortation to treat Ray Nagin with the same respect that many on the blogosphere used to treat Pat Robinson and other “radical” clerics who called the devastation of the Third Coast by Hurricane Katrina the “wrath of God”. Please go to elgintyrell.com to view our photorial on the subject.
Comment by Esbiem — 01.18.06 @ 10:06 am
coco’s war on nut bars
I’m chagrined! No really. Via Glenn Reynolds and a whole host of others, I see that I missed out on a major Culture War outburst of Pat Robertson-style channelling by New Orleans Mayor Roy Nagin, who not only maintained that…
Trackback by Classical Values — 01.18.06 @ 10:56 am
Mr. Nagan’s comment implies that God had decreed slavery.
Since New Orleans was founded by the French it was not an area populated by people of (according to Mr. Nagan) the proper pigmentation. Thus apparently according to this gentlemen the development of New Orleans as a slave market was desired and necessary to satisfy God’s desire to produce the proper racial composition for the city.
Am I the only one who thinks this sounds like the people who defended slavery and Jim Crow in the guise of religion during the 18 to the mid 20th century?
Comment by Peter Ingemi — 01.18.06 @ 12:16 pm
When I make Nesquick I use a whole glass of milk and two spoons of chocolate, so does that mean Mr. Nagin’s New Orleans will be mostly white with just a couple of scoops of blacks?
I guess that makes Houston an “Ovaltine City”.
Comment by Arnold — 01.18.06 @ 1:47 pm
This comment is directed towards Theresa’s above. I understand everyone’s frustration with our Mayor’s comments. He’s clearly out of his mind. As one of the “uptown” (read: white) people he so carelessly talks about in his speech, I take his comments very personally. However, there is no call at all for people such as Theresa, no matter how well-founded their anger at Mayor Nagin, to openly wish for my home to be destroyed. I am tired of people from all over this country making a judgment on our right to live in this place. We don’t really give a damn about the fact that it wouldn’t ruin ya’ll’s lives if our beloved city was destroyed - it’s our home you idiots - whether you like it or not. I am not responsible for the mayor’s comments, I didn’t vote for him, why wish ill on all of us who live here??? It’s hypocrital and ignorant. THere is a large population of soulful and wonderful people of all colors and creeds down here in New Orleans. You don’t see the good things going on down here on your news - it’s happening, but I guess it doesn’t make for good fodder to spout off about on the internet so of course you wouldn’t bother finding out the whole story. Yes, we have had our problems but guess what lady, a lot of big cities struggle with these same issues. We just happen to be a metropolis located in one of the poorest states with a deep-seated history of class problems. You should think twice before talking about things that you clearly know nothing about and claiming to be so high minded while wishing for people’s home to be destroyed.
Comment by Carla — 01.19.06 @ 12:54 am
Ray Nagin is a Racist
I cannot believe how Ray Nagin can be mayor of New Orleans. His rhetoric is divisive, he blames the federal government for all of his city’s ills, and he makes irresponsible charges of racism coupled with his own racist comments. Take what he re…
Trackback by Right Wing Religious Wacko (RWRW) — 01.19.06 @ 9:19 am
Lashawn, I won’t trackback–if only because my fondness for four letter words might offend– but, suffice it to say I am not happy with Ragin’ Nagin.
Comment by Stephen H. Johnson — 01.19.06 @ 10:38 am
I add another spoof for you, LaShawn!
http://madminsatires.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-orleans-mayor-to-join-food-network.html
Comment by Mad Minerva — 01.19.06 @ 11:40 am
Carla, #98….I wish you no ill or misfortune. Certainly New Orleans has the right to ask for understanding as it teeters on the brink of calamity along with the Gulf coast cities that are subject to hurricane destruction.
New Orleans is subject to a triple whammy or more. 1) It is dependent upon a levee system that makes it unique in the United States; 2) The governor of Louisiana has asked for/demanded reparations that are beyond all logical understanding; 3) Mayor Nagin is a failed leader who demands serious consideration; 4) Louisiana and New Orleans have long been victimized by institutional corruption.
If the rest of us look at your plight and wonder if more dollars won’t just fatten the goose of political opportunism, do you honestly wonder why?
Obviously, the honest Louisiana citizen should not be held accountable for the misdeeds of others. But considering the heritage of the Longs, Edwards, Landrieus and Nagin how are we who are outside of Louisiana to know whom to trust?
Comment by Heliotrope — 01.19.06 @ 11:50 pm