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New Orleans Mayor Says Racism Hampering Recovery
CBS2CHICAGO ^
| 18 AUGUST 2006
| AP
Posted on 08/18/2006 5:06:11 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) INDIANAPOLIS -- The mayor of New Orleans blames racism and government bureaucracy for hampering the city's ability to both weather Hurricane Katrina and recover from it.
Ray Nagin is convinced things would've been different had the storm hit Orange County, California, or Miami Beach. And he's telling the National Association of Black Journalists that the storm exposed what he calls "the soft underbelly of America as it relates to dealing with race and class."
In his speech, Nagin also suggested that state and federal officials would prefer New Orleans remain a smaller city. It now has just over half its pre-storm population.
He's also complaining that his city isn't getting enough state and federal aid -- and that what it does get comes with too many rules. Nagin says too much cash is going to developers and contractors.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: imavictim; nagin; paythesocialistcrook; racist; raynagin; vomit; wahwahwah
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
He's also complaining that his city isn't getting enough state and federal aid Excuse me? How many BILLIONS $$ have we poured already into this sinking cesspool of a city?
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:00:07 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Take authority that's ours)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Psst. I did it this week myself. ;)
To: afnamvet
He's the female version of McKinney.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:13:04 PM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: GrandEagle
I tend to think that Mayor Ray (Chocolate) Nagin really doesnt really hate white people per se.
Being a politician, like most of them, he is just pandering to whatever demographic gives him the best chance of staying on office, getting a paycheck, payoffs and juicy perks and mass media face time that come with the job.
If the majority of citizens in NO were Jewish, hed join B'nai Brith; white anglos - The Masons; white Catholics - Knights of Columbus; Asian - Japanese American Citizens League or Republican? Wasnt he supposedly a Republican at one time?
I guess Im just very cynical.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:17:52 PM PDT
by
Caramelgal
(There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I agree, Nagrin is a racist and he is hampering recovery.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:19:06 PM PDT
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
It now has just over half its pre-storm population. If this is true, I'm surprised. I can't imagine anyone who got wiped out wanting to return to that sin city.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:21:14 PM PDT
by
demkicker
(democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Exactly the sort of complaint and excuse for his and "his peoples" incompetence I would expect..
I still believe it is wrong to rebuild New Orleans..
All the levees should be blown and allow the water level to reach it's intended levels...
You simply can NOT make a silk purse from a sow's ear, with an incompetent racist dumbass like Nagin at the sewing machine..
There are far too many more worthy and potentially successful locations along the Gulf to invest in that make much more sense than New Orleans..
Semper Fi
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:23:26 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: EveningStar
Folks, don't let this fool upset you. We can only hope that New Orleans comes back as a mere shell of what it was before. I don't WANT it to come back. It is the biggest drag on this state. You hear nothing of the people in the lower part of the state who were ravaged worse than New Orleans. It's all about the slime! There is no tax base there, as there was none before the storm.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:29:20 PM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(When you're Chuck Norris, anything + anything is equal to 1. One roundhouse kick to the face.)
To: RichInOC
I think one of New Orleans's biggest problems is that there's a loose nut in the mayor's chair.Not even close to being its biggest problem.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:29:52 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: mountn man
I guess all the white, church volunteers oughta stay home. They're just holding everything up.*snicker*
Maybe he should make volunteering a certain amount of time the currency for being able to move back into town. No racism there; anyone who wants to work to re-build the city gets to come back and live there.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:35:00 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Nagin know how to anything other than "blame whitey"?
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:45:06 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Thats right. The best way to avoid responsibility is to play the race card.
Fewer and fewer people listen to that crap anymore.
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posted on
08/18/2006 6:45:37 PM PDT
by
kempo
To: Recon Dad
He's the female version of McKinney.LOL
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posted on
08/18/2006 7:05:57 PM PDT
by
afnamvet
(It is what it is.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
08/18/2006 7:42:19 PM PDT
by
varyouga
(I no longer fear death. I only fear the day when the DUmmies take over.)
To: cajungirl
note (and there's a previous thread)
To: varyouga
Oh man...I need help after that picture...oh...oh...ROFL!!!
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posted on
08/18/2006 8:23:53 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
It is racism, Nagin. Your anti-white racism, you foul little POS.
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posted on
08/18/2006 9:55:41 PM PDT
by
pissant
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