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New Orleans mayor pushing for people to return
startribune ^ | September 25, 2005 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/25/2005 3:53:47 PM PDT by zzen01

NEW ORLEANS — Even with new floodwaters lapping at the high-water marks set by Katrina less than a month ago, Mayor Ray Nagin pushed a plan to bring people back to storm-ravaged New Orleans soon is possible.

Federal officials said Saturday it will take two to three weeks to pump out floodwaters created by Hurricane Rita. The water poured in through levees that were patched after Hurricane Katrina.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: beyondstupid; katrina; mayornagin; morons; nagin; naginisbraindead
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To: Bahbah

he is beyond stuck on stupid.





and so is the Governor.


21 posted on 09/25/2005 4:10:07 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: cubreporter

"Maybe he's afraid the people WON'T WANT to come back."

Maybe that's why he was so reluctant for them to evacuate. "Hard to keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree'"


22 posted on 09/25/2005 4:10:14 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Stupidity can be a self-correcting problem.)
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To: zzen01

Aw come on you guys, he's lonely and also an idiot.


23 posted on 09/25/2005 4:11:40 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (NOLA "Don't worry be happy" TEXAS "Git R Done" [Safe journey to all going home today] :)
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To: cubreporter

No the "Gov" want $31 or $34 Billion to "fix" LA after Katerina/Rita.


24 posted on 09/25/2005 4:12:23 PM PDT by zzen01
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To: cubreporter
Sort of like during the London Blitz in WWII. King George VI and the Queen Mum were advised to leave London and take princesses Elizabeth and Margaret with them so that they'd be safe.

They refused to leave - stating that they would stay with their fellow Londoners. This is one of the things that endeared the elder Windsors to the British people.

25 posted on 09/25/2005 4:13:37 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: zzen01
Well, it's hard to run for re-election if you don't
have a constituency.
26 posted on 09/25/2005 4:14:00 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: zzen01; dixiechick2000; devolve; potlatch; reagan_fanatic; Prime Choice
A mayor without a city - a man without a brain - ping.

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Even with new floodwaters lapping at the high-water marks set by Katrina less than a month ago, Mayor Ray Nagin pushed a plan to bring people back to storm-ravaged New Orleans soon is possible.

27 posted on 09/25/2005 4:14:37 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (Viva La MIGRA - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
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To: Inspectorette

Well, there's class and then there's ignorance and stupidity.


28 posted on 09/25/2005 4:17:53 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: zzen01

always with their hand out. Not enough other people suffered from the hurricanes too. Blanco couldn't do it right from the beginning nor could Nagin and now that it's over after Bush took over and got it fixed with Honore and Allen...all of a sudden Blanco is gonna play big time and ask for money to rebuild. She's so beyond pathetic.


29 posted on 09/25/2005 4:19:31 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: DugwayDuke

Yes. We just had a NOLA woman thanking the people of Colorado Springs this morning for all they have done and for being so kind and generous. Maybe some of the families that have been reloacted will see for themselves there are other people in the world who do not hate them


30 posted on 09/25/2005 4:20:43 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: Soul Seeker

The mayor rented/leased a house in Dallas, where his children can start school. That's want he said in a news conference.

Apparently, his wife's brother lives in Dallas. I imagine that his wife has refused to return until their place is inhabitable.

Nagin himself has been staying in a high-rise hotel in New Orleans. I guess he is getting lonely and wants his constituency to "come on down." He wants assurance that HE IS STILL THE MAYOR.

He is so out-of-touch that he thinks the citizens can afford, like him, to put their families up in another place, leave them, and return to N.O. where they can pay to stay in a nice, clean hotel, while they work to cleanup and rebuild the city.

He is a piece of work.


31 posted on 09/25/2005 4:20:43 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (Houston, TX)
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To: cubreporter

Do any of you that this attitude is typical of the "State" of LA and the "city" of NO?


32 posted on 09/25/2005 4:21:08 PM PDT by zzen01
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To: zzen01

Not me. Don't know anything at all about New Orleans except hearing about the Mardi Gras every year with young women hoisting up their shirts and trampling on their self respect for some stupid beads. Doesn't take much to please some I guess.


33 posted on 09/25/2005 4:24:19 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: zzen01

Not me. Don't know anything at all about New Orleans except hearing about the Mardi Gras every year with young women hoisting up their shirts and trampling on their self respect for some stupid beads. Doesn't take much to please some I guess.


34 posted on 09/25/2005 4:24:37 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: zzen01

Hey RayGin, think ya could wait until the upstream flooding from Rita has at least subsided if not until after hurricane season?

How transparent can this guy be? Think his "constituents" know he's thinking only of his power base and not their well-being?


35 posted on 09/25/2005 4:25:57 PM PDT by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: i_dont_chat

I guess this is a good example of "follow the money."

Nagin is not getting any money, so he wants people to return (regardless of how miserable it will be for them) so he can extort money from the Feds -- for the people, don't you know!


36 posted on 09/25/2005 4:26:34 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (Houston, TX)
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To: jocon307

What's a king with no subjects? He might have to get a real job.


37 posted on 09/25/2005 4:27:19 PM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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To: little jeremiah

There was a hospital president testifying before Congress that he was losing a half million a day. If he didn't get a subsidy he would let employees go. Nagin is not the only one who needs money to stay in biz. But they need to adapt, not get bail outs.


38 posted on 09/25/2005 4:38:53 PM PDT by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: zzen01
"Nagin said he wanted residents of the Algiers neighborhood, which has electricity and water, to start returning as early as Monday or Tuesday, followed by other ZIP codes."

So what? If it is safe to return and they have power and water let 'em back in. Am I missing something?

39 posted on 09/25/2005 4:49:53 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: Bahbah
"That's going to be the reality of New Orleans moving forward.''

The only way New Orleans is gonna move forward is with an outboard motor or sails.
40 posted on 09/25/2005 4:51:54 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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