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New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
Yahoo News ^ | 01/16/2006 | Brett Martel

Posted on 01/16/2006 3:15:27 PM PST by jazzo

NEW ORLEANS - 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 with violence and political infighting.

"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, who is black, said as he and other city leaders marked Martin Luther King Day.

"Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves."

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

"It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans — the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans."

Nagin described an imaginary conversation with King, the late civil rights leader.

"I said, `What is it going to take for us to move on and live your dream and make it a reality?' He said, `I don't think that we need to pay attention any more as much about other folks and racists on the other side.' He said, `The thing we need to focus on as a community — black folks I'm talking about — is ourselves.'"

Nagin said he also asked: "Why is black-on-black crime such an issue? Why do our young men hate each other so much that they look their brother in the face and they will take a gun and kill him in cold blood?"

The reply, Nagin said, was: "We as a people need to fix ourselves first."

Nagin also said King would have been dismayed with black leaders who are "most of the time tearing each other down publicly for the delight of many."

A day earlier, gunfire erupted at a parade to commemorate King's birthday. Three people were wounded in the daylight shooting amid a throng of mostly black spectators, but police said there were no immediate suspects or witnesses.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: blacks; boxofchocolates; chocolatecity; chocolates; god; hurricanes; katrina; kookyaspatrobertson; mayornagin; mayorraynagin; nagin; neworleans; rita; tribulations; wrathofgod
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Classic!!!
1 posted on 01/16/2006 3:15:29 PM PST by jazzo
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Incidentally, when the next season rolls over, will the levies hold...
2 posted on 01/16/2006 3:16:36 PM PST by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: jazzo

What?

What?

Nobody is blaming Bush?


3 posted on 01/16/2006 3:16:48 PM PST by Kenservatized
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To: jazzo

What?

What?

Nobody is blaming Bush?


4 posted on 01/16/2006 3:16:50 PM PST by Kenservatized
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To: jazzo
Nagin described an imaginary conversation with King,

I bet he has quite a few of these "imaginary conversations."

5 posted on 01/16/2006 3:17:01 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: jazzo

Good thing his name is not Pat Robertson.


6 posted on 01/16/2006 3:17:55 PM PST by svcw
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To: jazzo

"God hates black people..."

7 posted on 01/16/2006 3:18:05 PM PST by mwyounce
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Bump


9 posted on 01/16/2006 3:19:52 PM PST by Enterprise (The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
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No but Nagin is living proof that God has a sense of humor
10 posted on 01/16/2006 3:20:02 PM PST by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: jazzo

Did Nagin go to the Pat Robertson school of public speaking?


12 posted on 01/16/2006 3:21:13 PM PST by NeoCaveman (Dems lied, Alito's wife cried - official slogan of Alitsts for Alito)
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7 Minute Nagin Audio
13 posted on 01/16/2006 3:21:24 PM PST by mosquewatch.com ("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
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To: jazzo; All

Hmmm....let me get this straight....

Pat Robertson says God mad at New Orleans(Mardi Gras, etc)and US= MSM says BAD

Nagin says God mad at New Orleans and US = MSM says OK ??

...okey dokey......


14 posted on 01/16/2006 3:22:28 PM PST by musicman
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Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America"....

WHAT????!!!!!!

Is Mayor Ray Nagin the latest convert to that nut-job that's been taking his Cult to protest at fallen Servicemembers funnerals?

15 posted on 01/16/2006 3:23:00 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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the aclu needs to sue nagin for mentioning the word god. you cant do that because of the "seperation between church and state" in the communist manifesto err i mean the constitution.


16 posted on 01/16/2006 3:23:26 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: jazzo

cook


17 posted on 01/16/2006 3:24:37 PM PST by dubie
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No, Nagin, I think he's just mad at you.


18 posted on 01/16/2006 3:25:22 PM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-forsaken frozen tundra of the Hildebeast.)
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"God is mad at America"

No, just NO, and specifically, YOU, Mr. Nagin.


19 posted on 01/16/2006 3:25:42 PM PST by roaddog727 (P=3/8 A. or, P=plenty...............)
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To: tioga

he = He


20 posted on 01/16/2006 3:26:10 PM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-forsaken frozen tundra of the Hildebeast.)
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