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.
What?
What?
Nobody is blaming Bush?
What?
What?
Nobody is blaming Bush?
I bet he has quite a few of these "imaginary conversations."
Good thing his name is not Pat Robertson.
"God hates black people..."
Bump
Did Nagin go to the Pat Robertson school of public speaking?
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......
WHAT????!!!!!!
Is Mayor Ray Nagin the latest convert to that nut-job that's been taking his Cult to protest at fallen Servicemembers funnerals?
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.
cook
No, Nagin, I think he's just mad at you.
"God is mad at America"
No, just NO, and specifically, YOU, Mr. Nagin.
he = He
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