prolly some kinda No-Bid Contract... i'm sure Nestles and Mars will NOT BE PLEASED!!!
Posted on 01/17/2006 12:49:17 PM PST by george76
In a further clarification of yesterday’s remarks that a rebuilt New Orleans would be a “chocolate” city, Mayor Ray Nagin today said he’s planning to recruit Hershey Foods to establish a candy manufacturing plant in the hurricane-ravaged region.
The Democrat mayor’s latest clarification builds on yesterday’s explanation that his remarks are not racist because chocolate is made with dark chocolate and white milk forming “a delicious drink.”
“We’re in the very, very early stages of discussions with Hershey,” Mr. Nagin said, “It’s still in the pre-meeting, pre-phone call stage. But that’s what this chocolate city concept is all about.
It’s literally chocolate, rather than chocolate as a metaphor for something else. It’s edible chocolate. It really is.”
The mayor said he’s long been intrigued by the possibility of transitioning New Orleans’ economy from one “reliant upon fickle fads in human debauchery” to something more stable, like chocolate.
“Ever since I saw the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I’ve thought, ‘That’s New Orleans’,” Mayor Nagin said. “and I thought, ‘I’m Willy Wonka’. ”
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, who yesterday told a group of African-Americans that Republicans have run the House of Representatives like “a plantation”, said she would help Mayor Nagin secure federal funding to turn the Louisiana Gulf coast into “a chocolate version of Silicon Valley.”
Little Orphan Annie is a fraud!
Midnight's the sniffer. Hershey's the retriever, and worthless...except for fetching.
Man, that guy gets around!
I guess the Mayor has been reading Forbes. There is an article in the current edition describing a Hershey charity that owns lots of the stock and is sitting on truckloads of cash.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If you beg a million here and a million there, pretty soon it adds up to big money.
And this part is actual true...heard the clip this morning. LOL
prolly some kinda No-Bid Contract... i'm sure Nestles and Mars will NOT BE PLEASED!!!
Nestle's isn't American. It's foreign chocolate.
LOL ! !
You people are bad. I have a gooseegg from hitting the screen and my family will lock me up if they hear me laughing one decible louder.
You're kidding!!!ROTF!!!
Eeeewwwww!
Personally, I think Tereeesa should rebuild it all herself but as a Ketchup town. Would give John Boy a place to overwinter.
LOL! Good post. Once again scrappleface shows the intelligence and humor of their writers. :)
Nestle was not available for comment.
Sorry...
hey just be thankful that I don't know how to post pictures nor graphics. heh heh
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