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.”
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What?! This "explanation" just makes him sound deranged.
OMG..............LOL!!!
Is he still alive?
Oh, woops! Parody alert! Missed it, sorry.
you did good, friend!
OMG that is hilarious.
Guffawing at george's pic and beandog's quip (#5)!!!
You'll enjoy the chuckle...
Thanks, Howlin. I hope your hand is better. :)
I heard his 'remarks.' They had nothing to do with asking Hershey to build a plant in New Orleans. It had everything to do with Nagin wanting NO to be an 'African American city', rebuilt on the backs of the taxpayers, of course.
What a racist jerk he is.
You obviously don't know satire when you see it. ScrappleFace is known for their political satire. Check out another satirical link in post #70. You could use a laugh.
Sorry, folks ... even as a native of Louisiana and a New Orleans resident for decades ... I, too, am in danger of not recognizing satire/parody. There is an alarming amount of stuff coming out of LA/NOLA these days that should be satire ... but it turns out to be real ...What's a girl to think?! LOL
Sheep herders attraction.
Good lord! ROFLOL!
We're talking about Nagin here.
Like I said, you obviously don't know satire when you see it.
What's a girl to think?! LOL
I know what you mean! Stuff that's sounds like a joke turns out to be real & vice versa. It's a crazy world we're living in!
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