Posted on 02/04/2006 11:57:40 AM PST by Ellesu
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin A Racist?
----By HIS comments out of HIS mouth, yes. It would seem so. And let me clarify, this is just MY opinion based on the mans' actions.
Racist is a strong word to throw around, but it does seem like he's got a problem with this issue.
It seems that N.O.'s focus is on returning to the way it was. Well, the way it was can best be described as a corrupt, immoral slop bucket. I would think a more progressive approach would be to use this as an opportunity to make N.O. a changed and better place.
http://www.knoe.com/fullstory.php?id=1208
"polling places may be in monroe, lafayette, alexandria, baton rouge, places where evacuees are. I think there'll at least be a bill looking at that -- maybe even Houston and outside the state."
I really feel that his biggest problem is a drug habit.
I don't know if Nagin is a racist or a realist. His stance against illegals has been one of the things I agree with him on. He does see the writing on the wall, if illegals flood the workforce there, they will drive down wages, and deteriorate working conditions. Illegals will also be a burden on social services. They can and do take jobs away from Americans and that is a fact. I don't see where that is racist, illegals are illegal and I admire him for not wanting NO to fall into the trap of cheap, illegal labor. I have no idea if his reasoning is caused by "racism" or common sense, but I am tired of people who think someone is a racist because they don't support illegal labor in this country.
You'd rather have native welfare recipients who do nothing but steal, do drugs, and commit murders ?
I don't like illegals either, but they can't be worse than many of the folks who were already there.
The rate of home ownership to non-owner occupation in the Lower 9th Ward was 58%:42%. So, a 60:40 ratio is right on the money. That was one of the highest rates of owner occupation of any neighborhood in the city and higher than the city overall. I have not found exact numbers broken out for other neighborhoods.Also accurate is the statement that they have found that those government checks keep right on a comin' ... and have followed them wherever they have gone.
Many people ... white as well as black ... have had enough of New Orleans. One can hardly blame them for that. These folks do not see their "glass" as even half empty ... it is completely empty ... and shattered beyond repair for them. I can feel only compassion for these folks as they begin anew elsewhere. They are the old New Orleans of the past. I can only wish them well in their new endeavours.
On the other hand, one can have only admiration for those brave souls who are intent upon rebuilding their lives in New Orleans. Many see struggles ahead ... and others see only opportunity in New Orleans. These are the folks who see their "glass" as half full and are intent on filling it to overflowing. Three cheers for these stouthearted, brave souls! More power to them! They are the hope for a new and better New Orleans in the future.
I find it hard to believe the entire native population of NO are theives, drug addicts, and murderers. Many of them had to be doing blue collar work before the hurricanes.
If you think stealing, drug addiction and murder along with many other crimes you can think of won't be there with the illegal population you are very uniformed.
The only thing Nagin cares about is Ray Nagin.
Is he bringing his family back from TX. to chocolate city?
Nagin is not worried about illegals, he is worried his constituency won't come back and he won't be reelected!
There have been persistent hints and whispers and innuendo about this from the very beginning, when he holed up in one of the hotels, and because of his erratic, to say the least, behaviour.But ... is there anything substantive upon which to base such an opinion? Just wondering.
If we clear out all the illegals, the welfare recipients will ahve to take those jobs. Good thing on two counts.
Further confirmation in my mind that the vast majority of racism in America today is blacks who hate whites, not the other way around (though I don't deny that there is some of that).
Maybe this is a good place for urban homesteading.
What is he, Willy Wonka?
Nah, he is just a good old-fashioned race baiter and a complete fool.
Yes illegals can be worse, and will be worse, those of you who don't think so are in for a rude surprise.
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