Posted on 01/24/2006 8:32:43 PM PST by Former Military Chick
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Mayor Ray Nagin's Martin Luther King Day remark that New Orleans will once again be a "chocolate city" has spawned a cottage industry of T-shirts.
There are the "Chocolate City Police" shirts, which say "I'm not bitter" on the back, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. And then there are T-shirts that feature Nagin as Willy Wonka.
Dolph Federico, who peddles the Willy Nagin shirts at imnotchocolate.com, said he has received orders from as far away as Norway and Malaysia.
"No hard feelings, Ray," he said. "We're just trying to have fun."
The mayor's statement, an attempt to deal with complaints that his plans for rebuilding the city would exclude poor blacks, have brought him a lot of attention, probably more than he wanted.
"It will be in his obituary," University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato told the newspaper. "I hate to tell the mayor that, but it will be in his obituary. Hurricane Katrina may be the central part of it, but the 'chocolate city' comments will be in there too."
I had caught his remarks on the news, have to say, those standing with him looked mighty uncomfortable after he said those remarks.
There is no excuse.
I guess he just doesn't want white folks moving into his town. He does not want diversity. He wants it to be the way it was before the hurricane.
I can say this, he is leaving a bitter feeling in folks and he is in public office I am tired of him saying he is human and he makes mistakes.
This reminds me of the intramural sports team made up of many indians that named their team the "Fighting Whites."
I agree with both of you. A white person saying this would have been crucified. No excuse and not a joke.
From Crescent City to Chocolate City via hurricane and an idiot mayor.
Just like the reporting of crime by the nedia. They never say the race of the perp if he/she is not white.
Wait until you see the costumes of Nagin for Mardi Gras!
I see a cottage industry popping up!
Mardi Gras Chocolate Bunnies.
I guess it could be worse. How would you like to be a Rainbow Sherbet in a Chocolate town?
I think it should be "The Apple Pie City" or "The Creme Brulee City" or "The White Bread Pudding City" or "The Tuna On Whole Wheat City" or "The Mac And Cheese City".
Stop me before I go on.
I still have my two Fighting Whites tee shirst
He was just trying to tell everyone that NOLA is a cocoalossal city.
All I can say is N.O. is a city I will probably never visit. Thanks, Mayor Nagin!
I think they will have to come up with a new name for N.O. Chocolate City is taken. There's a town right here in WI that is called The Chocolate City because they make Nestlie
Bars there. The name of the city is Burlington, and that is also the city that used to host the Burlington Liar's Club long ago.
There was a piece on cnn tonight about the number of websites selling this kind of stuff. One site has generated $17,000 worth of tee shirt sales in less than a week. It will be his last office. The clown might as well move to Houston.
He is now the Admiral of NOLA..
That mayor had the life-cycle of a rock. Dumber than dirt. (sorry for the redundancies)
I do not understand the demographics of that part of the state. However, my understanding is that that many Americans are making contributions. Given that the black population in America is 13%, then the remainder is 87%. Ergo, based upon Nagin's statement, then 83% of Americans should be pi$$ed off. Nagin is a jerk. And, quite frankly, with the lootings, corruption, murders, rapes, the town can sink. The man... nevermind. /rant
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