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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Mayor Ray Nagin told a Senate committee Monday he doesn't see the will to fix his hurricane-battered city when compared with the billions spent on the war in Iraq. "I think it's more class than anything, but there's racial issues associated with it also," Nagin said. Nagin also asked for Congress to change the laws and regulations to speed up the flow of federal aid. "From my perspective, not having the resources at the local level is the absolute killer of this recovery," Nagin told the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is...

NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new evacuation strategy for New Orleans on Tuesday that relies more on buses and trains and eliminates the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters. "There will be no shelter of last resort in the event of a major hurricane coming our way," Nagin declared. The mayor, facing a runoff election May 20, has been widely criticized for failing to get the city's most vulnerable residents out of town as Hurricane Katrina approached. The Superdome and Morial Convention Center became a scene of misery for days after the Aug. 29 hurricane as thousands...

Are you there, God? It's us, the Steelers By Eric Heyl TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, January 18, 2006 As overtaxed as God has been lately, something was bound to slip His mind. That's not a bad thing for Steelers fans. The black and gold wouldn't be playing for the AFC Championship in Denver this Sunday were it not for the Supreme Being's uncharacteristic forgetfulness. Don't take it from me. Take it from the folks who are more familiar with His crazy, frantic, forced-to-TiVo "Lost" schedule of late -- or at least those who claim to be. According to them, God has been...

Just wanted to share a number of photoshops I was inspired to create and share in my blog posts so far this week. (Not enough hours in the day to get Gore, Belafonte and the rest) From:NOLA Mayor Nagin Wants A Chocolate New Orleans From:Mayor Nagin's New Orleans Chocolate Factory Explained... From:Mayor Nagin's New Orleans Chocolate Factory Explained... Mayor "Buses" Nagin: ...That is why Nesquik will be the official sponsor of New Orleans.President Bush: And they call me stupid?! Seriously, who is this guy? From: and Hillary Clinton Tubman Lets Loose on Congressional Plantation. 'Wade in the Water' Hill.

Reform Jewish Leader Responds to New Orleans Mayor Comments Linking God and Destruction from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita In response to the comments made by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin stating "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country," Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement noting, “Mayor Nagin’s comments yesterday, suggesting that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck our land because, ‘God is mad at America’ are offensive, misguided, and perhaps even more to the point,...

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...

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...

City Of New Orleans Mayors Office of Communications 1300 Perdido Street, Suite 2E04 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 504-658-4940 C. Ray Nagin [Mayor] MAYOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2005 Town Hall Meeting in Atlanta to be Rescheduled (New Orleans, LA) The Town Hall Meeting scheduled in Atlanta on Saturday, November 12, 2005, has been postponed. In an effort to address the concerns of New Orleanians who have been displaced from their homes and relocated to the Atlanta area, the meeting will be rescheduled for a later date in December. For more information, please contact the Mayor’s Press Office at...

In case you aren't familiar with how our government is SUPPOSED to work: The chain of responsibility for the protection of the citizens in New Orleans is: 1. The Mayor 2. The New Orleans director of Homeland Security (a political appointee of the Governor who reports to the Governor) 3. The Governor 4. The Head of Homeland Security 5. The President What did each do? 1. The mayor, with 5 days advance, waited until 2 days before he announced a mandatory evacuation (at the behest of the President). The he failed to provide transportation for those without transport even though...

New Orleans' local newspaper, the Times-Picayune, is blasting President Bush for his handling of response to Hurricane Katrina, and is calling for heads to roll within his administration. "Every official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be fired, Director Michael Brown especially," the paper states today in an open letter to Bush in its print edition.

WARNING - PROFANITY --NOT FOR CHILDREN* Folks, as I think this has potential to become the ALL-TIME MOST FAMOUS DISASTER QUOTE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, and in light of the total cover-up today by the MSM, I cannot bring myself to censor it. And we simply HAVE to scare up the exact quote from somewhere. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tonight, FoxNews ran a banner headline, "N.O. mayor issues S.O.S." Even FoxNews buried the truth way down deep. Here's what the mayor ACTUALLY said...... The CEO of the hospital, along with a physician both heard this today from the mouth of New Orleans Mayor Ray...

  Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00'The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating'... On an earlier FR thread, we learned that the BBC has determined that Ray Nagin, mayor of the devastated city of New Orleans, Louisiana, has "genuinely heroic" qualities. I've started this thread to make it easy to keep track of those decisions of Mayor Nagin that can only be described as heroic....