Where do you get this from? I was just pointing out another article on it without comment. Kevin you need to stop reading more into what is written. Your biases are showing.
On 1/18/06, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See that's the difference, a Democrat makes a racially insensitive statement > and all is well when he apologizes. A Republican makes a racially > insensitive statement and he could go back in time and single handedly end > slavery thus preventing the Civil War and would still be tarred and > feathered as a racist when he got back. > > Do you honestly think if there was an (R) instead of (D) next to his name > that Ray wouldn't be hearing calls for his resignation? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:26 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Ray Naggin = Pat Roberton > > I also noticed this article in this morning's Washington Post: > http://www.antiwrap.com/?847 > New Orleans Mayor Apologizes for Remarks About God's Wrath > > By Manuel Roig-Franzia > Washington Post Saff Writer > Wednesday, January 18, 2006; A02 > > NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17 -- An avalanche of criticism, stoked by heated > talk-radio rants, forced Mayor C. Ray Nagin to apologize Tuesday for > declaring that God wants New Orleans to be a "chocolate city." > > Nagin, who is black, had said during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day > speech that "this city will be an African American majority city. It's > the way God wants it to be." He also said "God is mad at America" and > "is sending hurricane after hurricane" because He disapproves of the > United States invading Iraq "under false pretenses." > > Nagin's remarks drew a furious reaction from white and black leaders, > as well as residents, in New Orleans, prompting him to tell reporters > Tuesday that the comments were "totally inappropriate." The dustup is > the latest in a series of controversies over remarks made by the > mayor, a former cable television executive elected in 2002 without > experience in elected office. > > Nagin was lambasted by Hispanic leaders last fall for asking a > business group, during a speech, what he could do to prevent New > Orleans from being "overrun by Mexican workers." He also was > criticized for saying shortly after Hurricane Katrina that 10,000 > people had probably been killed in the city, and that there were > rampant rapes and murders taking place at the Louisiana Superdome, > where thousands had sought shelter after the storm. The actual death > toll for the state was closer to 2,000, and journalists and law > enforcement officials have criticized the initial reports of rapes and > murders as grossly exaggerated. > > "I think he should speak less," Loyola University political analyst Ed > Renwick said Tuesday. "He has a reputation of saying the first thing > that comes into his head without thinking it through." > > The pitched reaction to Nagin's remarks reflected tensions in a city > struggling to rebuild. Many of the most deeply flooded, and now > uninhabitable, neighborhoods are predominantly black, leading to > predictions that there will be a huge drop in the black population of > a city that was 67 percent black before the storm. > > Nagin did a round of interviews Tuesday, attempting to defuse the > controversy, which spurred cable television polls and hours of talk > radio debates. "How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, > you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is > the chocolate I am talking about," he told CNN affiliate WDSU-TV in > New Orleans. "New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is > going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive?" > > Nagin, in his King Day speech, took African Americans to task, saying > God is surely upset because "we're not taking care of our children > when you have a community where 70 percent of its children are being > born to one parent." > > In his remarks, the mayor urged black New Orleans to come together. He > implied that white neighborhoods such as Uptown were saying that > blacks would not return but told his predominantly black audience that > "this city will be chocolate at the end of the day." > > Renwick said Nagin may have been trying to shore up support with black > voters. Nagin was elected largely because of support from white > residents, collecting 90 percent of the white vote, while losing in > nearly all predominantly black neighborhoods. But, Renwick said, it is > unclear whether Nagin's remarks were the result of rhetorical > clumsiness or a calculated political move. > > "He's had so many of these . . . I used to think it wasn't > calculating, but now I don't know," Renwick said. "People tend to > think it's another Nagin-ism." > (c) 2006 The Washington Post Company > > > On 1/18/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-5/1137567673272460.xml > > > > Here's another take on the whole issue - "Mayor Wonka and the Chocolate > City" > > > > Enjoy - Russel > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192960 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
