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Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:53 pmby laxfan25
I think you have to put the Mayor's comments in the context of New Orleans, and it's history. There was a very interesting article in the New Yorker a couple weeks ago on New Orleans, it's police force and some of its history, going back to the Spanish and French, and it's mix of white, black and Creole.
New Orleans is a unique place in America, different from the rest of the country and even different from the rest of Louisiana. I think the mayor was speaking to the local population, and the very real concern as to how the city will be rebuilt and what areas will be allowed to be rebuilt.
Given the events that happened earlier in the century in a previous flooding episode, where the levees were dynamited, flooding one area to "save" another - there may be a basis for some paranoia.
If you are interested in NO, you should check out the article in the New Yorker.
Posted:
Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:58 pmby cjwilhelmi
Apparently, according to the New Orleans mayor, God is mad at America too.
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.
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
Posted:
Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:02 pmby Hackalicious
cjwilhelmi wrote:Apparently, according to the New Orleans mayor, God is mad at America too.
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.
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
Wow. He's really taken a page from the Pat Robertson "God is mad at America" playbook.
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Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:39 amby Timbalaned
Hackalicious wrote:cjwilhelmi wrote:Apparently, according to the New Orleans mayor, God is mad at America too.
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.
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
Wow. He's really taken a page from the Pat Robertson "God is mad at America" playbook.
I thought god was mad at Ariel Sharon?
Posted:
Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:09 amby mbuff
And people wonder why "The Daily Show" and Colbert are so popular!
Reality becomes more fuzzy as truthiness approaches fiction. Or something to that effect.
Posted:
Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:32 pmby monkeylax
Mayor Nagin can't hide anymore, I have uncovered a conspiracy; is it possible he's actually San Antonio Spur Bruce Bowen?!?
Striking similarity
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Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:52 amby Sonny
One suggestion for repairing the SuperDome:
