...and black people. He goes on to say that New Orleans will once again be a "corrupt" "crime-ridden" "chocolate" city. Sounds like he took a page from Marion "crackhead" Barry with the last line.

source: Yahoo News

New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.

By BRETT MARTEL, Associated Press WriterMon Jan 16, 6:38 PM ET

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 not taking care of ourselves."

Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a "chocolate" city again. Many of the city's black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina.

"It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans — the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans."

Nagin described an imaginary conversation with King, the late civil rights leader.

"I said, `What is it going to take for us to move on and live your dream and make it a reality?' He said, `I don't think that we need to pay attention any more as much about other folks and racists on the other side.' He said, `The thing we need to focus on as a community — black folks I'm talking about — is ourselves.'"

Nagin said he also asked: "Why is black-on-black crime such an issue? Why do our young men hate each other so much that they look their brother in the face and they will take a gun and kill him in cold blood?"

The reply, Nagin said, was: "We as a people need to fix ourselves first."

Nagin also said King would have been dismayed with black leaders who are "most of the time tearing each other down publicly for the delight of many."

A day earlier, gunfire erupted at a parade to commemorate King's birthday. Three people were wounded in the daylight shooting amid a throng of mostly black spectators, but police said there were no immediate suspects or witnesses.

...and black people. He goes on to say that New Orleans will once again be a "corrupt" "crime-ridden" "chocolate" city. Sounds like he took a page from Marion "crackhead" Barry with the last line.

hahahahah

Now that time has passed since the hurricane... we can now see who  the "real" screw up down there was..

This guy should not be re-elected ...

dude was cursin' in press conferences trying to pass blame and it was HIS actions that started nonsense in NO.

whats also funny is Kanye west has been quiet since making his bonehead statement

hahahahah

Now that time has passed since the hurricane... we can now see who  the "real" screw up down there was..

This guy should not be re-elected ...

To be honest there were alot of other screw-ups down there besides "Mayor Bus" Ray Nagin, like Gov. Kathleen "blank stare" Blanco. And he shouldn't be re-elected, considering he's shown all the leadership of the caboose.

no one has publically blamed nagin for the screw-up but folks say it was Bush who did it.

Yep, and if you remember correctly he was one of those who prepetrated the story of lawless behavior in the Superdome.

The impression I get is that Ray Nagin is a young guy with a good heart who's just overmatched by the challenge Nature has dumped in his lap -- and make no mistake, it's an enormous challenge, to rebuild an American city. 

In many respects, New Orleans would have presented a huge challenge without Katrina. 

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the darker version of Pat Roberston, huh?? Why don't folk leave the God talk alone??

I agree.

The experience of going throug Katrina is reason enough to re-elect Nagin. Folk on the outside (of N.O.) are critical of the crime and poverty in N.O. The ugly side of N.O. didn't begin with Nagin--he has presided over what residents there uplifted as a way of life..and as a tourist city it has been hard to beat. There's no reason to turn him out of office.

No one is taking him to task for the crime and poverty in New Orleans (which is an entirely other matter) they're taking him to task for the way he handled things down there in the wake of the hurricanes. I disagree for the fact that a critical component of elected office like being mayor of a big city like New Orleans is leadership and management (especially during critical times) - a component which he failed. If you recall, this is the same person who made poor choices (like using the Superdome for an emergency shelter during a category 3 storm when he was specifically told a year ago not to), blamed others for his choices (like his profanity-laced diatribe on radio asking for buses when there were a lot of school buses sitting blocks from the Superdome unused), his blatant exaggeration of lawlessness and anarchy in New Orleans (remember the murders and rapes that he said were happening in the Superdome and Convention Center that come to find out never really happened), misinformation - like the number of people who died, and allowing and encouraging evacuees to come back to the city (against the advice of Federal authorities) when it was getting ready to hit by another hurricane. And you think this guy deserves to be re-elected? In my opinion the answer is no, but then again I don't live there.

i remember and the press went inside and saw nothing like that

He and the former police chief (Eddie Compass) repeated this same lie on Oprah.

he also stated 20,000 dead in NO. That chrome-dome was lying like crazy to get attention

Yep, I remember that too. I don't think the final numbers even reached 1000.

One of the truly distressing things to me about Katrina and those ugly false rumors being spread around about the behavior of black folks during the disaster is that, in many cases, it was black NOPD cops spreading them. I know this because I had some of those rumors told to me directly by black NOPD officers when the National Guard unit I was embedded with, 2/185 Armor Regiment, arrived in-city.

Really disappointing.

I remember hearing that too. And yes, it is disappointing because those rumors actually hindered relief and rescue efforts.