Monday, May 22, 2006
Nagin Re-Elected Just In Time For Hurricane Season ...
Brilliant, folks. Just. Frickin'. Brilliant.
Scratchin' Noggin Nagin's been re-elected to be Mayor of New Orleans -- and just in time for hurricane season, too. Yes, indeedy -- after letting more than a thousand of his constituents die in the flooding, the rest of them have put him back into office. If you want to read the cloying New York Times article, click here.
However, the Chicago Sun-Times, title link, almost gets it right:
Of course, in Chicago, they vote out politicians who can't keep the snow ploughed ... with the result that, whatever else goes on in the city -- the snow will get ploughed until two years after Armageddon.
I remember Nagin's unbelieveable slap in the fact racist comment about how God intended New Orleans being a chocolate community. After alot of us "non-chocolate" folk donated time, money and housing to help the community after Katrina. So, after proclaiming New Orleans to be a "chocolate city," I suppose it's okay with him and his constituents if we vanilla, butterscotch and even cinnamon folks keep spending money on them, huh?
His being re-elected to Mayor indicates to me that most of the city agrees with him. Kind of like the election of Hamas into office in the Palestinian territories indicates to me that most Palestinians prefer murder.
I'm just grateful that the charity Red Hot Cuppa Politics picked to help involved livestock rescue. There are times when humans seem beyond help.
Ohwell. As a commentator said last night -- Nagin couldn't seem to get the buses rolling to get his people out of New Orleans for the hurricane, but boy could he bus them back in to vote!
(graphic from the geniuses at Danegerus; picked up from PlusUltra) ¶ 7:45 AM
Brilliant, folks. Just. Frickin'. Brilliant.Scratchin' Noggin Nagin's been re-elected to be Mayor of New Orleans -- and just in time for hurricane season, too. Yes, indeedy -- after letting more than a thousand of his constituents die in the flooding, the rest of them have put him back into office. If you want to read the cloying New York Times article, click here.
However, the Chicago Sun-Times, title link, almost gets it right:
NEW ORLEANS -- The mayoral election Saturday that returned Ray Nagin to office was split largely along racial lines, but both candidates got one-fifth crossover votes.Well, I did say almost. Demographically, blacks make up more than 67 percent of New Orleans, although to be fair, I don't know what percentage made it back into the city to vote.
Analysts said that boded well for the future of New Orleans, where deep racial divides were exposed after Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding plans raised questions about the future of some black neighborhoods ...
Of course, in Chicago, they vote out politicians who can't keep the snow ploughed ... with the result that, whatever else goes on in the city -- the snow will get ploughed until two years after Armageddon.
I remember Nagin's unbelieveable slap in the fact racist comment about how God intended New Orleans being a chocolate community. After alot of us "non-chocolate" folk donated time, money and housing to help the community after Katrina. So, after proclaiming New Orleans to be a "chocolate city," I suppose it's okay with him and his constituents if we vanilla, butterscotch and even cinnamon folks keep spending money on them, huh?
His being re-elected to Mayor indicates to me that most of the city agrees with him. Kind of like the election of Hamas into office in the Palestinian territories indicates to me that most Palestinians prefer murder.
I'm just grateful that the charity Red Hot Cuppa Politics picked to help involved livestock rescue. There are times when humans seem beyond help.
Ohwell. As a commentator said last night -- Nagin couldn't seem to get the buses rolling to get his people out of New Orleans for the hurricane, but boy could he bus them back in to vote!
(graphic from the geniuses at Danegerus; picked up from PlusUltra) ¶ 7:45 AM
