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 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.

 

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Wow, I can't believe people voted for this guy.

God is made at Nagin for being such a bureaucratic dumbass before Katrina. And thanks for ruining a day that is supposed to be the memory of civil rights for all in America.

God is mad at a lot of people. The US, the Pacific, Pakistan, etc.

So if the "creation" of storms indicates anger, wouldn't the existence of infectious and fatal diseases indicate anger at everyone?

 

Seriously, I can't believe people actually voted for this guy.

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.

George Bush and God both hate black people, apparently.

This mayor is a douche.

His comment are pretty ridiculous.

 

However, I will cut him some slack because he's the mayor of a devastated city that is struggling to rebuild, and I would not want to be in his position right now.

Down here Nagin clarified his "choclate" comment. It was kind of funny. Reporter asked him if he thought the comments were divisive. He responded by asking if he knew how choclate was made. He said you take dark choclate and mix it with white milk to make a delicious drink. So yeah, he isnt a very good speaker.

Down here Nagin clarified his "choclate" comment. It was kind of funny. Reporter asked him if he thought the comments were divisive. He responded by asking if he knew how choclate was made. He said you take dark choclate and mix it with white milk to make a delicious drink. So yeah, he isnt a very good speaker.

 

LMAO

 

Nagin is such an idiot.

Don't get me wrong if my town gets wiped out, I want a pro-active advocate like Nagin repping me, but these comments sound like they came from Iran's prez.

...or the 700 Club.

Last night, a biographer covering Katrina said that evidence will come to light very soon that Nagin has had more than one nervous breakdown since the hurricane hit the city, and isn't "playing with a full deck."

He & Pat Robertson ought to hook up.

 

Both apparently have a lot of followers, yet are clearly off their rocker.

He's blamed everyone else for his City's problems. Why not God?

He's blamed everyone else for his City's problems. Why not God?

 

 

No kidding. He really failed his city before, during, and after Katrina.

Oh my god...Jon Stewart in the daily show just had an amazing segment on this!! Nagin - " Do you know how you get chocolate? Well, you just find some dark chocolate....and get some white chocolate, and itll make one hell of a drink. We will rebuild new orleans with chocolate"

Last night, a biographer covering Katrina said that evidence will come to light very soon that Nagin has had more than one nervous breakdown since the hurricane hit the city, and isn't "playing with a full deck."

And this person is fit to stand at the head of a city? If this is the case, he needs to be removed so a competent official can take charge.