As far as blog content goes, it's almost a shame Mayor Nagin apologized so quickly for his MLK day lunacy, because I could have squeezed a week's worth of material out of those quotes (see previous post). 'Course, recent blogging here at YRHT has been so spotty and infrequent that a lack of content should be the least of my concerns. Anyway, here are a couple of things that still bother me about Nagin's words.
For a city going on three hundred years old, why did God wait until 1970 or so before fulfilling his desire for New Orleans to become a "black-majority city"? And why did God employ the white flight occurring after public-school desegration to achieve his ends? One wonders: Were civil rights advocates like Martin Luther King who spoke of racial unity and harmony actually hindering God's "chocolate city" plan? Further, if so-called "white" New Orleanians like myself move to the Northshore, are we acting in accordance with the Divine order?
What is God's definition of "black" and "white", anyway? Racial categories seem like a rather crude tool for an omniscient Godhead to use. Does God go by the "one drop" rule, or is the Creator a bit less stringent? What about all those light skinned Creoles who can "pass" as white? Is God in favor of a mere 51% black majority for New Orleans, or is his will a veto-proof 66%+ supermajority? So many questions come to mind.
Mayor Nagin declared that he had a conversation with Pastor Martin Luther King Monday morning. What did one of the great orators of the 20th century say to da Mayor? What did King, a philosopher of nonviolence who never had trouble finding inspirational words to describe the love in his heart tell Mayor Ray-Ray? What wise observations about New Orleans did he have for Nagin?
According to our mayor, King said he was "not happy".
Wow, thank you for passing that along! What better way to honor an eloquent American hero than by figuratively stuffing his mouth with marbles? Why bother reading King's speeches, letters and sermons when you can talk directly to him, and report to stricken New Orleanians that he's "not happy"?
What an insult to a great man! Fewer things could piss me off so thoroughly.
In other news, Mayor Nagin said he had tea with a famous Nazarene who described himself as "somewhat miffed" at current events.
Fascinating.
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Update: Apparently Nagin avoided an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper by claiming he had an emergency to attend to. CNN later found him dining at the Bourbon House in the Quarter.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
"Not Happy"?
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So, oyster. Any rational alternatives come to mind? I'm not worried about the old Dem vs. Repub tags. What I'd like to see is New Orleans elect someone who doesn't piss off the world with unthinking comments, then duck CNN crews.
The next Mayor of New Orleans will have plenty on his (or her) plate without making enemies of his constituents.
Our great mayor behaved like any drunken fraternity boy would on an early Monday morning at the beginning of the semester.
He made outrageous comments and spent several days trying to apologize for such complete racist, narrow view points.
He is not a politician.
He is a businessman.
One who is about to be cut from this job.
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dillyberto, at
5:17 PM
Exactly! Just like a drunken frat boy! I knew I was on to something yesterday. Also Nagin probably would have understood his seance with MLK more clearly if King had reminded him to turn his radio down first.
Check out what this guy had to say about the whole issue:
http://mcbourniescolumn.blogspot.com
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5:33 PM
I'm right with everybody trashing the mayor and eager to replace. However, CNN's bit was a cheap shot. If they reported every politician who blew them off for an "emergency," they'd never report anything else. Anderson Cooper's "report" is what NFL referees call "piling on." Thanks, Anderson, you self-congratulating twit.
But again, Nagin's lost it. He's insane. Next? I vote Benny Grunch.
Yeah, Anderson had his high point of his career when he bitch-slapped the Governess. Now, he's basically wallowing in the journalistic cess pool, happy that he's got mom's inheritance coming his way.
I second Benny Grunch. Or Buddy D: "Vote for the dead guy. It's important".
Jeffrey, you were definitely on to somepin yesterday, especially the "runnin' for cover" part.
Paw: not sure how "rational" he is in your book, but I'd take Mitch Landrieu in a second. He pretended to recognize me when I met him for the second time and I appreciated that.
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