Tuesday, January 17, 2006
To: All Useless Civic Leaders- From: God- Re: I'm Not Mad At Anyone, So Stop It
Continuing the level of class that he showed post-Katrina, New Orleans Mayor (there’s a position that’s on the level and free of any corruption) Ray Nagin has suggested that God is mad at America.
Not to long ago Pat Robinson pulled the ‘God is mad’ card out and he was immediately branded as whack-job (well, more so than he already was that is) and rightfully so. Although this Nagin is getting his share of backlash, he’s not nearly getting it as bad as Robinson.
There’s another point here- about the “chocolate” remark. I want you to imagne for one second the upheaval that would occur if any white politician (especially a republican) described a city’s African American population as “chocolate.” The calling for a resignation would wait all of a nano-second.
Also try to imagine if a white politician suggested that God wanted a city of one race- say a vanilla city, why that would be- racist.
So I guess it bears the obvious, something that the left needs a reminder of every so often- yes, minorities can be moronic bigots too.
During the January 16 event, Mayor Nagin said: "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on our country… God also wants a "chocolate New Orleans," referring to the city's predominantly-black makeup prior to Katrina. Demographic predictions suggest the rebuilt city will be smaller and more racially diverse."
Not to long ago Pat Robinson pulled the ‘God is mad’ card out and he was immediately branded as whack-job (well, more so than he already was that is) and rightfully so. Although this Nagin is getting his share of backlash, he’s not nearly getting it as bad as Robinson.
There’s another point here- about the “chocolate” remark. I want you to imagne for one second the upheaval that would occur if any white politician (especially a republican) described a city’s African American population as “chocolate.” The calling for a resignation would wait all of a nano-second.
Also try to imagine if a white politician suggested that God wanted a city of one race- say a vanilla city, why that would be- racist.
So I guess it bears the obvious, something that the left needs a reminder of every so often- yes, minorities can be moronic bigots too.
