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- Nagin is a buffoon and it amazes me how he has any credibility whatsoever. When asked about the lack of progress in cleaning the city he points to the work of the Army Corps of Engineers; their progress is due to the fact that the mayor is NOT in charge of them.
Furthermore, the mayor never answered the question about why the home and car on that street were still there; instead he blamed private homeowners (who obviously don't possess the means to take care of the problem) and then he deflected attention to New York (which was cleaned up ahead of schedule as compared to all preliminary estimates.)
Finally, he blames red tape for delays; red tape for which he is primarily responsible and is in the best position to cut through.
It's high time he stops deflecting blame and starts taking care of business.
As far as the ignorant, racist comment from Leonard Moore, the place where the "white folks go to sit down and sleep" is also a FEMA trailer. - Reply to this comment
- The main difference between N.O. and N.Y.C. is that during their respective disasters the police and firemen in N.Y.C. ran TOWARDS the disaster area and the police and firemen in N.O. ran AWAY from the disaster area.
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- Aren't some people taking Ray Nagin N.Y. comment a little too far. The reporter was trying to attack Nagin and he replied like why wasn't anyone attacking any place else that had a disaster. The main focus should be about bringing the people back home and protecting them from experiencing another flood of the city. The area destroyed was a lot larger than what was destroyed in N.y.
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- First, I can't believe Nagin was re-elected. His comment about NYC not being able to do something about their "hole" in the ground is proof of his being an absolute idiot. If OPRAH can get Habitat to YOUR city to rebuild, why can't Nagin? As more time passes his city residents settle more into a city that they had to be evacuated to. An independant company needs to be set up to lead the rebuilding of New Orleans - get the politicians OUT of IT. Maybe New Orleans needs to hire Oprah?? Maybe New Orleans needs to invest in DUCK TAPE for Nagin's mouth, it seems he's ALWAYS opening it and saying the most PROFOUND statements.
Can someone tell me about the men behind the girls at the debutante ball wearing the KKK like hoods? I had to rewind my Tivo to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
I really like Nagin knocking his knuckles up against the concrete wall like kicking his tires on his car - way to go!!! - Reply to this comment
- I had to send an email to 60 Minutes on this one. Will SOMEONE please tell me who these Ku Klux Klan
look-alikes were? I have a hard time
believing that no one in the 60 Minutes camp thought the photos might be a tad inflammatory and warrant at least a cursory explanation. - Reply to this comment
- Nagin is truly a good example of a person who dose not think before he/she speaks. The question is: is it the love of airtime or is he one that trying to keep it real and thats when keeping it real goes wrong? The statement about contacting private property owners for permission to clean up. Common sense and eye contact hello look around Nagin things are totally distroyed and useless. The property owner may be deceased or unable to travel back to New Orleans on his one way ticket. Why not bring the people back home and contact Habitat and have them train them to build Habitat homes. I am more then sure everyone would come to together and help one another rebuild New Orleans. Are you still rebuilding your home a year later or did you get yours done first. How many chocolates were there in New Orleans to vote you back into your chocolate city. Unbelievable even you don't know what to call us. Thats why some of us are divided and confused now. Black not hispanic, Negro, other, now Chocolate? I guess we will have to tell our children "honey" Don't check anything on that form until they start listing chocolate as a choice....
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- I'AM GLAD I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAUGHT THE PICTURE OF THE DEBUTANTE BALL WITH THE GUYS STANDING IN THE PHOTO DRESSED AS KKK MEMBERS.WHY DIDN'T THE CORRESPONDENT DIDN'T MENTION IT IN HIS INTERVIEW.
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- I agree, an explanation for the hoods would be nice. I saw them also. My husband and I gave each other "Oh, my God!!!" looks at this part of the segment. So we are also sure we saw it.
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- Why did you show the KKK on your 60 minutes show today in the background of the debutante ball pictures and not explain it?
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- Could you respond to the "hooded KKK-like" individuals illustrated in the debutante pictures.
Thank you. - Reply to this comment
