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The federal government and natural disasters
Tevi Troy explains at National Review Online why the federal government is not the best place to turn first in times of natural disaster. Beyond all the natural devastation, Katrina…
Ray Nagin
American politician and businessman
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Rathole update
Finally one American politician had the guts to say enough already to pouring tax money into that benighted blighted New Orleans. Republican presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo hits the nail…
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A couple of victories
1) The Dow Jones minority journalism program has been ordered to take all references to minority from its literature and to allow students of all ethnicities into the program. A…
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Ungrateful and inept
This is why I (and I’m sure a lot of Americans) were rooting against the New Orleans Saints in their conference championship game. My compassion fatigue for New Orleans set…
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Re: tough decision
Paul, my sources tell me that the Big Di[saster] has impressed the committee enough that they’ve named Matthew Amorello a finalist for the Mayor Ray Nagin Award for Inconceivable Incompetence…
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Nagin Award update: “Nifong’s to lose”
Earlier I reported that there were two Triangle men up for the first-ever Mayor Ray Nagin Award for Inconceivable Incompetence in the Line of Duty. My source tells me now…
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You’ve got to be kidding
A study just completed on whether blacks are going to move back to Mayor Ray Nagin’s “Chocolate City” was done by …. Brown University.
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Imagine these headlines
David Duke: New Orleans Will Be ‘Vanilla’ Again David Duke: God Wants New Orleans To Be Mostly White Imagine your reaction if former KKK member and Louisianan Duke were saying…
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"I'm on a tight schedule"
Classic Ray Nagin right there. The mayor of New Orleans is too busy to meet with any of the 3,000 Katrina Evacuees still in Charlotte. No, Mayor Ray Nagin has…
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Ray Nagin just didn’t have the right degree!
According to this Cleveland Plain Dealer article “federal officials are touting a college degree as a way to prevent disasters from becoming catastrophes.” Apparently, you can now get a degree…
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OK, let me get this straight
Alex Zaffron is running for Mayor of Carrboro and: 1) He says he can’t afford to buy a house in the town he wants to represent, and 2) Says his…
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NPR on Katrina
NPR just played a series of snippits from private phone conferences between New Orleans officials before and after the storm. No matter how they received these tapes — which might…