Stupidity Knows No Color...

Mayor Ray Nagin. Why does this incompetent mess have any access to a national pulpit? He was actually featured in Esquire magazine in the "What I've Learned" section. I'm not going to dig into his blatant incompetence and utter foolishness for his role in the Katrina Disaster. Think nobody could have done better? Let's compare him to another city's mayor- a larger and more diverse city. Rudy Giuliani. Do you think that he would have fumbled as badly even with a hostile governor? But I digress.

What I want to get into here are Nagin's latest statements. If I didn't know better, I'd swear he came from the same intellectual tradition as Pat Robertson. Nagin's premise is simple. God is mad at America because of our role in the world- specifically going to Iraq on trumped up charges- a matter of opinion. Is he mad at Pakistan too? How's about Thailand, Indonesia and India? What exactly do you have to do to prevent God's wrath. Is He this emotionally unstable? Maybe He truly did make man in his image...

God is mad at black people too. I'm not quite sure how to address this proclamation. It's so stupid that I don't want to dignify it with any significant thought on my part. God is racist too, I suppose. He sees things in racial politics though race is a pure human construct. Ethnicity barely exists. A Swedish bikini model and a Masai warrior have more in common than a pit bull and a chihuahua. It seems that when folks like Nagin and Robertson try to make God powerful, all they succeed in doing is making him small.

Lastly is his chocolate city dream. A few months ago, Nagin was complaining about all the Mexicans coming into New Orleans to rebuild the city. He's terrified that it will change the flavor of the town. His views might have merit but who is he to decide what ethnic group will dominate New Orleans? People live where they want and it's usually where they can find work. Nagin is straight up discriminating so he can have things his own way. This is a seriously spoiled way of looking at the world. See my post on Paia Disney. Nagin wants to create a New Orleans of his fantasy. But that's impossible. His failure as a mayor has created with very situation he is now struggling with.

Mayor Nagin is an incompetent child. He needs to grow up and man up. He's a pathetic excuse for a man and a leader.