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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/index.html

I actually believe his apology. Because he didn't apologize for what he said, he apologized for the way it was construed.

However, I think that in the future the mayor of New Orleans and the city itself would be best served if he never spoke again. :p

Now I'm disappointed that they won't be building chocolate buildings and paving the streets with chocolate.


That is what he meant... right?

Personally, I think he's damaged the language. Now, it's going to be impossible to use the word "chocolate" without someone trying to attach some sort of racial overtone to it.

Gah, it's actually this I find most offensive:
After the statement, he insisted he wasn't being divisive.
"How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about," he said.
That's bullshit. It's not what he meant and he knows it. I hate it when people do that - you either apologize or you don't, but if you do, do it right and don't just make up stuff.

Mmmmh....chocolate. *drools and wanders off looking for a black person*

Mmmmh....chocolate. *drools and wanders off looking for a black person*
So, you're going to walk up and lick them?

So, you're going to walk up and lick them?

Ask them to jump in some milk. :)

So, you're going to walk up and lick them?

Sounds like a wonderful plan to me. Many black men are just plain old lickable.

So, you're going to walk up and lick them?

*drools* Hehehehehheh. >.>

....

Mmmh...white chocolate....*lumbers towards you*

Gah, it's actually this I find most offensive:

That's bullshit. It's not what he meant and he knows it. I hate it when people do that - you either apologize or you don't, but if you do, do it right and don't just make up stuff.
Not to mention that's how you make chocolate milk. The chocolate in that analogy is already made ("...you take dark chocolate...") which made the whole thing sort of nonsensical.

Personally, I think he's damaged the language. Now, it's going to be impossible to use the word "chocolate" without someone trying to attach some sort of racial overtone to it.
You can't be saying that you've never heard that before...

Oi! Zombie!


However, I think that in the future the mayor of New Orleans and the city itself would be best served if he never spoke again.

As do I. Where are all these polticians who cannot speak coming from ?

I like this guy's comment:
Resident Alex Gerhold called Nagin's remarks "stupid" and "pitiful."
"He used the wrong dairy product to describe us. We're more Neapolitan, not chocolate," Gerhold said. "It doesn't do the city any kind of justice."
Let's see...Neopolitan:
Chocolate - them black folks
Vanilla - them white folks
Strawberry - them...them...I know! them redneck folks!

yup. Definitely a neopolitan city.

I like this guy's comment:

Let's see...Neopolitan:
Chocolate - them black folks
Vanilla - them white folks
Strawberry - them...them...I know! them redneck folks!

yup. Definitely a neopolitan city.
Strawberry in Napoleon is a little pinker...I think you know where I'm going with this...

Mmmh...white chocolate....*lumbers towards you*

Man, this is hard. First I had to resist answering in a way that would totally lower the tone of this thread.

Then I remembered just in time that I can't even throw in a harmless "Yep, white chocolate is the best!" because the kind mayor has made sure that chocolate appreciation will be inherently racist from now on (well, at least in this thread it will).

Argh, what's a girl to do??

Hey LG!
you're famous!
"It was an unfortunate goofball statement for him to make," Washington said. "All it has really done is make the city look just a little bit more ridiculous."
I didn't realise you were that close to the mayor of New Orleans.
What's the next goofball statement ya think he'll plagurise?
"We boink like horny otters", maybe?

Nagin exposed himself as a racist piece of shit from the first moment he ever captured national attention. He's inept and ignorant and nothing is his fault-its all the fault of the man, etc...
Every time he opens his mouth now, he has attention. And every time he has attention, he will say something stupid.

Its comical that he remains in office.

**on Monday, Nagin said God wanted New Orleans to be predominantly black and said he didn't care what the predominantly white Uptown section of the city had to say about it.

"I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day," he said. "This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be."**



Okay 2 main problems. Firstly he appologised saying chocolate is both black and white, and he wasn't "racist". But not only does he say he wanted one race to be more common than another in his own city but then hes another one of those people saying he knows what God wants him to do. A racist, an idiot and fundamentalist, Garr I love America but stuff like that makes em no different than the middle east.

Hey LG!
you're famous!

I didn't realise you were that close to the mayor of New Orleans.
What's the next goofball statement ya think he'll plagurise?
"We boink like horny otters", maybe?

He definitely should have used some of my more fortunate goofball statements. :p

Strawberry in Napoleon is a little pinker...I think you know where I'm going with this...OMG!! There are commies in New Orleans?!!? ;)

Now I'm disappointed that they won't be building chocolate buildings and paving the streets with chocolate.


That is what he meant... right?

He did. But then he saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Personally, I think he's damaged the language. Now, it's going to be impossible to use the word "chocolate" without someone trying to attach some sort of racial overtone to it.

Actually I think that description is rather old.

Man, this is hard. First I had to resist answering in a way that would totally lower the tone of this thread.

Then I remembered just in time that I can't even throw in a harmless "Yep, white chocolate is the best!" because the kind mayor has made sure that chocolate appreciation will be inherently racist from now on (well, at least in this thread it will).

Argh, what's a girl to do??

Eat some chocolate! *Munch* *munch* *muffle*
Mmmmmmmm :p

*Hands Whereyouthinkyougoing a handful of chocolates, a merry selection of plain, white AND dark pieces*

Garr I love America but stuff like that makes em no different than the middle east.

*snickers*
White's in New Orleans beware!
------------The mayor, in a suprise move Friday, has hired Black Nationalist groups from around the globe to psyically boot Caucasians from New Orleans. They have been authorized and encouraged to use tactics that induce fear within the Caucasians, including but not limited to;
Strategic bomb strikes
Assasinations of dissenters & rebels

:rolleyes: Righttt

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/index.html

I actually believe his apology. Because he didn't apologize for what he said, he apologized for the way it was construed.

However, I think that in the future the mayor of New Orleans and the city itself would be best served if he never spoke again. :p
Let me get this right. You believe the apology of a politician?

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(I just pulled a stomach muscle)


Edit - I would however believe him if he said "I'm sorry I didn't get away with it."

Nagin exposed himself as a racist piece of shit from the first moment he ever captured national attention. He's inept and ignorant and nothing is his fault-its all the fault of the man, etc...
Every time he opens his mouth now, he has attention. And every time he has attention, he will say something stupid.

Its comical that he remains in office.

he's almost as pathetic as marion barry down in d.c. was when he was in office.

this isn't intended or meant in the slightest as rascist at all.but why in the hell does a predominently minority population elect complete twits to these high offices?
their is without a doubt numerous highly qualified and educated minorities that could do so much more for them ,without the buffonish comments and bizarre behaviour.

it baffles me,one could argue the same about bush hole,however the dems did not put out ANY quality opponents.so bush i guess was the lesser of 2 evils,whereas,i personally know many minorities that are worlds better then some of the idiots like nagin/barry that are in office now.:confused:

why in the hell does a predominently minority population elect complete twits to these high offices?Perhaps, for the same reasons a majority(?) elected a complete twit in 2000 and 2004? There are plenty of examples of elected minorities doing good jobs. It's just not news, whereas idiocy plays well in Peoria.

He's not sorry that he made those racist comments. He's just sorry that he didn't get away with it. Also, why is he trying to tell us that he wanted the City of New Orleans be covered in Chocolate Milk? Ummm k... What was he smoking when he made this speech? I think someone got the munchies.

Its comical that he remains in office.

Don't mock Divine Intervention.

..city elections are postponed because of the disruptions caused by Katrina..
And we all know Katrina was brought on by God, and his wrath against the chocolate infidels.

But then, again, it also seems to be haven been His will for them to be there in the first place, if I interpret Nagin's comment(s) correctly. America is confusing...

OMG!! There are commies in New Orleans?!!? ;)

Hey! Get your terms right! That would be socialists! ;)

chocolate infidels.


Hey! That could be a Ben and Jerry's brand name!

Eat some chocolate! *Munch* *munch* *muffle*
Mmmmmmmm :p

*Hands Whereyouthinkyougoing a handful of chocolates, a merry selection of plain, white AND dark pieces*

You're right, chocolate solves every problem. And thanks for all that merrily selected chocolate, but I must request the chocolate not being of American origin. 'Coz American chocolate sucks. Sucks. There, I said it.

Hey! That could be a Ben and Jerry's brand name!
What would be in it? I just had some Half Baked straight out of the container (the only way to eat it, IMHO) and have already forgotten half of what was in it - it's just too much for my little frostbitten brain.

What would be in it?
It should relate to the topic on hand, so I'd recomment it to be a spin-off of Chunky Monkey, therewith making it mandatory to contain walnut and banana. Oh, and chocolate.

It should relate to the topic on hand, so I'd recomment it to be a spin-off of Chunky Monkey, therewith making it mandatory to contain walnut and banana. Oh, and chocolate.
Okay, this has bothered me the whole time it was sitting on top of the first page and this stupid forum was "read only", so I had to dig it up just to post, sorry.

Not Chunky Monkey! Chunky Monkey is so reserved for if we're ever designing a George W. themed ice cream. Though we should call it Curious George then to avoid a copyright war with Ben & Jerry.

Not Chunky Monkey! Chunky Monkey is so reserved for if we're ever designing a George W. themed ice cream. Though we should call it Curious George then to avoid a copyright war with Ben & Jerry.

Everything But The..?

It should relate to the topic on hand, so I'd recomment it to be a spin-off of Chunky Monkey, therewith making it mandatory to contain walnut and banana. Oh, and chocolate.

How about black beans and rice, after the famous Nawlins red beans and rice, , but w/o the red beans. I've actually had black bean ice cream and rice ice cream here in japan, and both were damned tasty. Of course, the Japanese will put just about anything in their ice cream - including octopus and raw horse flesh - see:
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/020701ice/3.html
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/040701ice/1.html

How about black beans and rice, after the famous Nawlins red beans and rice, , but w/o the red beans. I've actually had black bean ice cream and rice ice cream here in japan, and both were damned tasty. Of course, the Japanese will put just about anything in their ice cream - including octopus and raw horse flesh - see:
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/020701ice/3.html
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/040701ice/1.html
The other day I had white pepper ice cream here. Tasted like white pepper. And ice cream.
Also on the menu was durian ice cream, but I refuse to eat something that smells that bad. And then there was pandango icecream, which wasn't bad, but what the hell's a pandango?
The ginger ice cream was nice.

The other day I had white pepper ice cream here. Tasted like white pepper. And ice cream.
Also on the menu was durian ice cream, but I refuse to eat something that smells that bad.

Fruit such as pepper (although not commonly thought as such, it is a fruit, but you knew that, right?) and durian, I can see easily in ice cream, but meat? That's just wrong. And if you look through the rest of the links there, you'll find such wonders as various sorts of fish, squid, beef tounge, and fried chicken. All nice and tasty, but not for ice cream... Where's the vomiting smilie when I need it!?!

And then there was pandango icecream, which wasn't bad, but what the hell's a pandango?
The ginger ice cream was nice.

As far as I know pandango is either the "money dance" done at Philipino (and Hawiian) weddings or peer-to-peer seach software.