Ray Nagin Whines About Photographers Catching Him Being a Moron
Friday, February 15th, 2008
The above AP photo of America’s New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin, is very similar to a Times-Picayune photo that is causing huge controversy in New Orleans! Nagin and his Chief of Police were showing off the new police assault rifles, and it seems that this photo has been taken out of context. Says the mayor’s office, “The photo was taken out of context, was selected by our own local media and is now showcased across the nation as a mockery of all this city’s recovery efforts.” Yes, mayor’s office, that would be how photography works. Maybe next time don’t go flailing guns everywhere. [Fox News]











It’s safe to say New Orleans has some housing problems these days, as in, people need housing and there isn’t any. The city planned on demolishing 4,500 public housing units today to help that situation and, in response, opponents planned a large protest outside of City Hall. At some point the police must have gotten a little uneasy because they shut the City Hall gates. The protesters broke through and so, naturally, the police beat the living shit out of them. More, plus some video, after the jump.
As if you’re not already sick to death of hearing Presidential candidates opine on everything from health care reform to jewelry, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced this week where the 3 debates between the 2 actual candidates will be held next fall. It was widely expected that New Orleans would be one of the choices, in no small part because 7 of the current candidates asked the Commission to choose it. And the Commission totally took that into account 