First of all, thanks to The Political Teen for using my photoshop and linking to me, in addition to a couple others I've seen out there. The image is from my original post on the Nagin "Chocolate" city comments. Read up about the situation there.

First of all, as predicted, the misleadstream media largely gave him a pass on his "God" brought the hurricanes against New Orleans's black people, and that they'll rebuild the city a "chocolate" (read: black) city. Only a few reporters pursued it, compared to the week long "scandal" that was created over Pat Robertson's remarks that paled in comparison to the outrageous way Nagin invoked the will of God, plus Nagin through in a racial component.

Again I have to ask what would have happened if this were some white Republican mayor in a white city calling to rebuild it as a "Vanilla" city?

Now, assuming you're up to date... Let's see what Nagin has to say now. The Political Teen has the video, and you can also find it here via WSDU.com.

Basically the reporter asks for clarification on just the chocolate comments. And Nagin's response would be hilarious if the media hypocrisy surrounding this wasn't so serious. Nagin makes the worst attempt to spin, with no way to backtrack on those comments (transcript also via The Political Teen):

MAYOR RAY NAGIN: Do you know anything about chocolate?

REPORTER: I’m asking you.

NAGIN: I’m asking you.

NAGIN: Do you know anything chocolate? How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That’s the chocolate I’m talking about.

He rambles on a bit more trying to say that "chocolate" means "white and black" working together and "diversity", etc. I don't even think the most dishonest and/or stupid of liberals could possibly buy that. I wouldn't be shocked that some nutty lefties would defend his initial statements, but I don't think that anyone could say that "chocolate" is a statement of "diversity" and "white and black" working together.

He did apologize for the God comments today, but it wasn't like they were a slip or something that we should just let slide with a simple, "I'm sorry" from Nagin. They were a calculated series of comments in which he spoke of God's will, as it pertained to Katrina and black people.

Mayor "Buses" Nagin: ...That is why Nesquik will be the official sponsor of New Orleans.
President Bush: And they call me stupid?! Seriously, who is this guy?

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This is the first time on this blog that I've linked to this NASA "Astronomy Picture of the Day" site, but I may make a habit of it. I check it daily because it almost always has something really cool, and you'll probably find yourself doing the same.

Kind of an odd day to start doing this, because I don't know that today's entry is actually an "astronomy" picture... but it's still cool. Anyway, to look at all past dates, the archives reside here.

Astronomy Picture of the Day for Today - January 17, 2006 (click for larger image/APOD Page & Explanation)

Doesn't seem like many in the blogosphere are familiar with the page (or they don't find it as interesting as I do), but a few do:
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Note: This post was written January 17, 2006. The included photoshop's meaning is being twisted by liberals in August 2006 to be something that it's not. What a shock, dishonesty from liberals! At any rate, here's my reply.

What a nutcase. Apparently Hillary is now equating the troubles of house Democrats, with that of early American slaves!?

Hillary had been playing the moderate role for some time now, even being hawkish on the war, but over the past couple weeks she's been going back to her old liberal roots. However in this speech (video at The Political Teen), she went back to the roots of others.

Via Fox News:

The House "has been run like a plantation, and you know what I'm talking about," said Clinton, D-N.Y. "It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard."

"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence," she said. "I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."

First of all, when did slaves on a plantation try to pass legislation in Congress? I don't think slaves were worried about making arguments, being heard, or passing legislation in Congress... They were a little more concerned with freedom from being beaten to death, hung, and forced to work for no pay for their entire lives. Hillary thinks that Democrats in Congress are worthy of comparison to what the slaves endured!?!?!?

Now I recommend checking out the analysis around the blogosphere that delves deeper into which party is and has been better for black people and racial equality, particularly in recent years. I think with a little research, we all know the truth on that one. The real issue here is just how ridiculous these particular comments are, and what an uproar this would be if anyone on the right said anything even remotely close to this. It seems like the lefties have been in competition with eachother for insanity over the past few days and weeks.

By the way, can we safely say that we've found where Howard Dean has been hiding? It seems that he moved in to Hillary's body shortly before Christmas, and has just learned how to operate her vocal chords. Seriously, as off the wall as it might be even for Dean to say, isn't he the one you can picture saying it?

One should also note (watch entire video) that she goes on to rant that in order to rectify her unspecified complaints, we need to elect Democrats. She doesn't say "We have this great plan to do..." or "Get us in office so we can fix...", she just simply throws out that the solution to the country's problems is to elect Democrats. It reminded me of the many Kerry election speeches about how he had "a plan", but somehow never actually said what it was. Ah, the lesser known "I have a plan" speech.... never quite caught on like MLK Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech for some reason.

There are unconfirmed reports that Hillary has also said she will no longer use the DC Metro Rail in favor of the Underground Railroad before she broke in to song with her rendition of 'Wade on the Water'. Puzzled minions politely clapped.

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