Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory........or should I say Ray Nagin and New Orleans?
In his recent speech, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin called for a rebuilding of a "chocolate" New Orleans. The metaphor doesn't end there. He goes on to say:

"I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day."
and he continues.... "God is mad at America" because of our involvement in Iraq. That's why "he's sending hurricane after hurricane." He's also "upset at Black America."

Wow, I guess I missed the day that Ray Nagin and God sat down together and had a nice little heart-to-heart. I must not have gotten that memo.

When questioned about what some consider his racially divisive comments, Nagin says:

"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,"
"New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive? It is white and black working together, coming together and making something special."

Hey Mr. Nagin -- Way to attempt to make a racially motivating speech on the same day the rest of the country is honoring Martin Luther King. How sad that on the same day you have MLK's amazing speeches being replayed against Ray Nagin's call for "All Chocolates, Unite!"
Yeah, thats the way to gain respect and power, reduce your people to an edible treat.

Ray's speech left one question unanswered for me. Where will the Oompa Loompas live?