Remembering Honesty

For so very long has the United States peddled lies as truth. Now, witness the backlash. Honesty and sincerity is pouring out of that country and touching people around the world.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in an interview on WWL Radio:

And I'll tell you, man, I'm probably going get in a whole bunch of trouble. I'm probably going to get in so much trouble it ain't even funny. You probably won't even want to deal with me after this interview is over.

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But we authorized $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick. After 9/11, we gave the president unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places.

Now, you mean to tell me that a place where most of your oil is coming through, a place that is so unique when you mention New Orleans anywhere around the world, everybody's eyes light up -- you mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can't figure out a way to authorize the resources that we need? Come on, man.

The entire transcript is available at CNN.com. The audio recording is available through a link in the transcript.