Mayor Nagin has joined in with Brother Pat, despite his apology later, in blaming God for the hurricanes since God is mad at America over Iraq? I've been watching and waiting for someone to suggest that maybe instead of God, maybe it is Satan that is mad at America because of what we are doing in Iraq!

Now I would not say that myself for I think it is neither God nor Satan that has caused these hurricanes but rather it is simply the result of us living on a dynamic planet. If you build a city under sea level...beside the sea...sooner or later...it's going to get you! So why blame God or Satan for our stupidity? How about a little reality and human responsibility from someone out there? Didn't we get taught that water flows to the path of least resistance?

Then Nagin added that God was mad at black folks for hating black folks? So this was also a reason for the hurricanes? I am sure God doesn't approve of that...but to link God's anger against America for going into Iraq and black folks hating black folks...sorry, but I just can't make the connection between the two.

Whatever happened to the idea of leaders being 'statesmen/women'? From the US Senate right on down to local politicians like mayors, instead of statesmen/women we have been fed a litany of sound-bite mongers, hate/fear mongers, who prey on the public like ravenous wolves.

Oh, Father... Lift our minds out of the rabble of the day. Give our leaders...minds...to match their brains!

XtnYoda Shalomed