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You can't fault a crook's logic..  I think Nagin  comparing himself to Washington is a  real  piece of art.  I wonder if he knows Washington owned slaves.  


New Orleans's Phantom Police

Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, lashed back at critics after the FBI
discovered that up to 700 so-called members of the city police force
simply did not exist. Funding for many of these officers was provided by
the federal government.

"During the storm and aftermath we'd heard reports that hundreds of New
Orleans police officers had deserted their post," said an FBI spokesman."

Further investigation indicates that these posts had never been manned and
the funds supposedly paid in wages has disappeared." "Sure, we overstated
the number of officers on the fo! rce,"said Nagin. "We did this to deter
crime."

As Nagin explained it, the "phantom officers" were used as a decoy to
"frighten" would-be offenders. "Just as George Washington lit fake
campfires to lull the British troops before his surprise attack at
Princeton, we in New Orleans have employed a similar strategy."

The effectiveness of Nagin's alleged strategy is in doubt, though. New
Orleans has one of the highest crime rates per capita in the nation.

As for what happened to the funds that were supposed to have paid police
salaries, Nagin asserted that they were used to hire consultants and
purchase computer software needed to sustain New Orleans' "Virtual Police
Force." "The software had to be custom made," said Nagin. "It's not
something you can buy at CompUSA. Software designers don't come cheap.
Neither do the public relations experts who developed our media campaign."

The media campaign featured TV spots of var! ious street people implying
that they could be undercover cops. In one ad, an apparently toothless
derelict looks into the camera and says, "I be watchin' you. So don't you
go misbehavin'."

Unimpressed by Nagin's explanation, the FBI asserted it will continue its
investigation.

And! they want us to give them $40 Billion, no strings attached and no
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Nagin is a dumbass if he never thought that would catch up with him.  Even if he really did use the money for software and advertising, that'd be misappropriation of funds.  He'd still be in trouble.

Hm... What do you think of the phantom officers? Never Real? Once Real, missing? Deserted Posts?