Op-Ed: “It’s My Space, That’s Why They Call It MySpace”
by The Honorable C. Ray Nagin, Jr.

March 3rd, 2008 | News, Op-Ed, Politics/Crime

Excuse me, Ladies and Gentlemen, but now I am pissed.

I am fed up with the nay-sayers and the negative media. In my day, this would be considered trash-talking, and, frankly, I’m going to confront the slander.

It seems every time I want to have a little fun and cut loose a little bit, I get a barrage of negativity that borders on the insane. It can be anything from my downtime on Fridays to this recent hub-bub my myspace page concerning pictures from my Jamaican get-away last summer.

Is it a crime to sunbathe? I ask you, is it a crime to wander outside in your birthday suit while glazed in oil? Finally, is it a crime to pose proactively for one’s wife, a woman who loves you more dearly than any woman outside your mama? I think not.

Look, I’m not just a Mayor; I’m a grown-ass man. And if I want to expound various pics or my point of view via MySpace or outer space or whatever space, I should have that right.

I’m not going let y’all take me down like that ex-Mayor in Oregon or wherever who put some picture of her in a bikini on MySpace. It’s a totally different situation. Her picture was gratuitous. My picture is 100-perecent completely tuitous. It’s tastefully done.

Anybody who has a problem with that particular point of view can meet me in whichever dark alleyway that they so choose and we’ll discuss one-on-one. It will be then and there that you’ll understand my “rage-nagin-ess” and responsibility to my constituents.

In summary, my point is that if I wish to have my cake and eat it too, that’s my decision. Not the point a view from a reporter, some neurotic, or knucklehead from New Orleans. Only God can judge me, your honorable mayor C. Ray Nagin.

The Honorable C. Ray Nagin, Jr. is the Mayor of the City of New Orleans and an accomplished underground street fighter. He invites you to visit his MySpace page.

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