The Local Reaction: Nagin Quarantined

New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has been quarantined in Shanghai, China under suspicion of being a carrier of H1N1 influenza, also known as “Swine Flu.”  What do you think?

“Yet another example of the Chinese taking a job we should have done years ago and doing it better that us.”
-Maureen Francis, Nurse, Gentilly

“Did this have anything to do with David Carradine?  I thought I read that he was in China.”
-C. Elgin Taylor, Flambeau, Bucktown

“You know what they say. You lie down with dogs, you get fleas. You lie down with pigs you get swine flu.”
-Michael Duplass, Insurance Adjuster, Northshore

“Seriously, what the hell is Nagin doing in China? They ain’t no levee system to check out there.”
-Gina Chavet, Travel Agent, Garden District

“I say let that bastard come back, then we’ll have another good reason to kick is swine flu-carrying ass!”
-Lena Schiro, Retired Substitute Teacher, Mid-City

“That’s it I’m deleting him off my MySpace!”
-Franklin Percy, Tattoo and Body Piercing Artist, The Marigny

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