“There's way too many frickin' -- excuse me -- cooks in the kitchen.”

—  Ray Nagin

Interview with WAPT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, August 31, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/31/katrina.levees/index.html <br class="br">2005

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