NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The crowds are smaller at New Orleans' first post-Katrina Mardi Gras parades but there is no shortage of fiendishly satirical wit on floats lampooning public figures and agencies with any connection to the devastating hurricane.
One float on Thursday was festooned with the seal of the "Department of Homeland Insecurity," poking fun at the Department of Homeland Security that oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA has been blasted for its slow initial response to the disaster.
Another was called "Chocolate Divinity," featuring a bust of Mayor Ray Nagin in a send-up of his comments last month about wanting to rebuild New Orleans as a mostly African-American center, or "chocolate city."...
