Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Condi needs a new pair of shoes, Kanye calls out Dubya...plus: honoring Labor on Labor Day weekend
“...at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue, Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we’ve confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coverage from the WaPo’s Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice’s timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, “How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless!” Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman.”
From the New York Post’s Page Six:
SIGHTINGS:
September 1, 2005— Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, here on three days’ vacation to shop and see the U.S. Open, hitting some balls with retired champ Monica Seles at the Indoor Tennis Club.
More here:
http://www.gawker.com/news/condoleezza-rice/breaking-condi-rice-spends-salary-on-shoes-123467.php
(Thanks, again, to D. Patten)
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Kanye West says:
“I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family and they say we are looting, you see a white family and they say they are looking for food. And, you know, its been five days because most of the people ARE black ... We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way. And now they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us. George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
(speaking to a nationally televised audience on NBC)
NBC said in a statement that West’s comments were unscripted and “in no way represent the views of the networks” and they have since deleted them: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3338813
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Useful hurricane info and reading:
http://neworleans.indymedia.org
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/katrina.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/cohen09032005.html
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1562415,00.html
http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0902-10.htm
Uh-oh, Israel wants to help now:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/620790.html
Happy News: dogs being rescued:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/unquietmind/172644.html?view=1534564
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The Lowell Mill girls…
“In vain do I try to soar in fancy and imagination above the dull reality around me but beyond the roof of the factory I cannot rise.”
-anonymous Lowell Mill worker, 1826
The Lowell mill workers-some as young as eleven-did something revolutionary: the tight-knit group of girls and women organized a union. They marched and demonstrated against a 15 percent cut in their wages and for better conditions...including the institution of a ten-hour workday. They started newspapers. They proclaimed: “Union is power.” They went on strike.
To read the complete article, please click here:
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/mickeyz030905.html
(Excerpted from the JUST-RELEASED “50 American Revolutions You’re Not Supposed to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism.” Spread the word.)
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