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Jesus f'ing Christ at least PRETEND like you give a shit..

According to Drudge, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently enjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that sheÂ’s also working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being raped in the Superdome, and Rice is enjoying a brief vacation in New York. We wish we were surprised.

What does surprise us: Just moments ago 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.

Angry Lady, whoever you are, we love you. You are a true American.

You know what.. me posting this stuff is just stupid. For the best coverage of what is going on with the New Orleans crises, just go read Americablog. It is easily my favorite place to get up-to-the-minute news, and other things the mainstream media won't report (like Condi out shopping in NY and getting screamed at by another shopper). I think they are better than Kos and Atrios both - and the whole thing is run by a gay lawyer. Can't beat that.

The anger I feel right now probably isn't legal, if you know what I mean.

She goes to a Broadway comedy and today is buying multi-thousand-dollar shoes on 5th Avenue at the same time CNN is showing dead grandmothers in wheelchairs abandoned on the streets of New Orleans.

CNN reporting..

CNN's Chris Lawrence described "many, many" bodies, inside and outside the facility on New Orleans' Riverwalk. (Watch report on the desperate conditions at the convention center -- 2:54 )

"There are multiple people dying at the convention center," he said. "There was an old woman, dead in a wheelchair with a blanket draped over her, pushed up against a wall. Horrible, horrible conditions.

"We saw a man who went into a seizure, literally dying right in front of us."

People were "being forced to lived like animals," Lawrence said -- surrounded by piles of trash and feces.

He said while he has seen police SWAT teams drive by in armored vehicles, no one has stopped to talk with the refugees.

"People are asking, 'Where are the buses? Where is the plan? Where is the help?" he said.

** update **

You know what I'm doing? At this place I'm at often, a bunch of people brought in a ton of food and drink, and desserts and so on. There's a whole bunch of highly paid engineers walking around, chit-chatting, grazing on fine cheeses and yummy crackers. Some are trying the bratwurst (which is pretty good btw). Next to me I've got a 12 oz bottle of diet coke, and cheese and crackers, and headphones on streaming music from sirius and 10 web browsers open to various pages, refreshing to see what's going on...

I'm going back to check on the desserts.. there are some really tasty pies and cakes I want to sample.

** edit 2 **

I chose the chocolate mous, and one of these fudge/peanut butter things..

** edit 3 **

I'm not even really sure why I mentioned that. But, it just occurred to me that I'm going to be 40 in a year, and I have never experienced any sort of crises anywhere near the scale of a 9/11, or a hurricane, or even a tornado or fire - or anything where people are hurt. Ever..

Some people say that to live through terrible crises makes you feel more alive then you ever had. I'm not saying I want to be in the middle of a huge shit-storm, but just saying that it's been one cush moment after the last, with the occasional hair raising moment (last one was doing 140 in my car and it "twitched"). That can't be normal.

And this cheese is really really good. It's too bad I don't have a nice Pino Noir to go along with it.