by Woodwards Friend » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:33 pm
susanarosa wrote:Anyone watch what happened at the special session today?
Holy hell.
Barbara Rose Collins led them in a rendition of "Onward Christian Soldiers" after accusing the media of comparing Council to a group of monkeys in the Zoo.
by meliss » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:06 pm
by gravitymachine » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:15 pm
susanarosa wrote:Anyone watch what happened at the special session today?
Holy hell.
by D-Day » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:23 pm
The centerpiece of the hour-long informal meeting was a speech by Council member Barbara-Rose Collins, who arrived by wheelchair, one arm in a sling, following shoulder surgery this week.
Collins said she fears that the Cobo transfer would set a precedent for takeover of Detroit assets, and urged her colleagues to be mindful of the integrity and authority of Detroit’s city council.
But Collins began by castigating the media, which she says has unfairly criticized the council’s decision.
“I open the newspaper and every newspaper but one calls City Council racist, crazy, monkeys in a zoo,” she said. “These are things kindergartners say to each other… I want to say, your mama. Your mama. Because it all comes from where you came from.”
Collins also criticized Europeans, saying that Europeans traditionally take from the less powerful, black or white, citing segregationist apartheid in South Africa, British imperialism and the destruction of Native American culture.
Arabs, she said, are smart, thanking an Arab-American man present at the meeting for the alphabet and geometry.
Collins alluded to her recent surgery, but said she hadn’t taken any pain medication before the meeting in order to ensure that she wouldn’t misspeak.
Collins also spoke against Cockrel and businessman Dave Bing, the two men competing to finish former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s term.
“We’re in a bad situation, citizens,” she said. “We’ve got Dave Bing, who says he’s going to do whatever the (Detroit Regional) Chamber tells him to, and what’s his name, Ken Cockrel Jr., who moves when someone jabs him.”
The council member said she wanted to hold a “constitutional convention” at Cobo Center that would set down “laws and by-laws of what can happen in this country.”
“And the first thing is to do battle against non-residents,” she said, before leading the packed-to-capacity council chamber in a chorus of “Onward Christian Soldiers.”
Minutes later, Collins told reporters that her comments had been misunderstood, and that what she had proposed was a convention a
by guest » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:35 pm
“We’re in a bad situation, citizens,” she said. “We’ve got Dave Bing, who says he’s going to do whatever the (Detroit Regional) Chamber tells him to, and what’s his name, Ken Cockrel Jr., who moves when someone jabs him.”
by frank - up in grand blanc » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:34 pm
Woodwards Friend wrote:susanarosa wrote:Anyone watch what happened at the special session today?
Holy hell.
Barbara Rose Collins led them in a rendition of "Onward Christian Soldiers" after accusing the media of comparing Council to a group of monkeys in the Zoo.
She also thanked an Arab-American man for inventing the alphabet. I wonder what she thinks about the Asians abilities with technology and inventions.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090305/FREE/903059989
by Sterile Whites 48313 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:45 pm
by Shark » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:11 am
Agnes Hitchcock, leader of the activist group Call ‘Em Out Coalition, told council she plans to hold a rally at city hall Friday to discuss a march on Lansing to force Gov. Jennifer Granholm to “release Detroit’s portion of the stimulus.”
by jmy » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:42 am
by Martin Luther » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:09 am
“And the first thing is to do battle against non-residents,” she said, before leading the packed-to-capacity council chamber in a chorus of “Onward Christian Soldiers.”
by merchantgander » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:11 am
Shark wrote:Agnes Hitchcock, leader of the activist group Call ‘Em Out Coalition, told council she plans to hold a rally at city hall Friday to discuss a march on Lansing to force Gov. Jennifer Granholm to “release Detroit’s portion of the stimulus.”
Morons. I can't wait for the march. I'll take pics.
by chad sexington » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:14 am
Heard a great quote from LBP this morning. “ I don’t want any of Detroit’s assets. I don’t want Cobo, the zoo or the DIA. Maybe I want BRC tiara and maybe the fist:”
by Ansel Rakestraw » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:23 am
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