SCANDAL OF A WTC BENEFIT

NY Post ^ | RICHARD JOHNSON

[jporcus]

JOAN Rivers is boycotting the all-star re-recording of "We Are Family" today after finding out that the profits of the project won't go to the victims of the World Trade Center terror attacks.

Instead, legendary music producer Nile Rodgers, who wrote the song for Sister Sledge 20 years ago, has earmarked the proceeds to educate Americans about racial intolerance.

"I'm just in shock. It's a bait and switch, and no one knows it," Rivers told PAGE SIX yesterday. Rivers - one of the first to join Diana Ross, Andre Agassi and Sheryl Crow in supporting the effort - said she found out the WTC victims would get nothing yesterday when she was about to plug the event on the E! channel and asked organizers for specifics.

She received a press release which stated: " 'We Are Family' is, in part, a response to the recent outbreak of racial attcks and intolerance towards Arabs and Muslims . . . We know that the Islamic faith is not the enemy. We are all brothers and sisters. We are all family."

"I'm not intolerant toward Arabs or Muslims," Rivers said. "But now is not the time for that. I'm boycotting."

Rivers will not be joining Dionne Warwick, John McEnroe, Charlotte Church, Montel Williams, Cyndi Lauper, Eartha Kitt and dozens of other artists who will be singing the anthem at the Hit Factory today.

The release also states: "Funds will be earmarked to non-profit organizations working in three key areas: defending minorities from racial attacks; media and educational programs promoting tolerance; and initiatives offering diverse information about the crisis."

Other deep-pocketed New Yorkers were disturbed last week - as they wrote out checks to help the families of World Trade Center victims - when they received a fax from the Rev. Al Sharpton soliciting donations for his 47th birthday celebration.

The letter - dated Sept. 10, the day before the terror attacks - went on at length about Sharpton's activities for the past 12 months, which culminated with a 90-day stretch in jail for his trespasses in Vieques.

But Sharpton assures PAGE SIX the invite wasn't back-dated, simply refaxed.

Sharpton has had 12-year-old Travis Boyd living with him since his mother, who worked on the 82nd floor of the north tower, was listed among the missing. He says all the cash raised at his fund-raiser will go to "victims services."

[OldFriend]

Sometimes peer pressure on entertainers forces them to participate when they would rather not.

[AppyPappy]

Basically, it's a way to make money for race hustlers. They will hire a bunch of people and give them company cars and laptops and they will give speeches. Then the money will run out and they will demand government money.

[flushed with pride]

Your post was right on target. These people are parasites, not unlike crotch lice, only filthier.

[tacticalogic]

Sharpton has had 12-year-old Travis Boyd living with him since his mother, who worked on the 82nd floor of the north tower, was listed among the missing. He says all the cash raised at his fund-raiser will go to "victims services."

And in Al's eyes, the most victimized person in the world is Al.

[3catsanadog]

Correction - played for Pittsburgh Pirates when they were in the World Series in 1979 (I may have the year wrong).

[LarryLied]

Lefties have a world view that cannot be shaken under any circumstances.

The kids are breaking from the leadership.A 20 year old writes in The Black World Today:

When I saw footage of the World Trade Center crumbling on Tuesday, I decided I would go to war if they wanted me. I went from flag burner to flag waver in a matter of minutes. . . I was too busy griping about what young people in this country gripe about -- poverty, injustice, racism, and an inflated military budget (which doesn't seem like such a bad idea now). All that's been swept aside. . .There are a thousand reasons I dislike Bush, which I will not list. But there is one reason I embrace him -- like it or not, he's our man. As our president addressed the nation, a friend of mine got excited, nodding his head and pumping his fist. He is first-generation Salvadoran, but Tuesday night, he became as American as John Wayne. When CNN ran footage of Palestinians celebrating, he shouted at the screen. "You won't be laughin' when the bomb lands on your nose, fool."
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3bac8cce5476.htm

[virgil]

This should be turned into the Attorney General or whatever agency. This sounds like fraud. Its getting people's money under false pretenses. I gave $20 to the relief efforts, not to this benefit though. My money better not be going to Sharpton and his ilk.