Any Wonder Why MJ Was Messed Up?

Michael Jackson’s father is charging people to attend the memorial service, which will be held at the Staples Center, the sports arena/concert hall that hosts the LA Lakers, LA Kings, and seats 20,000.

They will also be selling T shirts outside the arena. I would guess you could probably buy a hot dog and a cold beer while the service is going on as well. Maybe someone will come out with a horizontal bobble head doll.

Mainstream Media Bias Alert, Celebrity Death Edition

Interesting notes from Friday’s national media news shows. Collectively, they spent 95% of their coverage on the death of pedophile Michael Jackson. ABC spent only 1:03, CBS only spent 0:34 and NBC only spent 1:22 on news items other than MJ. This includes the whole 20 seconds ABC spent on the cap and trade bill, which will affect people a lot more than a freak dying. Less than three minutes total combined by the three networks were spent on anything but MJ.

In a Mainstream Media Bias moment, only ABC bothered with party identification when telling people about the Detroit city coucilwoman who pleaded guilty of bribery charges, who is coincidentally married to one of the most powerful members of congress. By the way, both husband and wife are DEMOCRATS. I know that’s news to CBS and NBC.

One Spotlight Divided By Two Race Pimps Equals One Ugly Mess

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are fighting to see who can pimp out the memory of Michael Jackson the quickest.

Not surprised (it’s race baiters after all)
Not offended (what? They are going to sully the “good name” of Jackson??)
Not worried (who listens to Al or Jesse anymore?)
Not interested (like I said, it’s Al and Jesse)

So far, Al is in the lead in the “shaking his booty as a memorial” category.

Meanwhile, at least twelve people are thought to have committed suicide because Michael Jackson is dead.

You have to wonder about the mind of a person who would do that.

They Say Things Happen In Threes

First it was Ed McMahon. Now Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson have died. What a week.

Predictably, most people are coming out of the woodwork to mourn Jackson. It's a shame that McMahon and Fawcett's accomplishments will be overshadowed by a pedophile.

I watched on Fox News yesterday as Al Sharpton grabbed the spotlight, trying to latch onto Jackson's coattails by talking about how close he was to the singer. He tried to imply that Jackson was one of the very first black singers to gain wide acceptance and break the color barrier.

“Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of color, way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama. Michael did with music what they later did in sports and in politics, and in television. And no controversy will erase the historic impact"

I wonder what Nat King Cole, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Diana Ross, Sammy Davis Jr, and thousands of others thought of that statement.

Sharpton also said that lots of people who had criticized Jackson while he was alive were now mourning and praising him, and he implied that they were hypocrites.

"It's amazing...to see how many people are now praising him that wouldn't go near him in the last several years."

Well, Mr. Sharpton, just to make you happy, and just so you know I am no hypocrite - Michael Jackson was a perverted little jerk. This is not changed by the fact he could sing, nor is it changed by the fact that he is dead. Perhaps some people are just trying to be respectful of the dead. I had planned on saying nothing about Jackson - the closest I can get to being respectful of him. But you just couldn't keep from trying to turn this into a condemnation of those who thought him to be a pedophile. So I am answering your comments.

Sharpton said "no controversy will erase the historic impact." I say no amount of record sales will erase the controversy.

Sharpton said Jackson "learned to sing and dance past unfair criticism." I say Jackson kept putting out records while he was abusing young boys.

Sharpton says Jackson had "shortcomings." I say he was a perverted pedophile who belonged in prison.

I'll miss McMahon and Fawcett.