It's only fitting I suppose

[mhall]

That a side show freak be buried and a spetical made out of it in the Land of Fruits and Nuts be it California. This country has digressed to the point of Glorifying and sensationalizing a complete total nutjob's burial. How sad is it that we have came to the point that the country has come to a stand still in mourning for a child molestor. I know I know he was acquited of all charges and so was OJ to. Would you have let your son or daughter within fifty feet of that Alien??? I'm sick of it, completely ready to Puke!

Thanks for letting me vent.

[Grumpy]

He is adored by the same people that elected Obama. It just shows you how far into the gutter this country has gone.

Grimpy

[Trophyhunter8]

That's what I've been thinking the whole time. I 100% agree with Peter King

[ryan_ekubass]

best i can figure is the normal people with good values are becoming the minority....and i cant understand either why we must be upset that a pedophile left this earth... dont forget the fact that he was also a drug abuser.... i bet a million dollars to a donut that he comes back as OD'ed.... the values this country was built on is becoming a thing of the past.... but i guess when u have more money than most people things slip under the radar... didnt that boy he fondled get 21 million dollars to go away....... he honestly made me sick to look at..... i turned on the tv at noon today and 75 of my 100 channels had his memorial on it... even some of the bible channels... u know 9/11 attacks didnt get this much press in the begining.......

[Chubminnow]

My soul purpose for getting on this "other topics" board this morning was to vent here...but it looks like Mhall beat me to the punch. I get carried away with words sometimes so moderators feel free to delete this (as I'm sure you will), but I ask that you don't ban me from the board.

OJ got away with murder...Obama elected president...Michael (aka - Freak Show) Jackson memorialized across the world...BET (Black Entertainment Television), I see a pattern here boys and I don't much care for it, in fact whenever I think about it it does two things to me, it tickes me off and it also depresses me and beats me down...Well, I know it ticks me off and I'm not much of a depressing type of person but it sure does feel like it beats me down whenever I think about it. Not to mention whenever I go anywhere, it doesn't matter where you all just pick a place and you'll see it too...the fact that grown adult males walk around holding one hand on their crotch trying to hold their pants up. The first step in getting a decent job is to wear pants that fit because you can't work with only one hand free!

Geez man, look at "Freak Show"...He didn't even look like a member of this earth...his face was all contorted looking, I'm not sure what color his skin was or what the heck happened to it to begin with...and people actually admired this guy? What in the dag gone heck is wrong with our country? It seems to me that everyone sells out for a dollar regardless of values...Heck, why didn't any of the big name networks choose to not televise that crap? Surely they had a choice, either thay could or they couldn't, they certainly didn't have to. Everything "stupid" that goes on in our country (in my opinion) is due to greed of some kind. And things will get worse.

I hope like heck that those white boys up in New Jersey or where ever it was win their discrimination suit...because I turly believe and whole heartedly know that white boys get discriminated against due to their skin color.

[apb]

No idea why he is so idolized. Yeah, he and his brothers had some hits and sold a bunch of records. MJ's behavior over the last bunch of years has been extremely questionable. I won't miss him.

... u know 9/11 attacks didnt get this much press in the begining.......

Really??? What stations were you watching? ABC, NBC, CBS were running 9-11 full time for a while with very little else on.

... He is adored by the same people that elected Obama........

I'm sure some do. The same as some who voted for McPain. However, a blanket statement like that is 100% BS.

Andrew

[apb]

"Heck, why didn't any of the big name networks choose to not televise that crap?"

Cause people watch and that sells ad $$.

Andrew

[the_donger]

If it is the firefighters you are talking about winning their reverse discrimination case, they won that last week. And they were not all white, some were hispanic.

[apb]

He is adored by the same people that elected Obama. It just shows you how far into the gutter this country has gone.

Grimpy

btw, you do realize that both Reagan and Bush I had him over to the White House while they were president to accept an award right? He also sang at one of Clinton's inaugeral events too.

Andrew

[Chubminnow]

If it is the firefighters you are talking about winning their reverse discrimination case, they won that last week. And they were not all white, some were hispanic.

Yep, that's what I was talking about alright...I don't get to keep up with currrent events as much as I'd like to..in fact I get a lot of world and national news stories through fishin.com before anywhere else.

[mhall]

btw, you do realize that both Reagan and Bush I had him over to the White House while they were president to accept an award right? He also sang at one of Clinton's inaugeral events too.

Andrew

That was before he was abducted by Aliens with Shirley McClain and they were both Morphed into Cyborgs. He was still normal then so you can't call that one, I say Foul, and Timeout, lol.

[apb]

Pelosi shuts down resolution on Michael Jackson
WASHINGTON, Thu Jul 09, 02:20 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary views" about the pop star's life.
Lawmakers are free to use House speeches "to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution."
A resolution sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, cites some of the singer's charitable acts and proclaims him an American legend, musical icon and world humanitarian.
Even before Pelosi's comments, some Democrats said privately they did not support the resolution and a divisive debate would hurt House efforts to muster the votes for priorities such as health care and climate change.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who posted a video on YouTube calling Michael Jackson a "pervert" and a "pedophile," has pledged to do all he could to block the resolution.
Michael Jackson was acquitted in 2005 of charges that he molested a 13-year-old boy. Those allegations, and his admission that children slept in his bed at his home but nothing sexual occurred, have led some members of Congress to put distance between themselves and any formal honor for the entertainer.
"A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to — that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different," Pelosi said at a Capitol Hill news conference where she discussed various legislative matters.

Unbowed, Jackson Lee said she will seek support from colleagues who thanked her when she introduced the measure June 26, one day after Michael Jackson died. She said honorary resolutions don't often "pass the next day."
"On this floor we elevate people and doing that we have to work to tell your story," she said after a House vote. But she would need support from Democratic leadership for the resolution to advance to the full House from the committee where it is now.
When members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a moment of silence in the House after Jackson died June 25, some lawmakers walked out of the chamber.
Jackson Lee has pledged that the resolution, now before the House Foreign Affairs Committee where she is a member, would come to the full House for debate. Such honorary measures normally move quickly from committee to the full House and pass on a voice vote.
But Jackson Lee's resolution was in trouble early. It drew only one co-sponsor, Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., and was not endorsed by other black caucus members.
From the stage at Jackson's memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Jackson Lee hoisted a framed copy of the resolution.