Video: House holds moment of silence for Michael Jackson
posted at 12:45 pm on June 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
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No, as far as I know, Neda and the victims of the Iran crackdown never got one of their own — but they did get a resolution of support, so never mind that comparison. What’s more irritating here, that the House would interrupt national business for this or that JJJ would have the stones to pay tribute to the “grace” and “mercy” of a guy who was accused of child molestation more than once and was known to pay $20+ million settlements in hush money to his accusers? Atheist bonus points to Junior for framing it as an “if there is a God” question, oblivious as he is to the implications for that subject if one believes Michael was “blessed” with a penchant for kiddie-fondling. Like Treacher says, it’s a good thing those cherubs have wings; they’re going to need them.
As I write this, the websites of CNN, FNC, ABC, and NBC are still in full banner mode. The only outlet not smoking the Jacko cracko is CBS. Thank god it’s Friday. Click the image to watch.
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2 “white women” died yesterday.
A nation is dying today and the SRM (state run media) is playing freaking VIDEOS!!!!!
Lisa on June 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM
When Farah Fawcett got to heaven, and went through the pearly gates, she was greeted by God.
“Wow!” exclaimed the Holy Ghost. “We really enjoyed your work here. Especially Charlie’s Angels! I still have a poster in my office of you with that red bikini!”
Farah is a little taken aback. “Thank you, Lord…”
Jehovah goes on, “Well, I have a special reward for you. I’m prepared to grant you one wish. Have anything in mind?”
Not one to act selfish and change God’s opinion of her, Farah thinks for a second and decides upon a wish. “I’d like for all the children of the world to be safe and sound forever.”
“Done!” exclaims the Heavenly Father. He snaps, and Michael Jackson appears next to Farah.
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM
So open your eyes and take a look at the evidence….
Rooms of booze and porn and underwear that he shared with children.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Well now you’re opening another whole can of worms. I’ll be the first to admit that I am unqualified to debate law.
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Someone higher up than I will have the final judgment. I think they should have a moment of silence for the “Downfall of America”, resulting from their incompetence.
hillbilly on June 26, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Was there sufficient forensic investigation to prove that all this was not planted by the kid or his mother?
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 2:35 PM
How Far Right and Christian of you….
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM
I’m alive and productive, Jackson is not. Keep your delusions to yourself, Bucko. Your sense of reality needs some work. He died by his own weakness, by his own hand when he had three children to raise. I raised my children, served my Country instead of myself and don’t share any of your juvenile logic.
old trooper2 on June 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM
That’s at least the third time that same joke has been repeated on this thread. And it wasn’t all that amusing the first or second times, either.
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 2:37 PM
If the congress would just ease up on the retard throttle they could connect better with the voters. That’s just politics 101.
DeweyWins on June 26, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Well if you want to be mesmerized by the far Right holier than thou court of public opinion – knock yourself out wingnut.
Just try not to spray that Far Right kool-aid all over the rest of us.
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Hey at least they cannot raise our taxes, regulate us or nationalize my business….
Next time, lets do a Month of Silence
Dpet on June 26, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Whatever protocols federal investigators follow when gathering evidence, none of it was thrown out as ‘planted’. It’s all still part of the official record.
We could recursively ask “yeah but” like a child asking “why?”, but at some point rational people have to acknowledge the vanishing probabilities – and accept the likelihoods. Occam’s razor.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Grow up jerk!
highhopes on June 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Ah, while we pass the biggest tax hike in history, and destroy the health care system, we take a short break to praise a passing child molester. Oh, and mainstream media? Bravo on the priorities.
RightWinged on June 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM
People that think in terms of left and right are dumb.
I have nothing to do with any of it.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Another thing to avoid would be defending a pedophile from ridicule.
Jim Treacher on June 26, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Twice?
Seems to me he should have learned something the first time and stopped with the sleepovers.
NoDonkey on June 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM
I’m with ya. We could argue this all day long and never come to an agreement. Let’s just agree to disagree on this issue.
There’s enough other crap in the world that I know we can agree on, and discuss more productively.
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 2:44 PM
You still don’t get it…public opinion is different from judicial opinion.
That is why I said, you have now excused yourself from every making any judgement about Obama, you have to wait his full 4 years, then you make a decision because you investigate all the facts and don’t “jump to conclusions”.
How people make decisions is by what you call “jumping to conclusions”, it is called a “hunch”, or a “premise”, or a theory.
Now, MJ slept with young boys (he admitted that), he was found with child porn, and other porn, he kept childrens underwear, he was often alone with them, they even had nicknames like “poo poo head” for him…he paid 20 million dollars to destitute moms to keep them from going to trail against him.
So my hunch, as strange as it is to you, is that he was not your “normal” guy, he liked young boys,,,funny where were the young girls?
So I “jumped to the conclusion” and said this guy is a sicko, who like young boys way too much, and has the attributes of a pedophile…so in my life, that is what he is.
And if you go to trial, and you have child porn, child underwear, sleep in bed with little boys, make sure you are not interrupted while doing so, yes, you are in trouble with me on the jury…you are going to have to convince me, or pay off the accuser to get off. Let’s hope you have 20 million in the bank.
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Good idea, how ’bout Congress take until November, 2010 off?
Be far cheaper to pay them to do nothing. Nothing is LOTS cheaper than something and less onerous on the population as well.
NoDonkey on June 26, 2009 at 2:45 PM
So you are bitter because…..?
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Thank you, I thought is was appropriate…
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Who is “us”? All those who feel Jocko was just “misunderstood” in his relationships with children? How do you explain the twenty million dollar check?
a capella on June 26, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Insult to monkeys!
Fleas can be taught nearly everything that a Congressman can.
- Mark Twain
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
- Will Rogers
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think.
- Milton Berle
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
- Mark Twain
Congress contains the smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes.
- Mark Twain
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on June 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM
I’m not bitter. I’m sweet and cuddly.
I do have a giant bag o’ass-stompin’ for villians and traitors, however…
….but I dispense it with a smile.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM
all for a guy who did everything he could to distance himself from his blackness/ethnicity ala OJ…what a pathetic sick joke.
imperator on June 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM
I would’ve rather they all held one gloved hand to the sky and yelled “HO!” while a wind machine blew in their faces.
ScottMcC on June 26, 2009 at 2:49 PM
I hereby unequivocally and unreservedly apologize to the entire simian sub-species.
I extend the hand of reconciliation, and pledge my full support towards a future congress fully-staffed by such wonderful, capable creatures.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:50 PM
I don’t even know where to begin with this.
How do you get through life with a head full of such jumbled thoughts and lack of reasoning?
I’m glad you’re not designing airplanes or something for a living. You might just have a “hunch” that your lead balloon will fly. Just make sure you use yourself as the test pilot and not someone else.
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Oh! Gee sorry. I didn’t realize that having a little bit of compassion would end up being called a defender of pedophiles. The really nasty side of HA has come out over this topic. Apparently if you aren’t bashing Jackson you somehow become a supporter of sexually abusing children. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
I’m outta here if this is the level you all want to stoop to.
highhopes on June 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Stay and finish your Jesus Juice, at least.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:52 PM
And who determines who is a villian & traitor…you????
But of course you did.
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 2:52 PM
I am in agreement with Highhopes, but I have to concede that this was a pretty good comeback.
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 2:55 PM
That is why I agree with you…so did you…are you a Christian?
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Agreed.
This is the point where the usual suspects are allowed to sabotage and transform HotAir into the HuffPo, TheFoxnation, Freeperville & KOS, all in one fell swoop.
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Yes. It’s called having an independent mind. Look into it some day.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 2:57 PM
The reports of my death have been exaggerated and are mostly just unfounded rumors.
Sigmund on June 26, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Okay, the next time you make a statement about Obama, you will back it up with proof from a jury?
Get it now? We do make decisions on the facts we have at hand…
Do you like the stimulus package from Obama?
Well, by your reasoning you can’t say it is bad, because it hasn’t gone into total effect yet…by your standards you have to wait for all of the information to make a decision on it.
That’s fine, that is how you want to make a decision, with all the facts.
I, and others (most others), would take what facts we have and say the stimulus package is a disaster…pro-active, verses reactive. Even if a jury of 12 “experts” stated it was going great, I would disagree, you would (if you are consistent) agree with the 12.
We have a different way of concluding things…you think I “jump to conclusions”, and you think you use “facts”.
Hence you defend MJ, and I think he is at best a molester of young boys.
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 3:04 PM
WHAT???
These God Damn BASTARDS
They DARED to CALL our TROOPS
MUrders
They called them RAPISTS..
Hell murtha, reid, pelozi and the rest of ther Damn Creeps
were down on the floor of the senate
telling the entire WORLD how much they HATED our SOLDIERS
But for a Dumb Drug addicted White Singer
They hold a moment of silence????
How about this you damn creeps in the senate
How about we all Start to just Ignore all laws you pass
a Moment of silence will follow each new law
as we tear it to shreds..
You damn pigs in congress you should all be put on Public TRIAL..
You dare pull this Bullshit..
You bunch of lying cheating whoremongering , lazy , theiving
cheating, drug dealing child molesting bunch of hypocrytes.,..
You wouldnt give our SOLDIERS the Time of DAY..
But you and obama the kenyan
Honor a singer????
You all deserve to be thrown out
tarred and feathered
then deported to IRAN.
http://www.veteranoutrage.com
I have had enough of these VILE vermin infesting our halls of congress..
ENOUGH..
veteranoutrage on June 26, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Fixed that name for ya.
I am perfectly capable of asserting that Obama and the Democrats are wrong on issues by the careful application of reason and principle. In the future, when I post such an assertion, I encourage you to challenge me if I am factually wrong. But if you decide to launch an emotional attack on me for anything that I’ve said on this thread, be prepared to be flamed by me and the other HotAir subscribers.
UltimateBob on June 26, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Spread the news that SHE is back, to suspect the suspectless, to sabotage the sabotageless, to transform the transformless, and to ……… ah, ah, …… to … ah … bore the boreless.!
El April from Capitol Hill rides again!
Tuco on June 26, 2009 at 3:12 PM
+100
Sapwolf on June 26, 2009 at 3:13 PM
IIRC, I believe she is not. A twentyish New York lass with the confidence in the correctness of her knowledge which that age usually grants, and the generosity of spirit which allows her to share.
a capella on June 26, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Well, if the guy you’re defending is a pedophile, you can understand our confusion.
Jim Treacher on June 26, 2009 at 3:15 PM
What about a moment of silence for THIS gentleman?
annoyinglittletwerp on June 26, 2009 at 3:16 PM
This is Insane..
Im mean i am sorry for the jackson family
But
1. Wako jacko made millions and died rich
2. our Soldiers risk their lives each day for YEARS
3. Then our congressment make horrific charges against them
and now they choose to honor wako jacko
instead of our soldiers!!!!!
BULL
Whats next..
Honors for Osama bin laden????
heck maybe obama will do the presentation..
or apology for upsetting himm
they all make me SICK..
veteranoutrage on June 26, 2009 at 3:17 PM
I see by the screanshot that my congressman-Jesse Jackson Jr.-has his priorities straight.
*cough. spit*
annoyinglittletwerp on June 26, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Could have been a LOT worse. We might have gotten shyte like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEdJ_tlX2A
Roc on June 26, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Wow, I had to double check to see what blog I was reading. This man’s popularity and cultural impact far outreached that of Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon. It extends across racial, cultural and geographic lines. You may not find him noteworthy, but 10’s of millions of people across the US and around the world still have great feelings for him. His ability to sellout 50 concert dates in a matter of hours. Accompanied by the massive outpouring from his fans around the world, would tend to add credibility to this point. He is in a category that only a few people have ever achieved.
Zaire67 on June 26, 2009 at 3:31 PM
You know I am not, you know I am Jewish.
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Yeah. Destitute, ex-multi-zillionaire rapist pedophile.
Not many people sharing that category.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 3:33 PM
MJ was a perv, but he was a highly TALENTED perv, so all is forgiven. Is that about the size of it?
By that twisted logic, Mark Sanford should keep his job. I’m told he’s a pretty good governor.
NTXLass on June 26, 2009 at 3:37 PM
WTF? Fox News just interviewed someone who hadn’t had contact with Jackson in eight years. Seriously, who cares?
BuckeyeSam on June 26, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Can we ask these racist asshats to stay silent until 2010, when we vote them out? Now, that would be a tribute!
We have this media and this culture to thank for the waste of skin currently sitting in the WH.
*Flics bic and the finger at all this BJ coverage*
HornetSting on June 26, 2009 at 3:39 PM
So, was this intended as a slam at Christians? Kinda sounds like it.
a capella on June 26, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Well, my comment booted, so I’ll try again.
Can we ask this racist, asshat congress for silence until 2010, when we throw them out? Now, that would be a tribute!
We have this media and this culture to thank for the waste of skin president currently sitting in the WH.
*Flics bic and finger at the BJ coverage*
HornetSting on June 26, 2009 at 3:43 PM
It’s not as bothersome to take a moment of silence for Michael Jackson as it is seeing a pundit lose all objectivity because a hot chick got shot in the heart. Allah, how about all the other Iranians who gave their blood yet Neda is the icon that gets all your heartbroken sorrow. You want to talk about fairness and priorities? Please.
Yes, Michael Jackson was a controversial figure but his music was the soundtrack to many people’s young lives. I just don’t understand the nastiness over a moment of silence for someone who is a national icon. Scale back a notch on the bitterness meter at least until the man is put into the ground.
Christina_M on June 26, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Ooooh-I didn’t realize that Triple J was the instigator behind all this crap.
Me thinks that his Homewood office will be hearing from me.
I have a very strong voice.
annoyinglittletwerp on June 26, 2009 at 3:46 PM
I dunno how I can do it considering everything he did, but yeah, I’ve compartmentalized the horrible things he did so I can focus on him as an (Amazing) artist in order to not hate the guy. Apparently that’s not uncommon.
Typhonsentra on June 26, 2009 at 3:48 PM
losers.
moonbatkiller on June 26, 2009 at 3:49 PM
You need to get out of the bunker more than once a week. It was not just Allah, (I cannot believe I am defending our ‘dear leader’) that elevated Neda’s story, but I can tell you this.
That ‘hot chick’ standing on the fringe of a movement did more for her country than MJ ever did for his. Yes, he was an artist, a good one, but he was flawed and I don’t think that doing your little dance and singing your little song should warrant this much coverage. We have very important things going on in this world, in part because of this very thing. People were more worried about who won on American Idol than they were about learning about this socialist asshat that they were voting into the WH for the next four years.
So, scale back your nastiness a bit and pay attention.
HornetSting on June 26, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Well then why would you remark that is “very Christian”, when you have little idea of what that means….that was “very Jewish” of you…get it?
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Insanity…. Yet hardly surprising.
Sign of the Dollar on June 26, 2009 at 3:55 PM
The house has time to mourn a child molester but not enough time to read bills that are going to destroy America? How pathetic!
pitter43 on June 26, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Outstanding, accurate quote. Couldn’t of said it better myself.
Jeff from WI on June 26, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Bottomline, you and all of your Far Right comrades that post here are in the minority once again.
The man is dead and reagrdless of what you all think and say he was loved by millions.
AprilOrit on June 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Only the sickest of the sick would find an excuse as stupid as “the soundtrack to your life” to defend an animal that attacks children. So you would of allowed YOUR children to spend a night with him because you liked his music.
Jeff from WI on June 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM
So are skittles
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Neda, I’d go for that. Jackson, nevah.
Without putting a thumbs up, or down, on Mr Jackson’s life style, he was just an entertainer. If the LAT or Denver Post want to conduct a wake then fine let them conduct a wake. The Hill should at least pretend they are the government and not Borg Plowboy Cheerleaders.
Limerick on June 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Some of which were not little boys.
NoDonkey on June 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
After hearing the stupid comments of support for a sick animal that would hurt a child, I’ve come to the conclusion that this country is too sick to be worth saving and might as well be destroyed by that Commie we have as President.
Jeff from WI on June 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
National Icon? Who the fuck imposed that shit on me? If you want to maintain some adolescent shrine to your King of Pop, go right ahead….but don’t you fucking dare suggest I should hang my head in national mourning.
MJ died a wretched scumbag pedophile. The world is better without him. Keep listening to your CDs.
LimeyGeek on June 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Thanks for the name change, in the past few years you aren’t the first to do that…so clever.
You missed my point…you stated MJ should not be called a molester because a jury didn’t find him innocent, and that you don’t jump to conclusions, you take in all the facts.
And I am saying, if you wait for “all the facts” you are too late.
So all I am doing is using YOUR reasoning, you can’t comment without all the facts.
But now you are backing off of that and you are saying you just need enough to make a decision…hence you have moved into my decision process. I get enough information to make a decision…I don’t need a jury always.
I think OJ was guilty…he was found not guilty…I think MJ was guilty…he was found not guilty…I think Barney Frank is guilty, Jefferson is guilty…but I don’t have the facts you demand, and neither do you, but I bet you thing Jefferson is guilty.
Get it now? You are now using the same discernment I am…
And after 3 years, I have not been “flamed” (although a few little minds change my name because I can’t see them kick the wall), so your threats are highly emotional…interesting how you accuse me, then use what you accuse me of.
You accuse me of not having “all the facts” but then state you don’t need “all the facts”…all most normal people need is a theory, most can add….child boy porn, child boy underwear, sleeping in bed with boys, payoff 20 million to boys destitute mother, infatuation with young boys, I add it up different then you.
Don’t get so upset…you see him as not a molester, I do…
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM
And s’mores.
HornetSting on June 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Personally, I’m glad Congress can take time off from ruining my life to do things like this. Imagine if they “worked” all the time they were supposed to. (shudder)
Aquateen Hungerforce on June 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I love it
when its a SICK perverted LEFTIST
Ohh well thats just fine..
When its a republican, or Egad even worse
A non parttisan conservative who screws up..
Man the liberals are Howling for Jail time..
So by their logic then
If your a child molester you should get a MOMENT
of silence in the chambers of congress
IF your a conservative (who screws up ONCE)
You should be thrown into jail
Tormented day and night
then be stripped of your citizenship and deported..
WOW this is how SICK and Demented America has become..
America is RIPE for the comming slaughter..
Congress just proved it to all our enemies..
veteranoutrage on June 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Why is it that lefties always defend a child molester unless they wear a collar around their neck?
Aquateen Hungerforce on June 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
You mean overly famous Pedophile who squandered Millions of Dollars and died as a Poor Surgery Enhanced Freak?
Your right… can’t think of a single other person who fits that category.
Romeo13 on June 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
So was Che, and only Far Left clownshoes like yourself still wear his murderous image on their shirts.
Bishop on June 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Being loved by millions is not a standard…
Charles Manson was loved by millions…he got thousands of marriage offers.
Kim of N. Korea is loved by millions…Chavez is loved by millions…morality is not a popularity contest…and honoring a man with an awkward moment of silence is fine, as long as they do that for others more worthy.
A moment of silence for his “art”, but not as a moral human being.
right2bright on June 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM
This is what gets me.
The guy wrote pop music. Big deal. He wasn’t Mozart or even remotely close.
Pop music is all about self-promotion and this guy got big, simply because he was a childhood star.
He brought nothing new or different to the table, beyond (perhaps) inventing a few silly dance moves.
Why this guy was or is remotely relevant, is the real question. Not the “tragedy” of this has-been pervert dope dependent loser’s death.
NoDonkey on June 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Millions of what?
View fans? Berlin beta-males? Bose speaker owners? Feed-the-world-by-planting-my-grave idiots?
Millions is a grand number. Billions, I bet, haven’t shed a tear.
Limerick on June 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Just saw the clip, Jesse Jackson Jr. supports pedophiles, it’s official. So Democrats support killing children, and abusing children.
I’ll send a prayer like Jesse Jackson Jr. “Lord bring your justice to Michael Jackson and those like Jessie Jackson Jr. that support abusing children. May your justice be be there for those they’ve attacked.
Jeff from WI on June 26, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Oh my God! We’ve got a group of defective and irresponsible adolescents running our country.
sinsing on June 26, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Never mind that none of these people would have spoken to MJ when he was alive, in death, everyone gets “redemption.” :roll: The hypocrisy burns.
Dark Star on June 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Dam, Cavuto is going to show the coroner press conference…
Cavuto, I’d hoped for better from you…
/shakes head sadly…
Romeo13 on June 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I will not be able to attend the funeral but I will send a nice card saying that I approve.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on June 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I totally understand this. Jacko did more in the past 30 years to shape our culture and social fabric than any politician has. We have lost perhaps the most influential American Icon of the last 50 years. RIP MJ.
dcwvu on June 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Really? More then Reagan? More the Jimmah? More then Barry?
My gawd please tell me the Rushmore rock carvers are already at work.
Limerick on June 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Wow…. perception is reality they say…
But we must be perceiving very different worlds.
Romeo13 on June 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
If true, that may explain something that has been bothering me a lot.
a capella on June 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
For me, the angst is directed at congress, not MJ. They do have better things to do than make silly statements designed to enhance their standing with their liberal ilk.
csdeven on June 26, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Thank you!
If a congressman or senator wants to mourn then by all means mourn. But don’t drag my government into it. Don’t waste my money on false tears. Give me some real tears to spend my money on.
Limerick on June 26, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Well, you better throw Sean Hannity into that category too. On his radio show, he was addressing the fact the some people were calling in to complain about about the Jackson coverage. He said, “everyone who has a soul should be saddened by his death.” He went onto talk about Jackson’s talent as child and his great talent as adult and how tragic a figure he ended up becoming. And he’s now playing Jackson’s songs.
Like others, Sean recognized his talent and impact of his music. It doesn’t mean he condoned any of his negative actions. But I think people without a black and white perspective on life can recognize how his upbringing and fame shaped who he ultimately became and recognize the tragedy of it. How does a sweet, cute little boy singing ABC, then Thriller, morph into a bizarre human being? I don’t know how a person couldn’t feel at least a tinge of sadness for his life.
Christina_M on June 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Farrah died yesterday.
She arrived at the Pearly Gates, and God asked her if there was anything He could do for her, for her memory’s sake.
She said, “I just want the children of the world to be safe.”
Five minutes later, Michael Jackson died.
[I promised myself I wouldn't make fun of MJ, but I heard that and it was too good to keep to myself.]
Daggett on June 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM
I’d bet they spent more time figuring out what to say about MJ than they did reading the Porkulus bill.
csdeven on June 26, 2009 at 4:56 PM
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