I don't care: A Michael Jackson Rant

[BethFromVA 5]

#2: In hope that, if there is a hell, MJ is there looking around all pissed because there's no one under the age of 18.

New.

BEST.

POST.

EVAH!

[Apples2 19]

New.

BEST.

POST.

EVAH!

Similar experience was had by suicide bomber/terrorists when they blew themselves up, looked around and their 13 virgins were not sitting their waiting for them.

[BethFromVA 5]

Similar experience was had by suicide bomber/terrorists when they blew themselves up, looked around and their 13 virgins were not sitting their waiting for them.

Thirteen? Are they experiencing a recession too? It used to be 72 virgins!

Yeah, like ANY virgin would want to have anything to do with those nasty men.

[Apples2 19]

Thirteen? Are they experiencing a recession too? It used to be 72 virgins!

Yeah, like ANY virgin would want to have anything to do with those nasty men.

LOL, Beth...13? Their unlucky #

[Apples2 19]

OK...this entire memorial thing really is a circus. Just heard on the news that the Ringling (sp?) Bros. Circus is waiting in the wings to get into the arena immediately after MJ's service. How appropriate is that?

[BethFromVA 5]

OK...this entire memorial thing really is a circus. Just heard on the news that the Ringling (sp?) Bros. Circus is waiting in the wings to get into the arena immediately after MJ's service. How appropriate is that?

Maybe they have Bubbles.

[Gone4Now 4]

Maybe they have Bubbles.

LMAO!!

I haven't watched TV since it happened. Only our recorded shows that I can FF through.

Of course, we were watching the Houston News the other night, thinking we were safe, but NO! More MJ fans screaming and crying, going to the memorial.

Stop the insanity! People are paying so much $$$$ to go to some strangers memorial? That money could go to charities, or victims of disasters...I dunno, I know I've spent money frivilously before, but never on a dead guy.

[BethFromVA 5]

FOX News had a good -- and thought-provoking -- article on this:

Relatives of Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Decry Lack of Coverage Amid Jackson Spectacle - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

We treat this guy like a god, yet our boys and girls who are TRUE HEROES, are treated like roadkill in the media.

[Apples2 19]

FOX News had a good -- and thought-provoking -- article on this:

Relatives of Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Decry Lack of Coverage Amid Jackson Spectacle - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

We treat this guy like a god, yet our boys and girls who are TRUE HEROES, are treated like roadkill in the media.

Makes ya want to cry, doesn't it??????? Shows you just how out of whack our society is. Bowing down to entertainers and having no clue to what is going on in the real world. Neither of my sons (both in service and have experienced Iraq) have respect for the media and the way things are portrayed.

I am also wondering, Gouchester, what the money spent on this memorial would have done for a charity. Childhood Sexual Abuse Foundation maybe?

[rodriguezequal 3]

I hear ya. My hubby's in the Army and he doesn't care too much for the press. They did have a photographer for the Army News that followed them for a little while and she was cool

[BethFromVA 5]

Makes ya want to cry, doesn't it??????? Shows you just how out of whack our society is. Bowing down to entertainers and having no clue to what is going on in the real world. Neither of my sons (both in service and have experienced Iraq) have respect for the media and the way things are portrayed.

Please tell your sons they have a grateful free citizen because of them.

I am also wondering, Gouchester, what the money spent on this memorial would have done for a charity. Childhood Sexual Abuse Foundation maybe?

I'm also wondering how much this is costing California, a state that can't afford a happy meal, much less this circus.

[Apples2 19]

I hear ya. My hubby's in the Army and he doesn't care too much for the press. They did have a photographer for the Army News that followed them for a little while and she was cool

When oldest DS was in Iraq a MPLS newspaper was allowed to do ride-alongs with the promise of no leaks (this unit escorted dignitaries to and from airport from Green Zone). Only took two weeks b/4 there was a leak. Entire unit were on the verge of different mission because of this leak. To think, just for a good story and putting our guys at risk because of it.

[BethFromVA 5]

When oldest DS was in Iraq a MPLS newspaper was allowed to do ride-alongs with the promise of no leaks (this unit escorted dignitaries to and from airport from Green Zone). Only took two weeks b/4 there was a leak. Entire unit were on the verge of different mission because of this leak. To think, just for a good story and putting our guys at risk because of it.

Because they're vermin and don't give a shit. I remember when the Gulf War was going on and Geraldo Rivera (nee Jerry Rivers, the scab) was drawing a map in the sand showing where our guys were right before a "secret mission," talking about where they were coming from and where they were going!!

People like that should be shot on the spot. BY THE MILITARY. That would make a good story!

Edited July 7, 2009 by BethFromVA

[Apples2 19]

Thanks, Beth. Both DS's KNOW there are soooo many grateful Americans. (Sorry...a little hijacking)

On the State of CA and what the bill for all of this will be...hoping MJ's estate is footing the bill. But am pretty sure CA will be putting out some funds for crowd control, etc. If I have this right, LAPD is flying his sorry ass to the service in a helicopter.

[Headhunter 6]

Please tell your sons they have a grateful free citizen because of them.

I'm also wondering how much this is costing California, a state that can't afford a happy meal, much less this circus.

It is indeed a subject of considerable controversy out here....who's gonna pay for it? It was same thing for the Laker's victory parade....cost the city millions. Not to mention the traffic tie-ups and everything associated with it. And I live about 10 minutes from the Jackson's Encino home....what a MESS it is driving through THAT area.

There was an article in the paper here this morning, though, that suggested that the city will BENEFIT from the MJ circus going on here....increased revenue from visitors to the memorial, etc, etc. Somehow, I do not think that is gonna trickle down to where it is NEEDED, though.

HH

note: funny you should mention "happy meals", Beth. I suspect that they were the preferred cuisine in MJ's bedroom.....