Anytime NBC has four – count ‘em, four – correspondents working a story, you know it’s big … or overblown.
Such is the case with the ongoing Michael Jackson “Morbidpalooza,” which has frankly reached a saturation point that not even the inauguration of “The One” achieved.
That’s right, more people are expected to tune into Jackson’s farewell extravaganza today than watched Obama’s inauguration – meaning the company putting on the event could end up making more off of Jackson’s death than the “comeback tour” they were originally planning to promote.
Also, the City of Los Angeles – which is currently running a $500 million deficit – is having to pick up at least $2.5 million in Jackson-related security costs.
Enough, already!
Micheal Jackson was a great musician, sure. One of the best. But this frankly passed the point of being ridiculous several days ago.
By Freedom for Me July 7, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Maybe this is the economic plan that will work…another day or two of this stuff and the population will decrease from suicide by over exposure to Jackson
By Tom July 7, 2009 at 5:00 pm
AMEN BROTHER!!!!
By Falcon July 7, 2009 at 5:33 pm
See, if you get everyone’s attention on his “contributions”, no one will remember that he paid off a couple of families to keep their kids quiet. No one will remember but the victims he left behind and they’ll forget eventually. After all, no one ever heard of an alterboy still remembering after twenty years… right? AND someone wants to build a memorial to him, and to issue a stamp with one of his faces on it (probably the less scary one!) Never underestimate the depths of stupidity to which a person is capable reaching.
By CNSYD July 7, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Hollywood and the media are just whores and pimps. They want your money and will tell you what and who needs to be deified. Unless the market tanked today because of Jackson, he has not ever affected my life. How long before the hucksters will be selling videos and CDs of all the BS today? Did Gacy and Dahmer get a sendoff like this? Wonder what they are planning when Manson goes?
By Old Bike Dude July 7, 2009 at 6:22 pm
And this just in…Michael Jackson is still dead!
By BostonBenny July 7, 2009 at 8:58 pm
every time i go downstairs my mother and 2 other sisters are still glued to the t.v. with tissues in one hand and mj paraphernalia in the other. i just cant help myself every time i walk by to remind them that hes still dead, hes still a pedophile and that there grieving over the plastic remains of a pop “doll” that really died 20 years ago. Robot chicken had it best and im no mj supporter but he was totally switched the night his hair caught on fire and we’ve had the bad replica alien for quite a while now. so rejoice now we know aliens are real and they are susceptible to drugs and pills lol hahahaha.
By FallsChurchJK July 7, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Michael Jackson was without doubt an amazing entertainer. But the hyperbole about him being the first crossover black musician to appeal to a mass white audience does not do justice to many great black artists that came before him. How about Billie Holiday, way before Jackson was famous. How about Little Richard, also way before Michael. Sammy Davis Jr. was immensely popular. From a different genre there was Harry Belafonte. There were the Tempatations, the Four Tops the Supremes, and Smoky Robinson and many, many Motown artists that preceded MJ. From the world of rock, does anybody remember someone named Jimi Hendrix. Speaking of child prodigies, how about Stevie Wonder. Such short memories we have!
By sandy July 7, 2009 at 10:21 pm
enough, already. alot of other people, alot more important than him have died, not OD. So, let’s get on with the more important things going on in this world and country. Not everybody (loved) him. he was just another singer. so, enough, already.
By sandy July 7, 2009 at 10:30 pm
enough, already. Other people, alot more important than him, has died. He was just a singer. He was not even a musician,, couldn’t even play an instrument. He was just a singer and a (discusting) dancer (what’s with the crotch grabbing). so, let the world go back to normal, and get on with things.
By hym July 7, 2009 at 10:45 pm
You all are obviously much younger than I. I must admit that the service reminded me of how quickly and harshly we treated this brilliant, fragile genius. I now pause at the carnivorous trough that has become an unwashed, rapid stream of ready public scrutiny. I first slow-danced to this boy’s music. I had my first kiss with his music. It was a time a slow dance and kiss were pure dreams. A simpler time was shocked soon after to vulgar reports and assumptions to which I, too, was sickened. Alas, I can enjoy MJ’s music after recognizing the errors, I pray, and my own guilt for believing all that awful stuff. And I can’t imagine being that talented yet so desperate that I destroy my own face and anesthesize myself to sleep. And so I am renewed in the simplicity and gentleness of this man’s contributions, and am invigorated by his electric evolution in music. I don’t care what any of you think. I was moved, enlightened and relieved. Y
By Cooter Brown July 8, 2009 at 6:43 am
He-he, jeezus juice!
Ok, ok… I gets it. Folks luved him.
I hopes he has found some peece beyon’ th’ magical rainbow an; dat he is now restin’ in dat big neber land in da sky… now ol’ Cooter needs some peece an’ quiet from all dis glittered, one gloved idolitry!!!
By CNSYD July 8, 2009 at 10:03 am
hym, I relieve myself every morning.
By BC July 8, 2009 at 11:04 am
While I will not use many of the harsh words shared int this forum; I do agree that our nation and world must move on. Regardless of how you felt about Michael Jackson the truth be known…he was talented but a hurting soul. He tried to express that in his music later in his life but was anyone really listening? Don’t just focus on the beat or the rhythm of his music but the lyrics. There you will find what he was really saying. Now, for all the rest of you that so quickly have thrown stones…wake up and do soemthing constructive with your life. Its easy to talk crap about someone but it is much harder to build other people up. Who have you built up today? Who have you helped and encouraged? For when the bell tolls for you, and it will one day, what will others say about you?
By CNSYD July 8, 2009 at 12:21 pm
BC, any other pedophiles we need to build up today?
By BC July 8, 2009 at 1:06 pm
CNSYD,
Your ignorance is outstanding! You must address the behavior and not the person. Here’s an example just for you, someone that robs banks is a bank robber but that is what the person has done…not who the person is. The key to building people up is to discover who they truly are and not merely what they have done. Read that funny book called the Bible sometimes and you’ll be surprised who Jesus forgave throughout his 3 years of ministry. Until you ready to join the world of grown adults, please stay out of the conversation.
By BostonBenny July 8, 2009 at 1:59 pm
they can say whatever they want about my life and what i have or have not accomplished. but they wont say, the world hated me and i never touched children and payed millions of dollers to make the court cases disappear. regardless what anyone has to say i still see him as a disgusting replica human being that lost his way the day he fell out of his mother.
By CNSYD July 8, 2009 at 2:37 pm
BC, you are so right. I can’t believe all those heathen held those Numerberg war trials. They should have just said please don’t do that again. We love you. And those Israelis. They claim to be God’s chosen people and they kidnap that nice old man Eichman. He was not bothering a soul in South America. Those Jewish hypocrites bring him to Israel and put him to death. So in the case of pedophiles like Jackson, we are to forgive, pay homage to them and buy their products. That right? Oh, and I guess OJ didn’t murder anyone. That also right?
By BC July 10, 2009 at 9:57 am
CNSYD,
This will be my last post directed at you on this matter. Either your a complete idiot or just an uneducated moron to the facts. How could you even bring up the Numerberg war trials in reference to this story. There is no comparison related to a group of people that sought to completely destroy a nation! Do us all a favor and stop posting…in fact, stop talking all together. Your ignorance is hanging out way to far!
By gator man August 1, 2009 at 11:07 pm
im sick and tired of this piece of shit , ms. facett deserved more than what she got and if M.J. lived in my town he would be nothing more THAN GATOR BATE THATS IF THEY WOULD EAT HIM IT WOULD LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH THE LITTLE BO – DICKER GOT OFF EASY