Plastic man

[badam0112]

I was also amazed at the coverage by the media. There was actually a guy who I work with that took yesterday off because he was to distraught and needed to mourn. But I do feel really bad for Michael's children and the Jackson family. Especially those children, their lives have been turned upside down.

 

[BarbC]

Those kids' lives were turned upside down from the moment he took custody of them.

Kids lose their parents every day and parents who are a lot better at "parenting" than he was.

 

[jeepjeepwhat]

LA City!

One of my pet peeves is hot the city of LA is now asking for donations to help pay for the memorial, I think its in the tune of $8million. They said how they couldn't really afford the service, but they went through with it anyways and now after the fact if someone with lots of money could donate some cash to help out the city. That is BULL if they couldn't have afforded it they should have said that it needed to be paid for upfront. And I think the family should have to pay for it. I have to have to pay for my families ceremonies why shouldn't they??? If I was Arnold I would get up in the Mayor or whoever let the ceremony go on without it being paid for upfront, that is why a lot of states are in financial trouble.

 

[Bassamatic]

what really fries my potato is the never ending playing of that song, whatever it is.
Did Jerry Garcia get this kind of coverage? No and you know why not?? Because he was......a guitar player. Wait and see what happens when Keith Richards dies. Do you thing he is going to get a memoprial send off at the staples center???? Do you think they are going to keep him above ground for 12 days gettin ripe before they bury him??? Heck no-and you know why?????? He's a guitar player.

Caj, if it will make you feel any better, I for one will be in mourning when Keith Richards dies. Greatest rock & roll guitar player of all time. Don't even try to tell me different.

Back to the pervert. There is more to this than what us old farts know. My daughter came over to dinner last night and told me she cried all day watching the funeral. She grew up with his music. This is a died in the wool conservative gal, probably the only one in Missouri under 25 that voted for McCain. She was really devastated. Don't ask me, I don't get it.

 

[Leonard]

I believe he is also used by the media as a diversion from the real issues. Cap & Trade, Health reform and all of the other efforts being made to drive us into Socialism.

 

[bk43]

One of my pet peeves is how the city of LA is now asking for donations to help pay for the memorial, I think its in the tune of $8million.

That kind of thinking and screwed up priorities is why the Left Coast is going down the tubes.

Bob

 

[Titan]

One of my pet peeves is hot the city of LA is now asking for donations to help pay for the memorial, I think its in the tune of $8million. They said how they couldn't really afford the service, but they went through with it anyways and now after the fact if someone with lots of money could donate some cash to help out the city. That is BULL if they couldn't have afforded it they should have said that it needed to be paid for upfront. And I think the family should have to pay for it. I have to have to pay for my families ceremonies why shouldn't they??? If I was Arnold I would get up in the Mayor or whoever let the ceremony go on without it being paid for upfront, that is why a lot of states are in financial trouble.

I agree completely with you, but it's just more of the same.

LA and California have been mandating costs and paying for things they couldn't afford for decades. They're comfort comes from two things...
...the fact that it seems like the right thing to do
...the US taxpayers will bail them out if it all goes to sh*t

Don't expect a lot of 'donations', you and I (and all the rest of the US taxpayers) are on our way with our wallets open.

BTW, the city wasn't about to say no to the Jackson family...that would have been racist.

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[Titan]

Those kids' lives were turned upside down from the moment he took custody of them.

Kids lose their parents every day and parents who are a lot better at "parenting" than he was.

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I agree Barb.

Hopefully it's not too late for the kids to learn that 'parents' are usually grown ups (and what that means).

Unfortunately if they stay close to the Jackson influence, you can be fairly sure they'll never develop normally, will get thrust into some aspect of show business, and will be milked for everything they're worth, over their lifetimes.
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[Andy Griffith]

I can not believe the coverage Plastic man is getting...

I haven't seen any threads on Gaston Glock lately.