On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:22:28 -0700 (PDT), RonB
wrote:

Last evening one of the news stations was doing street interviews. I
saw a relatively intelligent and affluent young man compare the death
of Michael Jackson with the death of a president.

This morning all of the news stations are running seemingly full time
coverage on this national tragedy. One broadcasts appeared to be from
the senate floor.

All of the internet news and hub pages are plastered with his picture
and stories of the untimely death.

They are waiting on toxicology reports to see what he had in his body
when he died.

Granted, as a young man, Michael Jackson was a stand-out performer
from a very talented family. Then we watched him slowly go nuts. He
changed his color. He destroyed his looks with countless body
modifications. At one time he appeared to be changing his sexual
appearance. He hung his infant son over a balcony rail by one leg.
He became a nearly recluse nut that built a fairly-land to attract
children.

What in the hell is wrong with a society that regards such a creature
as a fallen hero?

Good Grief!

RonB


I don't care what Michael did to his body, nor do I care about all the
personal problems he had. But I do like his music, he was
exceptionally talented at that. If you have nothing good to say about
the dead, say nothing at all.