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yeah, I think I like MJ's faace better than Pelosi's, but then again, they do look a lot alike: same cheek bones, similar nose, mouth. Give Pelosi a couple of more trips to the plastic surgeon and she wil look just like him and all the other cat faces.

LOL...I just realized this blog was about Michael Jackson. Sorry folks, but the previous comment on Pelosi and the Ras poll took me off track a bit. Duh!

Nancy just be jealous?

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or maybe she is aware of the facts:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c...

I watched the little 'press conference' live the other day; she could not walk off with her 'supportive' cohort soon enough with her twitchy leg syndrome.

There was also some inchoate mumbo-jumbo about CIA, and of course no questions about hr 1207.

I'm sorry I missed the click the first time. Also I was always a big fan of Sammy Davis who was such a tremendous fellow and entertainer.

It would be a more productive use of congressional time to honor Jackson than to continue to destroy our economy and weaken our national security. Any and all distractions are welcome.

I base my views on my personal experience, reason and common sense. http://garyganu.blogspot.com

I thought the House already had a 60 second silence for him. Maybe they can divert some stimustuff to pay for the events.

Ed dies (white)nothing
Farah dies (white)nothing
Michael dies (black) kind of: United States Congress has 60 seconds of complete silence in honor of his passing. President Obama sends the family a personal note of condolences.
I'm just saying.

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remotely listening to the Staples Center BS now. What a crock.

One of the most talented personalities in Hollywood, also known as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson had been famous with his popular songs and moves. He will be sorely missed, but perhaps the one thing that he is known for to so many people is his album Thriller. Thriller was recorded in 1982, it has sold over 50 million copies, and estimates for actual sales are over 100 million, which makes it the most successful album of all time. On top of legendary songs, guest artists on the record include Paul McCartney and Eddie Van Halen. Those who spent short term loans on the upcoming London concerts will no miss the chance to see Thriller live, along with missing the man who made it possible.

Let him rest in peace, he died, dead gone. Enough already as people from the east would say.

There is a fine line between insanity and genius. Often, personal torment, that originates during childhood, motivates people to do great things. These people have the potential to do great evil and/or great good. I suppose that Jackson did a little of both. At the very least, causing his own death is great evil.

IMHO, taking your own life is just as bad as taking someone else's because your life does not belong to you. All life belongs to God. Jackson's drug abuse led to his death IMHO.

I base my views on my personal experience, reason and common sense. http://garyganu.blogspot.com

I would prefer to think of the songwriting and performance and what he contributed to the world instead of the the strange behavior.

how a simple two sentence topic can evolve.

But I am hard pressed to imagine a culture without song and dance being essential attributes. Certainly there are cases where the "masculine" was more emphatic; such perhaps as Spartans or Zulus or Cossacks. More often song and dance have been a common ground for men and women. Perhaps it is too bad that these are now more expressions of gathering wealth than they are of actual culture. I will add here though that I think MJs work very often rose very much to the level of cultural expression combined with a tremendous flair for showmanship.

I will agree to much of what Gary has said in his lengthy statement below, up to a point. That is, there is a lot of there, there. To me it is a question of balance; beauty and emotion and all of that effeminate rot.

Bah, Isn't life strange?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2NBCdFnZ...

Based upon the damage done to Michael by his very masculine and black father, some of his choices further down the road of his life are understandable.

I don't understand why some people get so sarcastic when someone mentions God in their writings. A simple phrase, not meant to injure anyone, is made into an insult. I just don't get it. No one is saying that we have to believe a certain way. it is merely someone expressing their own value system which we all do in one way or another. It seems to ire people in an exaggerated way when God's name is mentioned. Just an observation I have noticed over a period of time, not aimed at one particular individual.

I am not attacking you or your insecurities; I’m smiling at your sincere attempts at elitism. I find your opinion of yourself familiar and at the same time your arrogance troubling. Your simple intellect cannot compare with the mind of God. I stopped being feed conjecture (make believe) when I acknowledged, after decades of searching, that there is only one sane answer; or if you would rather, one truth. Your personal refusal to “know” effects my belief or the pure belief of millions of human beings not at all. I/we feel no need to argue or debate and certainly have no fear of doubt or no-belief from only you. For centuries there has been doubt and hundreds of other individual truths, none of that/those concerns me. I have always known, even in my years of doubt and darkness, even in my arrogance and absolute intellectual audacity, that God is real. Of course merely man misses opportunities to understand, we have made mistakes in our reporting and documentations, but that feebleness doesn’t change the supernatural fact of the Creator. I have refrained from engaging in discussion with you and did not ask for this exchange. I am not judging your nature; and I honestly believe your desires to be virtuous (at least to the point you will allow yourself to act to effect right and wrong) but it is a waste of mine and your time to argue meaningless intellectual garbage. Good luck in your search for meaning.

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I do not attack you,I only attack what you have been fed.

Karl Mauldin; and old favorite.

My, stars are falling in droves lately. Is it a sign? LOL, i think.

what is "right with the Lord"? and just what happens if he was not?

This is the way that this person refers to thoughts that do not exist within this persons skull...Regarding WE....Please understand this,O C H N Ca P K S Na Mg Cu Zn Se Mo F Ci I Mn Co Fe Li Sr Ai Si Pb V As Br...THE SAME..
I AM ANOTHER YOURSELF

but just let me say, you cannot go about changing the world,you can only change YOUR perception of it...If gay people bother you this is your thought,and for you it brings about negative emotion makeing you feel bad,any thought that makes you feel bad you have the power to control, simply change that thought to a more positive thought.with practise you can do this effortlessly with all that bothers you....this is how WE bring our SELf back in tune.

Femininity is only detrimental when it is no longer restrained and complimented by masculinity. Just as masculinity is detrimental when it is not restrained and complemented by femininity

Feminine attributes have come to be considered more important than masculine attributes because so many families are fatherless, and many children are primarily influenced by females. This puts our society out of balance. Masculine and feminine attributes complement each other and help produce balanced children.

Examples of feminine attributes include: empathy, appreciation for art, beauty and style, tenderness and nurturing support.

Masculine attributes include: discipline, strength, reason, and competitiveness.

There are also detriments pertaining to each sex, these need to be restrained by the opposite sex. detriments for women include: Jealousy, seduction, manipulation, vanity and unreasoned emotion. Detriments common in men include: violence, irresponsibility, intimidation and sexual deviancy.

Of course these are only generalizations, but by and large, they are accurate. For example: Far less women are in prison than men. You see far more men in prison for violent and sexually aggressive crimes than women. Common crimes that women commit are prostitution, shoplifting and credit-card or check fraud. Far more women are single parents than men. Far more women teach grade-school than men. Men are more common teachers in high school. Far more men are tradesman than women. Far more women are involved in fashion, design and service jobs such as waitress and haircutting. Of course you can find exceptions, but my examples include the overwhelming majority.

This is not due to discrimination or stereotyping, these are the choices that men and women make based on their preferences, natural instincts and desires. The point is that men and women are intrinsically different in their strengths and weaknesses. Men and women serve to complement and restrain each-other in an ideal family. A family that does not include both feminine and masculine influences, will result in children that are out of balance in some way.

Currently, I see our society out of balance in favor of femininity over masculinity. The problem with this is that the negative aspects of femininity are not restrained by male attributes, while the positive attributes of the male are not as widely encouraged as the natural feminine attributes. Examples are:

Natural male aggressiveness, curiosity and mischievousness is discouraged. Boys that act too much like boys, are often diagnosed with ADD and subdued with psychotropic medications such as Ritalin.

In the past, it was usually the fathers role to physically discipline children. It was the mothers role to protect them. In today's feminized culture, corporal punishment of children has been stigmatized and outlawed in most cases. Everyone protects children, but no one is likely to discipline them.

Men are encouraged to be more sensitive. They are told that it is OK for men to cry.

Competition is discouraged. In school sports, most all participants are recognized with awards and trophies, whether they are on the winning or losing team.

Men are becoming more vane with regards to their physical appearance. It has become commonplace for men to wear jewelry, dye their hair and wear sexy clothing.

Seductive clothing and behavior is unrestrained in both women and men.

Today's popular culture has a mother's instinct, who wants her children to be safe at all costs. Our soldiers are regarded as victims, rather than courageous heroes, willing to risk their lives in a selfless effort to protect women and children on the home front for a noble cause greater than themselves.

Often, honesty plays second fiddle to self-esteem. Dishonesty is OK if it spares hurt feelings. Self esteem often trumps brutal honesty, regardless of the unintended consequences.

Often, political persuasion relies heavily on emotion, rather than reason. Symbolism over substance is the mainstay of many political campaigns. Slogans such as "I can feel your pain" or I stand for "hope" are common political rhetoric.

Creating class envy between rich and poor, minority and majority, men and women, gay and straight, legal citizen and illegal alien, have become common political strategies. Jealousy and envy are emotions that are often played upon by a feminized society.

Often, TV shows and commercials portray women as cool, smart and stylish, while traditional men are portrayed as clumsy and stupid. But, if the men are feminized in appearance and emotional sensitivity, they are also portrayed as cool and smart.

Hunting, fishing ,eating meat, and using animals' hides for clothing, is often considered cruelty to animals. A more sensitive, emotional and feminized approach, is not to harm any living thing.
Again, I'm sure that you can find exceptions, but the current trend is definitely moving toward femininity and away from masculinity. This imbalance will leave feminine shortcomings to go unchecked and will also place restraint on masculine strengths. This shift can only weaken, impoverish and reduce the freedoms that are only possible and practical for "humanity in balance".

I base my views on my personal experience, reason and common sense. http://garyganu.blogspot.com

this MJ thread wouldn't go this direction.

Yep, he had problems, he probably did some things he's not proud of and most likely broke the the law.

Each of us has problems, done some things we're not proud of and most likely broke the law at one time or another.

Yeah the kid thing was creepy and I agree with ganuberism's take, abnormal. He was weird, but he's gone.

I don't really put pedophiles in the same light as a homosexual. They are not in any way related. As far as I know, pedophiles are both homosexual and heterosexual, with more of them on the heterosexual side.

Michael Jackson was weird. He never had a chance to grow up and tried to create the childhood he never had. He lacked the social skills that most children develop as a result of his early stardom and lack of opportunity to interact with others. His parents did an extremely poor job bringing him up and did not look out for his welfare. They did not provide the balance. They also did not provide him with the discipline, except through his father's beatings when Michael did not want to practice. It is inconceivable that the courts would even consider giving his kids to these people.

Speaking of which, i do not think Michael, given his lifestyle would have been allowed to adopt children if he were an ordinary citizen. He was allowed to purchase these kids. It is difficult to determine how many lawsuits were settled out of court with Jackson. We do not really have a clear picture. Was he the victim of greedy people or did he actually act in a perverted manner and molest kids.
In interviews, he was convinced that he loved kids and would never do anything to hurt them. I believe that he believed that. Only thing is some people ( like the NAMBLA group) do not think that it hurts kids to fondle them or have sex with them. So what exactly did Jackson mean when he said hurt. He could be on the same page as the rest of us or he could have invented his own version of "hurt". Could he have thought that if the child enjoyed it that that was not hurting? We will never know. We do know that he slept with them and had alarms set on his bedroom if anyone came near. Suspicious activity, as the house itself was well protected.

I found His father, Joe Jackson, despicable on tv. He used the opportunity of his son's death to promote his own record company. How bad is that. Also, I do not have much respect for the mother as she allowed the abuse of Michael to go on for the almighty buck. Mothers are supposed to protect their children. She didn't. She doesn't deserve those kids. She won't protect them either from that husband of hers. He will exploit them at every turn.

I feel a little guilty for a song that was a regional favorite when I played in a rock/punk/metal band.

"I hate Michael Jackson" played on a local radio show called local licks for 6 months in 93-4. The funny thing is it really didn't have verse, I'd kind of make them up depending on headlines. The chorus was

I HATE Michael Jackson
Hate him with a burning passion
I HATE Michael Jackson
And I'll tell you why.

On stage I'd do some really rough mimics of some signature Michael moves along with the efeminate squeals characteristic of his songs. I thought it was funny at the time.

hey he brought us the moon walk!
I am sure he had tremendous emotional problems...but who am I to judge?