Jackson seemed to want to be 8 again. Sleepover parties are bizarre, but not molestation.

I never slept in my friends beds when I was a little kid. In fact… the only time I’ve ever shared a bed with a guy was on a christian retreat, to save money on hotel fare.

I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on
Michael Jackson. As we all know, Jackson died the other day. He
was an entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he
spent millions, and he did a lot of things that make him a villain
to many people. I understand that his death would affect a lot of
people, and I respect those people who mourn his death, but that
isn’t the point of my rant.

Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their
minds with grief. When a man dies whose only contribution to the
country was to ENTERTAIN people, the American people find the need
to flock to a memorial in Hollywood, and even Congress sees the need
to hold a “moment of silence” for his passing?

Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he’s
a freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few decades? What
about all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom? All
those Soldiers who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a
war, still raised their hands and swore to defend the Constitution
and the United States of America. Where is their moment of
silence? Where are the people flocking to their graves or memorials
and mourning over them because they made the ultimate sacrifice?

Why is it when a Soldier dies, there are more people saying “good
riddance,” and “thank God for IEDs?” When did this country become
so calloused to the sacrifice of GOOD MEN and WOMEN, that they can
arbitrarily blow off their deaths, and instead, throw themselves
into mourning for a “Pop Icon?”

I think that if they are going to hold a moment of silence IN
CONGRESS for Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of silence
for every service member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They need
to PUBLICLY recognize every life that has been lost so that the
American people can live their callous little lives in the luxury
and freedom that WE, those that are living and those that have gone
on, have provided for them. But, wait, that would take too much
time, because there have been so many willing to make that
sacrifice. After all, we will never make millions of dollars. We
will never star in movies, or write hit songs that the world will
listen too. We only shed our blood, sweat and tears so that people
can enjoy what they have.

Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it. Remember these
five words the next time you think of someone who is serving in the
military;
“So that others may live..”

I don’t think any entertainer deserves a moment of silence in Congress; I would reserve that for war heroes, personally.
I think the emotional outburst from this Dem was nauseating, though. His feelings are none of our business. He was just grandstanding. Beat up the dead guy, or the guy who is no longer in office.

Only in the USA could such a blatant sexual predator pedophile be elevated to deity status. He never got convicted, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t guilty. No one would pay 20 million dollars to silence an accuser if he wasn’t guilty. The kid even described marking on the skin of Jackson’s genitals. I don’t blame the guy for being nauseated. I would walk out if someone told me to give a moment of silence for a dead pedophile. I would say fuck you, I’m not honoring a pedophile.

While he was never found guilty of molesting children, it’s pretty clear he had some uncomfortably strange interactions with them.

While it’s bizarre that a grown man would want to actually be a child, this is not the same as molesting one. Both cases reeked of BS.

If my child is raped, I go to the police. I don’t demand hush money. I want the sick freak put away forever, not merely take a chunk of his bank that he will never miss. Even if the excuse is that they were people who “don’t want to put their child through that”…they made it a public affair and put their kid through it.

The second case was a clear cut case of prosecutorial and police misconduct. The witnesses were juvies with a long police record, and their mother with past instances of perjury and fraud. These were perhaps the least trustworthy witnesses in the history of the law, and a case was built on their lies. The jury unanimously rejected their testimony (rightly I believe). And the prosecutor lied to the jury by alleging that Jackson had also molested McCully Culkin when he was a child…despite Culkin telling them that Jackson had never acted inappropriately with him.

I arrived here b/c of something about this I saw on another site…the following is what I posted there:
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Ed McMahon was in the USMC during WWII & flew 79 missions in Korea during that war & was in the entertainment business for many, many more years than Jackson AND NEVER was accused of being a child molester & as for Farrah…she was not in the service like EM & yes she had some PERSONAL “demons” but NONE that harmed others…only herself & she suffered an long, slow painful death & was a TV “icon” AND YET NO MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR HER OR E.M.>>>BUT ONE FOR Jackson who PAID OFF at least one set of parents of a child he molested…that child was the one that

ACCURATELY described markings on Jackson’s “private parts” that he DIDN’T KEEP PRIVATE.

The 1st two words out of my mouth upon hearing that Jackson was dead was “GOOD RIDDANCE” !!!
The 1st two words out of my mouth upon hearing about the ‘moment of silence’ wouldn’t get past the profanity filter!!!
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I’ll add this: As far as I’m concerned he DID MOLEST children…at least one of them…the one I mentioned above where Jackson paid off the parents of a boy who described distinct marking on his “privates”…PROOF ENOUGH FOR ME…may he rot slowly & painfully in Hades.

I think Jackson was a perverted freak. This shows the direction our “leaders” are going. I am also sick to my stomach about this.

While he was never found guilty of molesting children, it’s pretty clear he had some uncomfortably strange interactions with them.

The truth: Jackson was attacked by the entire spectrum of the media, which convicted him before his trial; even so, and with a very tainted jury pool, he was not convicted of anything.
For someone who claims to be for the rule of law, Rob instead uses smear, when there are no facts to back him up.

Looks like r108 and Michael had some alone time when he was younger. I bet that was fun.

Ed McMahon deserved a moment of silence more than Michael. He served his country twice. Michael was never convicted so labeling him as a pedophile is rather unfair IMO. BUT that is exactly what the accuser wanted along with several million dollar$. I recall Bob Hope was honored with a moment of silence even before he actually really died. He ended up making a joke about it. That kind of goes to show us we shouldn’t believe everything we hear. Having said that I still am not sure why they did that for Michael and not Ed.

Kenny:

He was just oddly infatuated with BEING a child…something he never got to do.

I can fairly guarantee that everyone, Kenny included, will miss the import of this statement.

I don’t have the Constitution memorized, but I don’t recall the Constitution giving Congress the power to have moments of silence.

But it does give them the power set the rules in the House. And to vote for laws.

Congress has been doing these sorts of resolutions since some of our founding fathers were still sitting in the chambers.

I leave you to your Constitutional detective work, but give me a break.

Kenny, unless I’m not remembering the case correctly it seems to me that Jackson sleeping in the same bed with some of the kids and other strange behavior was never disproved. Only ruled to have not risen to the level of molestation.

He may not have been convicted of a specific crime, but I’d never send my kids over to his house.