Posted on 06/28/2009 6:40:55 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER
Please post the ridiculous comments made in the wake of the tragic life lived by Michael Jackson
Neil Armstrong is discussed in another thread.
Just saying.
Sounds a lot like the things people say about Obama.
Absolutely. It was on Fox right after Michael’s untimely passing, they were still trying to put into words the loss they were experiencing.
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McDonald’s is introducing a new entree called the McJacko...it’s a 50 year piece of meat next to 10 year buns.
Jazz musician Herbie Hancock ( barf alert:
” This is an unbelievable tragedy, first of all for his family, for his devout fans, for the world of music and for the world of culture. Michael was one of the most diligent creators. His passion flowed through every pore of his being. His sense of invention was unparalleled. Who else could have thought of the moonwalk and who else could have created such a unique sense of movement in dance. His contribution to music and music videos; Off the Wall, Thriller, We are the World are expressions of his consummate talent. Above all his compassion for serving humanity and desire to uplift and encourage excellence are etched in his legacy.
He changed the world. “
Herbie Hancock
Here's something that may be worthwhile ~ his dad, Joe Jackson, saw a way out of Gary, Indiana, and worked hard to do it ~ and took his family with him.
There are other families of 9, maybe 10 kids, and they live in these little 900 sq. ft. houses ~ there's a boys' room and a girls' room. The rest of the house is devoted to communal chores, and tight discipline is needed just so everyone gets something to eat, has clean clothes everyday, and can get to school.
Joe found himself living that life, with the kids stacked like cordwood on the beds sideways. Michael was 7 of 9 and he had promise, which his dad saw, and he invested himself and the entire family in that promise.
Whatever path Michael took for himself later in life, his dad opted to be the father that led his family to something better, and he did.
Another Gary native I knew was a young woman who'd found herself sitting on a curb outside the neighborhood beerjoint in Gary, across the street from a 16 foot high chain link fence protecting a steel plant, and she was barefoot and pregnant. No idea who the dad was, and she'd probably missed over half her schooling over the years.
A typical welfare case in a big, nasty, dirty industrial town ~ and with no hope, yet, in an instant she saw a way out and pursued that with every ounce of energy.
She did it herself though ~ got out of there. Got an education. Worked hard. Raised her son, sometimes taking him with her in the very used SUV she'd found handy in Calumet snowfalls, and by the time she ran into me in her life she was probably pretty much like Joe Jackson was the day he met Bary Gordy.
Bary had more to offer Joe, obviously, but I got asked a question ~ should she apply for a certain job, and I reflected on her performance in our area and recognized it was probably at the limits of her capability, but she should apply for that other job because she could do better, and she did.
Two Gary people, from the bad part of town, and they didn't let the world crush them. Instead, the pushed the limits of success and took so many others along with them it is breath-taking.
Like Bach didn't matter at all .... SHEESH!
...and what about her children and grandchildren. I guess they’re just chopped liver.
ME<—— being happy to NOT have the ability to empathize with a child molester.
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