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Michael Jackson is dead [Updated]
LA Times ^ | 6.25.09

Posted on 06/25/2009 2:45:23 PM PDT by libh8er

Edited on 06/25/2009 3:27:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.]

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KEYWORDS: demerol; hesdeadjim; homicide; jacko; jackson; kingofpop; legend; maninthemirror; michael; michaeljackson; mj; music; nananaheyheygoodbye; obituary; pedophile; perverts; thegreatest
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To: FTL

Yeah I’m star struck. You really nailed me. I guess the targeting of the rich and powerful by those seeking a quick route to money never happens. As for you calling me a simpleton, I will just consider the source and not take it personally :) Have a good day.


1,421 posted on 06/25/2009 10:21:45 PM PDT by Shaun_MD (Closed Mouth, Opened Mind, Clenched Fist.)
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To: Ptarmigan

Jackson bears a lot of the blame for becoming a Freak Show since he propagated a lot of the rumors himself only to deny them later. The stuff about sleeping in a Hyperbaric Chamber and trying to buy the Elephant Man’s remains was false but Jackson got the rumors going.


1,422 posted on 06/25/2009 10:21:55 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Towed_Jumper

thumbs up


1,423 posted on 06/25/2009 10:22:06 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: null and void
*shrug* OTOH, this thread is the first I’d heard that Chaplin was a pedophile.

He liked teenage girls, but I haven't read anything about the true pedophilia of liking pre-pubescent girls, nor any mention of boys. He was born in 1889, and in the first half of the last century when he was alive, most women didn't go to college. It wasn't THAT unusual for some girls to get sexually involved and then married at the age of 15. Several of the girls he romanced were showgirls, whose parents were already neglectful, or were the liberals of their day.

He was widely criticized for this final (of 5 or 6) marriage to Oona O'Neill, daughter of the playwright Eugene O'Neill, when she was 18 and he was in his mid-50s; but the marriage lasted many years until his death and produced a big bunch of children, like maybe 8. I guess he finally settled down.

1,424 posted on 06/25/2009 10:22:52 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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To: Borges

*shrug* My ignorance.

I do know that during the same general time frame Fatty Arbuckle was falsely accused of murdering Virginia Rappe.

The press tried him, convicted him and destroyed his career. The jury found no evidence to support the charges.

His real crime? He had a sense of humor and liked to play the occasional practical joke. And he was fat.

Yeah, it’s a personal sore spot for me. You see, I’m fat and I have a sense of humor.

No one is immune from false accusations.

I’d be willing to put money on false charges and planted evidence of pedophilia being the left’s weapon of choice against anyone decent who attempts to interfere with the solidification The 0ne’s grab for absolute power.

After all, the mere accusation is enough, it’s not the truth of the charges that is important, but the severity.

Thanks for the common knowledge background. I wouldn’t have thought of your actions as despicable had I known of that.

I was out of line, and apologize for that comment.


1,425 posted on 06/25/2009 10:22:55 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 157 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Albion Wilde

And Oona lived till 1991.


1,426 posted on 06/25/2009 10:23:37 PM PDT by Borges
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To: roses of sharon

Thank you....I wish people would get off the ugliness about Michael and just look at the genius of this man. It is a sad night to have lost this man.


1,427 posted on 06/25/2009 10:24:30 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Thumper1960

“You are projecting. You do know that, don’t you?”

If you think that not glossing over a child abuser and not idolizing him and not joining the ranks of the pop-symbol worshiping sheelple is “projecting”, then you are even sicker than thought.

Look - its simple. You love and defend this guy. And I think that he is a reprobate who got away with his sick behavior because of his race, celebrity status and money. Same as OJ.

YOU seem to think its fine. I don’t. Glad I’m not you.


1,428 posted on 06/25/2009 10:25:04 PM PDT by FTL
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To: Ptarmigan
Every boy had a poster of Farrah Fawcett

Farrah was a beauty alright, but if I had a poster of one of Ch. Angels it would've been of Jaclyn.

1,429 posted on 06/25/2009 10:25:05 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Jrabbit

And who gets the Elephant Man skeleton?


1,430 posted on 06/25/2009 10:27:27 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: rurgan
Your (original) post:

What kind of a grown man sleeps in the same bed with children?

Since you've decided to clean up your original post and re-state your comment, I will take your words at face value.

Words mean things, it's been said. When one posts, or makes a statement, one must be careful of the message one wishes to transmit. Unfortunately, many FReepers have become sloppy and over the past couple of years have opened their rhetorical mouths too often without engaging their brains. The cumulative "illogic" is becoming toxic.

What some here cannot get over is that Jackson is dead. The stories and jokes have all been heard. Jackson had his days in court, and despite the possible erroneous decisions, he was found not guilty. I am certain Murtha seethes silently when considering the Marines he accused and were found not guilty or had their charges dropped. It is pathetically ironic that some here would share those disturbing feelings of a miscarriage of justice with scum like Murtha. But, it is over and it is done. Jackson is with his maker and He will decide what is to become of Jackson's soul.

1,432 posted on 06/25/2009 10:32:40 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: shield

*I wish people would get off the ugliness about Michael and just look at the genius of this man.*

Genius? What?? The man had a little girl’s voice. He could neither play instruments nor write decent lyrics. His songs consist of simple vamps repeated over and over with some squealing on top of it, often bleating out the same syrupy fake message of how great it would be if we could all live together in hope & change. Whoop-de-do.

Mozart was a genius. Michael Jackson? Freak. End of.


1,433 posted on 06/25/2009 10:32:57 PM PDT by j-damn
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To: FTL

I read it to mean you were claiming to be an MD as well.

Maybe you have “writing comprehension” problems?


1,434 posted on 06/25/2009 10:33:45 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 157 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: libh8er

The TV coverage of Michael has moved into the EXTREME. Enough is enough.

The people still being killed and tortured in Iran deserve coverage like this.


1,435 posted on 06/25/2009 10:34:44 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: Borges

At 55 seconds, he does a double on his right foot, he makes it look so easy it isnt even noticed......goes to show, he never took the easy way out, very disciplined.

Our dance choreographer used to tell us that no one practiced like MJ, no one. Practice, practice, practice!


1,436 posted on 06/25/2009 10:36:01 PM PDT by roses of sharon (We must get a grip on what we can, and hold on. Hold on with energy, imagination, and ferocity)
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To: Richard Kimball

“I saw the interview where he talked about spending the night with them and the whole “I’d just kiss them and tuck them in. It was very sweet” interview, and it doesn’t pass the BS test.”

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

While you are the conservative voice of logic, I’m afraid you will never convince these Jackson sycophants who choose to ignore what a creep this sicko really was.

Yet when asked if they would leave their own children with the guy, boy watch all the contortions they go through trying to explain why they love and defend Mr. Baby-Dangle to the core, believe in him like a god, but wouldn’t trust him with their children.

The same exact type of worship we see with Obama is also being demonstrated here around Mr. Jackson.

This is nothing more than an expression of who some of these people really are.


1,437 posted on 06/25/2009 10:36:31 PM PDT by FTL
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To: mplsconservative
"I said his music was like a background to my life growing up."

I hope that wasn't all.

1,438 posted on 06/25/2009 10:37:24 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: FTL
You are being generous to yourself when you claim to "think".

My point is, and has always been, the man is dead and the vileness and the venom is beneath the level of civilized discourse once held dear on this forum. Thankfully, you are not God. Thankfully, He is deciding the eternal fate of Jackson's soul. Thankfully, He knows what is within each of our hearts and blesses us accordingly. We who do not project our inner hatred know enough to shield our humanity and decency from the infectious nature of your type of poison.

1,439 posted on 06/25/2009 10:39:54 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: shield

bttt!


1,440 posted on 06/25/2009 10:40:10 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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