Posted on 07/07/2009 7:58:55 AM PDT by kristinn
The Jackson family has decided to bring Michael's body to the memorial service being held today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, putting off the announced plans for a private internment at Forest Lawn cemetery from 8 a.m. PDT to after the service.
The 10 a.m. PDT service is being broadcast on all the major American broadcast and cable news networks, as well as in theaters across the country, the Times Square jumbotron in New York City and on TV screens around the world.
From Entertainment Weekly, performers and friends expected at the service include: Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi, Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Usher and Stevie Wonder.
Michael's Jackson's close friend Elizabeth Taylor declined an invitation to speak at the service, writing in part on Twitter: "I cannot be part of the public whoopla."
In a strange but fitting twist of fate, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus elephant parade through the streets of Los Angeles is set to take place this morning with the elephants arriving at the Staples Center just hours before the service for the circus' scheduled run at the arena.
FILE - In this July 15, 2008 file photo originally supplied by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, take an early morning stroll en route to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Stefano Paltera, file) (Stefano Paltera - AP)
Get a Life, Tara.
Than you Vaquero....I do.
However: Thanks for asking...
Good Luck..:)
Showtime!!!
Showtime for the Kool-Aid Drinkers!
I’d watch it if that was gonna happen.
Thanks for sharing that and our prayers are up for you and your family. This monster, his name was George Rogers, ruined many kids lives. My kid is 32, has has similar problems, several DUI’s etc, He’s getting much better but you can see it set him back a few years emotionally. Others from the same case were worse. One kid setting his house on fire and another trying to make pipe bombs that blew his eye out.
Mr Rogers was a teacher in a certain subject and against my wifes intuition, I sent my son to this man for training in this field. Little did I know.
He was a well respected man in his field and folks that know him still deny that it could have been him.
Last I heard Mr George Rogers was a petrochemical engineer living in Alabama.
The public was given a viewing opportunity before the viewing in the rotunda in DC. Kerry went to the Left coast to beat the others in Congress. Kerry wasn't a Reagan fan.
John Kerry: Funeral Crashing Loser (www.crushkerry.com 6/9/04)
Have You Forgotten The Kerry Committee? [Kerry Claimed Reagan Misled Congress] (Mens News Daily March 3, 2004 Humberto Fontova)
Kerry briefly pays respects to Reagan (AP 6/09/04 LIZ SIDOTI)
Oh dear...
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Reading the sympathy cards from those unable to attend. Diana Ross, Nelson Mandela & Family
Good Lord, our country is going to hell in a handbasket, Marxism runs rampant, and so many people are consumed by this crap. I’ll never understand it.
Michael Jackson Conversion Rumor True? Was he saved? (CBS47 NEWS ^ | 7-3-09 | Cakid1)
Distractions like this get news items like Iran, Korea, Afghanistan, and Honduras off the anchors’ desks.
It also gives TOTUS time to cool down and prepare for the next day’s public appearances.
Will we still be able to post this photo?
As I said..I don’t know if Michael accepted Jesus as his Lord and Saviour and neither do you...
He was a Jehovah Witness for many years and they do believe
in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
I do know if he did..He is with Jesus in his heavenly kingdom.
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No...he & Elvis just left the building.
Probably not. Copyrights, ya know..:)
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Who Cares?
I don’t mean to be rude but forced furerals is unAmerican unless it is a President!
I don’t dislike Micheal Jackson in fact the whole thing about his life is a tragedy
Every thing has been pre empted today for this..
TV, Radio etc
get a life!
Fans pay your respects
...but come on his life was so notorious right or wrong I don’t...
I really dislike this new way of doing things in America!
Why?
Because I strive to live by the Laws and Commandments of a Holy Just Loving GOD?
“The way of man is not in himse!f; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jer. 10:23).
“Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ... that no flesh should glory in His presence.”
The pull of the flesh is strong, and unless the attraction of the Spirit is very powerful, brethren and sisters will naturally reflect the current views and outlook of the world. Baptism of itself is no insulation against the glitter of the world and the self-deception of the mind of the flesh. Jesus said (Matt. 24:12) —
“Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”
Fox talking about how CA changed law after MJ first case so the person couldn’t be bought off. Sneden thought he had much more proof on the first case.
1/2 this thread is you preachin.......no offense but I’m passin your posts as what you wanted to say, you said.....now 37 thousand times
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