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Live Thread: Michael Jackson Memorial Service
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 | Kristinn

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)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benevolent; homosexualagenda; kingofpop; liars; michaeljackson; pedophile; rip
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To: Dallas59

that was quite funny


161 posted on 07/07/2009 10:28:51 AM PDT by a real Sheila (fresh out of tagline ideas)
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To: gimme1ibertee; halfright

I’m very, very sorry to hear this. Thanks for posting. I hope that it will touch the hearts of those who don’t realize what harm this can do to a life.


162 posted on 07/07/2009 10:29:20 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: RummyChick

God help me. I am going to turn TV on. I know I shouldn’t, just reading about it has put me in a ‘mood.’


163 posted on 07/07/2009 10:30:52 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: advertising guy

I guess I should just continue to post in the *religion* section....

No offense taken...:)


164 posted on 07/07/2009 10:31:29 AM PDT by TaraP (Unless we stand for something, we will fall for everything.")
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To: KansasGirl

The powers to be even over rode Rush Show on WJR!

My soaps are pre emptyed

My only vice dang!:)


165 posted on 07/07/2009 10:33:36 AM PDT by restornu
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To: RummyChick

Are they gong to open the casket for the world? Maybe the mortician did him up to look like a real person rather than a freak.

Music starting-I actually might enjoy the gospel music.


166 posted on 07/07/2009 10:34:13 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Lovn’ the gospel choir!


167 posted on 07/07/2009 10:35:16 AM PDT by ninergold3 ("Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?" -Mark Lowry)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

What’s with the sunglasses? Do they think they are Secret Service?


168 posted on 07/07/2009 10:35:28 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: a fool in paradise

There still is a freak show on the anniversary of his death each year at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.


169 posted on 07/07/2009 10:37:14 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Michael can’t hear them. Wonder if they know that?


170 posted on 07/07/2009 10:37:16 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: restornu
My soaps are pre emptyed

My vice too. Now I'll have to do something semi-constructive. Clean the bathroom, organize my scrapbook room, or maybe just sit on my butt and watch FoxNews. How pathetic!

171 posted on 07/07/2009 10:37:56 AM PDT by ninergold3 ("Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?" -Mark Lowry)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

http://mog.com/music/Andrae_Crouch/Kings_of_Gospel/Soon_and_Very_Soon

Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King


172 posted on 07/07/2009 10:38:20 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: jslade
According to Neal Boortz, Michael Jackson is a “shovel-ready project”.

ROTFLMAO!!!! Nobody can zing 'em better than Boortz.

173 posted on 07/07/2009 10:38:41 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ninergold3

WOW, a no name Rev opening opening up the ceremony. Where is Al Sharpton?


174 posted on 07/07/2009 10:38:49 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: HokieMom

I love gospel music.


175 posted on 07/07/2009 10:39:42 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: kristinn
Upon seeing this thread...


176 posted on 07/07/2009 10:39:43 AM PDT by woollyone (I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
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To: woollyone

mariah couldn’t hit the high notes


177 posted on 07/07/2009 10:40:39 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

There are two things I like about Mariah.


178 posted on 07/07/2009 10:41:47 AM PDT by CaptRon
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To: kristinn

So what happens when the circus is over and they find out the government is out of bread?


179 posted on 07/07/2009 10:41:58 AM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: RummyChick

Who’s the guy?
(She never could hit the high notes)


180 posted on 07/07/2009 10:42:23 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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