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)
[Was he a pedophile? he was never convicted of it...]
Is OJ Simpson a murderer? he was never convicted of it...
OJ was a case of jury nullification. The Community thought that it “made things equal” to let OJ get away with double homocide. Put one over on The Man.
As to Michael. Some of his victims waited too long to go to trial. At least one was a Hollywood actor who didn’t want to go public about it at the time (one of the Cories).
As to the case that was beat, I never followed it. May have been a bad case. Or could have been faulty prosecution.
Paula Abdul may beg to differ with you. . .
OJ was convicted of it in civil court (where the standard is 51% evidence) but “found” not guilty in criminal court where the standard is overwhelming evidence.
I see it as double jeopardy to try someone twice on the same offense.
How about we set up 4 more legal systems so that we can keep retrying cases by any standard of measure?
Michael Jackson’s spiritual roots
Michael Jackson grew up in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. During his 2005 trial he apparently turned to Kaballah (made popular by Madonna), indicated by the red string bracelet he wore throughout the trial.
During his life, Michael Jackson sought out several high profile spiritual advisers including Orthodox Jew Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and New Age guru Deepak Chopra. Chopra was seen on many television interviews following Michael’s death. Michael Jackson also followed several of his brothers into Islam.
Michael Jackson was clearly a man searching for something to believe in.
“He (Michael Jackson) definitely had an ‘encounter’ with them (Andrae’ Crouch and his sister Sandra Crouch), Andraé says, ‘he did NOT reject Jesus or the prayer when they prayed, and gladly joined in prayer.’ He usually doesn’t touch anybody, but he touched them, and held their hands in a circle as they sang and prayed... There was NO actual ‘sinners prayer’ however, but they did talk and pray about Jesus and the anointing of the Holy Spirit” (the “anointing” was requested by Michael.
ONLY Jesus Knows...NOT US....
OOh, I hear ya! He very well could have!
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Probably because one hand was usually holding a microphone, and the other hand was clutching his crotch.
That makes it a bit difficult.
How right he was.
Leni
You know, that is just a *Mean Spirited* thing to say....
Do you think GOD would approve of what you just said????
GOD wants EVERYONE to be saved, it looks like you don’t.
HATE is a disease of the mind and the heart.
Why?
God save us from this travesty! What do we tell our children and grandchildren????
I wish the loser had never been loosed on the world.
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