Michael Jackson Put 'Curse' on Spielberg-Magazine

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[scholar]

Could you please tell me why anyone with a life cares about what this seriously disturbed individual does with his life? I live in a community of 35,000 residents and there are 15 registered sex offenders. Maybe folks should be more concerned about what is happening in their own community than what Whacko Jacko is doing--ya think??

[ArcLight]

Actually, it is interesting that nobody has written about this issue. But to claim that race has anything to do with it is outrageous.

[ArcLight]

Actually, it is interesting that nobody has written about this issue. But to claim that race has anything to do with it is outrageous.

[The FRugitive]

This is well beyond funny, and into the realm of the sick and tragic. Somebody desperately needs to help this man.

I agree. More then anything, I feel sorry for him. Could anyone be more lost?

[ErnBatavia]

Living in south Ga, I thought I had heard just about every racial slur out there. I was wrong. What the heck is a spabook?

I love that! Kinda like when I went into the Marines 30 years ago and first heard the terms "Splib" (ethnic) and "Scumbag" (any Marine recruit...derogatory).

[per loin]

Why do you think he is being given a pass?

[ErnBatavia]

Yup. It is prison time for Jacko.

If (when!) Jacko offs his ownself, can you just IMAGINE what big bucks will be offered for the autopsy "details"??

[per loin]

If (when!) Jacko offs his ownself, can you just IMAGINE what big bucks will be offered for the autopsy "details"??

And if he doesn't, how many packs of cigarettes he will be traded for in the joint.

[jackbob]

The reason people in exclusive communities of 35,000 with only 15 registered sex offenders should care about whether a famous, very wealthy, alleged bisexual child molester, is able to prevent being charged with attempted mass murder or conspiracy to commit it, is that the more these types of people get away with crimes, the easier it will be for others to also do the same. Even in nice exclusive communities of 35,000 which may only have 15, 30, 90, 360 registered sex offenders.

[jackbob]

More then anything, I feel sorry for him. Could anyone be more lost?

Do you also feel sorry for Saddam Hussein? Do you feel sorry for all extremely wealthy alleged sex offenders who use their money and influence to engage in acts of attempted murder? If he were poor, would you also feel that someone needs to help him?

[ArcLight]

Not sure he is being given a pass. I've already pitched a story along these lines to my editor.

[per loin]

Kuul. Who do you write for, and do I get a footnote credit?

[ArcLight]

Shhh. Secret.

[T Lady]

Yes, Michael Jackson is given somewhat of a pass here; not as much as some other Black entertainers, however. This is due to the fact that he has fallen out of favor with many in the Liberal press.

I can give you a pretty good example of the double standards Liberals apply to the entertainment industry. Let's take Eminem and say, Ludacris or Jay-Z for example. Now the majority of us here at FR would agree that all Gangsta Rap is horrible, and that the lyrics are reprehensible and damaging to children, correct? Well, so does Bill O'Reilly. When he mentioned how disgusting and sexist Eminem's Gay-Bashing diatribe was, there was hardly a peep from the Left; in fact, there are some Liberal journalists who actually question G.L.A.A.D.'s virtual silence concerning this artist (read "The New Thought Police" to find out exactly why). However, when Mr. O'Reilly justly condemned Pepsi for allowing the Black Rapper Ludacris to advertise their product, the Left went nuts. Why you ask? It's simply this: Black entertainers, or anyone in the realm of say, Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, are considered sacred cows to the Left. No matter how disgusting their behavior, it is considered 'racist' to criticize Blacks in ANY way. Especially these Rappers. Somehow the Liberal Weenie Critics believe these guys (and gals) are rapping from experience, when in fact, the majority of these people (like Chuck D of Public Enemy, for example) come from well-to-do middle-class families. Before cancelling my subscription to Entertainment Weekly, nine out of ten music reviews on Gansta Rap albums by Black artists were always favorable, with their constant fawning over the "realism" of the lyrics. Yeah, right!

Neither one of you offends me on this topic, not in the least. There are many among Black America who find Ludacris, Jay-Z, Missy Elliot, and Lil' Kim very hard on the ears, and a terrible infulence on our youth. I believe the criticism Bill O'Reilly has against these guys, as well as any other questionable celebrity is needed, and I applaud him or anyone else who has the guts to stand up to the fascism of the Left.

-Regards, T.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

This comes from the website http://www.africana.com/articles/alist/bw20030314urkel.asp

Wubacked ubout pubedubophubile

Haven't read, seen or heard enough bizarre stories about Michael Jackson? Us neither! That's why we quite literally ran out to buy the April issue of Vanity Fair which, besides dissing Denzel, (see A-List item #3), also contains a lengthy exposé on the alleged precariousness of MJ's finances, sanity and nasal organ. Among the article's many, many WTF?! moments, the one that particularly struck us was the revelation that little Michael Jackson regularly denigrates other black people using his own personal racial slur — "spabooks."

Now, maybe it was the recent passing of Mr. Rogers, or maybe it's the particular brand of spring fever that sets fire to the A-List's collective brain each year about now and leaves us as antsy as a schoolgirl (44 days and counting!), but for some reason that one-word window into Wacko Jacko's complex matrix of internalized racism/self-loathing tickled something in the part of the A-List's brain that stores memories of kiddie TV.

Last week the A-List asked, "what the hell exactly is the derivation of spabook?" a question that rattled around in our heads all week along with the word itself — spabook, schwa sound, roughly rhyming with "cahoot" — until out popped the time-misted memory of a younger, more innocent A-List lying on a shag rug with our siblings, soaking up television rays while watching PBS's Zoom. And then it hit us: "spabooks" is none other than the curiously retro slur "spook" rendered in Ubbi Dubbi, the Zoomers' native tongue!

For those of you too young, old, or unlucky to have been edutained by the kid-produced public television show, Ubbi Dubbi is like a post-hippie Pig Latin, a lingua franca for Zoom fans looking to talk over, under or past their parents' comprehension. Translating English into Ubbi Dubbi is easy — you just insert the syllable "ub" before each new vowel sound in a word. For example, "Michael Jackson" becomes "Mubichubael Jubacksubon," whereas "spook" becomes "spubook," or, in the case of Vanity Fair's hearsay transcription "spabook!"

Another pressing cultural mystery solved by the A-List! (And you better believe it: Michael would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for us meddling kids!)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The formatting is mine, the referenced site has this as one long paragraph.

[Helms]

[eleni121]

This is a while ago but do you happen to know why Jackson wanted to curse Spielberg? Does it have anything to do with The Color Purple and the portrayal of black men?

[Scenic Sounds]

Michael Jackson . . . once paid $150,000 for a "voodoo curse" to kill director Steven Spielberg

After reading what you showed me earlier, I take such things much more seriously. ;-)