MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL

By far the most poignant moment of the Michael Jackson Tribute - his daughter Paris.
Now...why did Mariah Carey wear a dress low cut to her belly button....and....why did LaToya wear a hat that covered her face? Just wondering....l

MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL JULY 7, 2009

First, I succesfully entered the lottery for the MJ Memorial. Sencondly, I got a notice from the Staples Center saying "You did not win a ticket". So I watched at home; after all, Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross did, so why not me? It was an elaborate and moving ceremony. I feel pretty sure Michael was flying around with that grin on his face, enjoying every moment. He made a signifigant contribution to music, in America and around the world, and I'm glad he was here during my time on earth. His legend will live in perpetuity, along with Elvis and Marilyn.
But I also have to say that a day long tribute is enough and it is after 5 p.m. here in L.A. and tv is still all Michael all the time. I personally look forward to the local, national and international news every day, not to memtion the cable political talk shows. So far, no go. I will keep channel surfing looking for some news of the day before retiring for the evening. Otherwise, I'll get up tomorrow morninng and try again. Hopefully the all Michael all the time coverage will have at least somewhat subsided by then.

The British Are Coming ... For Jackson

I find this utterly amazing....
I was a fan of Michael Jackson, but...
I was fortunat enough to get a signed CD set personally signed to me from Michael's business manager just several weeks before he died...MICHAEL JACKSON-THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

MICHAEL JACKSON

Thank you Tohme Tohme, for the wonderful 4 volume set of CD's of Michael Jackson's "The Ultimate Collection" signed "Love To Woody, Michael Jackson." Of course it is a treasure that I will always keep. Having only gotten it about a month or so before Michael died, I feel I was meant to have it. I, like most people, considered Michael a curiosity as well as a great artist, and was a "fan" in several senses of the word. He was an amazing phenomonon, determined to go after things in his own way, I guess it all amounted to seeking personal fulfillment, even though most people didn't understand it. I'm glad he was acquitted of the charges brought by the 2 children; most people are fair enough to accept the verdict determined in a court of law, and assume Michael was innocent, although we will likely never know exactly what the circustances were. Sometimes I think such great talent and artistry is troublesome to the artist, always seeking fulfillment on a higher level, reaching farther and farther until they fall. There appears to be an inherent sadness in their lives, and fullfillment....and happiness....and sleep...never really come. The same with Elvis.....perhaps no earthly fulfillment was available to them and they were simply "hanging on", just waiting for their "time" to come." With Michael, as with Elvis, the words from "Hamlet" come to mind: "Now cracks a noble heart......Good Night Sweet Prince...And flights of angels sing the to thy rest." Good night Michael....and Thanks.

VILLARAIGOSA WON'T RUN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

Villaraigosa is a nice man. However, he has been an ineffective mayor for Los Angeles. I think he is a media glutton, anxious for publicity and the limelight. He lights up under the lights. But he should have been an actor or a sports figure or the star of his own reality show. He has sought religiously to be part of every publicity & photo op in the city & county & state, short of supermarket openings. I think the Mayor is cancelling (or postponing) his bid for governor because he knows he doesn't have a prayer. Why elect someone to leave behind one big mess and move on to take charge of an even bigger mess? I don't think so...

OBAMA THE FLY SWATTER

I for one was flabbergasted when I saw our President kill a fly on his arm, brush it onto the floor and call it a "little sucker" while the camera went close up on the dead fly, lying legs- up on the presidential rug. And my feeling had nothing to do with PETA, nor do they now. I just thought it was distasteful, very unpresidential, and unnecessary. I think it would have been much more dignified and tasteful to simply shoo the fly away and make a joke of it. Especially since they had joked good naturedly about the fly prior to it's sudden demise. It just didn't come off as "good" in any fashion, I think that killing living things on television is inappropriate in any case, especially when the killing is being done by the President of the United States. Sets a bad example. Especially these days when abuse and the inappropriate treatment of animals and children is rampant.

Christians barred from sidewalk handouts at Arab festival (OneNewsNow.com)

Christians barred from sidewalk handouts at Arab festival (OneNewsNow.com): "Hide Comments"

This is so embarassing. Why do American Christians always have to come off as trouble makers and militants???
They aren't good for much else but demeaning people who disagree with them and causing fights.
If the Arabs don't want Christians handing out leaflets at their event, then so be it. Honor their wishes as you would have yours honored if the situation were reversed and leave them alone. Christians in this country are defeating their own purpose by being so threatening and intolerant of the religious and other views of their fellow Americans and trying to force others into accepting Christian beliefs even though they are often presented in such a hateful, judgemental and hypocritical way. I was raised Christian but I consider my religious beliefs personal and private and unthreatened by others who believe differently. That's the way it should be for all of us, then we would have much less hate and war. Christianity is producing the exact opposite results of what it was intended because of the hateful, petty and selfiish and beligernat behavior of the so called "Christians".