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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:19 PM Original message |
ABC-CBS-NBC-MSNBC- All Showing MJ Tribute Live |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. this is complete ridiculousness. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for the warning |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. AEG, the company that owns Staples Center, also was the same company |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Good. Then THEY can afford to reimburse California for this nonsense. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jennifer Hudson is singing right now and she RAWWKS! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Agreed. Ms. Hudson is doing a fantabulous job. She understands loss.... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I have to agree.... |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Trying to reform MJ's image through sympathy. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Ah. My sympathy is all for the children he manufactured. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
81. Same here. I save my sympathy for those kids. They didn't ask for this circus. nt |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is he still dead? n/t |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. There can only be one greatest. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It sure wasn't him. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. So sorry for the pinched souls who don't appreciate this - or the man. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. don't apologize. If people want to waste their time on that stuff, fine. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
91. The man was a SINGER, he had a VOICE |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. maybe he had no voice as he got older. maybe his drug addiction was so |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. BBC as well as TVJ Jamaica |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. And I haven't watched 10 minutes of that silliness. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Then you are missing some absolutely fabulous music today. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That would be a sick reason to watch a memorial, for the entertainment. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Damn good point! |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. What a shallow petty, shallow perspective you offer. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I was thinking the same about those that buy into the image. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The billions of people who have been inspired by the Man and his music are all wrong. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. You were NEVER inspired by the MAN. Ever. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Right. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. Its not a conspiracy of the shadowy type. |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. "Memorial." |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. So says the DUer with the Buddha avatar. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Please explain what is not Buddhist like in the post you referenced. |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. He was just a man. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. It takes a confident "soul" to dismiss with mockery the passing of a "man"... |
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Hard_Work (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Ridiculous statement right here |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. +1. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. Well said, Hard_Work! n/t |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. Blinded by Adoration. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
93. how about the billions of people |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Cute post but really, really dense. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. ! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. You're absolutely right. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. You're looking at The Man In The Mirror. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Oh get off the cross. eom |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. The Cross? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. It means stop being such a martyr. eom |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Do you know what a martyr is? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Yes I do. eom |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. You can waste your time, but I won't waste mine. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Was he convicted of being a pedophile? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yes, |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Bull fucking shit. Thank God we have a Constitution and not your damn opinion. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. The constitution has nothing to do with this. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. Wow, MJ is protected by the constitution now. I didn't know. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. In the court of your twisted mind. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Calm down. He's just a dead perv. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
90. Yeah, "We Are the World" .. What a Classic |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sometimes the death of a salesman is very big news |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. a whole karma thing. this is just like his life. and for those that love the guy... |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. I know I will get criticized for this: this concert for Michael Jackson is just |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Completely concur Jennifer Hudson and Queen Latifah |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
72. I agree, the production is impeccable |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Good. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. They should have done something for him while he was alive like the Latin Americans |
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Royal Oak Rog (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow, the Haterade is in no short supply here |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Some people are bitter and relish the opportunity to whine and moan. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Gawd John Mayer is awesome. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. He floors me every time. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Boy, it's always about this guy, isn't it? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Typical Al. And ... I loved it. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Of course he would have loved it. Sharpton sticks his nose up the |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I recognize that we all approach life (and death) from different perspectives |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Al Sharpton, of course, is the nototious exception |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. So you can't watch General Hospital? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sharpton ... made me cry |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. LOL |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Dude. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. He's just a disgrace. You have to admit that |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Well, he does appreciate the limelight. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I know. And don't think there's anything disrespectful about seeking out |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. And there you had Usher. Singing from the heart, nothing to gain but to be |
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Bushknew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Michael was/is lynched in the court of white opinion. No proof though just ... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. yes, I agree |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. Don't think that's it.... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. Good! |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. NBC reported a PayPal account had been set up so fans could contribute |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was hoping this memorial wouldn't be sad |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. Germaine is doing a very nice version of "Smile" eom |
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finecraft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. I agree, it really is quite moving eom |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. That was heartbreaking. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
50. The apotheosis of Michael Jackson. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. Just when we thought we'd seen it all! |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. I can certainly understanding ONE network covering it, but ... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
69. The Funneralganza.. as his golden casket is brought onto the stage.. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. How about the Memorialpalooza! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
85. not slouches, but mr jackson was a world wide, cross genre entertainer.... |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
89. bread & circuses for the masses |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
92. Didn't watch one minute of of the nonsense. |
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