Soulstation1 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 MJ's casket runs $25K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 so friggin' what! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I like how Al Sharpton is involved. ...you can always be assured Al and Jesse will be around when they are least needed. Yeah, WTF is up with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) so friggin' what! Kiss my ass!!! You grumpy old man!! You always have a smart ass comment for people's post if you don't like or agree with it!!! Edited July 3, 2009 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 The Daily Show RIPies stupider I must say.......I'm disappointed, yet not surprised!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 so friggin' what! ...no candles for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 so friggin' what! ...no candles for you! I hate friggin' candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I didn't read every post, so sorry if this has already been said. But, once again the morning shows show what whorish putzes they are by filling every second with this. Fuck them, they could care less about Michael Jackson, his fans, or anything else besides ratings, despite crocodile tears. When will Matt Lauer be done away with? When will this country grow up and have respect for themselves and their own icons even? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 so friggin' what! Kiss my ass!!! You grumpy old man!! You always have a smart ass comment for people's post if you don't like or agree with it!!! I agree with the post but found it useless. Please let us know why it is worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 When will Matt Lauer be done away with? Please, no time soon...I couldn't take the wall-to-wall "heartfelt farewells". Or did you just mean canned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) When will Matt Lauer be done away with? Please, no time soon...I couldn't take the wall-to-wall "heartfelt farewells". Or did you just mean canned? If you can get someone to do the job...... Can they at least whack his hair? Edited July 3, 2009 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 IMO I hope Bubbles got a tix for tomorrow's event IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I'm working from home tomorrow morning to avoid the traffic. I drive past Forest Lawn on my way from work and already tonight there were dozens of news trucks and hundreds of people gathering just to... wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I live about ten minutes from Staples Center, and was debating whether to take teh subway there tomorrow morning just to see what it might be like. But now they are telling everyone to stay away, and I've come to my senses. Every time in the past where everyone has panicked over crowds in LA (such as teh '84 Olympics), it's never turned out to be a problem, since enough people get scared away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I watched the memorial service on TV and thought it was a very fitting tribute to the man. Some excellent speeches and performances. His daughter Paris spoke briefly at the end but couldn't finish because she was too distraught. It was very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 IMO Agree with above I liked when Magic Johnson talked about sharing a bucket of KFC with Michael IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I didn't watch it but did see some news reports. It looked about like what I expected, a circus. The City of Los Angeles was in no position to shell out the $3-4 million it cost. What a waste. Maybe dude did deserve a the royal send off, but it should have been paid for by either his family, friends, fans, record company or whoever, not with tax funds. L.A. has like a half billion dollar budget deficit and continues with layoffs and cuts. This is a bad (yet very common) example of City government at work. Sorry to piss on the parade, but life goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 ESPN even had some coverage. I guess because they now have a studio across the street from Staples? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The City of Los Angeles was in no position to shell out the $3-4 million it cost. What a waste. Maybe dude did deserve a the royal send off, but it should have been paid for by either his family, friends, fans, record company or whoever, not with tax funds. I tend to agree with this sentiment, but then again, think of the tens of millions of dollars that he likely paid in taxes to LA. I may be wrong about that though as perhaps he didn't pay to LA proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The City of Los Angeles was in no position to shell out the $3-4 million it cost. What a waste. Maybe dude did deserve a the royal send off, but it should have been paid for by either his family, friends, fans, record company or whoever, not with tax funds. I tend to agree with this sentiment, but then again, think of the tens of millions of dollars that he likely paid in taxes to LA. I may be wrong about that though as perhaps he didn't pay to LA proper. the City is not going to shoulder the total expense. supposedly, they will get help from AEG, the Jackson family and from other public and private donations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The City of Los Angeles was in no position to shell out the $3-4 million it cost. What a waste. Maybe dude did deserve a the royal send off, but it should have been paid for by either his family, friends, fans, record company or whoever, not with tax funds. I tend to agree with this sentiment, but then again, think of the tens of millions of dollars that he likely paid in taxes to LA. I may be wrong about that though as perhaps he didn't pay to LA proper. So it was a postmortem refund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The City of Los Angeles was in no position to shell out the $3-4 million it cost. What a waste. Maybe dude did deserve a the royal send off, but it should have been paid for by either his family, friends, fans, record company or whoever, not with tax funds. I tend to agree with this sentiment, but then again, think of the tens of millions of dollars that he likely paid in taxes to LA. I may be wrong about that though as perhaps he didn't pay to LA proper. the City is not going to shoulder the total expense. supposedly, they will get help from AEG, the Jackson family and from other public and private donations. Really? Because thus far AEG has been very noncommittal. After seeing the Jackson family Rolls Royce parade pictures tonight, I think seeking donations from the general public is a classless act. His family should be paying a minimum of half with AEG paying the other. I suspect though, his family won't pay squat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 I still find it astonishing (but not really) that anyone gives a rat's ass about any of this. I was talking to someone tonight who relayed the following theory: A couple of behavioral scientist-type guys did a study that showed the portion of the human brain that actually focuses on long-term problems is very small, and not easily stimulated. But the part of the brain that focuses on immediate problems is very large, and very easily stimulated. This is a result of all the running away from wild beasts we did back in the day, while still evolving. (Immediate problem = avoid getting eaten by wild beast. Long term problem = none.) So, if you tell someone today that there's a 99% chance of a nuclear attack sometime in the next 10 years, they say, "Eh, whatever." But if you point out a garden snake in the yard, they freak out. And this is basically why people get into a lather over Michael Jackson, sobbing and weeping and OMG, OMG, (the garden snake), but don't really worry too much about something like health care, to pick a random long-term problem. (In the HO of at least two anonymous behavioral scientists out there somewhere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 So, what you're saying is that there is a massive outbreak of Michael Jackson Zombie fear? I don't get the correlation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 So, what you're saying is that there is a massive outbreak of Michael Jackson Zombie fear? I don't get the correlation. I think that's it. What's important (not necessarily what's dangerous) is whatever happens to be directly in front of our noses. It's "relative" importance in the grand scheme of things is lost. We're programed that way. Or so say the behavioral scientists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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