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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:50 PM Original message |
The death of Michael Jackson is going to be treated |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. As big as MJ was in the US, he is twice as big overseas |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. True, very true. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bull. Princess Di died in a very controversial manner |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not really, it was just another drunk driving accident. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yep! It won't be long before people say he really isn't dead like Elvis |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. and they're living together in the Bermuda triangle even as we speak |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Yep! He, Biggie and Tupac are sitting in the Caymans laughing their asses off |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. Callers to George Noory's show are already saying this. No surprise there, I guess. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. But, the media is twice as hyped as it was when Diana died . . . |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The "mega celebrity" aspect is what I am talking about. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Having just turned 56, I am so glad to be hearing so many people |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. yep you have 30 more yrs to live my friend so take care of yourself |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yup I'm predicting this as well...... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. It'll bug me that he'll get more respect than John Lennon |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. "media attention" to one's death.... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. You may not agree but he was on the same level with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. He was certainly on the same level in some respects. |
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babythunder (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. If John Lennon died today |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. The last guy to enjoy Beatles-sized fame |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And I still remember where I was when I heard that Elvis had died. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Me too, oddly |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. You summed that well - |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. 100% correct |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm in a restaurant typing this and EVERYONE is glued to the TV and talking about it. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Lest we forget JFK, Jr. ??? |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Farrah? |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes it will. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. He's an American icon like Elvis. I always felt that Mike would die young.. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. "unparalleled strangeness" and "odd" are interesting euphamisms for pedophilia. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. YOU don't know if that man was guilty of pedophilia or not!!! |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not to just hop in to the thread but |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yep and those 'parents' lived happily ever after. n/t |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. HE paid off the kid |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. YOUR 'book' doesn't count. b/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The kids' book counts. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Kid's book ain't shit, either. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. ! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Bingo,. Michael JAckson WAS a pedophile |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You seem mighty definite about that. I guess you should know! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. My mind is made up |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. MJ went bankrupt paying of the little boys he played with. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Perfect set up. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #53 |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Buh Bye |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. The kids in the McMartin Daycare case said there were secret tunnels |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
56. For real. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. AMEN PT!!! Well said. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Of course it will and that is the problem with the media |
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Top Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. You are right MJ was an American Icon even with the strangeness |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. More like Anna Nicole Smith. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Who???? n/t |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Believe me, I wish I didn't know. |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. I fully recognize this is going to occur |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. This will be Elvis's death-level in its treatment. I know that Diana |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
51. I think maybe this deserves that level of coverage... |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
52. the man loved spectacle - wait til you see the funeral he probably had planned years in advance |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
54. They are trying to brainwash us! It is a distraction ! |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
57. JFK, jr ... RIP |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
59. Definitely get used to it |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
60. At least they aren't completely glossing over the pedophilia. n/t |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
61. So much for the "Green Revolution" in Iran |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
62. Just next week? I was thinking at least a few months coverage & then the end of the year wrap up. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. Don't know if anyone saw what James Kunstler said about the 'Gloved One'... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. Poor choice of words |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
66. Has Gov. Sanford been officially named a suspect yet? n/t |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
67. Will it surpass the mediagasm |
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