Posted on 07/08/2009 7:17:13 AM PDT by safetysign
I got to Staples Center some time after the parade of Ringling Bros. elephants and just before a bikini-clad woman who held aloft a sign that said, "Go Vegetarian for the Man in the Mirror." I suppose it goes without saying that not all memorial services draw the same crowd.
Speaking of crowds, this one was way smaller than the city had planned for. There were hundreds of people on the street rather than hundreds of thousands, which means that a few million tax dollars were spent to have police officers stand around with their arms folded....
maybe the only proper tribute is to launch that casket into space. Then, no matter where you are in the world, he'll be in the heavens above, moonwalking into eternity.
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Elephants and “bikini-clad” vegetarians are always a nice touch for funerals.
Our “Lady Di” moment.
The entire thing was a disgusting “money making” absurdity.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a big public funeral/ memorial that could be described as that culture’s proudest moment. It’s one of those things that the bigger they get the more they turn into pagan idolatry and bad craziness.
“We were drinking some champagne after he died and said we need to do something,”
Perhaps ‘Jesus Juice’ would have been a more appropriate Beverage.
I can’t wait till everyone stops talking about this guy. Yes, it’s always sad when someone dies (most of the time), but for Pete’s sake... HE’S DEAD, GET OVER IT AMERICA! All those idiots who were at his funeral and crying hysterical like they were his best friends need to get a damn life!
“What a celebration for a pervert who doesn’t have a single song in Billboard’s all-time top 50. “
Is that true?
Soooo...now....ALL the “color” barriers are gone.....RIGHT????? Right???
Fabulous read! A real sense of sanity, finally.
Not only was it a worship service of the unforgiven of a tragic and empty and corrupt man, it completely ignored the fact that the man was an unconvicted pedophile.
The western nations have gone mad and the secular humanists are the most ignorant and violent people on the earth as well as the most deluded and deceived.
A: Because what's not nuts and fruits is flakes.
His top song, Billie Jean, checks in at #71.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-80.shtml
So the press outnumbered the fans/idiots?
And I thought Americans were a little screwed up.
It was more of a concert than a memorial, more of a circus than a wake, more of a freak show than a somber and sober reflection. And where the heck was Oprah?
Sounds about like the Wellstone memorial service.
It was more of a concert than a memorial, more of a circus than a wake, more of a freak show than a somber and sober reflection. And where the heck was Oprah?
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