Thank you to Congressman Peter King

Cosmo

prfctlefts wrote:

... I watched as much as I could yesterday without throwing up. It was nothing but a bunch of grandstanding IMO.

...
Yet... you admit, you watched it.
I was home all day yesterday and did some laundry and cleaning up and crap after coming home from Hawaii... and watched 'Law And Order' re-runs because i knew how awful that 'Tribute' would be. I saw it on just about every station and opted for the 'Law and Order' station.
People complain about the media coverage... yet, watch the very media they are complaining about. That is WHY the media frenzy exists... because people WATCH it.
I don't understand the reasoning of people... but, i understand the reasoning for broadcasting. If the people will watch it... they will show it.

WaveCameCrashin

Cosmo wrote:

prfctlefts wrote:

... I watched as much as I could yesterday without throwing up. It was nothing but a bunch of grandstanding IMO.

...
Yet... you admit, you watched it.
I was home all day yesterday and did some laundry and cleaning up and crap after coming home from Hawaii... and watched 'Law And Order' re-runs because i knew how awful that 'Tribute' would be. I saw it on just about every station and opted for the 'Law and Order' station.
People complain about the media coverage... yet, watch the very media they are complaining about. That is WHY the media frenzy exists... because people WATCH it.
I don't understand the reasoning of people... but, i understand the reasoning for broadcasting. If the people will watch it... they will show it.

Yeah so.. I was curious, and I watched about 15 minutes of it. I happened to like some of his earlier recordings and he was a hell of a performer. As i got older and all the accusation's started to come out I really didn't;t care for him anymore.
I wasn't complaining about the media or anything for that matter I was simply giving my opinion.

Cosmo

prfctlefts wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

prfctlefts wrote:

... I watched as much as I could yesterday without throwing up. It was nothing but a bunch of grandstanding IMO.

...
Yet... you admit, you watched it.
I was home all day yesterday and did some laundry and cleaning up and crap after coming home from Hawaii... and watched 'Law And Order' re-runs because i knew how awful that 'Tribute' would be. I saw it on just about every station and opted for the 'Law and Order' station.
People complain about the media coverage... yet, watch the very media they are complaining about. That is WHY the media frenzy exists... because people WATCH it.
I don't understand the reasoning of people... but, i understand the reasoning for broadcasting. If the people will watch it... they will show it.

Yeah so.. I was curious, and I watched about 15 minutes of it. I happened to like some of his earlier recordings and he was a hell of a performer. As i got older and all the accusation's started to come out I really didn't;t care for him anymore.
I wasn't complaining about the media or anything for that matter I was simply giving my opinion.

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Hey... i'm just saying...
I knew it was going to be a blow-fest from the beginning... even on paper, the thing looked like shit. I chose to avoid that shit because, seriously, i didn't give a crap. Michael Jackson's story has been a tragedy for a long, long time and i have no interests. I don't see him as anything other than an entertainer... not as some sort of idol... not as someone I feel the need to judge. Tragic? Yes. My concern? Nope.
But, that's just me.

Anon

ledvedderman wrote:

inmytree wrote:

tybird wrote:

Why should we honor a child molester???? That's the big deal about a Michael Jackson stamp

when was he convicted...? :?

The guy is guilty of being weird and putting himself in situations where it would appear he was a child molestor. However, he wasn't convicted. I'm with you though. Homer Simpson, James Dean, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra. All of these people have been graced the stamp. All of them, yes...even Homer, have some questionable times in their life.

How many of them paid an alleged victim $25M to shut up?

Cosmo

JB811 wrote:

How many of them paid an alleged victim $25M to shut up?

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Answer: We don't know.

VINNY GOOMBA

ledvedderman wrote:

It's a freaking resolution...we aren't building a shrine to the guy or anything with taxpayer dollars. Do you have any idea on how many of these sort of resolutions go through the Congress every year?

I do, and that's my point. All I'm saying is, it's a waste of time. Time is money. The time they waste, is our money spent (wasted)... Although, I guess if this is all Congress did was come up with bullshit, I guess we should be happy... It's more time spent away from writing bills that REALLY actually screw us.

I thought I've read you mention on here that you've climbed the ranks in the Democratic party... You aren't one of these clowns are you?

Edit: Allow me to clarify: One of these clowns you wrote this 'resolution.'

Who Princess

tybird wrote:

I believe there once rules about being honored on a stamp....he's met the first criteria...he's dead. There might be a time limit similar to go into a sports hall of fame....something like five years dead or some such, of course that could have changed....I'm trying to remember the gap between Reagen's and Nixon's deaths and the time before they were on a stamp.

The rules haven't changed. A person has to have been dead for 5 years before they can be honored with a stamp. The exception is a U.S. president and those stamps are now issued the year after a president's death, like Gerald Ford's just a couple of years ago.

But putting MJ on a stamp? There have been controversial choices before, as someone said. I don't much like the idea but I don't have really strong feelings about it. In 5 years maybe no one will be interested.

I also can't get past wondering which MJ face they'd use. :? :P

VINNY GOOMBA

whoprincess wrote:

tybird wrote:

I believe there once rules about being honored on a stamp....he's met the first criteria...he's dead. There might be a time limit similar to go into a sports hall of fame....something like five years dead or some such, of course that could have changed....I'm trying to remember the gap between Reagen's and Nixon's deaths and the time before they were on a stamp.

The rules haven't changed. A person has to have been dead for 5 years before they can be honored with a stamp. The exception is a U.S. president and those stamps are now issued the year after a president's death, like Gerald Ford's just a couple of years ago.

But putting MJ on a stamp? There have been controversial choices before, as someone said. I don't much like the idea but I don't have really strong feelings about it. In 5 years maybe no one will be interested.

I also can't get past wondering which MJ face they'd use. :? :P

How about putting Jackson 5 MJ on a stamp, or MJ before he started looking like Skeletor and was pretty questionable in terms of his behavior?

PearlJain

ledvedderman wrote:

Actually -
This picture - was MY exact thoughts today. Give it time. MJ will get a Posage Stamp at some point -in the future....

ledvedderman

VINNY GOOMBA wrote:

ledvedderman wrote:

It's a freaking resolution...we aren't building a shrine to the guy or anything with taxpayer dollars. Do you have any idea on how many of these sort of resolutions go through the Congress every year?

I do, and that's my point. All I'm saying is, it's a waste of time. Time is money. The time they waste, is our money spent (wasted)... Although, I guess if this is all Congress did was come up with bullshit, I guess we should be happy... It's more time spent away from writing bills that REALLY actually screw us.

I thought I've read you mention on here that you've climbed the ranks in the Democratic party... You aren't one of these clowns are you?

Edit: Allow me to clarify: One of these clowns you wrote this 'resolution.'

Not at all. I'll agree with everyone else, that resolutions are a big waste of time and nothing but a circle jerk.

ledvedderman

Obviously the Speaker agrees with me because this got shot down in the house today. No resolution for the King of Pop.

gimmesometruth27

yep i heard pelosi shot this one down, so all of you MJ haters can get your panties out of a twist now.

tybird

whoprincess wrote:

tybird wrote:

I believe there once rules about being honored on a stamp....he's met the first criteria...he's dead. There might be a time limit similar to go into a sports hall of fame....something like five years dead or some such, of course that could have changed....I'm trying to remember the gap between Reagen's and Nixon's deaths and the time before they were on a stamp.

The rules haven't changed. A person has to have been dead for 5 years before they can be honored with a stamp. The exception is a U.S. president and those stamps are now issued the year after a president's death, like Gerald Ford's just a couple of years ago.

But putting MJ on a stamp? There have been controversial choices before, as someone said. I don't much like the idea but I don't have really strong feelings about it. In 5 years maybe no one will be interested.

I also can't get past wondering which MJ face they'd use. :? :P

Sort of like the vote for young Elvis vs. Old Elvis....we would have a nationwide internet vote for black Michael or white Michael :twisted: