Friday, November 21, 2003

I suppose it's not a great surprise that with everything going on in the world today that the major news story on last night's new shows (and this morning, as well) was the arrest of Michael Jackson on child molestation charges. So far, I've seen Robert Shapiro and Johnny Cochrane from OJ's 'Dream Team' way in, naturally on Jocko's side. Brother Jermane appears to be the family's spokeperson, as he has been in just about every incident in which his younger brother is involved. I expect the usual suspects (lead by Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross) to look for their minute in the spotlight on one or more of the entertainment 'magazine shows', talking about how much Jackson has done for sick and needy children.

Look, I don't know if MJ is guilty of anything but bad judgement, but if you are someone in the spotlight who has been accused of this type of thing before (whether charges were brought or not) you'd think that you would have sense enough not to place yourself in a position (and no, I'm not even going there with that) where any hint of wrong doing could be brought against you. This is a man in major need of an 'intervention'! His friends (real friends and not hangers on) and family have to sit him down and say, "Michael, a 45 year old man can't have sleepovers with young children! And what the Hell do you need a "secret room" with a trapdoor entrance for?"

Finally, is this creepy or what? (WARNING: Be prepared to be startled!) I mean, are they really sure about the that the sections on RACE and SEX are properly filled in?

Have a good weekend if I don't feel an urge to post again later.

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