The 'I don't give a fuck about Michael Jackson' thread

[WilliamPitt]

Discuss.

[Turn CO Blue]

1. Me neither. Me too.

Done.

[Richard D]

2. Um . . .

. . . who is Michael Jackson?

[deadparrot]

3. I'm glad it's over.

Now I wish DU would chill a little on it.

[Bunny]

4. Alright, I'll get behind this.

I just hope we can now go back to covering the runaway bride. She was WAY more interesting than MJ.

[Blue_Roses]

83. lol

:rofl:

[CatWoman]

5. that anything like the "I want to fuck Michael Jackson thread"?

:rofl:

[Kipling]

6. Me neither. Unless he goes near my family.

[jobycom]

7. Yippee!! Another Michael Jackson thread!

Tom Cruise will feel so neglected.

[NewJeffCT]

8. Michael who?

nt

[Sal316]

9. What I wanna know is....

....what's the next big distraction story of the summer?

[CatWoman]

13. I'm gonna bleach my skin white and run away with a shark

:hi:

[ulysses]

19. me too!

oh...erm...

[CatWoman]

29. BWAHAHA

:hi:

[KoKo]

63. I'm gonna dye my skin black and denounce MJ for his "bleach job."

:D

[Telly Savalas]

16. I dunno, but I bet Tito and Marlon are up to no good.

It's about time for some hard-hitting investigative journalism to see if they're to be trusted.

[Book Lover]

10. I just got out of a meeting

and one of the participants actually had CNN on in the background so she could follow. I asked her what she thought of the Larry Franklin thing today (mind you, the meeting itself was called to discuss the design of a US History college textbook) and she said, "Who?" Argh!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. now that the cirucus is over

can we get back to the news?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

18. yes

In Aruba today a young white woman is missing for the 14th straight. . . .

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. ah the OTHER circus

I feel for the family, she was found dead... but that is hardly a story of national importance

Now on the I am a stupid american and proud of it, at the coffee shop they were talking about it... and one of them with pride announced, I have no idea where the Caribean is or Aruba... I drew a quick map, and then took the chance to tell them this is a non story... now the downing street memo IS...

They had that look of the Downing Street WHAT?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

123. yes

one gets a good idea of the power of the propaganda machine when oen goes to work and hears the passionate debate over the Michael Jackson case.

[koopie57]

24. that is the best thing about the not guilty verdict

it has saved us all from several more years of this mess.

[arwalden]

12. Start A Baseball Thread.

[leftchick]

14. Thank you. It is sad when DU succumbs to the sucking sound

of the MSM "suck my brains out" machine!

:eyes:

[redqueen]

15. Can we have fifty bazillion of these, too?

Ugh... someobdy make it stop.

[crispini]

23. LOL!

yes, it's time for EVERYONE to protest LOUDLY that THEY don't CARE except those who DO care and those who want everything to GO AWAY and really need to TELL EVERYONE WHAT TO POST and do so in A WHOLE NEW THREAD. :P

[G_j]

17. just glad it's over,

I suppose I've learned most everything I know about the case in the last half hour because I've ignored it up to now.

There were hundreds of hours of testimony from dozens of witnesses.
How can anyone sitting at home second guess the verdict without hearing what they did? It's a waste of time. The jury system was created to be fair, let's hope it worked that way in this case.

[question everything]

20. Except, when I am thinking of Paula Jones

Yes I know that just because I walk in the bad part of town at 2:00 am does not mean that I deserve to be mugged, but one has to show some responsibility for one's actions.

When Paula Jones was invited to a man's hotel room what did she expect, a poetry reading?

And after all that we know about Michael Jackson, what did the parents expect, since the child was not expect to make an informed decision of his own?

[Squeech]

21. Did you know

about the CD called Plunderphonic? What it is is manipulations (like remixes only more so) of extremely familiar music, to try and make it somehow more of what it is. The guy that did it, John Oswald, did a version of Michael Jackson's "Bad" that did some really interesting things to the pulse, both to emphasize it (during the verses) and to screw it up (in the choruses). He did a couple dozen other pieces too, of such cultural icons as the Beatles, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Count Basie, and the 101 Strings Orchestra. (Nothing if not eclectic.) He also gave copies away free, because part of his reason for doing it was to encourage a dialogue about the most creative possible uses of sampling.

Somehow Michael Jackson found out about it, and sent lawyers to screw Oswald over. (It could be because the cover art was Jackson's head and leather jacket from the "Bad" album cover, superimposed on the nude body of a white woman.) They made him turn over his master tapes and all the copies he had in his possession, which they then proceeded to roll over with a steamroller :-( Had the case come to trial, Oswald probably would have prevailed in a "fair use" defense, but he was a nobody, and couldn't afford to fight the sheer quantity of lawyers Jackson could throw at him.

[flakey_foont]

22. I don't give a fuck either

about MJ

[uppityperson]

25. MJ threads = TS threads

blech to the coverage.

[anarchy1999]

26. Thanks Will! n/t

[Bluebear]

27. You're just pissed cause there's no essay in it for you

I kid, I kid. :hi:

[chaska]

28. I made it through the whole trial without giving it one second of my time.

I am not of this earth, I guess.

[Triana]

31. If his initials are not DSM I don't give a rat's ass

...and they're not so...

[housewolf]

32. It's too late...

the place is already polluted. It will take hours now to clear it out. Maybe days.

[helderheid]

33. same

:hi: good to see you Mr. Pitts

[gollygee]

34. Why did CBS "news" lead with this story?

It's GOSSIP! NOT NEWS!!

I can read People Magazine if I want to hear about celebrity gossip. I don't need CBS news for that.

[patricia92243]

35. You just said it - "discuss." This is a discussion board. Those that

are not interested in a subject can 1. not read it. 2. Put the whole thread on ignore. 3. Put the person that posted the subject on ignore.

Those that are interested can read the thread and comment if they want to - or not comment if they don't want to.

Seems pretty simple to me.

[Caoimhe]

36. my story

I was hard at work in my office and I hear the office staff start moaning loudly. One of them (they are all Bush voters- not the sharpest knives in the drawer) comes into my office and asks loudly, with her hands on her hips and a disgusted look on her face, "DID YOU HEAR????"

I feigned ignorance and said hear what.

"That Michael Jackson got off!' She said, in full dramatical fashion, ending with a scowl and "I am soooo pissed!"

I sat for a second in silence staring at her, trying to comprehend her vast ignorance, and quietly said "I don't care about any of these celebrity trials, you must have me confused with someone who does"

She looked extremely offended and stomped out.

Now, in closing I would like to say just one thing. I will be happy when someone comes into my office and asks me a question somewhat like this: "Did you hear that over 1700 US Soldiers have now died in Iraq" OR "Did you read about the Downing Street Memo?"

Is it just a pipe dream?? Can mankind be saved?

Must we always put up with this insane-sensualized media and the spoon fed pablum gumming sheep that watch it?

If only a kick to the teeth were an acceptable answer for some of my daily interactions with Bushees.

[Kevin Spidel]

37. What war? It is all about Jacko! SAVE JACKO! n/t

[smartvoter]

38. Overexposed? Yes. But we should all care about justice/injustice, EVEN IF

the accused is wealthy and weird. nt

[Vladimir]

39. I'm with you comrade!

fuck the trial and the media it rode in on.

[senseandsensibility]

40. Just curious

Do Freepers care about this verdict? I have never expressed curiousity about anything on that board before, but I am suddenly interested to know what perverted anti-liberal spin they're putting on it. Not curious enough to go over there of course. This case plays into their hands, distracting attention from the unpopularity and wrongdoing of their leader.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

41. me either.

but i do care that the MEDIA has egg on its face. sweet!

take that all you talking heads!!!

YOU WERE W-R-O-N-G.

especially Dan Abrams, the purveyor of "Reality Law TV".

what an idiot.

[Pobeka]

42. No. You can't make me.

You can't make me post to this thread. In fact I retract this post, even thought I'm posting. :crazy:

[Andy_Stephenson]

43. I don't give a rats ass about him either...

but he should be doing time.

[Bluebear]

45. For what, being odd?

[Andy_Stephenson]

100. No...for

pedophilia.

[Bluebear]

101. Well Andy, the jury spoke.

One day liberals might be jailed for being weird and things 'not looking right'. I hope we have a judicial process left then.

[Donailin]

108. Hey man, if I become rich and famous and start having little girls

sleeping in my bed at my ranch, I hope someone locks me the hell up.

[SharonRB]

74. Hey, Andy

Good to see you. I hope you're on the mend and feeling a lot better.

[dave29]

44. Can we start a thread about wanting to fuck Janet Jackson?

or would that be too much?

[H2O Man]

46. Obviously you aren't paying attention

to the news. You are fascinated with Michael Jackson's case. In fact, nothing else seems important to you in recent weeks. You will be obsessed for the next 10 days with the coverage of this case.

[bridgit]

47. michael jackson who...

:shrug:

[johnaries]

48. I do - I'm GLAD IT'S OVER!!!!!

Maybe the DSM, the 6 new British memos, and the former insiders coming out will actually get some media attention. Oh, I forgot - now they get everyone's opinion on the verdict - just like OJ. Oy!

I am surprised, though - I thought the kiddie porn found under his bed would have sealed it...

[Pirate Smile]

78. If he was found guilty of anything, it would be so much worse. Appeals,

sentencing, prison, etc.

I'm sure the Corp media is pissed because this story is essentially over. They will drag it out for a couple of days but then it will die down.

Hopefully, Conyers' Hearing on Thursday will be the beginning of the next media firestorm. We can hope.

[Awsi Dooger]

49. Not to be confused with...

The annual "I don't give a fuck about the Super Bowl" threads, the virtually identical "don't give a fuck about Scott Peterson" threads and on and on. The epitome of cliche.

[Generic Other]

50. What will they talk about endlessly on CNN?

Boy anchor Dan Abrams on MSNBC will have to take a breath. He hasn't stopped squawking since the Laci-Terri Sciavo-Runaway Bride-Jacko stories started.

Maybe now, we could actually see some real news presented. I doubt it, but we can hope.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

51. Neither do I.

I realize it's hard to believe this, but I actually managed to not watch one minute of MJ's coverage on TV. I simply didn't care.

[sweetheart]

52. Can we get MJ threads 100% of the frontpage!!!

THAT would likely be a record for DU if 1 story took over the entire
GD front page... if you could get a printout of that event, you could
probably frame it. Then you could listen to thriller and imagine
sleeping in a big bed with a great white shark.

[flvegan]

53. Where can I buy tickets to his forthcoming tour?

Oh, c'mon...you know it's coming.

Everybody at my gym stopped working out to watch the verdict get handed down. Of course, they dispersed when REAL news came on.

[kliljedahl]

54. Was just gonna post "No news tonight"

but realized there never is anymore. M$M is only gonna have one "story" tonight. Thank gawd for the stereo.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[pacalo]

55. Totally with you.

On to the next trial, celebrity break-up, runaway bride...

aaaaaughhhhhh!

[stickdog]

56. Kick

[gmsage]

57. The real question is what to do about malicious prosecution...

...since that is still an issue. At the very least, Tom Sneddon should be tarred and feathered for this serious abuse of process. I believe more strongly that Sneddon should end up like his bretheren Nicholas Bissell, who blew his brains out in a Reno hotel room in Nov. 1997 after being convicted on corruption charges.

He certainly should not be allowed quietly retire after pursuing Jackson based on the shoddy case that he built. Obviously he planned on retiring either way. But how many other lives has he ruined? This case sure casts doubt on his character, and should send up red flags about his past cases. What about defendents without Jackson's ability to hire adequate counsel? Sneddon cost the taxpayers of the state of California millions of dollars, and now he's immune. Fuck that shit.

I am not a Michael Jackson fan. I do think his Thriller album was musically sound. Personally I think he's a wierd dude, but that's hardly grounds for prosecution. I'm happy that Jackson was exonerated. I've felt all along that the only thing he's guilty of is an immature personality. Not all that unusual condidering that his own childhood was stolen by fame, and his father's relentless pursuit of it. I pity the poor fuckin' guy, even with his millions.

[oddtext]

58. i'd rather not mention

how little i care.

[insane_cratic_gal]

59. been 3 hrs too long

since the verdict was read. You can't escape it on the news, Internet, now Duers are up in arms over it.

I was over saturated about 2.5 hrs ago.

so onto the next thing... like Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise! *snort*

:hide:

[bleever]

60. I don't even care enough to post in this thread...whoops.

:shrug:

[CelticWinter]

61. I could care less about MJ, NOW! lets get the next circus into

the court room, *&co. theres a trial that I would watch.

[La Coliniere]

62. Beat it...

scram, get the hell out of here and don't come back. I just don't care.

[BrightKnight]

Much ado about nothing - n/t

[VelmaD]

64. What you said...

my concern can be measured in nano-give-a-shits.

[Fire Walk With Me]

65. Michael who?

[KoKo]

66. Well, Mr. Pitt...thank you for being "above it all" with the "Imperial"

DISCUSS. :shrug: Geeze...PDA.

[Spiffarino]

67. My friends looked at me like I was from outer space today

Them: "Wow, they acquitted Michael today!"

Me: "Michael who?"

Thank Gawd it's over. Well, for now anyway...the next CourtTV Celebrity Freakfest is coming soon to a cable network near you!

[chalky]

68. Hey Mods! Can we merge all the MJ threads into one

and clear out the boards for other issues?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

69. Don't want to.....

:), so there!
I for one, do not care........

[jbnow]

70. Agreed, but I do care about molested kids so

I hope the verdict was correct. I hope that for every trial regarding child abuse, just most don't make headlines.

[katinmn]

71. But now what is the corporate news-entertainment complex

to do?

MJ was that perfect combination of news and product (like Martha Stewart) that brings in tons of money.

[SharonRB]

72. Nice to see you, Will

I was just thinking the other day that I hadn't seen you in a while.

MJ??? Oh, if Countdown is all MJ tonight, I'm tuning out. I'm just glad it's over, although I can't believe they couldn't even convict him on one count. I had hoped they'd put him away for a while so we wouldn't have to look at him anymore.

When is the Baba Wawa special? Just checking' so I know not to turn the TV on.

[ck4829]

73. My Michael Jackson post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3851070

[lastliberalintexas]

75. Unfortunately, it seems we need to

Or at least we need to care about some at DU's reaction to the Jackson trial. Disgusting display of ignorance as to the judicial process, the role of the jury and the government's burdens in criminal trials from some here today. x(

[SarahB]

76. Raising hand.

This is all I will even say on the subject. It's distraction news crap! :boring: Stop falling for it, people!

[deacon]

77. MJ needs to disappear off this discussion board-- it's crap n/t

[jakefrep]

79. I say "Fuck Michael Jackson"...

...why should I care about this trial.

[Whoa_Nelly]

80. Email to my friend today re: "news"

Jackson verdict about to be announced. The media whores are creaming in trying to beat each out as the audio feed from the courtroom is about to be opened so the world can hear at once...oh...here it is:
Not Guilty on ALL counts! Jackson Acquitted!

OK...so now can the press get back on topic of real and urgent information? Such as over 1700 troops dead (not to mention over 10,000 wounded, and thousands of innocents wounded, maimed or dead) in Iraq? Can more press time be given to the Downing Street Memos and the acts of possible treason as performed by Bush, Cheney and Rove, and the need to remove Rumsfeld from all duties? (Nice mental picture of removing Rummy from having a life on the outside...)

Can we see a little bit more info on the 1930s DC-3 cargo plane that crashed into a Ft. Lauderdale neighborhood where the pilot and co-pilot escaped, but it's still unknown of the conditions of the possible other three passengers on that plane?

Oh well...guess no REAL news today....the TV news, every news talk show, with the hopeful exception of Air America, will focus and cream on the verdict, the after effects for Jacko, and probably will do in-depth reports, interviews, and analyses of all the jurors, the town,etc. accompanied by many repeat shots and sound bytes of Jacko... The media has spent tons of money hedging on the verdict; They ain't gonna let go of this bone anytime soon.

Another day same as most other news days....another don't-give-a-damn media whore BS day...

[Jack Rabbit]

81. What's to discuss?

It's over.

It was a media circus.

Now we'll have a new media circus to provide the corporate media an alibi for not reporting real news.

I'm sure all of CNN's equipment in Santa Maria is being packed up and shipped to Aruba ASAP.

[spanone]

82. I find it intriguing from a jurisprudence standpoint.

The fact that a District Attorney can have such a weak case and yet spend millions upon millions of taxpayers money to bring it to trial, AND cost an innocent man to have to pay millions and millions of dollars to defend himself. I find the Media Circus nauseating.

[Lorien]

84. I think this is the PERFECT time to tell the media

exactly what we think of them and DEMAND accountability. They've had their MJ freak fest, and the Downing street memo barely gets a mention in the MSM? Could they possibly be LESS relevant??? ENOUGH ALREADY! write the media, tell them that WE'VE HAD IT- WE WANT REAL JOURNALISM, DAMMIT!!!!

[warrior1]

85. Betty Bowers

Michael Jackson is back at Neverland. Do you know where your prepubescent son is, dear? Yes, dear friends, Michael Jackson is free. Honestly, white people get away with everything! So, one more jury has found someone "not guilty by reason of celebrity." Surely, you are not naive enough to be surprised, are you? As Paris Hilton has proved, even being an inane, drugged-out, pornographic whore is utterly laudable just as long as we recognize your vacant mug from a weekly magazine. So, once again, it is cookies and porn time back at Neverland. As if young Hispanic boys didn't have enough to worry about with Catholic priests lurking around every confessional booth!

Goodness me, it's enough to drive a gal to Jesus Juice!

-- Betty

[Douglas Carpenter]

86. Now just what was it that Michael Jordan was accused of???

Handing out beer to coal miners?:beer:

[wookie294]

87. Where's the "I don't give a fuck about the runaway bride" thread?

LOL

[In_The_Wind]

88. I'm tired of having real news being replaced with Jackson's distractions.

Wake up people! :think: There are more important things that we should be seeing on the news!

[Ilsa]

89. I've got two adorable little boys and I still don't give a

fucking rat's ass about MJ or his trial or verdict. People on the route and around the courthouse: GO HOME ALREADY!

[Generator]

90. It beats the Pope threads hands DOWN.

[Politicub]

91. Michael Jackson ATE all your BALLS

Michael Jackson ATE ALL YOUR BALLS

:tinfoilhat: :popcorn: :hide:

[Moxygirl]

92. Who the fuck is michael jackson? nt

[zapped 1]

93. most parents unconsciously do more harm than he ever did. eom

[brokensymmetry]

94. The trial was bread and circuses.

It amused and titillated the masses. There are countless critical issues that need discussion - but Michael Jackson's trials and foibles are a diversion.

Do I care about the man? No. But the focus on the trial is telling, and I do care about that.

[bvar22]

95. Beat it !!!

just Beat it!!!!

End of Discussion

[jimshoes]

96. I'm in...

don't care a whit.

[ibegurpard]

97. I don't give a fuck about Michael Jackson

I am, however, very disturbed by the number of people who seem to think they are qualified to second-guess the jury based upon sensationalistic media coverage.

[yowzayowzayowza]

98. Present.

n/t.

[BlueIris]

99. I...think just about everything else in my life is more important.

Including fucking. And I'm celibate. Does that count as not giving a fuck?

Sure, I have opinions. Which I chose to respectfully express here once and promptly got eviscerated for. So, I'm not going to waste anymore bandwidth effectively giving a fuck by posting about it. DSM. Impending war with Iran. Impending Second Great Depression. That's the stuff I'll worry about.

[Historic NY]

102. I agree 14 weeks of constant Jacko bull shit is enough....

I refuse to watch any news coverage of Jerko.

[mopaul]

103. "I" am Michael Jackson...& even "I" don't give a fuck about me...m.j.

[SkipNewarkDE]

104. Can I ask a question about moderator rules?

Ok, I have a question. Just prior to the verdict announcement, I posted a message that slammed Nancy Grace of CNN, who never met a defendant that wasn't guilty.

I essentially said something to the effect that she was probably diddling herself like a sex-crazed howler monkey in anticipation of the verdict, and described my loathing of her.

This message was promptly deleted from the thread, and I was informed that it was a violation of forum rules.

Several other posters saw the message, and found it incredibly amusing, and wondered why something no more filthy or provocative than an average episode of Desperate Housewives would be yanked so quickly.

So then I see this thread. I see liberal use of the word "fuck" in this thread, as well as joking comments about fucking Michael Jackson. Why is this thread not yanked?

I am in no way offended by this, as I use the word "fuck" like a comma in everyday speech, but what is the deal with the moderators on this board?

[hatrack]

105. Did he used to be with The Temptations?

Or was it the Four Tops? I always get confused talking about '60s soul music . . .

[SammyWinstonJack]

106. I care only that the "MSM" has to move on.

We all know that they wanted Michael Jackson to be convicted so they could follow up and drool on his conviction. They were salivating on him being found guilty. Better then Martha Stewart being convicted and going to prison. In your face you media whores!

[sellitman]

107. I'm glad they didn't remove his feeding tube......

now he can return and help OJ find his wifes killer!

[dxstone]

109. It's NOT over...

First, Jackson's lawyers have ALREADY appealed the verdict, by accident (they figured he was goin' down FOR SURE, baby!)...
And second, NEW info has emerged:

Michael Jackson Has 17 Assholes!
http://presidentevilonline.com/holes.html

Do you realize what this means? How can we hope to have a fair and impartial judicial system in this country when SOME people are walking around with multiple assholes, and others don't even have ONE???
I'm sorry to be the one to have to inform yas all, but it's NOT over...
:scared:
It's only just BEGUN!
:hide:

d
ps: I don't really give a fuck anyway... he'll get his when he gets to prison (eventually) and they find out what a crowd-pleaser a man with 17 assholes can be...

[SammyWinstonJack]

110. Good Grief! n/t

[Bombero1956]

111. those people at the courthouse

are just the kind of people who helped elect Arnold. For them celebrity is everything. Just as I expected the news media is second guessing the DA's office for bringing the case in the first place...HELLO!!! Couldn't you have reported that before the trial? If the evidence was that flimsy then why bring it to trial at all? Everybody will now write a book, and some will end up as made for TV movies with Valerie Bertinelli starring as Micheal and everybody wil make alot of money because that's the American way. What was the question again? BTW this is my official 1000th post. Beer and pizza are on Shrub.

[fujiyama]

112. Celebrity trials don't interest me

I don't understand the fascination.

[meppie-meppie not]

113. Yes but this could spell major problems for the MSM

they may have to actually start reporting the News and investigating things like, um, maybe the DSM!!!!!:woohoo:

[Broken_Hero]

114. yeah, true...

I don't know why we are getting all uppity with one another, but i think its just because we all like to debate ideas, and trains of thought, at least thats how i look at it :) We can actually talk about something else for a change, however unirrevelant it is...

But back at it...Now, how bad does Bush suck?....:)...:P

[LoneDriver]

115. Yes it's true.

I never did and still don't give a flying fuck about this freak show.

[DearAbby]

116. Michael Jackson who?

:shrug:

[bluestateguy]

117. Acquittal makes the story go away faster

No appeals, no sentencing hearing and no stories about his prison cell.

If you don't give a fuck about MJ and just want it all to go away, then you should applaud this verdict. It will be out of the news in no more than a week.

[eridani]

118. They made Ed Schultz take time from his show to announce it

Seattle, Town Hall. Everyone there was seriously pissed.

[DinahMoeHum]

119. "Wacko Jacko" . . .says it all. . .(Yawn!!)

:shrug:

[bigtree]

120. yeah. who cares about due process of law and defendants rights

to a fair trial?

Besides, I can only concentrate on one issue at a time. :eyes:

[movie_girl99]

121. hala fucking lujah!!!

Im so sick of it every where I turn.

[Bozita]

122. "And, after the break, we'll cover world opinion of the MJ verdict."

Just heard on MSNBC.

Unfuckingbelievable!

[lies and propaganda]

124. I dont give a fuck either.

Just another dude who (i feel) got away with the crimes he has commited because he has dough.

Dave Chappelle said it the best "He made Thriller man! He made Thriller!"

[MojoXN]

125. Michael Jackson, what have you done?

[jeffrey_X]

126. That damn liberal media....

at it again. covering and exposing the important topics!!!

[IChing]

127. just wanted my 2 cents saying get this topic out of the political section

use another friging forum such as pop culture


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