Anything But Gray

Of course, I'll be watching…

Some people are in an uproar over the amount of coverage Michael Jackson's death ( that is still so weird to type….) is receiving.

I'm honestly shocked that people would think it would be anything less….
The suddenness of his death, the tragedy of it all….the irony that he was on the verge of the huge London concerts….of course it would be a spectacle….nothing Michael Jackson did was NOT a spectacle….
how could anyone on this planet not be expecting coverage like this? It truly boggles my mind….

Now, one person….has decided to use this to get himself some attention. I refuse to repost any video…I won't contribute to his national attention….but I am going to talk about it because it is a perfect example of the kind of morons that are in public office. I don't know how people like this get elected…..I really don't. 

So here is some of what congressman from New York, Peter King had to say…

"Let's knock out the psychobabble. This guy was a pervert, he was a
child molester, he was a pedophile and to be giving this much coverage
to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as our country?

I just think we're too politically correct. No one wants to stand up
and say we don't need Michael Jackson. He died, he had some talent,
fine.

There are people dying every day. There's men and women dying today in Afghanistan. Let's give them the credit they deserve.

I really think the media has disgraced itself. I think that too many
people in public life have made fools about themselves talking about
Michael Jackson as if he's some kind of hero.

There's nothing good about this guy. He may have been a good singer.
He did some dancing. Bottom line is, would you let your child or
grandchild be in the same room with Michael jackson? What are we
glorifying him for?

So anyway, let's take some time out to really look to the people
that do make this a great country. The men and women of the armed
forces, police, firefighters, teachers who work in really rough
neighborhoods, people who volunteer with dying cancer patients, people
who work in AIDS clinics.

They're the ones we should be glorifying, not some pervert like Michael Jackson."

First of all, just because this death is being hugely and widely covered does not diminish anyone's career or anyone else's death. At least, I don't minimize those things just because Michael Jackson died and I have more faith in my fellow Americans…..I don't think they think any less of our soldiers or teachers or firefighters or police, or anyone else. And frankly, I see coverage about those professions every day. So I'm not really on board with that point….

AND….last time I checked, Michael Jackson was acquitted in a criminal trial.  So that means this moron doesn't grasp the basic "innoncent until proven guilty" constitutional right every American has. I am fine if this guy believes that privately…but this is exactly the kind of judgemental crap that convicts people from media information alone. What the fuck does this guy know, really know? Was he there? Did he see Michael Jackson molesting kids? All he has to go on is what he has read in the media….oh wait…and a JURY that heard all the facts and acquitted him. Way to go, congressman…..

And then he goes on to minimize the tremendous talent that Michael Jackson was. All that does is serve to make him look like a completely out of touch idiot. Because no matter what you thought of Michael Jackson, if you believed he molested kids or not, that does not diminish the amazing talent that that man held. And by minimizing that talent, it completely trivializes what you have to say! No one is going to take what you have to say seriously because now you just sound like a bitter, angry, out of touch, old white guy….this is BASIC people skills. WTF?!?! How did this man get elected??? 

Getting off my soap box now…..that guy just seriously pissed me off.

And added to the growing list of why I think greedy old white men are real fucking morons sometimes….not all of them, of course, but the amount of them is getting alarmingly large….