I am particularly impressed by her focus on her children's character. It has to be a awful burden to raise FOUR sons, knowing their father is an adulterer to respect not only women, but themselves as well. She is focused and I believe she will be successful even though she will need some type of male role model for them, hopeful she has good brothers.

BTW, the second sentence in the last paragraph should reads 'weigh sacrifices' instead of outweigh.

All they are doing is elevating Michael higher but opposite from what they wanted to accomplish.

wait and see.

but love. . . . nah not even in that equation.

You can capture anything.

Because Jackson had been quoted variously as saying that he was going to go like Elvis, or that he was expecting it, or that it would not be so bad. Even Lisa Marie Presley spoke of his morbid thoughts, and she was married to him, as well as being a friend since childhood. Orth and Diane Dimond merely reported on things like this like everyone else. Both of these reporters followed and examined the cases to the point where they are considered experts on them.

You could say that the panel–I saw it too–was trying to temper the mood of the fans, not damn Michael with faint praise, so to speak. His personal life was hell, and in a lot of ways, he was responsible for that hell. It's a cautionary note that when we say we want to be like somebody (John Belushi, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe), to take care that we don't give in to the darkness that destroyed them.

Like I said, Saint Timmeh was no favorite of mine. And while I think that I feel Michael's loss, my view of him is not like those who are sitting in the street, bemoaning their loss(es) (I'm sure that Jackson isn't the only thing they've lost this year) with nothing out there to help them to listen to reason.

I remember when he had a nose.

I remember when he told us to get it together or leave it alone, and to keep on looking through the windows.

I remember when he was the Scarecrow in The Wiz.

I remember the Motown 30th Anniversaryon TV, when he did the moonwalk.

I remember the time.

YOU
AINT
RIGHT!

BWA HAHAHAHA!!

Seriously, there are enough songs between MJ and the Jackson 5 that a radio station wouldn't even repeat a song for 3 or 4 days!! Why aren't they recognizing!?!?! This is a prime opportunity to teach the babies about actual songs that mean some shit instead of this dreadful crap by the likes of Hurricane Chris!

Most folks, especially his fans were pretty intune with Michael's shortcomings. One need only look at him to see he was troubled.

What I object and loathe is immediately after Michael Jackson was pronoucned dead, folks like Orth jumped on his drugs and pedophilia charges. That's not new. I, for one, already knew about this.

What gives Orth the creds to paint the idea that Michael Jackson dying the way he did was”good” the way he'd want to die?

Tim Russert wasn't a fucking saint by any stretch. He had MSNBC and NBC chronies to elevate his ass. They touted his Catholisism and family values. We saw what they wanted us to see.

I don't read Vanity Fair.

a) deep discounting them so that folks would be induced purchase them

b) the record company buying up albums

Yep, this isht is what's going on with some of today's so-called “top artists”.

Ah….so, it was like reverse chit'lins?

“Keep it up bitch. Keep it up. Your son Luke's hook-ups may eventually dry-up.”