Max says:

She looks like Jacko in that photo actually.

Posted On: Monday, Jul. 13 2009 @ 10:43PM

BlackJack says:

This is defeat number one, but hopefully a more organized effort comes along to properly honor the world's greatest international kiddie fucker.

Posted On: Tuesday, Jul. 14 2009 @ 10:05AM

BlackJack is Twelve says:

Just saying..

Posted On: Tuesday, Jul. 14 2009 @ 12:01PM

Jacqui Bulkley says:

What I don't understand is WHY we (being Hollywierd) have to honor Michael Jackson. OK, he was WAYYY famous, but lets be real shall we.... He was a singer, he sold lots of records worldwide, he had a F***ed up childhood which destroyed his ability to have healthy adult relationships. He sang to Cancer kids and took them to his private carnival. In the last several years he bilked various Princes and stuff for millions, but could not raise the willpower to tour (or make another album) to pay anyone back.

With all the REAL heroes dying everyday for our freedoms and liberty and this is the person you want to honor? Where did the "good ol' US of A" go, because this soap opera is NOT my country.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 9:38AM

titwulf says:

Get a rash at http://FilthyRichmond.com

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 9:39AM

Che says:

I hate the woman but she did the right thing here.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 9:40AM

matt says:

what jacqui said.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 9:43AM

Confused says:

I'm personally quite tired of hearing about Michael Jackson. I don't believe he is the world's greatest international pop star. I am sympathetic to the life he led. He had very deep personal issues. I acknowledge that he touched the live's of many, but keep in mind it was not always in a positive light. Further, the media has more significant matters to report and should be focused on helping shed light on the current economic turmoil, outting the people who are abusing the system, those who are using loop holes and committing exorbent spending in the name of the 'government and the people'. The foreseen "push for official commemorative monuments, honors and a national stamp for Jackson" should not only be turned down if for no other reason but saving money but those who lead these 'pushes' should be repremended for wasting everyones time and money.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 9:46AM

John Thomas says:

Wow, that makes sense to me dude!

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Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:02AM

v00d00b00 says:

Get over it, please. He was an extremely talented artist. He made very poor decisions and although never convicted, it is universally accepted that he did molest children. Any legislation to honor him for more than what he was (a great musician) would be terribly wrong. So, please. No more talk of a national commemorative stamp, monuments, or additional honors for him.
You don't see any statues built up for other criminals, do you?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:02AM

kenbo says:

He helped raise 64 million dollars for one charity alone.
A jury found him innocent.
His accuser's a history of fraud and fradulent suing (JC penny Case ). Weak california anti suing laws and rich pop stars make a bad combo.
You have to step into his shoes and can't judge him with your standard of life as being normal because its relative. Plus the fact that MJ never backs down from doing something as long as it doesn't hurt people didn't go well in our sometimes judgemental pro conservative culture.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:08AM

weirdo says:

@kenbo
"A jury found him innocent."

Doesnt mean that he is.

". Plus the fact that MJ never backs down from doing something as long as it doesn't hurt people"

Like ask other people to buy drugs for him because he cant live with the sh!t in his life.

"pro conservative culture."

so what are you? pro molestation?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:16AM

Anonymous says:

Victory number one.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:19AM

aaron says:

but her decision is undoubtedly tied to lingering allegations of Jackson's child molestation history.

It has NOTHING to do with allegations or child abuse, it has everything to do with the fact that our government should be running the country and not honoring dead celebrities. I applaud her for having the guts to make an unpopular choice.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:20AM

thank the lord says:

this is something i finally like nancy pelosi for.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:22AM

The Canadian says:

Well, as far as his molestation charge goes ... hard to say if he really was a perve. On the one hand, he was loaded and kinda creepy - so he was an obvious target for anyone looking for money through a lawsuit (which they all did) and he was never actually found guilty.

On the other hand, he admittedly had at the very least some inappropriate relationships with children - sleeping in the same bed and such.

He was a pretty f*$ked up individual due to his horrible childhood, so he may very well have been honestly reliving the childhood he never had and he was not exactly a sexual person ... he never even fathered his own kids.

All things being equal, I don't think he needs to be officially honoured - at least not right now. 20 years in the future you can revisit the idea.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:26AM

No Change says:

There is no way that there should ever be a resolution based on MJ. He was talented when he was younger, but lets not forget the 23 million dollar settlement over child molestation.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:30AM

moonwalkingirony says:

Isn't it sad that someone who sang a song titled "Black or White" would bleach himself white.

Why honor someone who obviously loathed himself enough to buy drugs to keep himself happy?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:33AM

shial says:

It is outrageous and egregious that a private entity would be honored with public tax dollars, even the notion is outrageous.

Every single attempt should be shot down....

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:35AM

Todd Davis says:

Even IF MJ never really molested a child, and even IF he was truly a warm and caring person, and even IF you accept that he was the greatest musician/performer ever... what of it? How many amazing, talented, warm, caring, giving performers throughout history have existed, and we don't have some sort of national recognition for them? Why for MJ?

Better we should honor those who matter to America - war veterans, doctors, nurses, teachers, fireman, policemen, emergency personal, coaches, etc.

MJ had quite a following, but he was no John Lennon, no Elvis, no Beatle. When I think of songs like "Imagine", "The long and winding road", etc. Well, Billy Jean doesn't compare.

Anyway, the point is, he's no national treasure, and NO ONE is disputing that he died from massive abuse of prescription drugs, so he's no role model either, so let's not make him into one just because people are crying over a guy that could dance funky.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:35AM

Alfred says:

I'm sick of hearing about Michael Jackson. Where's the Billy Mays bill?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:44AM

well..... says:

Just wanna make one point. All life is precious, but not all life is celebrated after it ends. MJ was famous at one point in his life, i will never personally know if he diddled the kids or not. And mabey he was never convicted of anything, but lets remember the first time. He paid that family 20 million dollars. He made a twenty million dollar mistake. And when your rich and have nothing to be guilty of, you don't pay people to go away, you hire the best lawyers money can buy, put the switch on them, and sue the family for slander and extortion. No he messed up, and being a father myself, who works two jobs, is not rich, pays my taxes, and doesn't diddle kids, if i don't get a memorial when i die, he shouldn't either. I'm not sour, just annoyed that he died the same day Pharah did, who died of CANCER,(not an O.D.) who was a normal person, sex symbol icon, and we heard nothing. While being force fed stuff about the once black, now white Jesus, who was good at dancing. F*** that, bye Michael, god has you now. May he forgive you for your googley, moogley self.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:45AM

J says:

Maybe shooting it down has more to do with honoring pop music celebrities being a complete waste of time for the federal government.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:46AM

kenbo says:

Don't make up doggy doo doo, pro molestation did I say that?
Stick with the facts we don't need people making doo doo up.
People just make stuff up like that and just assume so easily. But doesn't the fact that without any shred of evidence someone you know can call the police and accuse you of something and the cops will raid your house, trash it, put you in iron cuffs, rough you up because who's going to know behind closed doors. LA cops have always been pretty corrupt if you know your history. It's just less so than before. Anyways doesn't that bother you that we have a system like that?
Without any evidence that can happen to you. How would you feel if they busted down your door doing that with no evidence at all except some body just decides to call up the police and say that you did to them. Follow the money and you'll 99% of the time get to the truth. I mean are you saying that people would actually be bought off after molesting their kid? I wouldn't not for a billion dollars, I wouldn't be able to sleep. Because you know they will do it again. The fact that they took the money and that the mother called the Lawyer before calling the cops just makes seem really discrediting.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:52AM

well..... says:

@kenbo......

First of all the system is what it is. Jacked up it may be, the cops can go in to your house and arrest your ass for a valid reason. If crazy Michael wasn't hanging out with kids in the first place, (like a normal, non sexual creep adult) then the cops would not have any valid reason to go near him. The fact is that there was some validity toward what was going on. And if your not rich and your going to take on someone thats worth 200 million dollars. I think it would be smart to talk to a lawyer first. Personally i would have killed the prick myself. But thats just me. The family probably figured that a lot more good would have come from the guys money to make the life their kid is going to have to live easy, and TO PAY THE EXTENSIVE THERAPY HE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO BE A NORMAL PERSON AFTER BEING DIDDLED BY A CREEPY POP STAR.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:03AM

kenbo says:

You know Edgar Allan Poe married his 13 year old cousin.
Alot of people now adays would judge that as being perverse since Poe was 26 or so. But thats how society was at the time. In the end he loved her endlessly and it shone in his poetry in writing. There was no perversion in that. So don't go jumping the gun and be so judgemental. Its the same way with Michael he had a different environment and upbringing than the rest of us so it's pretty judgemental to say he's obviously weird for having sleep overs at the age of 37 or 40. If this was a woman who slept in the same bed with other children who was white and went to church and was very conservative and did the typical church thing, would she be treated this way that Michael has? If mother theresa slept in the same bed with children would people make a big deal about this like the way they did for Michael? I don't think so.
But if you see it as I'm having a sleep over with my friends and I'm 12 yrs old on the inside. Does it seem that weird?
See the Fog of War documentary to see what I mean about empathy.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:09AM

sara says:

yeah...it's the federal government. not their job to honor dead celebrities. they've got more important things to worry about. like, you know, fixing our fucked up economy.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:12AM

well..... says:

@kenbo

I know, her name was Eleonora, I actually read that story last night. Your not the only educated person around here. And i do have empathy, just no tolerance for blatant stupidity.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:18AM

well..... says:

@ kenbo
and mike was stupid for the decisions he made. a lot of people have way crazy childhoods. Let me think, he was rich, and famous, could have any woman he wanted. Ya sounds terrible. And even if you had a bad child hood, there is a sense of right and wrong. And im sorry, there is a difference between a grown woman, who has motherly instincts, and a grown ass man, sleeping with pre-teen boys in their bed. That argument about church and the Famous nun is pushing it fella. come up with something better.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:25AM

Matty says:

The fact that we're in a recession is reason enough to not put money towards this idea. If he was a former president or war hero, yeah, I can see us spending some money to commemorate him. But he was a singer. No more, no less. If his family wants to build a statue or something to him, that's fine, but we shouldn't be spending money we don't have on something stupid like this. It's a total waste.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:27AM

Gonzobot says:

Good. Stupid useless guy needs to be forgotten. His music was decent to some people; this is fine. He did however enjoy touching children, and did so on several occasions. Not the sort of thing you particularly need a statue of, now is it?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 11:59AM

danid says:

It's a bit f*cked up that everyone is idolizing this monster. He's dead and thank God, who knows how many lives have been saved by his death. There is nothing more soul crushing than being molested and while the whole situation was being investigated people realized this, but now that he's dead it seems that the truth is being buried and/or forgotten. It's time to remember who he really was and stop making a demon into an angel.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 12:57PM

jenastar says:

There is still a war going on people.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 1:27PM

Bozo says:

It's not about molestation.

We don't pass bills to honor singers for singing. sheesh.

Congrats, Mike. You made a billion dollars. Your reward will be A BILLION DOLLARS.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 1:46PM

disgusted says:

michael jackson sucks ... little boys! Why would we even want to remember this f'ed up freak.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 6:21PM

Ra Be says:

Pelosi is a great leader; If we are going to keep church and state separate which I hope for so there is a chance of our government working someday; then I am for separation of moronic legislation and important political work. Just give each American Citizens one million dollars shut down the stock market give us universal not for profit health care and shut down insurance companies and backhand some pharmaceutical companies; God Bless Michael Jackson he made his contribution in many ways. He was an entertainer. (But no one tops Elvis or the Beatles ever). She was right to stop frivolous legislation, I think.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 6:22PM

Ryan says:

Where was the a House Resolution to honor Johnny Cash when he died?

I believe he revolutionized music on a much more impressive level than Jack-o. What about when Bob Dylan passes? Will we have some bullshit bill attempted to be passed of a 3 week long media circus? No. Fuck Jackson and Fuck you.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 6:25PM

Ryan says:

*or not of.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 6:26PM

c williams says:

So glad she axed it. Lets recognize the men who are dying in Iraq and other places serving our country. No way should MJ be a example for our country and our KIDS

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 7:35PM

x says:

Why the hell is this newspaper suggesting she was wrong? Granted she isn't too great a politician but this decision should be applauded. I don't care if he molested kids or not, he is just a pop icon, no reason to be spending tax payer money for junk like a memorial, its not like he doesn't get enough coverage still as it is

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 7:47PM

Obviouslyseattle Weeklyisdumb says:

Gee, economy's in the crapper. Let's fix poverty instead of honoring MJ, k?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 15 2009 @ 10:42PM

kenbo says:

I used to think that MJ maybe did it too. But the more and more I looked at the evidence and the fact things just didn't really add up. The thing about MJ coverage is great in my oppinion. I'm sorry but we've been hearing about troops getting killed for about 3-4 years everyday now. I'm glad at least we're attacking the right targets now and not putting our troops as sitting targets in Iraq. I'm glad of MJ's coverage hopefully people will listen more to his songs about helping the world out and just ourselves and our own kin. Note in the Fog of War that Mcnara guy stated the US and most major countries have all failed to help its fellow countries. That was what I liked about his MJ music in the end, him and Pricess Diana and Mother Theresa were more alike than seems at first. Talking and singing about peace and try to bringing healing to the children of the world first.
Even the former secretary of defense agrees with Michael we need to fix our domestic issue's of hunger in the US and in the world.
"What have we done to the world? Look what we've done"
MJ stated in his Earth Song.

Yes, how about those old people without medical insurance and health care. These are veteranss too! And we treat them like shit with our hospitals that charge $50 for a box of tissue paper and insurance like medi-cal for the old that most Dr's won't even accept. MJ was right, there is alot of work we need to fix our basic needs for children and the needy in the US and in the world. I mean I'd rather see 10K of our tax money go to clean up a river with pesticides that can keep 500,000 people in AFrica from going blind and killing themselves because a fly down there injects worms under the skin crawling and rendering people blind and causing them to commit suicide for scratchign all the time. Yes I'd rather it go to this than to goto AIG to pay some fat cat's bonus while alot of good people are losing their jobs!

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 16 2009 @ 8:40AM

justice says:

In this country I thought it was "innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". Not guilty because we want your money and you have a lot of it.

Posted On: Sunday, Jul. 19 2009 @ 2:36AM

Kat says:

It is NOT universally accepted that he molested children. Isn't that kind of obvious?

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 22 2009 @ 10:19PM

Editors, TheSkunk.org says:

Rush Limbaugh regrets not holding Michael Jackson

http://theskunk.org/2009/07/rush-limbaugh-regrets-not-holding-michael-jackson/

Posted On: Tuesday, Jul. 28 2009 @ 7:01PM

k says:

Personally the bill is not of my concern as I am not american, but it is shocking some people still believe Michael Jackson molested children. I would like to suggest them to do a bit of research on the internet and find the truth.
My point is that being accused of molestation etc can actually happen to anyone (I mean ANYONE!). Michael was an easy target because he was famous, generous, and had a lot of $$$.
Please, people, instead of blindly believing the stories the media wants to sell, do a bit of research on the net and find out the truth. You will be surprised.

Posted On: Wednesday, Aug. 26 2009 @ 9:18PM

Anonymous says:

Right because Pelosi has nothing better to do like helping ruin the country here!

Posted On: Sunday, Oct. 4 2009 @ 11:01AM

Nanoloupe says:

I wonder how much a minute timefor House legislation costs, counting all related expenses.

Posted On: Thursday, Jan. 28 2010 @ 6:24AM