Comments on: Glad to See My Tax Dollars at Work http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/07/glad-to-see-my-tax-dollars-at-work/ Mon, 14 May 2012 06:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cuddlyspider http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/07/glad-to-see-my-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-454 cuddlyspider Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:09:36 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=713#comment-454 Michael Jackson will truly be with us forever - all that plastic in his face isn't bio-degradable. Anyway, I am not a California resident or even an American so feel free to tell me to shut my pie hole on this, but why are so many ragging on Michael Jackson now? Don't get me wrong, I agree with what has been said here - but the stuff that has gone on in the wake of his death isn't Jacksons fault. The public funeral... the fucking stupid news organizations going on and on about it as if it was important... the conspiracy theories that he is hiding out somewhere and made this whole thing up to get out of the European tour... all of this is driven by some bean-counters in the upper-echelons of the the media organizations. The man isn't what is getting buried, they are burying a brand. The problem really boils down to us. When we see Jacko splattered across the front of a newspaper we shouldn't buy that paper. When we see him on the news doing that stupid moonwalk we should turn the telly over to something more cultured (like Baywatch). But it won't happen, mark my words. When Britney Spears kicks the bucket there will be 7 millions trees worth of newspapers printed containing nothing more than 'facts' about her. She'll get a public burial just like whacko-Jacko. And it won't really be her fault. It will be ours for turning her into a brand. Michael Jackson will truly be with us forever – all that plastic in his face isn’t bio-degradable.

Anyway, I am not a California resident or even an American so feel free to tell me to shut my pie hole on this, but why are so many ragging on Michael Jackson now? Don’t get me wrong, I agree with what has been said here – but the stuff that has gone on in the wake of his death isn’t Jacksons fault. The public funeral… the fucking stupid news organizations going on and on about it as if it was important… the conspiracy theories that he is hiding out somewhere and made this whole thing up to get out of the European tour… all of this is driven by some bean-counters in the upper-echelons of the the media organizations.

The man isn’t what is getting buried, they are burying a brand.

The problem really boils down to us. When we see Jacko splattered across the front of a newspaper we shouldn’t buy that paper. When we see him on the news doing that stupid moonwalk we should turn the telly over to something more cultured (like Baywatch). But it won’t happen, mark my words. When Britney Spears kicks the bucket there will be 7 millions trees worth of newspapers printed containing nothing more than ‘facts’ about her. She’ll get a public burial just like whacko-Jacko. And it won’t really be her fault. It will be ours for turning her into a brand.

]]> By: Turbulence http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/07/glad-to-see-my-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Turbulence Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:19:56 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=713#comment-446 my -> MJ (typo) my -> MJ (typo)

]]> By: Turbulence http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/07/glad-to-see-my-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Turbulence Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:19:28 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=713#comment-445 the real my died long ago, so this hype does not make sense. esp. in a bankrupt state. the real my died long ago, so this hype does not make sense. esp. in a bankrupt state.

]]> By: P_G http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/07/glad-to-see-my-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-438 P_G Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:34:09 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=713#comment-438 When WAS the death of a world leader as "important" as Jackson's death? When WAS the death of a world leader as “important” as Jackson’s death?

]]> By: Samantha http://fivetwentythree.com/2009/07/glad-to-see-my-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Samantha Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:12:54 +0000 http://fivetwentythree.com/?p=713#comment-436 I don't feel like I look foolish or bitter, Rex. I feel like I stated my point, which was that I don't think it was the CA taxpayers responsibility to have to take a hit for the memorial costs. Nor do I feel that I was ignorant or callous, although you are welcome to your opinion. I actually am well aware of the details of both cases, and I don't think whether or not he is alive or dead makes a difference for me to have my own opinion on it. If you are to now consider me "well below the dead man" and a creep, so be it. At least I don't spend my time engaging in inappropriate relationships with young children or expecting the general public in a time of great fiscal turmoil to cover my unnecessary costs. For fuck's sake people, he was a pop star, not a world leader. I don’t feel like I look foolish or bitter, Rex. I feel like I stated my point, which was that I don’t think it was the CA taxpayers responsibility to have to take a hit for the memorial costs. Nor do I feel that I was ignorant or callous, although you are welcome to your opinion.

I actually am well aware of the details of both cases, and I don’t think whether or not he is alive or dead makes a difference for me to have my own opinion on it.

If you are to now consider me “well below the dead man” and a creep, so be it. At least I don’t spend my time engaging in inappropriate relationships with young children or expecting the general public in a time of great fiscal turmoil to cover my unnecessary costs.

For fuck’s sake people, he was a pop star, not a world leader.

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