What The...?

Michael Jackson passes away and people everywhere are sad and mourning...

Why is this such major news right now?

Now don't get me wrong, it is sad to hear about the passing of someone as famous as Michael Jackson. He influenced a great deal of things during his life, no question about that. But if I'm not mistaken, didn't a great deal of people spend a lot of time cracking a lot of jokes about Michael Jackson and little boys? And didn't a lot of people in this world hate him so bad because of the things he was accused of?

And yet all of those issues don't matter anymore. Now it is all said and done, a non-issue as it goes these days. Now people are crying and feeling sad over this guy's death. Listen to the radio or watch some TV and you'll notice: the jokes about him are gone away! Because NOW he's a hero! Oh and NOW he was such a great and positive influence huh? What a turn around!

To top it all off, this ends up being all over these major news networks! Was he really THAT big of a deal? I mean sure he was in the process of making a comeback, but didn't he try (and fail) to do this a few years ago? If I remember correctly, he released a CD and then was nailed with yet another child molestation charge.

What I wonder is this: Could it hurt to maybe focus on some real issues? Like North Korea and their ever increasing desire to nuke us all back to the ice age? Or how about the insanity that is going on over in Iran?

Nah, that stuff is old news now! So yesterday! While yes, North Korea could blow us all up, but come on! Michael Jackson just died! And since everyone and their mom is snapping up all of his music and everything in between, you gotta know that news coverage of him will equal a fuckton of ratings! And what does ratings equal?! MONEY!

So while we wait for someone aboard one of those US ships in the Pacific to lay an ungodly fart, which will then set off the North Koreans as they will swear they were under attack by the US. This, in turn, would gain their one and only response which would be to nuke everything it can possibly reach. Now will we know when this happens?

Nope!

But at least we'll all know that Michael Jackson, at the young age of 50, who was about to make a 50 show comeback in London, has passed away. Then they'll play him and his family performing that ABC song. Again. And again. And again...