Michael Jackson Rant : XML WIDGEThttp://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/low.mtmYou can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!en-us491968http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q40<![CDATA[Doggylives @ 7/5/2009 1:04:33 PM]]>«suebe : Wanna lick Michael Jackson's backside? Un-f**king-believable
Rev. Al Not-So-Sharpton is undoubtedly an a*****e.
Perhaps Michael Jackson day could come right after MLK day, seen as they're both such heroes of the civil rights movement.
Oh that's right, MJ just wrote great songs but was an unhinged, suspected paedophile with delusions of grandeur and a penchant for baby dangling.]]>7/5/2009 1:04:33 PM2009-07-05T13:04:33+01:00491963http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q39<![CDATA[suebe @ 7/5/2009 12:54:25 PM]]>backside?]]>7/5/2009 12:54:25 PM2009-07-05T12:54:25+01:00491751http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q38<![CDATA[DerAlt @ 7/4/2009 3:49:53 PM]]>...but he turned into a disgustingly depraved man
That sums it up for me.
The fact that he was a good entertainer is easily trumped by that.]]>7/4/2009 3:49:53 PM2009-07-04T15:49:53+01:00491735http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q37<![CDATA[Doggylives @ 7/4/2009 2:30:06 PM]]>«suebe : Wow, read this rantI happen to agree with every word]]>7/4/2009 2:30:06 PM2009-07-04T14:30:06+01:00491730http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q36<![CDATA[suebe @ 7/4/2009 2:05:23 PM]]>Wow, read this rant]]>7/4/2009 2:05:23 PM2009-07-04T14:05:23+01:00489812http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q35<![CDATA[tgkprog @ 6/29/2009 7:13:37 PM]]>"The first 30 minutes of this evenings news was about a man who was accused of molesting minors, then paid his way out of court, He also hung his young baby over a balcony endangering the childs life."
(I do not like the way the quote tag renders in gray so please don't edit ty)
Well that might be true - or he did not molest but paid off so the negative media would go and his records could sell more so he could pay off debts?
how can we know for sure?
Or is guilty until proven otherwise the norm for celebs or alleged heinous crime doers?
I don't like when they show the same news over and over again. one of the reasons why i prefer reading the paper or watching/ reading news on the net.
stick your butt out and move backwards sliding your feet to moonwalk and then hold your crotch for a minute as a tribute to michael jackson
dance on michael
* not sure about the allegations of abuse against him but respect to the artist]]>6/29/2009 7:13:37 PM2009-06-29T19:13:37+01:00489453http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q34<![CDATA[tigertony @ 6/28/2009 11:55:34 PM]]>here that President Obama sent a private letter of condolence to Michael Jackson's family. No mention of letters to the family of Farrah Fawsett, or Ed McMahon, or David Caradine, or Billy Mays, or...]]>6/28/2009 11:55:34 PM2009-06-28T23:55:34+01:00489444http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q33<![CDATA[xvbones @ 6/28/2009 10:36:57 PM]]>6/28/2009 10:36:57 PM2009-06-28T22:36:57+01:00489352http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q32<![CDATA[Ankabout @ 6/28/2009 4:26:01 PM]]> He was a music superstar with possibly more fans than many (if not ANY) other star. Yes
He is worthy of all my TV time. No
Even the death of Farah Fawcett went unnoticed by this stupid thing. It's driving me nuts. I mean yes, he made good music, but come ON... Give it a rest already! Thank goodness I was on holiday this weekend so I probably missed most of it, but I can imagine what it was like for others that were not on holiday.]]>6/28/2009 4:26:01 PM2009-06-28T16:26:01+01:00489204http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q31<![CDATA[hoosker @ 6/28/2009 8:49:32 AM]]> ♪♫ Of course she wasn't she had a vagin-a ♪♫♪♫
♪♫ she was older than 12 years old. ♪♫
I'll be singing that awesome line all day.]]>6/28/2009 8:49:32 AM2009-06-28T08:49:32+01:00489156http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q30<![CDATA[xvbones @ 6/28/2009 2:06:18 AM]]>«Doggylives:Very, very, very NSFW!
(this is the same comedian who wrote and sings the "show me your genitals" song)]]>6/28/2009 2:06:18 AM2009-06-28T02:06:18+01:00489115http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q29<![CDATA[86Apex @ 6/27/2009 10:39:45 PM]]> Despite what he was accused of, you can't deny his contributions. OJ ran a football, and didn't have a worldwide effect on people. Judas, well no one was around back then to celebrate the greatness of him before he betrayed the J-man....
Michael Jackson died a long time ago for me, which is why I'm so indifferent to it. He was a great performer, let the people celebrate him. A bit longer and he'll slide off the front page, don't get too worked up over it.]]>6/27/2009 10:39:45 PM2009-06-27T22:39:45+01:00488995http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q28<![CDATA[Doggylives @ 6/27/2009 3:55:44 PM]]>NSFW!
]]>6/27/2009 3:55:44 PM2009-06-27T15:55:44+01:00488861http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q27<![CDATA[Interesting @ 6/27/2009 7:45:13 AM]]>6/27/2009 7:45:13 AM2009-06-27T07:45:13+01:00488810http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q26<![CDATA[xvbones @ 6/27/2009 12:13:47 AM]]>«gammerus : Or Steve Irwin, everyone was cool with ripping on him, going on about how much he sucked, but the moment he died people began to remember him for all the good things he did for animals during his lifetime.I always thought Steve Irwin was awesome.
His over-eager demeanor notwithstanding, the man knew his s**t.]]>6/27/2009 12:13:47 AM2009-06-27T00:13:47+01:00488807http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q25<![CDATA[gammerus @ 6/26/2009 11:57:30 PM]]> Or Steve Irwin, everyone was cool with ripping on him, going on about how much he sucked, but the moment he died people began to remember him for all the good things he did for animals during his lifetime.]]>6/26/2009 11:57:30 PM2009-06-26T23:57:30+01:00488804http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q24<![CDATA[meggysue @ 6/26/2009 11:44:21 PM]]>6/26/2009 11:44:21 PM2009-06-26T23:44:21+01:00488767http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q23<![CDATA[xvbones @ 6/26/2009 10:42:15 PM]]>«horsefeathers:Good point, but Nixon was not an alleged pedophile. His name, however, is synonymous with paranoia, corruption, misused power...
Hell, the unbelievably expensive, destructive, catastrophic failure of the "war on drugs" started from him, he wanted to be seen as a law and order president, and narcotics was the only thing federal law enforcement could really go after.
40 years later, we're still hurling billions yearly at his insane lost cause.
Although Jackson was never found guilty or went to prison for the allegations. It's still hard to forget. He did have a Ranch that was constructed for children, admitted in a TV interview that he had other people's children sleeping in bed with him. 0_0. I don't get the hysteria. Pop Icon, yes. Role model, no. Someone that you would want to emulate your life and honor. Hell No.
Yup.
And because he's dead, we cannot say enough gushing, wonderful things about him.
Wait until Paris Hilton chokes to death on her own vomit, I will bet you thirty shiny new pennies she gets similar treatment from the exact same media that currently shreds her at any opportunity.]]>6/26/2009 10:42:15 PM2009-06-26T22:42:15+01:00488765http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q22<![CDATA[horsefeathers @ 6/26/2009 10:23:35 PM]]>«xvbones : Remember when Nixon died?
And there were people calling for statues erected in his honor?
Nixon.
Death.
Simple as that, really.Good point, but Nixon was not an alleged pedophile.
Although Jackson was never found guilty or went to prison for the allegations. It's still hard to forget. He did have a Ranch that was constructed for children, admitted in a TV interview that he had other people's children sleeping in bed with him. 0_0. I don't get the hysteria. Pop Icon, yes. Role model, no. Someone that you would want to emulate your life and honor. Hell No.]]>6/26/2009 10:23:35 PM2009-06-26T22:23:35+01:00488745http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q21<![CDATA[xvbones @ 6/26/2009 9:29:20 PM]]> And there were people calling for statues erected in his honor?
Nixon.
«dingbat : Thats what I don't understand. What makes him forgiven?
Death.
Simple as that, really.]]>6/26/2009 9:29:20 PM2009-06-26T21:29:20+01:00488736http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q20<![CDATA[TraumaMamma @ 6/26/2009 8:53:46 PM]]>«horsefeathers : Suebe, I don't get it either. People seem to be hysterical over his death. Have they forgotten what has happened over the past few years with him in the media?
To me, his music was just ok. Not a huge fan, but a few songs I can pick out that I liked.
He was too freaky, even before the child molestation accusations, for me to idolize.
This will be all we hear about for the next few weeks. I'm getting ready to turn off my radio. Yea, hearing the songs once is ok, but repeated over and over is just too much.I agree.
I am annoyed with the media who loved to villify him for the allegations and now they are completely loving and putting forth all kinds of tributes, kind words and what a great guy he was and pretty much glossing over all the crap he did that was questionable. I don't get it.
Every morning, I watch CNN before I go run. I have a cup of coffee and my breakfast and catch up on the days events. I don't want to watch hours of MJ. He's dead and life is still going on.
I would rather hear about Farrah. To me, that story is more interesting and she was a good person with a huge heart.]]>6/26/2009 8:53:46 PM2009-06-26T20:53:46+01:00488732http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q19<![CDATA[horsefeathers @ 6/26/2009 8:44:11 PM]]>I don't get it either. People seem to be hysterical over his death. Have they forgotten what has happened over the past few years with him in the media?
To me, his music was just ok. Not a huge fan, but a few songs I can pick out that I liked.
He was too freaky, even before the child molestation accusations, for me to idolize.
This will be all we hear about for the next few weeks. I'm getting ready to turn off my radio. Yea, hearing the songs once is ok, but repeated over and over is just too much.]]>6/26/2009 8:44:11 PM2009-06-26T20:44:11+01:00488722http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q18<![CDATA[suebe @ 6/26/2009 7:58:26 PM]]>«dingbat :
...what he has done do we continue to put him on this pedestal?
coldbladed : Because he made Thriller!
]]>6/26/2009 7:58:26 PM2009-06-26T19:58:26+01:00488720http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q17<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 7:54:37 PM]]>«coldbladed : Well my posts both clearly spell out that no one is defending his actions but its undeniable that his "good music" was life changing, revolutionary, and far beyond simply being "good".People are defending his actions though. There are people weeping openly on the streets and wondering how their lives will go on without this man in them.
Is it so easy for some to overlook such thing because of the good someone has done?
How low must one sink to offset the high?
To borrow from another thread what about OJ. Hero to many while he was a sportsman but then pretty much universally hated when he was accused and like Jackson cleared of committing a crime. (first time round with OJ).
What is this society becoming where we can allow hero worship of people who don't deserve it? I am not saying that Jackson never deserved the adulation but why after what he has done do we continue to put him on this pedestal?]]>6/26/2009 7:54:37 PM2009-06-26T19:54:37+01:00488719http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q16<![CDATA[kakana @ 6/26/2009 7:49:56 PM]]> He was once famous because of his music.. now he's famous because of his death.
I'm indifferent.]]>6/26/2009 7:49:56 PM2009-06-26T19:49:56+01:00488717http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q15<![CDATA[coldbladed @ 6/26/2009 7:49:19 PM]]>«dingbat : Everyone seems to focus on the child molestation but very few people talk about the hanging his child out of a window.
That can't be disputed, it was seen all over the world but almost totally overlooked by the authorities and his fans.
I find it upsetting that people can be so fickle as to admire someone like this and stand and defend him because "he made good music?"Well my posts both clearly spell out that no one is defending his actions but its undeniable that his "good music" was life changing, revolutionary, and far beyond simply being "good".]]>6/26/2009 7:49:19 PM2009-06-26T19:49:19+01:00488713http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q14<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 7:43:22 PM]]> That can't be disputed, it was seen all over the world but almost totally overlooked by the authorities and his fans.
I find it upsetting that people can be so fickle as to admire someone like this and stand and defend him because "he made good music?"]]>6/26/2009 7:43:22 PM2009-06-26T19:43:22+01:00488710http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q13<![CDATA[coldbladed @ 6/26/2009 7:40:19 PM]]>«dingbat : Thats what I don't understand. What makes him forgiven?I wouldn't call it forgiveness. (For the most part) the same people who say he is/was amazing still object to what he became. There really aren't that many fanboys who are willing to truly forgive him (see album sales since 2000).
As much as I hate to bring it up again we also have to remember that he was never convicted for touching little boys. He was also an easy target for a big payout so the families, which also not proven fraudsters, certainly had motive to attempt to fake such a thing. So at the very least we have reasonable doubt.]]>6/26/2009 7:40:19 PM2009-06-26T19:40:19+01:00488709http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q12<![CDATA[Moe @ 6/26/2009 7:38:50 PM]]>«dingbat : Thats what I don't understand. What makes him forgiven?His money and fame. Plus people want to see what other weird sh*t he will pull. Maybe they can forget their own problems for a while if they see that Michael got another new nose and looks more like a female Who from Whoville every day.
If I had gone on national TV as a 40 something year old man and said that I slept in a bed with a non-related 13 year old boy and that all we did was read stories, have milk and cookies and play innocent games, my ass wouldn't see the light of day for the next 50 years at best.
But hey, I didn't write Thriller.]]>6/26/2009 7:38:50 PM2009-06-26T19:38:50+01:00488707http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q11<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 7:33:46 PM]]>6/26/2009 7:33:46 PM2009-06-26T19:33:46+01:00488703http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q10<![CDATA[coldbladed @ 6/26/2009 7:28:28 PM]]>«dingbat : OK let me ask you this. Who was Judas?
Was he one of Jesus' chosen disciples who loved and was loved by Jesus Christ, who followed Jesus and supported him and stood alongside Jesus throughout the latter years of his life?
Or was he the monster that betrayed Jesus to the Jewish priesthood thus ensuring Jesus crucifixion?
Society tells me that Judas was remembered for what he did that was wrong and not what he did that was right. Why should MJ be any different?Wow that was a bit off topic. No one's asking you to like MJ, I was just answering your question. You don't even have to like the answer but its true. MJ's contributions in the worlds of music, dance, and pop culture are what people admire him for. Somehow his transgressions, which are still alleged mind you, are forgiven as a result.
]]>6/26/2009 7:28:28 PM2009-06-26T19:28:28+01:00488695http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q9<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 7:09:38 PM]]>«coldbladed : Because he made Thriller! Before approx 2000 MJ was the quintessential pop icon. After that everyone pretty much takes the stance that Micheal was a different Micheal. We remember him for the star we fell in love with, not the freak show he became after.
OK let me ask you this. Who was Judas?
Was he one of Jesus' chosen disciples who loved and was loved by Jesus Christ, who followed Jesus and supported him and stood alongside Jesus throughout the latter years of his life?
Or was he the monster that betrayed Jesus to the Jewish priesthood thus ensuring Jesus crucifixion?
Society tells me that Judas was remembered for what he did that was wrong and not what he did that was right. Why should MJ be any different?]]>6/26/2009 7:09:38 PM2009-06-26T19:09:38+01:00488691http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q8<![CDATA[coldbladed @ 6/26/2009 7:04:37 PM]]> Also:
]]>6/26/2009 7:04:37 PM2009-06-26T19:04:37+01:00488669http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q7<![CDATA[suebe @ 6/26/2009 6:27:28 PM]]>«dingbat : LOL no. Just explaining why this thread wasn't here yesterday.I'm joking, joking.
Hey, check out this rant on Salon. I think it captures the nature of your thread perfectly.]]>6/26/2009 6:27:28 PM2009-06-26T18:27:28+01:00488666http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q6<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 6:22:35 PM]]>«suebe : So, you're blaming us, then for his death?
Wow. We really have power! /jkLOL no. Just explaining why this thread wasn't here yesterday.]]>6/26/2009 6:22:35 PM2009-06-26T18:22:35+01:00488661http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q5<![CDATA[suebe @ 6/26/2009 6:18:35 PM]]>«dingbat:Yesterday here in the UK at this time when I am online he was still alive. Sorry.So, you're blaming us, then for his death?
Wow. We really have power! /jk]]>6/26/2009 6:18:35 PM2009-06-26T18:18:35+01:00488652http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q4<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 5:52:00 PM]]>«nateebiinature : Wish this thread would have been up yesterday...Yesterday here in the UK at this time when I am online he was still alive. Sorry.]]>6/26/2009 5:52:00 PM2009-06-26T17:52:00+01:00488648http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q3<![CDATA[nateebiinature @ 6/26/2009 5:46:49 PM]]>6/26/2009 5:46:49 PM2009-06-26T17:46:49+01:00488638http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q2<![CDATA[lynxears @ 6/26/2009 5:30:15 PM]]> And people are crazy.
The end.]]>6/26/2009 5:30:15 PM2009-06-26T17:30:15+01:00
6779http://www.plime.com/f/6779/1/xml_widget.rss#q1<![CDATA[dingbat @ 6/26/2009 5:29:09 PM]]> This is the major sticking point with me. The first 30 minutes of this evenings news was about a man who was accused of molesting minors, then paid his way out of court, He also hung his young baby over a balcony endangering the childs life.
This report is about a toddler who was beaten to death by her babysitter.
Michael Jackson had a poor childhood, of this I am sure but on progressing into adulthood he became responsible of his own actions and the consequences of those actions.
The toddler in question had no childhood, no chance of making herself into a person. Her fragile life was extinguished by some scum who deserves to be strung up.
Why was this man who was hated by so many idolized in his death and a girl who was brutally murdered snubbed for someone had fame thrust upon him then sought it at every turn?
I don't want this thread to turn into a b***hfest about MJ but I do want to understand why people think that he is more important than a toddler who was murdered in such a brutal manner by someone entrusted to care for her.]]>6/26/2009 5:29:09 PM2009-06-26T17:29:09+01:00