Comments on: Focus Shifting To Drugs In Jackson's Death

Family, Friends Have Long Been Concerned About Singer's Use Of Prescription Painkillers

[brianbwb-2009]

You try dancing and singing at his level, night after night, through the small strains, sprains, hyper extensions, and other minor injuries that never get time to heal, then top it off with multiple cosmetic surgeries, then add to that the stress produced by a media constantly demonizing you for money, and the leeches and sharks of this business all taking bites out of you, people accusing you of criminal behavior without proof, and a small segment of the population who automatically hate you because you are perhaps the world's most famous entertainer, but not of their ethnic stripe, and it adds up over the years.

I doubt seriously if you could take it, Elvis, the Beatles, and even tough-guy Mike Tyson couldn't.

[AttentionDeficit]

I wonder what was so painful to him that he needed prescription drugs, or was he just using them for recreation?

[brianbwb-2009]

You try dancing and singing at his level, night after night, through the small strains, sprains, hyper extensions, and other minor injuries that never get time to heal, then top it off with multiple cosmetic surgeries, then add to that the stress produced by a media constantly demonizing you for money, and the leeches and sharks of this business all taking bites out of you, people accusing you of criminal behavior without proof, and a small segment of the population who automatically hate you because you are perhaps the world's most famous entertainer, but not of their ethnic stripe, and it adds up over the years.

I doubt seriously if you could take it, Elvis, the Beatles, and even tough-guy Mike Tyson couldn't.

[tmittelstaed]

And, so once Jackson made his first 10 million he was obligated to keep doing this?

He spent more money in a trip to a gift shop than you will ever make in your lifetime.

He had WAY MORE money than he needed to spend the rest of his life sitting on the beach drinking Coronas. So if his life was so hard, why didn't he just stop and take the beach?

Other singers just as famous as him have done it. Look at Eminem. Do you see him in the tabloids now? No, he tossed his skank wife out of his life and is living with his friends and concentrating on raising his daughters, with his millions. He's not wasting money or getting stoned out of his mind. Nothing was preventing Jackson from doing the same thing.

[mutnauq4842]

y brianbwb-2009 June 27, 2009 11:57 PM PDT
You try dancing and singing at his level, night after night, through the small strains, sprains, hyper extensions, and other minor injuries that never get time to heal, then top it off with multiple cosmetic surgeries, then add to that the stress

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Demerol, Dilaudid and Vicodin for small strains and "other minor injuries"? You totally ignorant buffoon-do some research before opening your pretentious and rabidly, racist loud mouth. You'll make less of an azz of yourself online that way.

[FrankDenise]

In a way I feel bad for this guy..He never had a real life or a good childhood..Drugs were probably the only way out of the insane life he lead..Anyone who knows anything about addiction will understand how hard it is to kick it...And he is Michael Jackson...What is he gonna do??Check into rehab so the entire world will know and have a story for that as well....And smear his name some more..He was in such a bad spot and he was SO Addicted to opiates he needed them to function....Beleive me I know first hand...It is such a shame that another addict died from this disease..That is what people MUST understand..this is a real disease and it needs to be treated like life and death....Rest His Soul..

[brianbwb-2009]

Ever consider that the family may have asked him to be?

And as far as Oxman, he left the job years ago.

Also if "getting Jesse" helps to sort out the inevitable insurance matters, and other maters of probate, then all the better for them, you are no one to judge, as you yourself insinuate your own negative drivel into this topic thread, you are even worse than you presume Rev. Jackson to be.

The Reverend is taking the opportunity to give condolence, comfort, and whatever assistance he can to those who accept it, you are only taking this opportunity to spew hate, so whose motive is worse?

[brianbwb-2009]

There is only so much news coverage to go around, and far more people world-wide knew of Jackson than Fawcett. Her struggle was indeed brave, but her impact on people was limited to those who watched American TV. Ms. Fawcett is national news, Mr. Jackson is international.

Jackson, on the other hand, was a positive influence on the lives of people around the world, as evidenced by even Filipino prisoners, dancing in tribute.

Do you see such tributes for Ms. Fawcett coming from around the world, and if not, then why not? Because not as many people were touched by her talent.

America is not the only country in the world, you know, and it is also not the only culture that makes positive contributions to life.

So your real beef is...?

[JackGarvey]

Yes, I am sad about Michael Jackson's death while I am 46 years old. However, I was also sad learning of my dad's death when I was 14.
As people, we must accept sad moments and act to improve the lives of those who remain. My thoughts tell me that the spirits of those who have passed would be more pleased with less questions about their deaths, and more answers about improving the lives of those of us who are living rewarding lives.

[JZZZZY]

How is it that Jessie Jackson is now the family spokesperson?????? I just cannot stand this guy. If you're black, he's there. What happened to the spokesperson Oxman? I think Jessie just insinuates himself into every black celebrities' event. Oh, I get it, he's like a trump card. He makes such a damn big stink that the Jacksons' can say, "Give us what we want or we'll get 'Jessie' Okay, I've answered my own question. Nuff said.

[brianbwb-2009]

Ever consider that the family may have asked him to be?

And as far as Oxman, he left the job years ago.

Also if "getting Jesse" helps to sort out the inevitable insurance matters, and other maters of probate, then all the better for them, you are no one to judge, as you yourself insinuate your own negative drivel into this topic thread, you are even worse than you presume Rev. Jackson to be.

The Reverend is taking the opportunity to give condolence, comfort, and whatever assistance he can to those who accept it, you are only taking this opportunity to spew hate, so whose motive is worse?

[mutnauq4842]

by brianbwb-2009 June 27, 2009 9:39 PM PDT
The Reverend is taking the opportunity to give condolence, comfort, and whatever assistance he can to those who accept it, you are only taking this opportunity to spew hate, so whose motive is worse?
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The "Reverend"? you're just as pretentious and phony as he is.

[brianbwb-2009]

Right, you sound like Sgt Stedanko on the old Cheech and Chong LPs, "if you, or anyone you know is using drugs, maybe even your Mother and Dad..."

The reason the news media is running it is because Michael was more famous around the world than anyone else, save perhaps James Brown, Muhammad Ali, and maybe more recently Michael Jordan.

So you were not a fan, big deal, that places you in the vast minority on the planet, but you presume to dictate to the world who they should or should not accept. You are disgusted by the "thousands of people are worshiping Jackson..."? Well I have news son, the numbers were in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, so you should be about ready to expire from terminal disgust.

I have a better idea, mind you own business, it is their life to live or lose, not yours.

You and your ilk obviously have nothing positive to say about a person who accomplished so much, and lost so much, so you are among a paltry few in the world whose brainwashed mind cannot conceive of what the man accomplished, and could not even begin to measure up.

[kbbpll]

Washed-up has-been drug-addict freak show gets multiple headlines multiple days; Farrah Fawcett's courageous battle with cancer disappears immediately from news. Timing is everything.

[brianbwb-2009]

There is only so much news coverage to go around, and far more people world-wide knew of Jackson than Fawcett. Her struggle was indeed brave, but her impact on people was limited to those who watched American TV. Ms. Fawcett is national news, Mr. Jackson is international.

Jackson, on the other hand, was a positive influence on the lives of people around the world, as evidenced by even Filipino prisoners, dancing in tribute.

Do you see such tributes for Ms. Fawcett coming from around the world, and if not, then why not? Because not as many people were touched by her talent.

America is not the only country in the world, you know, and it is also not the only culture that makes positive contributions to life.

So your real beef is...?

[heliocracy]

I agree...whether it evokes pity or scorn from all of you, Jackson was insane, and probably criminally insane. No reasonable person uses plastic surgery to change his race and make himself look like Peter Pan. Even Quincy Jones in an NBC interview said he just didn't understand why Michael would change himself so radically, and why all the pictures in his house were of blond, blue-eyed boys.

Elvis was just as rich and famous as Jackson, but he was not insane, so you can't say that fame (or we) drove him to it. He wasn't a victim of anything but untreated mental illness. Had he not been rich, he surely would be in an asylum. Sorry to have to tell you this.

Oh and by the way, pop music is shallow, soulless crap, and the best pop singer in the world is by definition in the bottom ten percent of musicians as far as talent goes. It's a little like being a Country star.