Is it wrong that I don't care?

Is it wrong that I don't care?

By Iwrite06's blog http://skirt.com/

Friday, June, 26, 2009

In the last week three celebrities have died. Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcet and now Michael Jackson. I was briefly saddened by all of those deaths, especially Farah’s because of her long, painful battle with cancer. She was definitely a female icon - I mean her hairstyle defined a generation of women.

Along the same lines, Michael Jackson defined an entire genre of music - he was thrust into the spotlight at the age of 6 and never got a break from it.

McMahon was a regular on the Tonight Show, host of Star Search and those publisher clearing house things - he was a household name.

So I'm not surprised the world is saddened by their deaths.

However, I am surprised that Michael Jackson's death has taken over every single news outlet in the country (I'm not so sure about elsewhere) and I just read on CNN that his death took over the internet yesterday as well, and almost took it out.

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I just can't really comprehend it. There are people out there in this world actually mourning the loss of these people. Having memorials, putting flowers on their Walk of Fame stars and all sorts of other things and it just weirds me out.

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There are more important things to worry about today, like how to get the GOP to get their heads out of their asses and admit there is no such thing as the "sanctity of marriage," (thank you S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford and all you other philandering politicians) while the rest of us try to get more women, minorities and gay men/women into public office.

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Michael Jackson dead, AP reports

Michael Jackson dead, AP reports

Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer, and the tabloid world's most disturbing celebrity, has died. He was 50

http://www.adn.com/news/ap_advisories/story/843568.html

20090625 SDOSM Michael Jackson dead AP reports

myfoxnationIn Memoriam: Jackson's Life, Legacy and Tragedy: Jackson's Life and Times http://tinyurl.com/lv5ds4

donsurberIf ObamaCare were in effect, Michael would be alive today. http://bit.ly/BTRq6

Jackson 5: “I Want You Back.”

PoliJAMUK Foreign Secretary comments on MJackson: "Never has one soared so high and yet dived so low. RIP Michael" http://bit.ly/qjyvW

cnnireportMichael Jackson, scene from Times Square, folks in lawn chairs! - http://bit.ly/13Y0nx #ireport

He died today. 50.

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