In our “things that make you go ‘duh'” column, we learn today that the Jackson family, led by the least crazy of the bunch, Janet, tried to stage an intervention with Michael Jackson back in 2007.
Was it for his “love” of children? His strange obsession with monkeys? The fact that he was whiter than Rick Snee? No to all of the above. Big surprise, Jackson was a pill-head. In other shocking news, if you can understand the combination of letters in front of you on the computer screen, you can read!
This comment is for the payment of the funeral. The city should not pick up the cost for a celebrity funeral. It has been stated it is a privite funeral with selected guests and a lottery for others to attend. If anyone who is not a celebrity passed away, guaranteed the city nor anyone else other than the family will be responsible for the cost incured for the funeral. So why is everyone being asked to contribute to a funeral that cost over a million dollars? Because of the celebrity status of Michael Jackson. So many people are taking advantage of his death, trying to cash in. If the family wanted this size of a funeral, then let them pay for it, everyone else has to. I know this sounds cold but face the facts, people do not have that kind of cash to contribute nor does the city. If the family can’t pay for these extravagant costs then do something that is well within their financial means. Quit begging and acting like you have no money. There are people in this world who live below the poverty level who still live well, because they only spend what they can and save for the days that are really tough.
Yes he is a celebrity, he made a huge impact on the world with his music and his dancing, but he is human like the rest of us.