Pelosi Shoots Down Jackson Resolution

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee promised fans she'd get a resolution passed in Congress honoring Michael Jackson -- but Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi just 86'd the proposal.

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In a news conference moments ago on Capitol Hill, Pelosi said that while Jackson was "a great performer," a resolution "will open up two contrary views that are not necessary at this time to be expressed."

Somewhere Rep. Pete King is doing a righteous fist pump.



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436. And stupid me ...I thought we were actually a democracy where "the people" decide if they would like to honor one of their own....sorry how stupid, stupid of us! There are no perfect human beings that is for sure... just take a look at our politicians men and women on both sides of the aisle....please don't preach Madam Pelosi ....we the people might just like to honor the KING OF POP warts and all regardless...enough pushing aside the great Black Men of America....like Mr. James Brown The King of Soul, Ms. Koko Taylor The Queen of Soul and on and on....countless Black musicians and performers recognized first OUTSIDE THE USA....Shame on us... remember all the world is watching our duplicitousness with Racism... if morality was ever the only concern in America it could never have become a country....remember the ill will to the Native American brothers....THE PEOPLE vs. Nancy Pelosi!...8 years of sitting behind, clapping and shaking hands with a former prez running America into 2 wars and lots of nice pearls and this is what you do when it comes to respecting an American Icon the World pays tribute to; in spite of whatever else was not going right in his life....a lot of which we and the media contributed to in hounding Michael for more and more! What he did as a human being for others in our world far outstrips the negatives, don't you think? Most of the world might agree on that! If there can be a Sir Paul then we can have a KING MICHAEL....stupid Americans and stupid race wars always shooting ourselves in the foot when it is way past time to HEAL AMERICA’S divisions! Let the people decide.

Posted at 5:09AM on Jul 12th 2009 by worried

437. "437. And stupid me ...I thought we were actually a democracy where "the people" decide if waahh boooo hooo wah blah blah..."
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Hey guess what? The PEOPLE put Pelosi in the office that she holds...the problem with most of you MJ idiots is that while there are millions and millions of you who worship and adore this pedophilic pschyco creep, and will defend him right or wrong til YOUR dying day, there are billions of us who see MJ for what he really was. Guess what again? We have you out numbered, you are just a small fraction of this world and the fact is that except for only a few million idiots in the world, MJ's death and life for that matter don't mean squat, we don't care, his death does not affect me in anyway shape or form. He is not a god, or a king, role model or hero, he's just a dance and a questionably average singer. That's it, nothing more, he lived for 50 years and died just like the rest of us, sure he gave to charity but alot of us do, that's nothing special.
You need to wake up, quit living in your stupid little fantasy, thank a VET, and think about stuff that actually matters, like N. Korea and Iran NUKING us or anybody else, worry about the next 9/11, worry about EBOLA in pigs that you eat, worry about how you and your family will eat, work, and live in 10 years from now, because Obama is bankrupting and killing this country with his stupid non working stimulus crap, and things are going to get alot rougher for you sheople....worry about stuff that matters!! 10 years from now your little king of crap will matter even less. Open your eyes and wake up!!

Posted at 2:20PM on Jul 12th 2009 by j.rayhol

438. "437. And stupid me ...I thought we were actually a democracy where
"the people" decide if waahh boooo hooo wah blah blah..."
--------------------------------------------------------------

Hey guess what? The PEOPLE put Pelosi in the office that she
holds...the problem with most of you MJ idiots is that while there
are millions and millions of you who worship and adore this
pedophilic pschyco creep, and will defend him right or wrong til YOUR
dying day, there are billions of us who see MJ for what he really was.
Guess what again? We have you out numbered, you are just a small
fraction of this world and the fact is that except for only a few
million idiots in the world, MJ's death and life for that matter
don't mean squat, we don't care, his death does not affect me in
anyway shape or form. He is not a god, or a king, role model or
hero, he's just a dance and a questionably average singer. That's it,
nothing more, he lived for 50 years and died just like the rest of us,
sure he gave to charity but alot of us do, that's nothing special.
You need to wake up, quit living in your stupid little fantasy, thank
a VET, and think about stuff that actually matters, like N. Korea and
Iran NUKING us or anybody else, worry about the next 9/11, worry
about EBOLA in pigs that you eat, worry about how you and your family
will eat, work, and live in 10 years from now, because Obama is
bankrupting and killing this country with his stupid non working
stimulus crap, and things are going to get alot rougher for you
sheople....worry about stuff that matters!! 10 years from now your
little king of crap will matter even less. Open your eyes and wake
up!!

Posted at 2:33PM on Jul 12th 2009 by j.rayhol

439. We have you out numbered, you are just a small
fraction of this world and the fact is that except for only a few
million idiots in the world, MJ's death and life for that matter
don't mean squat, we don't care..

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WOW, out numbered...me thinks not.

And, you speak for the other "WE"...wow, they all appointed you, huh?

Posted at 7:00PM on Jul 12th 2009 by Penny

440. Nancy Pelosi should take her old a$$ and go to bed, she must be in the Green Mile "Dead Man Walking!"

Posted at 1:01AM on Jul 14th 2009 by BigBodyLexus

441. What a coward she is! Afraid of Pete King and all these sycophants? She should just take a lesson of late Michael Jackson who in his 2001 Oxford Lecture could have taught her things about real life:

Posted at 5:00AM on Jul 15th 2009 by Jochen Ebmeier

442. Good for her! MJ doesn't deserve it. Why celebrate a pedophile?

Posted at 9:42PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Johnny

443. Anyone with an open heart and mind can see clearly the damage causedto MJ from the allegations and trial and how he was an innocent man with a kind and gentle heart, how he cared for others, for the children, for the world and the planet. Yes I despair as he did about human nature, the wickedness, the greed, money money money and poisoned minds who could do nothing except believe the lies. The real truth will emerge one day and justice will be done. Even right up to the end of his life, it was about nothing else than greed. I despair over all the awful comments, labels, judgements and closed hearts that emanate from the country of his birth and I find it terrible beyond belief that his own country cannot honor him as he rightly deserves and many still continue to persecute him. Why whywhy? The whole world watches in disbelief and dispair.

Posted at 1:02PM on Jul 17th 2009 by despairoverhumannature

444. Hooray. Enough's enough. Quit pandering and canonizing this tragic freak. At BEST, a once-successful and somewhat groundbreaking/innovative entertainer. Even that is in the dim and distant past. Everything else is arguable or acting out of mental disorders, totally unworthy of laurels.

Posted at 4:29PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Raejean

445. Micheal Jackson is one of the greatest performers the United States has ever produced. In addition to that he was a saint and a wonderful person. I can't believe how many people are so full of hate and jealousy. and how many people believe lies and heresay without investigating the truth.
Anyway, Micheal Jackson is the KIng of Pop and will go down in history as one of the most talented performers of all time. Wish I could have seen him on concert.

Posted at 5:16PM on Aug 1st 2009 by TexasPatriot777

446. LOOKING AT HER PICTURE IS SHE MELTING ,DID SHE USE THE SAME DOCTORS MICHAEL JACKSON HIRED.She must be on something,??

Posted at 9:19PM on Aug 25th 2009 by NANCY AND MJ

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