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Watching the Michael Jackson Event

  I did not think I would be watching the Michael Jackson event but I am…I wish they would kick those people out that are yelling out during the event…The brothers look strange..like they got a uniform on..got a glove on one hand?  What the fuck…
  OK OK.. I Just turned OFF the Michael Jackson event.. Al Sharpton is speaking now.  I will not listen to him and I will not watch him.  He is a low life scum.  I will not have anything to do with anyone that has anything to do with Al Sharpton.
   So my watching of the Michael Jackson show is over with…

   How people can have anything to do with a super racist like Al Sharpton I just do not understand.
   There is not one good thing about Al Sharpton.

Actor Karl Malden dead at 97

“Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich, March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an Academy Award winning American actor. In a career that spanned over seven decades, he featured in classic Marlon Brando films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks. Among other notable film roles are Archie Lee Meighan in Baby Doll, Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won and General Omar Bradley in Patton. His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco…”

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  I was a fan of Karl Malden.  I am not sure why.  He just seemed so real, human and honest.  I was sorry to see that he died but 97 is a good long life.
  He was great in “On the Waterfront” and he was great in “Patton.”  In “Patton” he played General Omar Bradley and the real general was a very decent man and it just fit for Malden to play him.
  The last time I saw Karl Malden was in  “West Wing” and I was surprised to see him in the show. 

Michael Jackson’s Mom Fears Looting

  Michael Jackson was strange.  I was never a fan of MJ but I got to admit he could sing and dance and he made some great music and videos. 
  The thing with the little boys…well..very odd…they way he lived was so odd that I just have to think that he had major mental problems.

  I did not hate Michael Jackson.  He was found not guilty of the child porn stuff and we have to go with the jury when they decide a court case.  I think now that the cover up may come to and end with his death.
  The world is going crazy right now with Michael Jackson love  and some of that may go the other direction when information starts to come to light. 

  What is making me sick is his family.  TMZ.COM and other sites are reporting that the family is concerned about other people looting and they want control of his bank accounts.
  Michael Jackson’s body was not even cold yet and I saw on TV that his father had sent a truck to the house were MJ died to get his stuff. 
  His father, Joe Jackson,  showed up on the red carpet at the BET Awards the other day.  His father had all sorts of gold hanging around his neck.  He just looked looked like a low life.  He said we just lost “the biggest star” etc.  If you want to see an interview with Joe Jackson on the red carpet here it is:
Michael Jackson’s father Joe Jackson BET Awards 2008 CNN.

  It seems that Joe Jackson is talking business and plugging new music projects.  I heard talk of concerts by other family members.  They wanted to do it in the past and Michael Jackson would not do it and they are saying now they may do it.

  Michael Jackson is getting a lot of love and tears from his fans.  I do not see tears in the eyes of his father and others…No tears just dollar signs.  
  It sort of seems like the good do die young.  Michael Jackson dead at 50 and his father still alive at 79. 

  I know I just said Michael Jackson was “good” and I am not sure about that. If what MJ said about his father was true then MJ problems and mental condition may not be his fault but we can lay at the feet of his father.

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Michael Jackson Dead dead d e a d - DRT

  News of Michael Jackson being dead at age 50 was a shock.  You hear the name Michael Jackson and you expect some sort of other news.
  There is going to be all sorts of news and specials about him so I sure do not need to talk about that here.

  I would like to comment on something…You know me.. I always have to put in my two cents on everything…even when I do not know what I am talking about…
  He was down at the place he was renting…how long before staff found him?  They called 911 and the report is that it took 10 minutes for them to get there.  That means that his brain was dead and was mush or on the way fast to becoming mush. 
  They worked on him but never got anything.  They never got a pulse back.  So he was dead.  Then they transported him and no pulse.  So they transported a dead man to the hospital. 
  One report was that the ER staff worked on him for 42 minutes!  He was dead.  He was dead when he got to the hospital.  Hell he was dead at the home.
  If they had got something back.. like a pulse.. He would have been something like that thing Thriller!  No, not even like that because Michael Jackson was dead.
  I am no Michael Jackson but if I go down and I am not getting blood to my brain for 10 minutes DO NOT start CPR on me and do not try and bring me back to life PLEASE.  I only have an IQ of 108.  If you got some blood to my brain I might have an IQ of 8. 
  Now…yes..I know about kids…cold water …etc… I was an EMT and I was a CPR instructor for years.
 
  We need to treat everyone in the United States the same.  We all need health insurance and health care.
  If a homeless person went down on the street and was down without a pulse for 15 minutes the police and EMTs would say this person is DRT (dead right there).  
  Was that two cents worth or was it a bit more? 

Farrah Fawcett dies

  I told my ex-wife yesterday that Farrah Fawcett had gone in the hospital and was in bad shape.  My ex-wife started to cry.  My ex-wife also has cancer.  It is a different type of cancer but Darlene was upset.
  I have not talked to Darlene today but I am sure this is going to effect her.

  I was never a fan of “Charlie’s Angels” for some reason.  I was married during the years it was on TV (1976 to 1981).  But I remember seeing Farrah Fawcett and thinking that a woman can not get better looking that she was at the time.
  Now I was a big fan of “Three’s Company” and had the hots for Suzanne Somers.  That TV show ran from 1977 to 1984.  There were a number of great looking woman around that time. 
  There was also Bo Derek in “10” (film) the 1979 romantic comedy.  I think Farrah Fawcett was the hottest of all of the woman around that time. 
  I just do not think Farrah Fawcett got the right TV show or movie parts.  I did not watch the recent documentary “A Wing & a Prayer: Farrah’s Fight for Life.”  That is not the sort of thing I want to watch.
  From what I could tell, from TV, Farrah Fawcett wanted to live and was fighting to live right up until the last minute. 
  She is at peace now and in the arms of God.

Stephen Tyrone Johns

WASHINGTON (AP) — A security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum who was fatally shot Wednesday was described as a warm man with a wonderful smile who acted courageously when the gunman opened fire in the building.
The gunman exchanged fire with guards, including 39-year-old Stephen T. Johns of Temple Hills, Md., who died at a Washington hospital from his injuries, police said. Authorities have said 88-year-old James W. von Brunn, a white supremacist, was under investigation in the shooting.
Sara Bloomfield, director of the museum, described Johns as "a great friend who greeted us every day with a wonderful smile — and he will be missed."
"Obviously, there are no words to express our grief and shock," she said.
Johns, a 1988 graduate of Crossland High School in Maryland, worked for Wackenhut Services Inc., based in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., that has contracted security services at the museum since 2002, according to a company statement. Johns had been posted at the museum since joining the firm in 2003. The museum has about 70 officers and supervisors on the force.
Guards are armed with .38-caliber revolvers and dress in police-type uniforms, the company said. It said preliminary details indicate the officers responded appropriately when facing the gunman, who opened fire with a rifle.
The president and others commended the work of Johns and the other guards.
"We have lost a courageous security guard who stood watch at this place of solemn remembrance," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends in this painful time."
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty also had words of praise.
"The men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to ensure our safety are truly heroes, and I am deeply saddened that this senseless act of violence threatened the safety of our community," Fenty said in a statement.
Bill Parsons, chief of staff at the museum, said Johns and other guards "did exactly what they were supposed to do to protect people at the museum."
"Never take your guard force and security people for granted," he said.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press

Actor David Carradine dead

(CNN) -- “American actor David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok, Thailand, hotel, according to his personal manager, Chuck Binder.

Binder said Thursday that the death is being investigated but could provide no other details.

Carradine's death was "shocking and sad. He was full of life, always wanting to work ... a great person," Binder said, according to People magazine.

Carradine, who became famous in the 1970s when he starred as traveling Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the television series "Kung Fu," was 72…”

    Sorry to hear about the death of David Carradine.  A few years ago I would have seen the age of 72 and think well he was a very old man.  I am 68 years old and 72 now does not seem that old.
    I loved the “Kung Fu” TV show.  I was very sad when they did away with the show.  I hated to see him doing “Kung Fu” type advertising the last few years on TV.  I think the Yellow Pages was one of them he was doing.  I am glad he could make some money but I liked the old “Kung Fu” show so much I just did not want to remember him as an old guy.
    I hope nothing turns up bad about him or his life style.  I want him to stay like a hero to me. 

Jim Gammon passed

  I did not know Jim Gammon but he was a radio and television broadcaster for years.  I remember hearing and seeing him over the years.

James R. Gammon "Jim"

Jim Gammon passed from this life May 29, 2009. Jim was born April 12, 1927 to James B. "Blake" Gammon and Floy M. Gammon in St. Louis, MO. Jim was a veteran of World War II. His radio and television broadcasting career began in Peoria, IL in 1949 at WMMJ while he attended Bradley University on the G.I. Bill. In 1950 he transferred to C.M.S.U. in Warrensburg, MO and majored in speech and dramatics. In 1951, Jim married Betty Ann Proctor of Tipton, MO. Jim's career took him and his family to Clinton, MO (KDKD), Warrensburg, MO (KOKO), Boonville, MO (KWRT), and in 1958 to Kansas City, MO where he worked for top radio and television stations: KCMO Radio-TV, 1958-1963: KMBC Radio-TV, 1963-1965; WHB, 1965; WDAF Radio-TV, 1968-1970; and KBMA- TV 41, 1970-1975. He concluded his broadcast career doing freelance work in television and radio. For many years Jim was the voice of the Kansas City Golden Gloves. Jim was a member of the Ararat Shrine Temple. Jim is survived by wife Betty of the home, son Michael of Blue Springs MO, daughter, Barbara Webb of Blue Springs, MO, son Randy of Kansas City, MO and son David of Sugar Creek, MO; six grandchildren; two great-grand- children, and a brother Robert Gammon of Jefferson City, MO. He is preceded in death by his parents, one brother William Gammon, and a grandson Chris Gammon. Memorial Services will be Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 7 PM at the D.W. Newcomers Sons Noland Road Chapel, Independence, MO. Visitation will be from 5 PM-7 PM Thursday at the chapel. Arr: D.W. Newcomers Sons Noland Road Chapel 816-252-8900. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ararat Shrine, American Heart Association , or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Published in Kansas City Star on 6/2/2009

Memorial Day Monday May 25, 2009