I am pissed

I am back. I spent some good time yesterday going on a Michael Jackson rant and somehow, through the magic of technology, the posting was "lost". The saddest part was that in terms of typing my rant, I actually thought I had said something profound about life. Oh well, that pearl of wisdom has sunk to the bottom of the insanity well. It may appear again but there are no guarantees, except of course, death and taxes. I was thinking that the two could be combined into death taxes but that would be the ultimate indignity. I mean being able to "tax" an truly involuntary and inevitable event. Of course, up here they do have a death tax, except it is called a probate fee. Fee, tax, if the government, that nameless, faceless and actually senseless entity, gets (or is that takes) the money, what is the difference what it is characterized as?

If I recall correctly, I was not really ranting on Michael Jackson for his alleged actions. It was more his dumbass statement on Jesse Jackson's radio show (I find that idea pretty funny as well). He had the nerve to compare himself and his situation with Nelson Mandela and Muhammed Ali. Is this person so out of touch? The answer is obviously "YES" or does a chicken got lips?

Let me start with this. Michael Jackson is a freak. I do not put much value on the word. It is neither good nor bad, it just is. He is a freak. There is NOTHING wrong or illegal about being a freak. In fact, he may be a freak with too much money, though he is a freak with far less money than he once had or will have once his court ordeal is completed. You got to love the lawyers. I am damn proud of my profession on this one. It is his break with reality that gets me.

That assumes that he broke with reality. That assumption is questionable. I mean think about him in the 80s with the single glove and Emmanuel Lewis and Bubbles. He just seemed harmless then. The the numerous plastic surgeries. That is freaky but he was hurting nobody but himself, which is his right as a person.............and freak.

Now back in 1993 or so, he pays $26 Million to make a molestation accusation go away. Again, that is what it is. Now here we are in 2005, and he is facing charges for a similar incident. I am not sure where his claims of racism come in. I mean what race is he exactly these days?

The thing that galled me was that he compared himself to Nelson Mandela and Muhammed Ali. Both of those men were victims of charges heavily coated in racism. Yet, both of those men "suffered" with dignity. They made their choices and lived with the consequences of their actions. I have not seen any evidence of Michael Jackson doing that. Racist charges and witch hunt indeed.

If he had any sense, he would be able to see how his actions could be perceived. Yet, all he does is proclaim how he cannot see anything wrong with the situation. HELLO! REALITY CHECK TIME!!!!

His actions do not excuse the parents of any boys that have been left in Michael Jackson's care to sleep with him in his bed. What are these parents thinking? Is it a source of pride to be able to say that your son was diddled or molested, I do prefer the sound of the word "diddled", by Michael Jackson? Am I alone here? Why do you need a license to drive a car, but any mental defective can become a parent, assuming fertility?

I am not advocating the State step in and license children, believe me. To paraphrase PJ O'Rourke, the state had enough trouble delivering the mail, and our addresses were on it, so why should or could it be entrusted to licence parenthood. In fact, in Canada, the way the Liberal government spent OUR money on themselves was and is truly criminal. If they can use the treasury like a Banana Republic, the least they could have done was at least buy some really good, hot weather. But no, they bought Jean Chretien signature golf balls. Sorry that is a rant for another day.

Back to Michael Jackson. When he can face the consequences of his choices with dignity, then he can compare himself to those two other men. He cannot seem to see what is wrong with what he does or did. That is the major problem here. Until he is imbued with some common sense, he is going to feel justified to blame anybody and anything but himself.

That is all for today. I still think that yesterday's rant was more cogent and funnier but this is the best that I can do right now. I mean just typing Michael Jackson's name makes me feel the need to wash my hands and disinfect my keyboard. Ciao.