lucky you

hannah, LOL, they sent me Lakers tickets instead.

he wont have to be made of wax like elvis sweating in the casket. He already is made of plastic. Darn I didnt win a ticket.

hannah,LOL

What must it have been like when Elvis met his former son-in-law in the afterlife!!!

nice ad at the bottom of article
"public sex offender list"

I always wondered thaT about Elvis- he may truely be dead by now though. Could be true. he will make more money now if "dead" and wont have to do the BIG tour. Just release those songs he has hidden away.

you do know the last thing he said before they took him away"take me to the childrens hospital" bada bump

Have you heard the rumors??? I guess from, some unnamed person, Michael Jackson is not really dead!!! he faked his death to start a new life so people would leave him alone!! He's probably playing cards with Elvis right now somewhere!! LOL!!!

A pedophile is a child molester. Child molestation is child rape. The criminal term for it is child molestation and not child rapist. Although child rape is a better term.
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A pederast is also a raper of children. But those children are older than the victims of a pedophile. Don't know where the age difference begins.

is a child molester the SAME as a pedifile?

sarahb1- I didnt know when 10-12 year old did (that thing that make you go blind) that you did it in front of your 10-12 year old peers.

So that theroy doesnt work either.

if the 50 yr old in a 12 year old body CANNOT listen to adults when they say DONT HAVE BOYS IN YOUR BED then he should be punished.
I am sure somebody SMART enough may have told him this!!!!

luluberry"What parent in their right mind would take a money settlement instead of jail time if their child was really molested?"


the SAME SELFISH parent I told you about that TOOK them there in the first place even though he is ALLEDGED molester. that is who!!

SarahB1, without checking into it, I will take your word on what you said about Katz. And I'll note that he said that he was "unable" to diagnose Jackson as a pedophile. He didn't say that Jackson wasn't a pedophile.

I stand by everything else I said.

gazettefan: Actually, you have it wrong. Dr. Stanley Katz, whom I misidentified as a psychiatrist (he is a psychologist), did work for the prosecution side in the molestation trial. He told investigators that he did not believe Jackson was a pedophile. I realize "regressed 10-year-old" is not a DSM-IV diagnosis, but the main point I am making is that Katz said he was unable to diagnose Jackson as a pedophile. And, again, Katz was hired by the prosecution side (the accuser's family) in this case.

SarahB1, there is no such psychiatric condition of "regressed 10 year old." That psychiatrist who testified to that condition was paid by Jackson. The psychiatrist was a professional witness. Professional witnesses are paid to say anything that will support the person who pays them. If that psychiatrist was hired by the other side, he would have said that Jackson was a pedophile.

With all his millions why didn't Jackson ever pursue real psychiatric help? His surgeries, skin dying, and behavior surely warranted such treatment. And why didn't any of his friends or family encourage him to pursue psychiatric help? The answer is that they believed his money, fame, and talent allowed him special privileges. Just like many of his fans continue to do.

Jackson was not a regressed 10 year old, he was a shrewd business person. He purchased the rights to Beatles' music and many other valuable musical properties. Part of his shrewdness was his ruse of acting like a child for the purpose of protecting and justifying his "secret" life. His ruse was and is still successful with a lot of people.

The low-life parents who are accused of jumping on the money train were lower than low. They were low-life enough to actually want their children to be abused so that they, the parents, could ride on that money train.

Now there will be no additional victims.

Wacko Jacko paid $5,000,000.00 to keep one family quiet.

Wouldn't paying a good lawyer that amount to defend your reputation have been worth it?

When he was in his 40's, he admitted that he thought it was okay to share his bed with young, unrelated boys. (The parents of those boys should be real proud of themselves.)

SarahB1, the definition of pedophilia is not well understood and can be misconstrued so I understand what you are saying.

And to all the people who believe MJ did nothing wrong because he wasn't "convicted", OJ is innocent of everything. JMO

I still believe Jackson was NOT a pedophile. Even the psychiatrist who interviewed him for the prosecution testified that he did not think he was a pedophile but, rather, a "regressed 10-year-old". I don't expect many of those commenting here to accept or understand what this all entails. Like I stated earlier, it is a complicated issue.

Mikki... While you have points, I want to comment on your last. Hitler was responsible for countless deaths. He doesn't deserve respect. At all. Michael was ACCUSED of things, things that weren't quite all together. Like I said before, the man was a legend, and he brought joy into many lives. He deserves respect.

I believe he went a little nutty there, at the end. Remember Howard Hughes? Seems that sometimes, people with money, can go off the deep end.
Nobody will ever know what was going on in his head. I only think of what his MUSIC meant to me when my mother died and some horrible things happened to me. I escaped into music, and his is what was there at the time.
Like him, hate him. He's gone.
Liza told the press (and I am paraphrasing) "It's good we are celebrating him now, because when the autopsy comes back, all hell will break loose).
It will probably explain a lot.

Also, I understand people not wanting to speak ill of the dead. But if someone did bad things, you can't help it. Are you going to speak well of Hitler, just because he's gone? (I am not making a comparison, just an example).

Apparently some of you have no respect for the dead.

The man was a legend. He was also a 12 year old in a 50 year old man's body. He grew up as a meal ticket to his father.

And about the molestation accusations? What parent in their right mind would take a money settlement instead of jail time if their child was really molested? I am convinced that he was innocent, and the parents were just looking for easy money.

Let the man rest in peace, he deserves that much.

Take away the fame, talent and wealth and even the allegations, what would people think of Jackson if he lived in their neighborhood?

What would the people think of someone with his appearance (the surgery, skin dye, and cloths) and his own statements that he, an adult, had children in his bed?

Why should his fame, wealth, and talent compel people to have a different opinion of him?

If somebody was ALLEDGELY hurting children and if you didnt know for sure if it was true or not HOW ON EARTH would you even let your child go there JUST IN CASE IT IS TRUE! idiots!!!selfish idiots.

momof5
Jun 26, 2009 at 10:48 p.m.
Suggest removal SarahB1: I agree!! Seriously. What kind of parent let's their kid spend the night, numerous times, at the home of a previously accused child molestor?'"

one that cares more about themselves than their own child thats who. one who thinks it would be SOOO COOL if my kid got to go there and be able to say it out loud.

ljs64- sorry i DONT have RESPECT for child molesters no matter how much money they have or their "poor me upbringing". I dont believe for a second ALL of those people we trying to scam money. Like I already said you dont sllep with little strange boys!!!!!!

If you think cause I have MORALS than I am simple or uneducated then I guess it will have to be that way.

Oj did it too and got off mostly. I dont know why these people think cause theyre in the public figure people would believe they couldnt do wrong. WHATEVER!!!!! glove doesnt fit on sweaty , nervous guy in front of a judge. NO DUH

I still remember my sock hop "beat it" steps.

mom0f5- sorry I think king of rock rolled over when daughter married king of pop.
I hear it was a scam marriage that he set up so she could get her fathers stuff back and that is all it was.

mrscoot- sorry you do not sleep in bed with strange little boys!!!!
ESPECIALLY if people are watching your every move.
Not a smart move on his part. IF youre accused of these things once you definatly dont do things to make people question you even more!!!

I commented on this in wclo article.
yes he was great until he turned into a freak and child molester. SOrry he may have been found not guilty buit that doesnt mean youre inocent!!!!!

anybody want to buy a spot less thriller album???

And of course there's nothing other than the allegations that would indicate that he was a pedophile.

SarahB1: I agree!! Seriously. What kind of parent let's their kid spend the night, numerous times, at the home of a previously accused child molestor? One looking for a cash cow....

I will probably be attacked for this opinion, but I will write it here anyway: I do not think Michael Jackson was a pedophile ... and I think the whole issue is more complicated than most people realize.

He doesn't have an estate, he was broke and had money problems! he was renting a house to live in because they took Neverland away for back money issues. I feel sorry for him that he lived a real lonesome life, but I do not approve of the pediphile stuff. He should have paid for that, but if you have enough money...well we saw what happened in the OJ thing. He must have been very lonely even though he was in the limelight alot. Now he will be in front of his maker and who knows what will happen.

"ljs64...Sadly enough, you are correct about a segment of Janesville's population. It's too bad, because there are many, many good people who become labeled because of the ignorance of that segment.
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Of course where you live there isn't a segment of the population that shows any signs of ignorance toward another segment. Yeah, right.

ljs...reading your posts, you are a prime example of your own description.

Mr.Scott, you do realize that you conceded that he was pedophile, don't you?

bellisa....., keep working on that moon walk.

I loved him in the 70's and 80's--it was the 90's and new millennium where he became creepy and just outlandish. The MJ I'll remember was from the 70's and 80's where he was a top performer, his music was awesome, and before he ruined himself with controversy and plastic surgery.

I just watched the Black or White video. I think everyone should watch it and learn a thing or two.

I cried when I heard of his death. He was huge when I was in middle school and I'll never forget being mesmerized by Thriller and how I tried to learn the moon walk and failed horribly...lol I remember my Mom crying when Elvis died and thinking she was silly. Michael Jackson was the Elvis of my generation and he will be missed. I'll remember him for his music and dancing, not for his private life.

ljs64 - what??? You really know what you are talking about.....NOT.

Just sitting here watching the MTV tribute to Jackson. Man I forgot about so many of his great songs. Makes me think about the good ol days. Thanks for all the memories Michael your life and legacy will live forever.

It's also a mistake to assume guilt when guilt was never proven. I believe Jackson just as much as the "victims". I believe the "victims" are money hungry pigs just as much as Michael Jackson was a "pedophile". I don't think any of us have enough evidence to make proper judgment as to which side was telling the truth. Honestly, I'm sure both sides were stretching their stories to sway public opinion.

It is a serious mistake to regard someone as nothing more than the product of his bad experiences. It is also a mistake to encourage pedophilia by making excuses for it.

It's a matter of character. Everyone who experiences that kind of childhood doesn't behave like he did. The fact that he attained what everyone wants in this culture and still chose not to control his sick impulses proves it was a matter of character.

Where is the sympathy for his victims? Is he off the hook for what he did to them because of his own childhood? No. No more than his father is off the hook because of whatever his childhood experiences were.

To relieve someone of personal responsibility is to encourage chaos.

ljs64...Sadly enough, you are correct about a segment of Janesville's population. It's too bad, because there are many, many good people who become labeled because of the ignorance of that segment.

Yeah, that's it.

What the ........!!!

This blog just amplifies why big business does not come to Janesville. Uneducated, ignorant, closed minded community.

PEOPLE- THE MAN IS DEAD. PLEASE STOP BADMOUTHING HIM!

Have any of you ever done any research on his childhood? Do you know what his dad and brothers forced him to watch and do? That may explain (but not condone) his unusual behavior. He never had a childhood! Yes, he was weird and did some questionable things. We all know that. But he did contribute some unforgettable music to the world. Although it may be hard, lets try to remember him for that. We all know his oddities. Lets just drop it and let the grieving grieve.

If one really wants to know where Michael's troubles began, look into his childhood....and what his father did to him. With those strikes against you before your even a teenager, one is sure to have identity issues. I feel sad for his sad life.

His music will live on forever...He was a very creative and talented man, a musical genius, and an intriguing, if disturbing, celebrity. I hope he will rest in peace and all of his emotional and psychological problems will be at peace as well.

now the fight fot his estate.

Bostonbill put it pretty well. I can say this, Jackson was great once, later on wrapped in turmoil and scandal. But I wonder if the agents around him and his own family members pushed him into all of that over the many years. Doesn't excuse the things we have all heard about, but I wonder how I would have handled the pressures. If Jackson really did do those acts which he was being accused, then all of his ionic greatness does not exist, and his accomplishment in entertainment should mean nothing.

Of course Ed was "just" a sidekick but in those days it was an important part of the Tonight Show. Johnny Carson said many times, that without Ed, there would be no Johnny. He was an Icon in different ways. A face you would always remember. Of course this was from an era where you told jokes face to face and entertainers were real. Some folks have never known that era and will not understand.

I used to appreciate a certain football player, but then people suffered and I lost all respect.
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I still believe, that you make your bed, and you can lay in it. Justice is only partially blind.

Star Search.....

A former pop star has passed away. Some people liked his musical act. Some people didn’t. He put on a good show for awhile. He also had a dark side. He paid a LOT of money to keep some people quiet about his “sleep over things, etc.” (If you really feel the need, you can look that up.) I don’t have any respect for his “personal life” and I only like a few of his songs, but he is not the first and probably won’t be the last entertainer (person) to do some extremely questionable things that most of us don’t think are “normal”. I guess that is part of the crazy world we live in. He did bring some amazing entertainment to his fans and that is wonderful. Anyways, he has passed on and regardless of my opinion; I respect the grief of those who loved him.

And don't anyone go there, trying to compare him to Elvis or J.F.K. That would be wrong. But I reckon there will be some that will jump onto THAT twisted band wagon.....

dogs...sorry....but all I remember was Ed being a "sidekick".
That was what he was, and a commercial for Publisher's clearing house.
Get over it.

So Michael Jackson died. So what?
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I'm thinking it won't pay to watch "Good Morning America" tomorrow just to hear Robin Roberts and Sam Champion interview Janet and Tito as they espouse the virtues of their late sibling, as they chalk up all of his supposed accomplishments in the music industry.
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He's dead, and if I were to connect spiritually to M. Jackson in his afterlife, I think I might ask him if he was still such a huge fan of nose-jobs and skin whitening procedures.

Let's not forget Ed McMahon. 3 icons in the entertainment industry. R.I.P.

The Gazette needs to add some more uplifting stories. The news is so depressing. Isn't there anything good going on in this world?

I was a kid when I really fell in love with his music. Whatever his money turned him into (and don't forget, money did the same to Howard Hughes) he was still a musical genius.
We may never know the truth about what happened at Neverland, but we lost two icons today, and I, for one, shed several tears because of it.
Call me sentimental for the 70's-80's...fine. Maybe I am feeling my age, my mortality.

Elvis and JFK both loved their women. One can be a pervert without sharing milk and cookies with little boys....

Localboy:LMAO!!!!! Can I get an amen?

Judgement day is here for him and we are not his judgors.

All we know of this man privately is what the media has told us. He was a musical genius and let's just leave it at that!!

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RIP The King of Pop...Imagine the reunion between the King of Pop and the King of Rock & Roll! Tha'td be one helluva concert :) Picture it: Ed McMahon could is the evening's emcee: "And heeeeere's Mike--uhl", look to your left and Farrah Fawcett is serving as a backup dancer. In the audience, front row, is Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur. The show is briefly interrupted by Bea shouting "Shady Pines, Ma, Shady Pines" just as Estelle was about to comment on Elvis's....time for intermission.....

SarahB1: what an awesome memory and experience!!

mickie - are you saying he should have been behind a pulpit, running mass at your local catholic church?

Was Elvis perfect? Everybody adored him...Was JFK perfect? Everbody adored him....Was Bill Clinton perfect? The left adored him....

Most of us liked MJ as an performer. I could care less about his personal life.

By the way, he was never convicted of any wrong doing.

Creepy don't make you guilty, not saying one way or another if he was guilty or not. We will never know the truth.

MrScott- ok he`s innocent like ummm O.J. was... Please, so funny how people put certain celebrities on pedestals. He was a great entertainer- but a crappy man in so many ways.

mickie - do you know who he turned out to be? Does anyone know anything beyond people coming after him because he had a lot of money? I'm not saying he's innocent, but but also far from saying he's guilty. The only thing he's guilty of is being quite strange.

I will never forget watching Michael and his brothers performing at Summerfest in about 1970 or 1971. The crowd became so unruly and thousands swarmed the stage within minutes of the show's beginning. After several failed attempts to calm the crowd and continue the concert, the show was halted for good and The Jackson Five was rushed away. Still, the energy and talent Michael displayed that evening absolutely blew me away. I was about 12 at the time --- as was Michael --- and have yet to see another performer with so much fire blazing inside him.

Farrah is one of Gods Angels now :)

If your old enough you could remember the good times when it was a pleasure to see him and his brothers.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfJu_Bom2sA

I feel so sad to see two icons gone in one day! I grew up watching/loving them both~! Now Michael can finally have his peace!

Farah will be missed.... Who is this guy?

Agreed Mickie.

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Loved his music, hated whom he really turned out to be..Judgment day is here for him I guess.