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News & ArtsTuesday, July 14, 2009
Life Your Daily Poll Dance
Posted by David Schmader on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM
For nearly half a century, Joe Jackson has been a frontrunner for America's Worst Father. (Major accomplishments: Brutalizing his children into professional brilliance; breaking young Michael Jackson's brain with the double whammy of international adoration and domestic abuse; using the occasion of his tortured son's death to repeatedly hype his new record label.)
Now he's making noise about applying his renowned parenting skills to Michael Jackson's freshly orphaned children: "Their grandmother Katherine and I should raise them," Joe Jackson told ABC. "Yes, there's no one else who can do what we can do for them. We should keep them all together and make them happy. Feed them like they are supposed to be fed."
Asked if he felt that the Jackson grandkids could go into show business, Joe told ABC: "I don't know...I keep watching Paris. She wants to do something." He added that Blanket can "really dance."
Now I turn to you.
How do you feel about Joe Jackson possibly obtaining custody of Michael Jackson's kids?
1
It would be nice if the daily poll really polled different people's opinions instead of asking "this is cool, right?" or "this sucks, right?"
I know poll results here don't tell much, but it's a way for Slog readers who aren't narcissistic enough to comment to share their opinions.
Also, I don't think flooding California's abuse hotline with Michael Jackson news is a very nice plan.
I know poll results here don't tell much, but it's a way for Slog readers who aren't narcissistic enough to comment to share their opinions.
Also, I don't think flooding California's abuse hotline with Michael Jackson news is a very nice plan.
6
Who is that old lady and why does she have a moustache drawn on her lip with eyeliner? Also, classy beauty mark! It's still a toss up as to which of the Jacksons is now the craziest. LaToya or Joe? And I feel Janet is gonna be busting out some crazy here pretty soon...it's just a matter of time.
7
I thought it was a tattoo.
He used to beat Michael with an electrical cord when he missed his dance cues.
He used to beat Michael with an electrical cord when he missed his dance cues.
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4: Whoops, thanks.
3: Indeed.
7: And Michael Jackson became the world's greatest dancer. You can't argue with results.
3: Indeed.
7: And Michael Jackson became the world's greatest dancer. You can't argue with results.
10
@8, I am now laughing.
But Michael J. couldn't carry Sammy Davis Jr.'s cum bukkit. Or Fred Astaire's. Or the Nicholas Brothers's. Or even Savion Glover's. He had a couple of basic moves he repeated over and over.
But Michael J. couldn't carry Sammy Davis Jr.'s cum bukkit. Or Fred Astaire's. Or the Nicholas Brothers's. Or even Savion Glover's. He had a couple of basic moves he repeated over and over.
11
Hate to wish anyone dead, really, but it seems wrong that Micheal's gone and Joe isn't. It's not enough he basically abused everyone in his family, but now he's working on fucking up Micheal's kids (well, more than they may already be)? I understand the media feels like they have to pay attention to him, but he's pretty fucking evil, and such an opportunist, it seems like there has to be some sort of point where he's just no longer given any press.
12
Is it just me, or does Joe Jackson look like a slightly darker version of the Mystery Man as played by Robert Blake in "Lost Highway"?
15
holy shit i had no clue the old man DREW HIS FACE on. i guess the repression went back at least a generation before MJ.
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@3:
I know! I get really frustrated, because, every time I see a headline with "Joe Jackson" in it, I totally think of THAT one, and not THIS one!
I know! I get really frustrated, because, every time I see a headline with "Joe Jackson" in it, I totally think of THAT one, and not THIS one!
17
Yeah, drawn-on mustache, eyebrows, "beauty mark." Mustache aside, I can't figure out whether the guy's trying to be Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, or Little Annie Fannie. But cut the guy some slack--given the fetal-alcohol-syndrome face, without a little help, he has about as much chance of being "pretty" as J. Edgar Hoover.
Then there's Michael, who at least started out wanting to BE Diana Ross. Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, however much it may try to grow wings on its way to the ground. At least he didn't (I hope) beat his kids.
Then there's Michael, who at least started out wanting to BE Diana Ross. Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, however much it may try to grow wings on its way to the ground. At least he didn't (I hope) beat his kids.
18
Michael must have had a ton of coupons from his plastic surgeon to pass around. Buy ten get one free, like the coffee place?
19
This piece is really sad:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/2009…
"His memorial service—a variety show with a coffin—had an estimated 31.1 million television viewers. ...It was the final episode of the long-running Michael Jackson series. And it concluded with Jackson’s daughter, Paris, being prodded to stand in front of a microphone to speak about her father. Janet Jackson, before the girl could get a few words out, told Paris to “speak up.” As the child broke down, the adults around her adjusted the microphone so we could hear the sobs. The crowd clapped. It was a haunting echo of what destroyed her father."
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/2009…
"His memorial service—a variety show with a coffin—had an estimated 31.1 million television viewers. ...It was the final episode of the long-running Michael Jackson series. And it concluded with Jackson’s daughter, Paris, being prodded to stand in front of a microphone to speak about her father. Janet Jackson, before the girl could get a few words out, told Paris to “speak up.” As the child broke down, the adults around her adjusted the microphone so we could hear the sobs. The crowd clapped. It was a haunting echo of what destroyed her father."
21
Perhaps the reason Michael lost his hair and had to tattoo eyebrows and eyeliner was a genetic inheritance from Joe. Seems Joe f'd him up every way he possibly could.
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