June 13, 2005

The Remaining Question About Michael Jackson

I’m glad Michael Jackson was cleared on all counts. There were many reports that the prosecution’s case was falling apart. I’d hoped that Jackson, while bizarre, was innocent of the charges, and that’s what the jury appears to have found. The remaining question is: will Jackson at last stop this bizarre, dumb behavior, that twice now has all but destroyed his life and career?

YEAH, RIGHT: PARIS HILTON PLANS TO GIVE UP PUBLIC LIFE. I don’t even think she should give it up. She’s good at it.

EVEN AL FRANKEN’S FRIENDS CAN’T TRUST HIM.

Update: the article is no longer on Matt Drudge’s site, so I’ll quote from it here:

AL FRANKEN OVERSTAYS WELCOME AT TALK FEST
Mon Jun 13 2005 08:31:35 ET

AIR AMERICA’s Al Franken became “The Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave” after receiving an award at a talk-radio convention in New York over the weekend.

NY POST’s John Mainelli reports Monday: The liberal talk-show host was finally forced off the stage—amidst shouts from supporters and detractors—after an acceptance speech became a nearly half-hour rant against Bill O’Reilly and the Iraq war.

“Al, hurry up,” said Michael Harrison, publisher of TALKERS mag, the convention sponsor.

“It’s freedom of speech,” said Franken, referring to the Freedom of Speech Award he’d just been given by the magazine.

“It’s not freedom to kill everybody’s evening, so why don’t you wrap it up,” Harrison argued.

“I’m talking about the war in Iraq and I have about two pages left, and I think the people in Walter Reed [Army Medical Center] who’ve been injured deserve the last two pages of my speech,” Franken countered.

“There are people walking out,” said Harrison. “We gave you the award and it’s time to leave.”

“Everyone who wants to leave can leave,” said Franken, addressing hundreds of talk-show hosts and radio execs at a cocktail reception in a downtown hotel.

“Now don’t leave!” Harrison urged the attendees. “We honored you. Now honor us. Don’t kill our party.”

Five-by-Five

Great posts from around the blogosphere.

• Good news about the economy, including, “The economy of 2004 was the best in five years.” [Right Wing News]
• Photos of the brave Iranian women who dared to protest against sex discrimination. [Regime Change Iran]
• Muslims in New York who oppose desecration of the Koran, desecrate the U.S. flag. [Atlas Shrugs]
• Kissinger discusses his view that there will be no military confrontation between the U.S. and China. [AlphaPatriot]

  On a lighter note:

• This satire hints at behind-the-scenes developments at the Huffington Post. [Huffington’s Toast]