Wacko Jacko

[Gauracandra]

So Michael Jackson is claiming racism is the reason his album flopped. How can a white dude claim the record industry is racist? Its really odd actually when you consider how many black artists there are out there. The entertainment and sports industries have a much larger presence of successful black personalities, that to say it is racist seems to me a bit much. Seems Jacko is getting desperate as he sees himself getting older and older, and less and less successful. Its over for him I think.

[Guest guest]

<h1>Public Statement by the Rev. Jesse Jackson

[atma]

LOL...very funny.

 

Welcome back RandOM.

[Guest guest]

Thanx atma ji

 

I missed you and MC & JR & etc

 

;^)

 

[atma]

I missed you too.

Maybe I can take out of the arsenal more blonde jokes and you can contraattack with brunettes ones.

[Guest guest]

Thatsa deal!

[mahak]

i missed ya too, bb, that snow musta finally melted.

 

haribol, ys, mahak

[Gauracandra]

Here, here. Good to have you back Random

[Guest guest]

Haribol, Gauracandra and mahaksadas. I'll be hit and miss for awhile, checking in once and a while.

 

Mahax: Here's a teaser: remember John Doe #2 at OKC? They finally got him. He's being held incommunicado in military detention. Check out http://whoisjohndoe2.com/

 

 

Later,

rX

[mahak]

that is a real poser, eh. JD2 and padilla may be the same guy. When They nabbed padilla, i remembered JD2 immediately from his photo.

 

Now how did they draw such a picture in 1994 of the guy they nabbed a couple of months ago?

 

Do folks know the "alliance" between oriental and oxidental terrorists".

 

I heard the sawtooths were at 115 degrees F yesterday.

 

Haribol, ys, mahak

[Guest guest]

There's a guy named OKC Submariner that posts a lot of good stuff at freerepublic.com

 

Timmie's buddy (can't remember his name) had a Philipino wife and visited Phillipines before the blast. Supposedly met Osama and picked up big bucks from them (Al Quida) and Abu Sayiff. Tangled web......

 

Triple digits today and tomorrow. Grrrrrr.

[Guest guest]

Originally posted by Gauracandra:

So Michael Jackson is claiming racism is the reason his album flopped. How can a white dude claim the record industry is racist? Its really odd actually when you consider how many black artists there are out there. The entertainment and sports industries have a much larger presence of successful black personalities, that to say it is racist seems to me a bit much. Seems Jacko is getting desperate as he sees himself getting older and older, and less and less successful. Its over for him I think.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A charity single recorded by Michael Jackson to raise money for victims of Sept. 11 has fallen into limbo since the pop star learned that the song's executive producer is involved in the pornography business, the singer's spokesman said on Friday.

 

The self-proclaimed King of Pop "cut all ties" with the song's original executive producer "the minute he found out about this guy's background," several months ago, Jackson publicist Dan Klores told Reuters.

 

Klores said fallout from the disclosure and other issues had thrown into question whether the all-star single, "What More Can I Give," will ever see the light of day, but added that as of "three or four days ago there was still hope that this single will be released."

 

The producer in question, F. Marc Schaffel, acknowledged in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Friday that he worked "in the adult film business" and had produced and directed dozens of gay pornography videos.

 

But he said the flap over his porno business in connection with Jackson's project was a "smokescreen" for efforts to "shut this single down because of a bigger fight going on."

 

Jackson recently accused Sony Music Entertainment Inc., a unit of Japanese electronics firm Sony Corp ( news - web sites). . of blocking release the single in an escalating public feud between the singer and his music label.

 

Sony declined comment on reports about the single, or even on whether it had ever planned to release the song.

 

Jackson's representatives said last October he had finished studio recordings for the single, which he hoped would raise $50 million for victims' families and survivors of the suicide hijacking attacks on New York and Washington.

 

Among the three dozen pop stars said to have lent their talent to the project were 'N Sync ( news - web sites), Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Tom Petty, Julio Iglesias and Reba McEntire.

 

THE BURGER CONNECTION

 

The Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources and documents obtained by the paper, reported the singer's own advisors quietly had asked Sony to bury the project after learning of Schaffel's background.

 

Schaffel's lawyer, Tom Byrne, said his client and Jackson have not spoken since November, "but the (charity record) project is done, so that's fine. "It's not important to (Schaffel) that he gets credit for it."

 

Schaffel, whose production company does business as Neverland Valley Entertainment, urged Sony executives in an open letter last month to release "What More Can I Give" or allow another label to issue it. Neverland also is the name of Jackson's private compound in central California.

 

The Times also reported that fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. pulled out of a multimillion-dollar agreement to sell the single in its restaurants over concerns about Jackson's involvement in a 1993 child molestation case that he settled for out of court for a reported $15 million. Jackson, who denied any wrongdoing, was never charged with a crime.

 

A spokeswoman for McDonald's said the company was in talks about "a potential fund-raising effort" with Jackson last year, but "there was never an agreement between the parties."

 

"We looked at it from a strict business perspective and decided to take a pass on it based on timing, distribution and cost issues," McDonald's spokeswoman Lisa Howard said.

 

Last weekend, Jackson led a protest of about 150 people in front of Sony Music headquarters in New York, calling Sony Music chief Thomas Mottola: "racist" and "devilish."

 

Jackson has said half-hearted promotion by Sony was to blame for meager sales of his latest album, "Invincible," and accused Sony and other labels of conspiring to cheat artists, particularly black performers, out of royalties.

 

Sony has defended its marketing of "Invincible" and dismissed Jackson's charges as "ludicrous."

 

Industry sources have said Jackson, under contract with Sony until 2004 and among the highest-paid pop stars ever, appeared to be trying to pressure Sony into breaking his pact so he can exit with his valuable trove of master recordings.