2 DEATHS BUT ONLY 1 LOSS

This past week, despite the state of the economy, the turmoil in Iran and the military blustering by North Korea, all the media was focused on the death of two entertainment celebrities. One death was a tragic loss. The other death, which received by far the most attention, was no loss.

Farrah Fawcett died at the age of 62 after losing a long and painful battle against anal cancer. Farrah is best remembered for her beauty, the poster of her posing in a red bathing suit, and her co-starring role in the TV series "Charlie’s Angels." But Fawcett was also an accomplished actress, the recipient of three Emmy Award nominations for her portrayals as an abused wife in "The Burning Bed," as a rape victim in "Extremities," and as a deranged mother who murders her own children in "Small Sacrifices." Farrah Fawcett’s death is a tragic loss.

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died at the age of 50 and millions of his fans all over the world are left grief stricken. There is no doubt that Jackson was one of the greatest entertainers of all time. As a recording artist and dancer he was phenomenal. But his death is no loss because the bottom line is that he was also a child molester. I say good riddance!

There is a good possibility that Jackson’s death was related to a 25-year-long addiction to prescription drugs that started after he was accidentally burned while filming a Pepsi Cola commercial. During his early years, Jackson enjoyed the good fortune of being extremely handsome, but in a weird desire to be white, he underwent numerous plastic surgeries that left him looking like a macabre horror flick zombie.

None other than Jesse Jackson, who never misses a photo-op, suddenly popped up like a jack-in-the-box as a family spokesman to announce that Michael Jackson's family was not satisfied with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s findings and has hired an independent pathologist to perform a second autopsy.

The King of Pop was fond of taking young boys to bed with him. In 1993, a 13-year-old boy accused Jackson of sexually molesting him. The boy said that he and Jackson had engaged in acts of kissing, masturbation and oral sex. Jackson avoided prosecution by paying the family $21 million for his accuser’s silence.

In 2003, Jackson was accused of sexually molesting another 13-year-old boy. In that case, Jackson was tried in 2005 on seven counts of child sexual abuse and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent to seduce the young boy. After a five-month-long trial, a jury acquitted Jackson on all charges.

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO SAY THAT MICHAEL JACKSON WAS NO CHILD MOLESTER, I SAY YEAH RIGHT, AND O.J. SIMPSON WAS NO MURDERER.

A retired police official, who was justifiably angered by the worldwide grief over Jackson’s death, wrote to let me know how he felt. I could not have said it any better:

"This Monday I will be attending the funeral of Houston Police Officer Henry Canales who was shot to death by an illegal alien. Unlike Michael Jackson, this officer is a true hero. And unlike Jackson, he will be missed only by his grief stricken family and his fellow officers.

Maybe I'm missing something. Since when do child molesters get so much adulation? I recognize that Michael Jackson was a singing and dancing sensation, but more important, wasn't he a child molester? I know he was never convicted, but didn't he settle out of court for millions of dollars to the victims? This obsession with celebrities who promote nothing but themselves is wrong and sickening.

The real heroes are the fire fighters, police officers and U.S. Military personnel who protect us here and abroad. The sacrifices they and their families make are for us, not themselves."

Now everyone seems to be scrambling for a piece of the action. Not only did Jesse Jackson take advantage of Michael Jackson’s death, but so did his fellow charlatan, Al Sharpton, who placed himself in charge of organizing world-wide memorials for the King of Pop. Please count me out!

While I am truly concerned about the welfare of Jackson's three children and want to express my sincere condolences to his family for the loss of a loved one, I have nothing but utter contempt for those who continue to worship a sordid child molester. Again, I say good riddance to that pedophile!