Standing O for Reverend Al

The Rev. Al Sharpton made a rousing speech at Michael Jackson’s memorial at the Staples Center in which he addressed Jackson’s three children Michael Joseph Jr. aka Prince Michael, 12; Paris Michael Katherine, 11; and Prince Michael II aka ‘Blanket’, 7.
‘There was nothing strange about your daddy’ he tells them...
more HERE
video HERE

Related:
Rev. Al Sharpton Credits Michael for Obama Becoming President

The Guest List

List of guests invited to public memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles:
Larry King; Dionne Warwick; Stevie Wonder; Usher; Lionel Richie; Brooke Shields; Mariah Carey; Kobe Bryant; Berry Gordy; Jennifer Hudson; Magic Johnson; John Mayer; The Rev. Jesse Jackson; The Rev. Al Sharpton; Smokey Robinson; Queen Latifah; Martin Luther King III; Bernice A. King; Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on "Britain's Got Talent"); Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend); Ron Boyd (family friend)
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...this is getting redundant

The Players

...and Liz and Ms. Ross aren't on the list...

The following is a list of the people speaking, singing, etc., etc., etc.... at tomorrow's festival of all things Jackson:

Ron Boyd (family friend), Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Andrae Crouch Choir, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on Britain's Got Talent), Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend), Usher and Stevie Wonder.
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Is it just me or is DIVERSITY missing from the event?

Emergence of Controversy

A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Barack Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on Wednesday.
The drawing, from famed cartoonist Sean Delonas, is rife with violent imagery and racial undertones. In it, two befuddled-looking police officers holding guns look over the dead and bleeding chimpanzee that attacked a woman in Stamford, Connecticut.
"They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," reads the caption.
...there's even a statement from Al Sharpton and a retort from the NYP...
see HERE