Yep, I couldn't agree more with Ms Gillis. Who could a person like Michael Jackson be raise to the level of hero status. What did he ever do that was heroic? Did Michael ever put his life of the line of others? Did he service in the US Military or in police or fire/rescue?

We live in a sad world today, when our real heroes are looked down upon and elitists are put on a pedestal.

Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.

Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.

I saw a CNN report at a restaurant I was at for lunch discussing Peter King, Congressman from New York, discussing the ridiculousness of this celebrity funeral and ludicrous wailing from the media.  I pray he doesn't back off, and I read the story on HuffPo where even the more rational libs agree with him in their comments.  I would hope FoxNews would not devote the entire day to this mess, and find it amusing last-place ratings anchor Katie Couric is basing her newscast from the Staples Center as if it were a state-funeral.  Hey Katie, can you see Neverland from your front yard?, you loser.

We have become a narcissistic and shallow society. We worship celebrity for mere celibrity. It doesn't matter if what the celebrity has done is good or bad, it's the fact that they are famous that drives the worship. The media covers celebrities ad nauseum under the guise that their adulation is "newsworthy" and that only feeds the frenzy in a never ending ramp up. It's also a shame that, especially in the minority community, a "bad" celebrity becomes a hero for being, in their minds, at odds with the "white establishment" - witness OJ Simpson, gangster rappers, et al. This is a trend that has spread to even white middle class kids who want to be identified with that culture. The media covers it all gleefully and non-judgementally to the point of siding with the villain.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Sadly, the msm only like to highlight deaths when there is a GOP prez...cynical of me, but true.

Notic how deaths and bombings are no longer front page,top news stories (that might make people think poorly of Obama)

His father, Paul Bradshaw, said.

and I'll second that. His son, LT Brian Bradshaw was a paratrooper--a member of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. Lt Bradshaw was twice a volunteer; once for the Army and once for the Airborne. That may not mean much to those outside the military, but men like Lt Bradshaw are recognized in the military as part of our military's best--respected by our allies and feared by our foes.

You can mourn the death of Michael Jackson, if you so desire. But do not mourn for Lt Bradshaw--honor him and the sacrifice he made. Lift a glass in his honor and pray for the safety of his fellow soldiers.

Geronimo!

"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - General George Patton Jr

the rest of the soldiers who have been killed since Jackson's death - and all the deaths and sacrifices of the heros that have given us the right to live free.

Why it took Bradshaw's aunt to point out what America has forgotten and taken for granted for way too long shows us that America doesn't value valor, just celebrity.

If Bush were still President we'd hear plenty about this Hero and the seven others that died in the last day in Afghanistan...they'd find the time in between Michael Jackson 'coverage' for sure.

Disgusting.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

Before I start, over the weekend I gave $5 to a Marine Veterans fundraiser outside the Vons, told them about my two grandfathers who fought in WWII (one of them was a Jewish American soldier stationed in Casablanca. No, I'm not making that up.) I was given a choice for a magnet, and they suggested a purple heart magnet even though I'm not sure if they were ever wounded in battle. I felt good helping out the veterans. 

That said, it never ceases to amaze me just how far the MSM will go to besmirch the names of good people, whether it's our fighting men and women or whether it's Michael Jackson. When the MSM hounded the military with "Haditha killings" that were totally false, well, that's just like the media trying to make allegations that Michael Jackson molested children. They're both similar, in my opinion, that good people were being turned into boogeymen for the public to scorn. It worked against Michael Jackson, but at least it didn't work against the troops that were wrongly accused. At least there is some justice in this society for the truth to come out, but not for all.

It's a shame that the MSM managed to manipulate the Michael Jackson story for their own bidding. Hopefully he is having the last laugh up in Heaven, as the MSM manipulators and their prosecuting vermin are going to end up in Hell in a handbasket. And you know which laugh I'm reffering to. Ah-hee-hee-heeee... Yes, that one.