So Michael Jackson is dead and I could not give a rat’s ass. Seriously, lets put it into perspective. Rough estimates put U.S. deaths at roughly 7,000 people per day, and somewhere in the range of 250,000 to 300,000 people worldwide. Yet this thrice accused, drug addles pedophile is getting a send off and news coverage worthy of the second coming of Christ. He was just a man, and a very troubled one at that. No one is really looking at the true tragedy of the whole thing, and that is the fact that Jackson was such a cash cow, with so many leaches milking him that no one cared that he was slowly killing himself with illegal narcotics.

Now they are selling tickets to his “memorial” at staples center in LA for what the media has dubbed “America’s Princess Diana.” (Cue barfing sound). It seems that in death, Jackson is still good for filling the coffers at his expense by his supposed “loved ones.” What a joke. There were tickets to this event selling on EBay for $20,000. Come on people. Is this what it has come to? What about all of the police presence that will be needed to quell rioting fans that are sure to inundate the Los Angeles area? Who is going to foot the bill for this brew-ha-ha? The ever reliable tax payer.

So it goes, all over the media, they are flogging this whole thing to death ad nauseam and I'm sick of it. No matter how hard I tried, I could not find any mention of the seven American soldiers killed in Afghanistan by the Taliban murderers on Monday. Where is the outcry? Where is the nationwide sorrow for these nameless and unappreciated young men who died fighting what the Obama administration refuses to refer to as the “War on Terror?” It is sickening.

Somewhere in America there are mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers mourning for these brave young men and waiting for the C130 to deliver the flag ensconced metal caskets back to their homeland, far from where they were unceremoniously killed without so much of a blip on America’s radar. We should all be ashamed of this. I will mourn these great and heroic men. There deaths will not go unnoticed in my house. Perhaps that is all we can do as a society is appreciate and mourn men like this while the majority, it seems, has their collective heads up their asses.

Whatever the case, and whether or not you agree with me, please hang your head in a moment of silence for not only these men, but the past, present, and future defenders who will give their lives for a society that refuses to recognize their sacrifices. Please take a minute and remember them in a moment of silence today.