Jul 7 2009Michael Jackson's memorial service costing taxpayers millions

even when dead he is soooo ridiculous

Over his lifetime, how tax revenue did M.J. and his projects generate for the state for California?

rad to the power of sick

well, might I suggest the city does to normal folks and send them a bill? I mean, we pay taxes for emergency services, and yet we still get billed just like a doctor when they are called to a scene. I know I personally got a huge one after an 18 wheeler rearended me. so why complain? they have the power, not the entertainment company. they are afterall the ones with the final say. so quit your bitching and do it dumbfucks because in this day and age when you waste money in such a frivolous way, you deserve to have the donkey sized dick placed firmly up your ass.

This is overblown. The city of Los Angeles has funds for "exceptional events," which this is. However, if you want to send money to the city of Los Angeles you are free to do so.

I thought California was broke?

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Sooo, did everyone forget that Micheal Jackson was a pedophile?

Fuck this: Stuff the little shit and put him on display someplace in LA - the fawning dopes will pay top dollar to have their picture taken of them standing next to his stuffed body.

Money goes to offset California's huge budget fuck up (thanks politicians, unions and illegals!).

YAHTZEE!

Im getting pretty sick of the complainers in regards to Michael Jackson.

Lets get this straight, MJ is the greatest entertainer that has ever lived. For that he deserves your respect. Secondly, MJ is America's Princess Diana, again, just that in and of itself demands your respect.

And for all you sickos that unjustly call MJ a pedophile, guess what? It was never every proven.

A great and wonderful black man has died. Show your respect and treat him like the decent human being that exemplified what is to be a real man.

Out

It's funny how much some people let the media cloud their minds. Think for yourselves, assholes.

For crying out loud he's dead when will you stop with the utter disrespect! There are far far worse people still alive in the world so Mr Superficial man stop your hatred it's making me not want to go on this website! I have been a loyal reader for 2/3 years now. I totally agree with Anexio. Gordon Bennet's sake have some respect for the dead.

I love that sites are finally bringing up the pedophile accusations, one of which led to a 20 million dollar settlement. That screams guilt to me.

He's not the greatest musician that ever lived - Mozart, Bach and Beethoven will still be played in a hundred years.

He was also the Howard Hughes of Music, and would be horrified by the spectacle. AEG and the estate should be paying for this.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR MJ HAVE SOME FOR HIS FAMILY.........HIS KIDDIES.......IN MOST COUNTRIES A PERSON IS INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY.....OR IS THE U.S.. DIFFERENT? GOOD GOD THE GUY WAS A MUSIC LEGEND... GET OVER IT...HIS LEGACY WILL PROBABLY GENERATE MORE MONEY BACK INTO CALIFORNIA THAN OTHER WISE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.....

Michael jackson was a pedophile, i have to say it and make jokes because that makes me cool and funny. oops i just went doody in my pants

Somehow, there has to be a way we can blame Obama for this debacle...

Michael Jackson Can go suck a fat dick. I don't know or care if he jerked off little boys or was the greatest musician in the history of time. Either way this is ridiculous. California has laid of lots of people, is now paying state employees in I.O.U's and they still have the nerve to pay for this shit. This is god damned retarded.

Even worse, this is the same fucking City that no less than 3 weeks ago refused to pay 1 million for the Lakers Championship parade because the state was in financial crisis, people were getting laid off, and in danger of having to issue I.O.U's to its employees. was there some huge fucking turnaround that nobody wants to tell me.

Too bad for LA taxpayers.

*back to caring about something important*

She's FAT...oh wait...force of habit...

First of all, one of the accuser admitted MJ never touched him. And he was never proven guilty in all those times. If he really was a pedophile a lot more cases will come up. The money hungry kids should all go to hell for their disgusting accusations. To the writer of this site: you are so close minded and the stuff you say show how stupid you are. MJ is one of the greatest artists in the world and his songs gave out important messages Like "heal the world", "man in the mirror" etc

Sell his wigs & uniforms on ebay!

CLEAN UP ON AISLE 17!!!!

Michael Jackson molested children. Never forget!

whaaat. he's black? WHO KNEW!

to mr superficial:
I hope that when you die, people give you the same respect you give to the dead. Oh wait maybe no one may even disrespect you when you die cause not as many people know or care about you that they wouldn't waste their time.

Millions of people love Michael Jackson and are paying their respects to him and his family right now.

I'm so disgusted by this. Personally, if I were a worker who'd been pinkslipped, and I saw the city of LA spending milliions on the public funeral of a pedophile, at the same time the state is $24 Billion in the hole, I'd sue the state for millions. This shows a total lack of any responsibility; whoever approved this should be immediately fired...

Laughter on aisle 21!!

*..what do you mean you're out of laughter?? *

"I'm going back to Cali, Cali, Cali
I'm going back to Cali".

"I don't think so".

Jeese man, He's dead. Its not like he rose from the grave and asked for a hella-expensive funeral. Blame California. People forget that at one time Michael actually broke a record for supporting more charities than any other celebrity in the world- do you really think he'd want millions going towards his funeral when it could go elsewhere?

Well, excuse the fuck out of me for calling a pedophile a pedophile. As we all know, with out legal system, just because you haven't been proven guilty doesn't mean you're innocent. If you had been accused of being a pedophile, you would do whatever it took to clear your name. Micheal Jackson, instead, decided to pay millions of dollars of hush-money to the accusers. You know what that is? It's an admission of guilt. So, to all of you whiney little babies getting your panties in a bunch because people are calling him what he was...fuck you.

"too many rabid fans moonwalk into one another out in the streets"

Awesome mental image.

I certainly wont be reading this blog anymore. So much hatred towards a legendary entertainer.

Dude, half of you f'n people on here (GUYS I'm talking to YOU) are probably closet pedophiles. Checking out barely legals, etc. So don't knock Mikey for his "alleged" accusations. Especially when most of you wouldn't think twice of banging a hot "but she looked older!!" minor.

Dude, half of you f'n people on here (GUYS I'm talking to YOU) are probably closet pedophiles. Checking out barely legals, etc. So don't knock Mikey for his "alleged" accusations. Especially when most of you wouldn't think twice of banging a hot "but she looked older!!" minor.

Dude, half of you f'n people on here (GUYS I'm talking to YOU) are probably closet pedophiles. Checking out barely legals, etc. So don't knock Mikey for his "alleged" accusations. Especially when most of you wouldn't think twice of banging a hot "but she looked older!!" minor.

is now The Banana Republic of California.
Couldn't happen at a better time, just write an IOU.
Illegal immigration and liberal fascists have destroyed this states economy and the future is bleak, at best.

No worries though, BO will make sure ALL states soon follow the same suit...

I can't understand why people are complaining...this site has always been about "poking fun" at celebrities. Michael is still regarded as the greatest entertainer in the world by the majority, but there will always be people who think otherwise.

#28 - I agree. It's all about people's own feelings of self-importance, not the wishes of the man himself. It's like when danielle walks down the street... it's impossible to pry your eyes away from the horror as you involuntary feel the bile rise up in the back of your throat. Looking at something as hideous as danielle really speaks to the inner darkness in each of us, like staring at hordes of maggots devour a side of beef, and I feel it's that darkness that makes people spend upwards of $4M on a funeral the man never asked for.

California is a joke. Completely bankrupt. No I mean they redefine bankrupt they are so F******, and they spend millions for this PEDO. Land of fruits and nuts...

Rich, come on now. Need I post another pic? You know I am not even ugly.

Has shaving your mother's pubic hairs since the tender age of 2 completely destroyed any living brain cells in your head??

Must Have. Call Oprah.

The greatest entertainer in the world? Please. He hasn't entertained anyone in a decade. If you want that crown, you have to maintain it. Michael hasn' t been relevant for a long time. He's been a joke for decades. And now that he's dead we're all going to miss his genius?

Please....

This just in......Michael Jackson is still dead.

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Yes danielle. Please. Post another picture. I need a good laugh.

@9,24,: So pedophilia is ok as long as you don't get caught? Also, OJ was found innocent and I'm sure you've made jokes about him.

Also, Michael Jackson is not the greatest entertainer to ever live. If anyone would get that title it would be Jesus or Elvis depending on your religion. All mj did was give rise to pop artists like Britney spears, Kanye, and Soldja Boy. Great contributions to society...

laugh? i said MY pic, not yours. if you need a good laugh, go look in a mirror. stop wasting my time.

Not only for Tuesday.
They have had the roads blocked by the staples center with at least 2-4 police cars at all times guarding the area since AT LEAST Thursday morning.

This is why I've never been able to take California seriously. "Let's cut social services, but then let's put ourselves further in the whole to have a crazy wild broadway-style party to celebrate a child mollester who hadn't released a decent album in 18 years! Yeah!"

Ah, priorities!

#9 He is NOT the greatest entertainer that ever lived in everyone's opinion. To me, he was always a weird pee pee touching freak who was highly over rated. He definitely is NOT my Princess Diana because, if I remember correctly, Princess Diana was NEVER accused of being a pedophile, she NEVER mutilated her own body and, as far as I can remember, never put her children in danger by dangling them over a balcony. OJ was found innocent, do you think he didn't do it? Sometimes the justice system FAILS and, fortunately for rich people like Michael Jackson, that tends to occur when the person on trial has MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars to spend on dirty lawyers. If MJ would have been just some random guy off the street, he'd be playing with bigger pee pees in prison right now. Everyone's ready to suck his nuts now that he's dead, but the rest of us... the rest of us who aren't being total HYPOCRITES... we're standing by what we BELIEVE to be fact. So don't go shoving your HE'S YOUR THIS AND HE'S YOUR THAT down our throats!

dear superficial writer...you're douchewater.

While we are at it...hey, wasn't OJ such a great football player?

Give us a break..."alleged"...yeah, people will always shell out 30-40 million in settlements on child molestation charges. Next thing you know, Kobe Bryant will be innocent of rape...ph wait, he is the next speaker at the funeral.

You know? if i was touched inappropriately by someone famous, i would spend the rest of my adult life reminding the media what had happen every chance i get...

First of all, the ability to acrue over $400 million in debt while you're alive is quite a feat. To ring up even more- on the taxpayers dime no less- after you're dead is unbelievable.

Alexis you misandrist
why don't you go back back to touching yourself over images of little girls because we know those who protest the most are the ones most guilty.

Or are you so frigid you have to convince yourself what you say is true so that you don't need a man.
Maybe men don't pay you any notice because of superficial reasons like the way you look or maybe it's because of real reasons like your personality.

You're a bitter disgusting woman who is only going to remain alone unless you already made it to the sperm bank in which case they had better take your kid of you before it starts looking "good" to you and you cant control yourself anymore....
or is that why you went there in the first place?

LMAO

People are truly moronic. The state of California will make >20x more money than it put into this event. And so will the networks, and this website, etc...

Oh, and white people are the corniest haters ever. Too funny.

@53

How is the state of CA going to make >20x more money than it put into this event?

#9 nigger.

Soooo... where is the money from the ticket sales going...? (Kinda weird that SOMEONE decided that this would be an appropriate opportunity to make money isn't it??? Too bad California's fiscal officials aren't as shrewd...)

@54

Magic.

#35, the governor of the broke state of California is a conservative, republican white male. None of your psychoses or jealousy toward blacks or immigrants or BO or whomever will change facts.

Go grow a dick and then play in traffic. Retarded loser.

Can't believe I'm saying this but, it was worth every fucking penny! California spent tax payer money taking Britney Spears crazy ass to the hospital when she went nuts so why not spend it on a memorial for an actual artist with some talent. It was a good memorial service.

Why do black people love this guy? He denounced his race by changing his nose and skin color. Yet, black people just adore him. Why?

Have people forgot about him being a drug addicted pedophile? Just a few years ago, he was vilified by everyone, now he's a hero? Because he overdosed?

What is wrong with people these days?

What i saw was horriyfing. I watched the funeral today and saw MJ open his eyes, jump out of the coffin ,slam the lid, jump on top of the lid and proceeded to do one of the funkiest moonwalks on his coffin ive ever seen! He then proceeded to grab his crouch, leer at the audience,then get back in his box. Man what a performance! When i was a kid back in the early 70s i enjoyed the Jackson Five but as for disco and pop Michael that sucked big donkey dick. As for California them cocksuckers are all gonna burn in hell.

Jamie's Uterus,

Perhaps because they're not a bunch of soulless zombies?

I would think that the memorial is probably bringing a lot of money into the local ecomomy, so I think it pays for itself if not actually making money for the state.

Haven't read this blog in a year and I thought I'd pay it a visit because a good person died and people would pay respects in the comments section. I was wrong so I guess I won't be coming back to this piece of shit website.

@63... you're totally right! People are buying his albums like crazy. Plus people flew to LA, booked hotels/motels, gas, taxis, food. This event I'm sure pumped a good amount of money into the economy. And wtf is it with the government saying it's costing the tax payers money.. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY. There's money set aside that they have to spend for specific things, asking for donations is the system that is why our government is so messed up!

Say what you want but don't forget what his daughter said today;

"Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine, and I just wanted to say that I love him, so much."

MJ donated over 300 million dollars to charity and spent time in a number of countries trying to offer his support throughout his lifetime and I'm sure he payed a little bit in taxes, property and otherwise. Oh, and he wrote Thriller so go fuck your self. But as always, some white dude who thinks that Staind is like the greatest band ever has some comment about MJ when he can probably count the number of black friends he has on one hand come to think of it one finger. And I bet it's a co-worker.

ABOUT THE TAXES…
For the record, former Beatle, Paul McCartney was worth about $1 Billion. He’s the “first” billionaire musician on record. Michael Jackson’s people has always kept his finances very secretive. He’s never appeared on the Forbes list. But if you figure this…if Michael Jackson own’s the Beatles’ music and royalties, AND has the #1 and #2 selling album in the world…how much do you think he’s made??? AND have paid taxes on? And for those who like to talk about his super big debt….(meaning he spent so much money, more than he has mad) so when he spent all that money, over a BILLION, how much sales taxes has he paid?

For those who suck at numbers, so you could get an idea, a billion looks like this… $1,000,000,000.00 (that’s more zero’s than even a regular calculator could hold for you trying to do some math now on it)

So even if the government is spending $3.5+ million on his memorial service, everybody need to stop complaining. If you made a billion dollars and paid incomes taxes on that…AND spent a billion dollars….AND paid sales taxes while spending it…

I am sure the government would be more than glad to spend a measly $3.5+ million on your memorial service too!!

This is a sad, sad blog. I love to read it in general, but when somebody is using MJ's (or anybody's for that matter), death to show how "funny" they are...pathetic.

To all you frat boys out here, how much does it cost this great city of LA when you burn the fucking cars after your team has won? How much does it cost for the security for EVERY SINGLE Laker/Clipper/Kings Game out there...put down your bongs and think this one through.

Don't bother replying, since this is def the last time I will be on this site.

Immaturity rules.

Michael es un leyenda,un figura clave en la cultura popular no solo de los Estados Unidos sino del mundo entero sino basta ver como impacto su muerte alrededor del mismo,esta bien que en este caso el Estado de California gaste ese dinero en su funeral.
lo tiene mas que merecido

saludos

This site never fails to surprise me with the lack of research done on it's posts. Why don't you stick to bathing suit pictures of celebrity idiots instead? Those don't require as much writing or thought, so any lack of thinking on the writer's part won't be that apparent. 1) The memorial's being paid for by an extraordinary events fund (so while it does come out of taxes, the money isn't coming out of current city taxes, nor is the fund scheduled to be tapped for, say, city worker wages) and 2) there's been a massive tourist influx in LA, stimulating both the local economy and resulting in increased sales taxes - and the influx will probably continue for quite a while.

I hope MJ shit is over soon. This guy was a good singer and a good dancer and that is ALLL the value he had. He DID nothing of any value, never SAID anything of value and helped kids financially with one hand and molested them with the other. Yet I've heard him being referred to as a "Civil Rights Icon". Gimme an effin break. Only in this great country of ours could a dancing child molester who was a completely MESSED up individual be considered a civil rights icon. No wonder nobody respects Americans. God help us.

I think 3.5 million+ is a small price considering the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tax he would've paid over his lifetime.. and the amount of money he has donated to charities and organisations. Michael Jackson deserved/deserves so much more respect than some people give him. He was not a paedophile he never molested any children he settled out of court because he was being sued and when you are being sued you have to prove that you're an innocent not the other way round where the boy would have to prove MJ was guilty... it was easier to just them the money they were after to prove something that was just his word against MJ's. Realistically how many paedophiles do any of you know? Just because MJ was eccentric, softly spoken and preferred the company of children to most adults does not make him a child molester...an easy target for those accusations but he was a good person who was holding himself together as best as he could for the all the shit that he went through from the media and greedy people, coz I certainly would've had a mental breakdown and checked myself into rehab if I had to deal with half the shit he had to... the price of fame.

Just when you are convinced that jealousy is a feminine trait, a white guy shows up.

@54

If I have to explain that to you then you're probably too ill-equipped to comprehend. I suggest you stick to the basics

He has very wealthy friends.Can't they cough up the money?

HOW MANY MILLIONS OF TAX-PAYERS MONEY WERE IN THE "POCKETS" OF SHABBY POLITICIANS DUE TO HIS ABILITIES?
.......................thanks for asking!!

It is the last chance to say goodbye to the pop icon, Michael Jackson on the touching.
I will repeat Michael Jackson memories via treasure up my favorite Michael Jackson DVDs , playback on your portable player

you ppl are so simple minded....just becuz the media spits out facts for a quick buck doesn't mean u have to believe everything u read...dickhead snedon (leading prosector) tried his best to humiliate destroy and find anything...anything right down to the one adult magazine to prove MJ's guilt...and guesswhat ppl??? it ddnt happen...hmm...wonder why...wonder how come the 1,000's of kids interviewed never gave any insite to michael's wrong doings, wonder why there's no video, photo's nothing...only 2 accusers who both happen to come from low life poor families...get over it you assholes...believe what u want but keep your thoughts to urself cuz u sound racist, silly, and outright stupid...how's this for racist...both accusers happen to be latino...

oh and on a second note click here if you wanna believe media and tabloid stories..and when ur done reading it take it and run with it like you did with the false accusations and bullshit charges that were made...LA ddn't have the money to prosecute MJ but they sure would have but the State in as much debt as it took to get a conviction...hahahahaha ddn't happen..and MJ was not the only person wrongfully attacked by the infamous mr snedon...

http://michaeljacksonebmeier.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/jordan-chandler-admits-he-lied-about-michael-jackson

I'm so sick of the little kid jokes, Michael Jackson never molested anyone and you should be disgusted with yourself for still making jokes about it when it is surely what killed him. If there is a hell I am sure you will be in it.

TIGER UPPERCUT!!!

I don't understand why his estate doesn't pay all the expenses. For the average person, if they want a cop escort at a funeral, they have to pay for it. WTF should the city of LA have to shell out for this washed up has-been's funeral?

@81 Whats brown and in little toddlers diapers? Michael Jacksons hand

It would be nice if some of the celebrities who were sucking up the spot light at the memorial service help paying the million dollars tab.

http://protectthepaint.com/2009/07/08/kobe-and-magic-the-michael-jackson-memorial/

MJs not a child molester hes the greatest performer that ever lived so shut up no 1 cares what u say RIP MJ love you

Did I ask the Jacksons Family to pay when my Mother died hell No