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nastyleg
07-07-2009, 09:42 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530361,00.html


"Mr. Jackson received days of wall-to-wall coverage in the media," Martha Gillis wrote to the Washington Post. "Where was the coverage of my nephew or the other soldiers who died that week?"

Gillis' nephew, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, 24, died in Kheyl, Afganistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Bradshaw, of Steilacoom, Wash., was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in Fort Richardson, Alaska. He was one of at least 13 U.S. soldiers to die in Afghanistan since Jackson's death on June 25.

Bradshaw's mother, Mary, said she agreed with Gillis, saying the nonstop coverage of Jackson's death has become "totally ridiculous" and laughable.

"I can watch the news many nights and there's no mention of what's going on in Afghanistan or Iraq and there's boys dying over there," Bradshaw told FOXNews.com. "Oh God, I can't talk."

Gillis, of Springfield, Va., could not be reached for comment. In her letter to the Washington Post, she described Bradshaw as a "thoroughly decent person with a wry sense of humor" who loved history, particularly the Civil War.

"He had old-fashioned values and believed that military service was patriotic and that actions counted more than talk," Gillis wrote. "He wasn't much for talking, although he could communicate volumes with a raised eyebrow."

Bradshaw, who graduated from Pacific Lutheran University, was the product of a military family. His father, Paul, is a retired National Guard helicopter pilot, and his mother is a retired Army nurse.

"He was a search-and-rescue volunteer, an altar boy, a camp counselor," Gillis' letter continued. "He carried the hopes and dreams of his parents willingly on his shoulders. What more than that did Michael Jackson do or represent that earned him memorial 'shrines,' while this soldier's death goes unheralded?"

Gillis said the only media outlets that covered Bradshaw's death were in his hometown of Steilacoom, Wash., and those where he was stationed before his deployment in March.

Gillis' sentiment echoes that of King, the Long Island, N.Y., congressman who called on society to stop "glorifying" Jackson in a YouTube video posted on Monday.

King said Jackson had been excessively praised in the days after his death while society ignored the efforts of teachers, police officers and veterans. In the two-minute video, King called the "day in and day out" coverage of Jackson's death "too politically correct."

"Let's knock out the psychobabble," he said in the video, which was taped outside an American Legion Hall in his district. "He was a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country? I just think we're too politically correct."

King, who is among the possible Republican contenders to run against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, acknowledged that Jackson "may have been a good singer" and "did some dancing," but he blasted the King of Pop as someone who could not be trusted around children.

"There's nothing good to say about this guy," King continued. "But the bottom line is, would you let your child or grandchild be in the same room as Michael Jackson?"

ghost
07-07-2009, 10:05 AM
Fuck michael jackson. The only thing he's good for is the jokes.

Ripcord
07-11-2009, 01:55 AM
I really hate the way the media and people in general idolize "Entertainers and Professional athletes" calling them heroes and role models, while people who make the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives are all but ignored in the media frenzy over some celebrity who has never lifted a finger in defense of their country that gave him/her so much.
Funny how people that don't risk their lives for others or put themselves in harms way make millions, while Soldiers who could be killed at any moment while at work make just enough to be considered middle class.

nastyleg
07-11-2009, 11:44 AM
I really hate the way the media and people in general idolize "Entertainers and Professional athletes" calling them heroes and role models, while people who make the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives are all but ignored in the media frenzy over some celebrity who has never lifted a finger in defense of their country that gave him/her so much.
Funny how people that don't risk their lives for others or put themselves in harms way make millions, while Soldiers who could be killed at any moment while at work make just enough to be considered middle class.


So true ripcord however noone joined the military to get rich. I do agree with you whole heartedly on how they are called heros and role models when most of the time they are too doped up to know what the fuck is going on in the real world