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By
Bruce Bressack
11/20/2003
Boomers
Really, I mean it, no thank you! There's just too many "weirder-than-me" people in that crowd.
The latest fame and fortune "victim" is Michael Jackson [who, interestingly, has been involved in over 1000 lawsuits].
We've all heard the most recent allegations. And, thanks to the 'First-Amendment-Media-Whores', we'll be exposed to all the sordid, morbid, and dark details.
That's right, my "fellow goombas"......the "exclusive", uncorroborated, and unsubstantiated "facts" will be revealed and discussed, at fever-pitch levels, for months (and years) to come.
Not that Michael doesn't "deserve it". That's the price of fame......when you are recklessly stupid and demonstrate morally bankrupt behavior.
One thing we know for sure. As we speak, the defense lawyers are dusting off the "O.J. Playbook".
And, here's the ever-so-predictable, "play-by-play":
The accuser will be smeared.....because that's what defense lawyers do.
Police tactics, and evidence gathering procedures, will be attacked......because it's easy, and just "plain fun", to criticize the police.
The forensics will be debated by babble-speaking DNA experts on both sides......because no one on the jury will understand any of it anyway.
The "Race Card" will be pulled from the "bottom of the deck"......because, after all, it's always about race and never about the victims.
Michael's friends and family will act like they're shocked by the allegations......but, in reality, they're just surprised that he got "caught" (again).
Michael's defenders will portray him as the "Pied Piper of Children"......Peter Pan-ish......and child-like himself.
That's OK. If it makes them feel better, just charge him as a juvenile.
And, if he's found guilty, put him away for life with the other Pied Pipers, Pan-Fans, and Child Molesters.
Bruce Bressack is a singer-songwriter, producer and freelance writer currently living in New England. He’s a 52 year old baby-boomer, ex-Yuppie, ex-New Yorker, guitar-slingin’, piano-slappin’, finally ‘retired’, television tube lover...
Bruce Bressack can be reached at bbressack@hippopress.com