Michael Jackson Norge

Taleren for demokratene i det hvite hus Nancy Pelosi mener Michael Jackson ikke “trenger” å hedres. Hun har nå forbudt kongressen mot å debatere forslaget om å gjøre Popkongen til en ekte amerikansk helt - kjent som “Resolution 600″.

Kongresskvinne Sheila Jackson Lee fra Texas, presenterte forslaget om å hedre Michael Jackson som en amerikansk helt og legende, på den offentlige minnestunden i Staples senteret. (Les forslaget i slutten en av denne artikkelen). Flere politikere mener dette burde stoppes. Republikaner Tom McClintock fra California, sier han ville støttet forslaget dersom det hadde kommet opp i kongressen, men at Pelosi gjorde et riktig valg i å stoppe en slik debatt, fordi regjeringen har viktigere saker å bruke tiden på. McClintock siterer de gamle romerne for sitt ordtak om at man ikke skal snakke stygt om de døde.

Dan Lungren, representat fra det republikanske partiet i Calfornia, mener det er best forslaget ikke ble tatt opp fordi det hadde tvunget de pliktbelagte kongressmedlemmene til å diskutere Popkongens dårlige og gode sider. Han understreker også at etterforsker fra begge pedofilisakene Thomas Sneddon, er en av hans bekjente, og at de hadde en sterk sak mot Jackson – til tross for at han ble frikjent fra hele 11 anklager. Kilde: The News & Observer

MichaelJackson.no mener det er en stor selvmotsigelse at forslaget har blitt stoppet. Kongen Av Pop har brukt store pengesummer på internasjonale veldighetsformål, og kjempet for politisk rettferdighet med sangene sine i over 30 år. Etter hans død har millioner av mennesker i hele verden, samlet seg og sørget over tapet. Dette har de siste ukene blitt til en av historiens største nyheter noensinne. Hvis Jackson ikke blir hedret politisk, virker det som amerikanerne gir blaffen i den velkjente og pattenterte  “Amerikanske Drømmen”. Et ideal om at alle som jobber hardt, kan leve bedre, rikere og sunnere liv.

Jacksons karriere har blitt dratt ned i søla to ganger, etter å ha blitt etterforsket for seksuelt misbruk av barn. I 2005 hamlet han opp med ryktene én gang for alle, der han ble frikjent fra hele 11 anklager. Er ikke dét overbevisende nok, har det amerikanske rettsystemet vært brukt av pengegriske mennesker, til å melke Jackson for penger flere ganger i året. Et stort antall av disse sakene har Jackson blitt frikjent i, men fortsatt har de hindret Michael i å utøve sitt harde arbeid for fred og glede.  Derfor ville en politisk hedring av Popkongen som en offisiell helt, vært en passende og velfortjent unskyldning.

Det er også motbydelig at kongressmedlem Peter King (nok en hviting) har uttalt seg offentlig om at Jackson var pervers og pedofil. Motbydelig fordi han sitter i regjering, der den amerikanske loven sier at du er uskyldig inntil det motsatte er bevist. Noe King åpenbart ikke er enig i. Det viser at medienes spekulasjon har makt nok i USA til å påvirke politikernes avgjørelser. Og Peter King har med sin holdning bevist at du ikke trenger å være lovens mann for å sitte i kongressen. Det er nemlig INGEN som har bevist at Michael Jackson har brutt loven noen gang.

Er du usikker på Michael Jacksons innsats for veldighet? Forslaget ”Resolution 600″ mener Michael bør hedres som en amerikansk helt og legende fordi han er kjent som en internasjonal humanitær forkjemper mot sult og sykdom, en suksessrik bidragsyter til kunst, underholdning, vitenskapelige fremskritt i behandling av HIV og AIDS-rammede, og global matsikkerhet. Les hele forslaget her (engelsk) >

 

111th CONGRESS 

1st Session Honoring an American legend and musical icon.

  

June 26, 2009

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself and Ms. WATSON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 Honoring an American legend and musical icon.Whereas Michael Jackson was not only an accomplished recording and performing artist, he was a noted humanitarian;Whereas Michael Jackson began his stellar recording career as the featured member of `The Jackson 5′, which was the first act in recorded history to have their first four major label singles `I Want You Back’,`ABC’,`The Love You Save’, and `I’ll Be There’, reached the top of the American charts;Whereas the internationally recognized `Thriller’ released in 1982, which became a smash hit yielded seven top-10 singles. The album sold 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million worldwide. It was a monumental moment in music history;Whereas Michael Jackson was labeled `The King of Pop’, Jackson’s music is internationally recognized and critically acclaimed;Whereas Michael Jackson was one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice;Whereas in the early 1980s, Michael Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African-American entertainer to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos airing on MTV, such as `Beat It’, `Billie Jean’ and `Thriller’–widely credited with transforming the music video from a promotional tool into an art form–helped bring the relatively new channel to fame;

Whereas, on January 10, 1984, Michael Jackson visited the unit for burn victims at Brotman-Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, and demonstrated his concern with people suffering from grievous injuries;

Whereas, on April 9, 1984, David Smithee, a 14-year-old boy suffering from cystic fibroses was invited to Michael’s home, in response to a dying request to meet Michael. David passed away 7 weeks later;

Whereas, on April 14, 1984, Michael Jackson was single handedly responsible for equipping a 19-bed-unit at Mount Sinai New York Medical Center. This center is now a critical part of the T.J. Martell Foundation for leukemia and cancer research;

Whereas, on July 5, 1984, during the Jackson’s press conference at Tavern On The Green, Michael announced that his portion of the earnings from the Victory Tour would be donated to three charitable organizations: The United Negro College Fund, Camp Good Times, and the T.J. Martell Foundation;

Whereas, on July 14, 1984, after the first concert of the Victory Tour, Michael met 8 terminally ill children backstage;

Whereas, on December 13, 1984, Michael visited the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He subsequently donated all the money he received from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children;

Whereas, on January 28, 1985 Michael and 44 other artists met to record `We Are The World’, written by Michael and Lionel Ritchie, a project devoted to fighting global hunger. The proceeds of this record were donated to the starving people in Africa;

Whereas in 1986, Michael set up the `Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund’. This $1.5 million fund is aimed toward assisting students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university;

Whereas, on February 28, 1986, after having had a heart-transplant, 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California received a call from Michael Jackson. He had heard that she was a fan. Michael invited Donna to his home following her recovery;

Whereas, on September 13, 1987, Michael supported a campaign against racism. He made every effort to publicly support NAACP, in the fight against discrimination of African-American artists;

Whereas in October 1987, at the end of his `Bad Tour’, Michael donated personal items to UNESCO for a charitable auction. The proceeds of his donation were allocated for the education of children in developing countries;

Whereas, on February 1, 1988 The Song `Man In the Mirror’ entered the charts. The proceeds from the sales of this record went directly and exclusively to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from Cancer;

Whereas, on March 1, 1988, at a press conference held by his sponsor Pepsi, Michael presented a $600,000 check to the United Negro College Fund;

Whereas on April 1988, Michael Jackson ensured that free tickets to three concerts in Atlanta, Georgia, were specifically set aside for the Make a Wish Foundation;

Whereas, on May 22, 1988, Michael visited cancer-stricken children in the Bambini-Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome. He signed autographs and gave away sweets and records to the young patients. He also announced his monetary donation of 100,000 pounds to the hospital;

Whereas, on July 16, 1988, Michael met the Prince of Wales and his wife Diana, where he donated 150,000 pounds for the Prince’s Trust, and a check of 100,000 pounds for the children’s hospital at Great Ormond Street;

Whereas, on July 20, 1988, Michael visited terminally ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. At a unit for less critical patients he stayed longer and to engage in story telling time with the children;

Whereas, on August 29, 1988, at his 30th birthday Michael performed a concert in Leeds, England, for the English charity organization `Give For Life’, an organization designed as an immunization charity for children. Michael presented a check for 65,000 pounds;

Whereas on January 1989, the proceeds of one of Michael’s shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity organization against child abuse. In appreciation of the contributions of Michael, Childhelp of Southern California founded the `Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse’;

Whereas, on January 10, 1989, upon the winding down of his `Bad Tour’, Michael Jackson donated tickets for each concert to underprivileged children, and made contributions to hospitals, orphanages and charity organizations throughout each stop on his tour;

Whereas, on February 7, 1989, Michael visited the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, a site of playground violence where 5 children had been tragically killed and 39 had been wounded;

Whereas, on March 5, 1989, Michael invited 200 underprivileged children of the St. Vincent Institute for Handicapped Children and of the organization Big Brothers and Big Sisters to the Circus Vargas in Santa Barbara. Following the event, the children were invited to his ranch to visit his private Zoo at Neverland Ranch;

Whereas in December 1991, Michael’s office MJJ Productions donated more than 200 turkey dinners to needy families in Los Angeles;

Whereas in February 1992, within 11 days Michael covered 30,000 miles in Africa, to visit hospitals, orphanages, schools, churches, and institutions for mentally handicapped children;

Whereas, on February 3, 1992, at a press conference at the New York Radio City Music Hall, Michael announced that he is planning a new world tour, to raise funds for his new `Heal The World’ Foundation. This Foundation was designed to support the fight against AIDS, Juvenile Diabetes, the Ronald McDonald Camp, and the Make A Wish Foundation;

Whereas, on May 6, 1992, Michael defrayed the funeral expenses for Ramon Sanchez, who was killed during the Los Angeles riots;

Whereas, on June 26, 1992, Michael presented the Mayor of Munich, Mr. Kronawitter, with a 40,000 DM check for the needy people of the city;

Whereas on July 1992, Michael donated 821,477,296 Lire to La Partita del Cuore (The Heart Match) in Rome and donated 120,000 DM to children’s charities in Estonia and Latvia;

Whereas, on July 25, 1992, at his concert in Dublin, Ireland, Michael announced that he will give 400,000 pounds of the tour earnings to various charities;

Whereas in June 1993, Michael announced a donation of $1.25 million for children suffering as a result of the riots in Los Angeles;

Whereas on October 1993, Michael Jackson donated $100,000 to the Children’s Defense Fund, the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, the Atlanta Project, and the Boys and Girl Clubs of Newark, New Jersey;

Whereas on December 1993, in conjunction with the Gorbachev Foundation, Michael Jackson airlifted 60,000 doses of children’s vaccines to Tblisi, Georgia;

Whereas in 1994, Michael donated $500,000 to Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS Foundation;

Whereas, on October 1, 1996, Michael donated the proceeds of his Tunisia concert to `The National Solidarity Fund’, a charity dedicated to fighting poverty;

Whereas, on December 9, 1996, during the `History Tour’ visit in Manila, Michael visited a Children’s Hospital, where he announced that a portion of his concert earnings will be donated to the renovation of the Hospital;

Whereas the Millennium Issue of the `Guinness Book Of Records’ named Michael as `the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations’;

Whereas in 2004, The African Ambassadors’ Spouses Association, honored Michael Jackson for his worldwide humanitarian efforts, due to his fiscal contribution of more than $50 million to various charities, including many organizations that feed the hungry in Africa; and

Whereas we today mourn with and send our condolences to the children that Michael Jackson left behind: Prince Michael, Paris Michael, and Prince Michael II and his mother, father, brothers, and sisters: Now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives–

 

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  (1) recognizes Michael Jackson as a global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises; and

 

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  (2) celebrates Michael Jackson as an accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment, scientific advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and global food security.