[Ten years ago, I watched and followed the O.J. Simpson trial in fascination. I watched as much of the actual trial as I could. I was totally floored when that stupid jury let the bugger off the hook. I couldn’t believe a jury could be so stupid. I hope that Americans learned something about their “icon”. Now… we have “sqeaky clean”… Michael Jackson on trial… and it looks like it is going to be another one, just as attention-grabbing as the OJ one. I am curious to see, if another great black icon will be found wanting… Americans seem to live in a dreamworld where they believe anything Black is GOOD and that black people are purity itself. Maybe… its time they saw just how flawed some of these black icons of theirs really are. Of course… in the same breath… it will bring up the whole racial thing. Once more… I would like to see how people react, ten years later. Can White Americans handle the truth about some of the blacks they have WORSHIPPED, or will they prefer to deny the truth… and just let them off the hook?

For me, an outsider, it was so obvious that OJ was guilty. And all subsequent testimony only served to show this being so. But there was this insane love of all things black, and a total overemphasis of how fantastic black people are. Black people are definitely way OVERRATED!! I hope that the stature of blacks takes a tumble… and that White Americans see blacks in a more realistic light… instead of just fawning and worshipping everything they do… while forgetting that certain things from our culture are maybe better. It appears to me, White people are so directionless when it comes to culture these days, that they want to adopt anything TRIBAL, or AFRICAN… And they have completely forgotten about the many White accomplishments which are being ignored and forgotten in the meantime.

As someone who has lived among the “tribal types” all his life, I am only too aware of the achievements of White people which we have to be proud of… and I think Whites outside Africa are insane for their extreme love of tribal things. I equate tribal things with backwardness, stupidity and abject failure, and hence, I *NEVER* would aspire to dressing like blacks, adopting their culture or looking like them. I can happily interact with them when I need to, but I don’t need to change into one of them in order to do so. Nor do I want to be like them. Yet… I am aghast to see White American children dressing like blacks, trying to behave in the same (lame) manner as blacks and talking in the stupid way that blacks do.

Isn’t it interesting… that in a mixed society… it is clear that many blacks can’t rise to our level… so instead… we descend to their level… We become shabby, and undisciplined, and anti-intellectual… just like them… White Children then aspire to becoming stupid and inarticulate. Amazing!!

An American sent me an email saying that Michael Jackson is much worse than we think… but he wasn’t sure if it would all come out in this trial… It will be fascinating to see… Jan]

This is LONDON
01/02/05 – Showbiz! section

Jacko’s ex-wife to reveal all in court
By Alexa Baracaia, Evening Standard

Michael Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe has agreed to be a star witness against the singer during his child molestation trial.

Ms Rowe, 37, was married to Jackson for three years and is mother of his children Prince and Paris. But she has now formally been added to the state’s list of witnesses.

Insiders say her testimony is likely to “blow the lid” off Jackson’s bizarre lifestyle.

Since the allegations of child abuse first surfaced, the former nurse has filed to regain custody of their children.

She was said to have signed all rights over to Jackson after their 1999 divorce, in a settlement that saw her receive an annual $1million alimony payment and a home in Beverly Hills.

It is not yet known whether Jackson’s first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, to whom he was married between 1994 and 1996, will also take the stand.

Jackson is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, false imprisonment and child abduction, four counts of child molestation, one count of attempted child molestation and four counts of furnishing an intoxicant for purposes of committing a felony.

The singer was last night said to be at his Neverland Ranch, 30 miles from the courthouse in Santa Maria, California, after his brief appearance for the first day of the trial during which the fourweek process of jury selection began.

Jackson, dressed completely in white, had watched intently as Judge Rodney Melville considered the first batch of 314 potential jurors.

Of those, 176 said they did not want to serve, but only three – all heavily pregnant – have been released so far.

There is also growing concern over the fact that the applicants are almost all white.

Only three of the potential jurors who have appeared so far are African American, compared with the 29 white men, 26 white women, nine Hispanic men and five Hispanic women.

Jackson denies the charges but if found guilty could face 24 years in prison.

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