Is it the media or all of the people that KEEP WATCHING!?!

(CNN) – New York Rep. Peter King called on the media to "knock out the psycho-babble" and stop covering Michael Jackson because "this guy was a pervert."

"He was 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," King said Sunday in front of the American Legion Hall in Wantagh. "We're too politically correct. No one wants to stand up and say, 'We don't need Michael Jackson.'"

King, a nine-term Republican representative from New York's Third Congressional District, said the media has "disgraced itself," noting that there are people dying everyday.

"There are men and women dying today in Afghanistan. Let's give them the credit they deserve," he added.


Jackson went on trial for child molestation allegations in 2005, but was acquitted after a 14-week media circus of a trial in Santa Maria, California. A decade earlier, prosecutors in Los Angeles declined to file charges in their own 13-month child molestation investigation. That case settled out of court, reportedly with Jackson paying millions in damages.

"There's nothing good about this guy. He may have been a good singer, did some dancing, but bottom-line is — would you let your child or grandchild be in the same room with Michael Jackson? What are we glorifying him for?" King said, asking instead that the public honor people like servicemen, teachers and firefighters.

King defended his comments in an interview Monday with CNN radio affiliate WOR, “The fact is that what he has done as far as young children are concerned, young boys are concerned, is a horrible example to set to the world.”

“…Anyone who causes evil or endangers children, to me that supersedes anything else. And do we as a culture really want to be defined by Michael Jackson's singing and dancing or by the fact that he became a worldwide spectacle for abuse of children? “

You Can't be Serious?!

I have had problems with my back since Zach was born. I used to blame it on the stupid doctors who gave me the epidural (when I wanted the spinal block THAT I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH) and on Andy...because it is his fault our babies were ginormous.

Last September I had a horrible accident on my way home from work. A dog that looked to be a mix between a boxer and great dane, walked directly out in front of my car while I was going 60 mph. It killed the dog instantly and caused more than 8k worth of damage to my SUV. Luckily me and the kids were not hurt. Actually, the kids had no clue what happened and I just sobbed hysterically for hurting the dog.

A week or so later I noticed that my back was hurting and it just got worse and worse. By February I had gone to a chiropractor, my MD, completed 8 weeks of physical therapy, tried a TENS & of course took anti-inflammatory pills. Still I was in pain. I went back to my MD in May because the pains were moving down to my ankles and it was becoming increasingly difficult to even walk. I was referred to an Orthopaedic Surgeon. Orthopaedic Surgeon says I have arthritis and orders an MRI. MRI shows ruptured disk and collapsing spine. Surgery will be necessary.

So I will be having surgery in the next 6 weeks or so. Whoo Hoo...:(

Sadness