Michael Jackson impersonates Ghost Rider

NDub · Jul 16, 2009

Rumpleforeskin - Fantastic.

I laughed at this, him spinning around like a fruit with his hair on fire. Then I realized it was serious and I felt bad for laughing.

Herbert Anchovy · Jul 18, 2009

If I see Michael Jackson's bearded creep doctor on my TV screen one more time I might take an elephantine dosage of sedatives and set my own scalp afire.

Shaggy · Jul 18, 2009

NDub said:

Rumpleforeskin - Fantastic.

I laughed at this, him spinning around like a fruit with his hair on fire. Then I realized it was serious and I felt bad for laughing.
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You didn't think it was serious? Like his hair on fire was a joke?

Some of you fail to see public figures as human beings.

Simon_Cowbell · Jul 18, 2009

Shaggy said:

NDub said:

Rumpleforeskin - Fantastic.

I laughed at this, him spinning around like a fruit with his hair on fire. Then I realized it was serious and I felt bad for laughing.
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You didn't think it was serious? Like his hair on fire was a joke?

Some of you fail to see public figures as human beings.
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crazy shit

you are exactly right

Herbert Anchovy · Jul 18, 2009

While I ordinarily have great utility for faraway weather reports, somebody else's dinner plans and breathless updates on Your Kid's latest life achievements (making a nightly deposit was one such entry), this is one of the best things I've come across yet on Facebook.

I don't know where this originated, but pass it on . . .

A member of the " Band of Brothers" died June 17, 2009. For all who watched Band of Brothers.....
We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.

I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers.

Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.

I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle", the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat.

Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, and then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made.

Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 . . . " at which point my heart skipped.

At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped.

I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . . And then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day.

I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said "Yes. And it's real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say.

I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach.

He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this.

Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer.

There was no parade.

No big event in Staples Center.

No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage.

No weeping fans on television.

And that's not right.

Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Especially to the veterans.

Rest in peace, Shifty.
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Double J · Jul 19, 2009

Love that. Let's pass that along as best we can, everybody.

And thanks for posting that, Lee.

We all need to remember who really deserves to be publicly commemorated.

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