JANET JACKSON SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S ESTATE.

I think Janet should be the logical choice to get control of Michael's estate because she and Michael were the successful ones in the family. They were close and Janet is a businesswoman as well as an entertainer.

Questions are being asked about why Katherine Jackson is being thrust out front as the person filing the motions in the court. I don't think there is anyone else that will pass the squeaky test. It is unknown whether they could pass the fitness test given by the Department of Health Services.

And they know the tabloids and investigators would go over their lives with a fine tooth comb. That's why the other siblings won't step forward. They don't want the intrusive reporters digging into their past.

PRESIDENT NIXON SUPPORTED ABORTION IN CASE OF RAPE OR INTERRACIAL PREGNANCIES

President Nixon supported abortion in case of rape or interracial pregnancies, according to the New York Times. The tape was released this week.

DID LIZA MINNELLI GET A 2 AM PHONE CALL ?

Liza Minnelli said on the Larry King show that she got a call in the night at 2 AM from an attorney saying Michael Jackson was in cardiac arrest . Did she make a mistake and mean 2 PM ? But she did say they woke her up in the early morning ? It has been puzzling to me.

WILL A PUBLIC INQUEST BE ORDERED IN THE CASE OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH ?

There are so many questions left unanswered that I think an inquest is in order. The cloud of suspicion needs to be removed. His parents want the right to subpoena witnesses and find out all the circumstances surrounding his death. They also want to know who exactly was in the house at the time of his death.

WILL DNA TESTS BE ORDERED FOR MICHAEL JACKSON'S CHILDREN ?

I wonder if the children will be ordered to take a DNA test to see if Debbie Rowe is the biological mother or is she is a surrogate ? And if Michael is the biological father and Joe and Katherine are the biological grandparents ?

MARTIN BASHIR THE BETRAYER OF MICHAEL JACKSON

I'll bet there is no one who will invite Martin Bashir into their lives to get an in depth interview these days. He is the Linda Tripp of the T V journalists these days. Linda Tripp was a key figure in the Clinton investigation. She recorded 20 hours of recorded evidence. Michael Jackson invited Bashir to join his entourage for eight months for a documentary. Michael was so hurt and felt betrayed by Bashir. Since that happened, I have to change stations whenever he is on tv.

KATHERINE JACKSON IS LOOKING FOR MICHAEL'S WILL

Katherine Jackson is looking for Michael's will and wants to know who was advising him. Is she getting ready for a fight to contest the lawyers? She has hired a lawyer.

MICHAEL JACKSON'S FORMER NANNY

This is a very interesting article by Michael Jackson's former nanny , Grace Rwaramba, a Rwandan native now living in London. about pumping his stomach after drug use. Also some mention of Katherine Jackson.

WILL MICHAEL JACKSON'S CHILDREN GO TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ?

I know there will be a fight over the children, but I hope that Michael made a will that states who he wanted to raise them in case of his death. There is one person who is not supporting his children, so I hope that he does not get them. But he is so vocal now.

Michael allegedly said he wants the long time nanny to raise them, so I hope they are raised by someone the children are comfortable with. Debbie Rowe might get custody of her two children, but if she does, I hope that she will take all three and not split them up.

I would hope that the children are not placed in a household that Michael has been running away from all these years. But there are leeches that will fight till the bitter end. I hope that the children will be appointed an attorney that will be looking out for their best interests , and not given to people that will just sponge off of them to have a better living situation for themselves.

I just wish that Michael thought ahead for his children.

JOE SCARBOROUGH IS AT THE WRONG NEWS NETWORK

Joe Scarborough is at the wrong news network. He should be at Fox news. He should join Hannity, Beck and O'Reilly. He is very conservative. He has criticized his fellow news anchors about their glee in the downfall of Gov. Sanford.

Sometimes Msnbc's anchors do not hide their feelings about certain events. I can't really find a fair and balanced station. When they go too far left I have to turn MSNBC off. And when they go too far right, I have to turn Fox and Lou Dobbs off.

WILL CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL JERRY BROWN INVESTIGATE MICHAEL JACKSON'S DOCTORS ?

This is deja-vue back to Anna Nicole Smith. There are so many questions unanswered .

Why did the coroner's office pick up Michael Jackson's body ? He had a personal physician living at the house .

Why did the physician leave the house ?

Why was he hard to locate and the police had to look for him ?

Why did reports say he was dead at ten am in the morning ?

Was rigor-mortis set in already in his body ?

Why did the police search the doctor's car ?

If a person has a personal physician, he does not need an autopsy.

I think the police department is covering themselves by giving the autopsy.

Did the police search for any prescription drugs in the house ? I think everything would have been cleaned up before the police got there.

The 911 call was very evasive because the caller knew he was being taped.

$ 11 MILLION DOLLARS IN STIMULUS MONEY TO REMODEL TEXAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION

The Texas budget legislators have set aside the monies for the remodel, even though they have fought against extending unemployment benefits. Governor Rick Perry doesn't want the Federal Government to attach strings to the $555 million in stimulus dollars for unemployment insurance. He said "He didn't want the government to tell the people in Texas how to run their business".

Other projects favored by Perry, $40 million to help film projects, 20 million for the Enterprise Fund meant to spur economic development and $24 million for the Emerging Technology Fund. The Governor hasn't blocked the bulk of the stimulus dollars from coming to Texas, but does not want the unemployment part.

He wants to use $11 billion for pet projects and to balance the proposed two-year budget.

ARE SWINE FLU DEATHS UNDERCOUNTED ?

My friend's daughter was a young school teacher in Los Angeles and she died last week. She told her mother she wasn't feeling well so her mom took her to the hospital. She went in to see the doctor and they were giving her some breathing treatments.

Her mother was in the waiting room when the doctor came out and told her that her daughter was dead. The mother didn't know why her daughter was dead. She was working everyday and she walked into the hospital on her own and didn't show any symptoms or anything.

I asked the mother whether her daughter had any students going back and forth across the border and she didn't know. The health department doesn't usually let the public know if there is an epidemic unless it gets out of control. They were reluctant to give a level 6 alarm, but the World Health Organization did announce a pandemic.

TEACHER AND STUDENTS QUARANTINED IN YICHANG, CHINA

The group is from the Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad, California. It consists of five students and one teacher. All 42 members of the group, 35 ninth-graders and 7 teachers recieved the anti-viral medication Tamiflu, but only a few contracted the swine flu. Most of them have returned to the United States.

TENNIS STAR FINED FOR RACIAL SLUR

WA Tennis star Brydan Klein has been fined the maximum amount by the ATP for racially abusing a South African opponent during a tournament in the UK. He called Roven Klassen "a f***ing kaffir" during the match. Despite a public apology he has been fined $14,00 dollars.And after a full investigation, more penalties could arise.

Klein made a statement saying he deeply regretted his actions. Klassen's coach Stephen de Kock accused Klein of spitting in his direction during the match.He has been suspended from the Australian Institute of Sport Tour Program.

I cannot believe Klein used the racial slur just because he lost a point.

WILL MICHAEL JACKSON'S TRAGIC DEATH BE A BIGGER EVENT THAN PRINCESS DIANA'S IN ENGLAND

I think that it will be. There are many young people that are fans of Michael Jackson. It was reported that never before have people gathered at the coroner's office with a vigil of this size.

Every place that had any connection to Michael in the United States was surrounded with fans. Motown in Detroit, his childhood home in Gary, Indiana, his star on Hollywood Blvd., UCLA Hospital, his rented home in Holmby Hills in Los Angeles, the Apollo Theatre in New York.

I have some relatives and their children that were crying very hard over the death. I remember when my children were small, I took them to a charitable event where we met Michael and the Jackson 5.

I thought then when I saw Michael that he was destined for greatness. He had a lovely smile and was just jumping around. He was so hyper. A former manager of Michael's said " he reminded him of a young Sammy Davis Jr. "

When my youngest son was young, I took him to the Victory Tour Concert to see the Jackson 5 and also to a Michael Jackson concert. He was a big Michael Jackson fan then. He is forty years old now. A few years ago I gave my nephew all of my Michael Jackson tapes and he played them so much they will have to be replaced now.

JENNY SANFORD IS A HERO FOR WOMEN

Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Governor is a hero to all women. She is a very strong woman and mother. She has dignity and self respect for herself and her kids. She is not letting any party, advisers or lawyers tell her what to say.

I am so proud of her that she did not stand next to her husband while he made his announcement of infidelity. Not like the other wives who stood there like a grinning chess cat looking stupid.

SUPREME COURT REJECTS INMATE RIGHT TO DNA TESTS

The court ruled that prisoners have no constitutional right to DNA testing that might prove their innocence. The case before the court concerned Alaska which has no DNA testing laws.

Justice John Paul Stevens said the constitution's due process clause required Mr. William G. Osborne to have access to DNA evidence in his case. He was convicted in 1994 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a prostitute in Anchorage.

Only 4 states- Alabama, Alaska, Massachusetts and Oklahoma do not have the DNA testing law. Prosecutors often fight hard to deny prisoners access to DNA evidence. No prisoner has ever obtained DNA evidence for testing in Alaska.

Justice Alito, Kennedy and Thomas agreed with the appeals court that the testing be denied. Alito said "prisoners would be given a right to rummage through the state's genetic-evidence locker", and DNA "often fails to provide absolute proof of anything" .

We really need Judge Sonia Sotomayor to come aboard. The legal community is eagerly awaiting for the sparks to fly between those two. The innocence Project is working with Mr. Osborne to try to obtain his DNA testing.

BRITISH FAMILY WAS HELD AT GUNPOINT IN EGYPT OVER FLU PANIC.

Mr. Harbut, from Southampton, wife Sasha and four children-Echo, two, Lennon, five, Nikita, seven, and Nathaniel, eight,were held in quarantine while on holiday in Egypt.

He tried to escape the isolation unit but there was no way out. The family was not allowed out of the hospital. As he walked toward the front gates, the armed guards came toward him holding their guns.

After all of the tests were confirmed as negative, he was allowed out of the hospital.

WILL AMTRAK GET SOME STIMULUS MONEY ??

I hope that Amtrak will get some of the stimulus money. The route from New Orleans and Florida has been discontinued for years now. The service was suspended after the Katrina Hurricane due to track damage.

Years ago a train fell into the river in Alabama because of the deterioration of the tracks. The reports were supposedly filed every year that the tracks were inspected but that was not the case.

CALGARY SHELTER SCANS FINGERPRINTS OF HOMELESS

The shelter has problems with gang members and drug dealers sneaking into the facility. Dermot Baldwin, head of the Calgary Drop-In Center, said people who have been barred from the shelter use fake indentification to get in.

The shelter is testing a new $150,000 security system that scans the clients fingerprints. Brian Edy, a civil rights lawyer, wants them to use metal detectors or install lockers instead of fingerprinting.

The shelter beefed up security after a 2007 survey of it's clients showed they feared for their safety.

22,000 GREEN JOBS OUTSOURCED TO INDIA SINCE OBAMA TOOK OFFICE

President Barak Obama and his head green person, Van Jones, have a plan that will solve the green crises. 5 million new green-collar jobs that will stimulate the economy. The 2009 Green Outsourcing Report, annual industry study conducted by Brown-Wilson Group, found that they are outsourced to India.

The report surveyed 4,000 businesses around the world. US corporations have off shored more than 22,000 new green-collar jobs to India alone. Indian labor suppliers have invested in hardware,waste disposal, recycling, and eco-friendly buildings.

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CHOSEN FIVE AMBASSADORS

The persons chosen are; Louis Susman, a retired vice chairman of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, for the post in Britain.

Miguel H. Diaz, an associate professor of theology at the college of St. Benedict and St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., as the envoy to the Vatican.

Former Rep. Tim Roemer of Indiana, a Democrat who served on the Sept. 11 commission, was selected to be ambassador to New Delhi.

Charles Rivkin, a former homeland security advisor as ambassador to France.

John Roos, an Internet lawyer as a top diplomat to Japan.

These nominations will require confirmation by the senate.

IS SENATOR McCAIN SETTING A TRAP FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA

Senator John McCain is saying that President Obama should show some compassion for the protesters in Iran. It was he who a few months was singing the song "bomb,bomb, Iran".

He and other Republicans are trying to set the bait for President Barak Obama to come out with an iron hand and side with the protesters over the government of Iran. They did the same thing with President Carter and the Iran Hostages and also President Lyndon Johnson and the war in Vietnam.

They hounded President Carter so much that I think he didn't want a second term. He just wanted out of there. And President Johnson did not seek the re-election. They also hounded President Clinton about the Monica deal.

They just want things to go wrong so they can criticize the president.They are looking for a platform for their next person to run against the president. The president has enough on his plate with two wars going on. Also South Korea is a top priority.

I don't know who they will put up as an opponet against President Obama. Everyone they trot out is not going to win. I have not seen one person that I would vote for. They are all in the old guard.

If John McCain had spoken up then as he is speaking up now maybe he would be president. But he listened to the bigwigs in the party instead of going with his own gut feelings.

FDA URGES CONSUMERS TO STOP USING HEALTH REMEDY

Federal health regulators say consumers should stop using ZICAM Cold Remedy and related products. The products can permanently damage the sense of smell. The product contains zinc, an ingredient that may damage nerves in the nose needed for smell.

The FDA says about 130 consumers have reported a loss of smell after using Matrixx Initiatives ZICAM. products since 1999. The FDA says ZICAM was never formally approved because it is a homeopathic product. There have been over 800 consumer complaints about ZICAM. Mattrix has settled hundreds of lawsuits in recent years but on the web denies any lawsuits.

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN BANK HAS BEEN SOLID FOR 60 YEARS

With America going to hell in a hand basket, 60 year old Broadway Federal in Los Angeles is still going strong with smart banking. The bank was founded in 1946 by a group of civic-minded men and women for loans to minority consumers who were ignored by financial institutions.

Close to 85 percent of Broadway's loans are on properties in South Los Angeles. Broadway manages more than 13,000 accounts with less than 100 employees and has total assets that exceed $356 million.

The bank's chief operators are three generations of the community minded Hudson family. Dr. H. Claude Hudson, an investor, dentist and community leader was the bank's first leader in 1949. Later the bank was run by Elbert T. Hudson and Paul C. Hudson.

BUSH ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO KEEP WHITE HOUSE VISITORS A SECRET

A federal judge rejected the Bush Administration's attempt to keep secret the identities of White House visitors and declared that the government illegally deleted Secret Service computer records.

U S District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that the deletions took place before October 2004 when the Secret Service transferred large numbers of entry and exit logs to the White House and then deleted copies of them.

The deletions ceased after the archivist to the United States instructed the Secret Service to stop the practice and after various private organizations went to court in an effort to gain access to the logs, according to the papers filed in the case. The deletions go back at least as far as 2001

OBAMA DISSES FAT PEOPLE

Why is President Barak Obama dissing fat people ? He states " overweight people costs the nation's economy billions of dollars a year". Two-thirds of adults age 20 or over are overweight or obese.Thirty two percent of people are obese.

Talk show host Michael Savage advocates concentration camps for fat people. How can they be so cruel ? When New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson grew a beard upon withdrawing his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination , he said it was to "hide one of his chins"

Everyone cannot be of the same body composition as the president. Some people that are overweight feel perfectly healthy. But the president feels they are a drain on society and that's why our health costs are looming out of control. And he feels that obesity causes diabetes and numerous other diseases.

IS THIS AMERICA WE LIVE IN ?

I am surprised that people are so narrow minded that they wish harm to the president. I read in an Australian newspaper that America had not changed and they would rear their ugly head.

They can't let him live in peace and do his term in peace and try to help America as best he can. They should be trying to find someone to replace him next term instead of planting hatred in illiterate people.

WHY DID SARAH PALIN SHOW UP AT THE REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER ?

Sarah Palin , Alaska Governor and former Republican Vice Presidential nominee ,was chosen to be the keynote speaker for the Republican fundraiser, but there was a mix-up and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was selected.

Palin was finally designated as a special guest. Sarah Palin must now be very selective about the appearances that she makes.

The GOP treated her very shabbily when she did not get the results they wanted from her. She doesn't want to go down like Joe the plumber. They just chewed him up and spit him out. They have no more use for him.

I think now is the time for her to think about her own interests and if she plays her cards right,she will get the support of the moderates and women for any office she may choose to run for.

ANIMAL LIBERATION GROUPS PROTESTING EATING OF KANGAROOS

The groups are continuing to protest the shooting and consumption of Kangaroos in Australia. VIVA (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals), have successfully pressured British wholesale grocery chain,Makro, to withdraw Kangaroo steaks from it's shelves.

Viva is calling this a victory, but the Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia says the meats in domestic and overseas markets continue to rise.

WHY ARE WE BEING FORCED TO ACCEPT DIGITAL TV

Over 3 million households in the US will lose their reception this Friday. Are the cable companies and the FCC in cahoots with this. They are trying to force this on the low income people and seniors. The US is one of the first countries to go to digital broadcasts.

Most countries will install digital in phases across their country. The government ran out of vouches. When the seniors go into the electronic stores, they try to push some extra equipment on them.

Now these people will have to rely on talk radio for the news . So I can imagine Rush Limbaugh will get more listeners.

The FCC's acting chairman, Michael Copps, said " anyone who thinks there will be another delay had better wake up and smell the converter box".

A survey showed at the end of May that more than 10 per cent of the 114 million household that have television sets are completely or partially unprepared.

DID STARBUCKS DOUBLE-CHARGE YOU OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Starbucks accidentally charged as many as one million customers twice for their purchases but recognized the error and is working to reimburse them.

Starbucks spokeswoman Trina Smith said all US and Canadian customers who used a debit or credit card over the holiday weekend would be reimbursed. The customers should have seen a credit applied to their account by May 29TH

Now how much interest do you think Starbucks made off these transactions ??

SEE A CHANGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ?

Do you see a change in your neighborhood ? I certainly do in mine. I am a bit disturbed about it. The neighborhood was quiet and peaceful, and because of those darn Republicans, life as I knew it is no longer going to exist.

I looked out of the window the other day and I saw about 20 or 30 young boys up to age ten or twelve playing in the street. Where did they come from ? Three or four cars in a driveway. In the past, our cars were only in the garage.

I know I am not the only person wondering what to do. I don't live in a senior community, but everyone in the area were middle aged adults. Now relatives are moving in with each other because of the economy.

20010 CENSUS : HAS EVERYONE BEEN COUNTED ?

Some enumerators and supervisors have left their jobs at the census. They thought they were going to work about two or three months. What's going on ? Maybe the GOP were on to something when they raised a ruckus about the Obama Administration taking over the reins from the Department of Commerce.

How can they have possibly counted everyone in these towns ? I have never seen any enumerators in my town. And no one I know has seen a census worker. With the billions of dollars that were allotted to the census, what happened to it ? The census workers were on call and didn't work everyday. And for them to work only two weeks, it is a disgrace.

Genealogists and city governments depend on the accuracy of the census and I am wondering if this time around, things are kosher. Time will tell.

THE ATTACK DOGS ARE READY FOR SOTOMAYOR'S CONFIRMATION HEARINGS

The GOP will likely let Jeff Sessions, (Rep) Al. , be the one to lead the questioning. Sessions was Reagan's choice for U S District Court in Alabama in 1986.
He tried to prosecute three civil rights workers, one who was a former aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.on a case of voter fraud. He was unsuccessful.

He labeled the National Association For Colored People (NAACP), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "un-american" and "communist-inspired". Sessions called a white civil rights lawyer a "disgrace to his race"

Sessions said most of the time he had been joking and was sometimes "loose with his tongue". He also admitted to calling the Voting Rights Act of 1965 " a piece of intrusive legislation". I think the confirmation hearings will be lively.

WAS SONIA SOTOMAYOR JUST TALKING SMACK ?

Is Sonia Sotomayor a racist or was she just talking smack ? Are the comments she made about white men her attempt at humor ? This is the same thing that got Michael Steele in trouble on CNN and forced Andrew Young to resign from the board of Walmart.

Judge Sotomayor is brilliant but what the people want to know is, if there is a dark side to her. So maybe these things will be cleared up in the confirmation hearings.