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Friday, June 26, 2009

Remember, O man, thy death...

Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online writes:

Generally speaking, I’m a believer in the rule that we should not speak ill of the dead. Or at least we should wait a decent interval before doing so (if we never spoke ill of the dead, history would be meaningless). But, I must say I find the media’s instinctive rush to sanctify Michael Jackson disgusting.

So do I. May God have mercy on him anyway.

But wait, it gets worse. Much worse.

In the moments following Michael Jackson's death -- so many people rushed to the Internet, that it practically stopped the entire WWW in its tracks... The last time the 'net had this kind of traffic -- Obama's inauguration.

And now, back to our regular programming of The View, already in progress.
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Posted by David L Alexander at 6/26/2009 09:45:00 AM
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