Danny Doom’s Booze Cabinet

I’d like to think of this picture…instead of this one:

Hard to believe these are the same people. I don’t really understand what happened to Michael Jackson, but I have a feeling that his childhood kind of ruined the rest of his life.  He was not a normal person. It’s a sad thing, but I don’t feel personally sad. It’s just very weird because he’s been around for all of our lives, as a singer and entertainer, and now he’s not. I should feel just as sad about Farrah Fawcett but you know, these are people who are posters and tv shows. I didn’t love Michael Jackson’s music but it’s always been there, and I respect some of it. I know that “Thriller” is a classic, and I have the album…I’m just writing now to try and figure out how I feel.

The biggest thing to me is that I recently wrote something, fictional, that was based on an abandoned “Neverland” type of estate. Hard to describe or put into context, but let’s just say that Jackson’s amusement park fantasyland was the inspiration for a chapter. It may be sadder now than even intentioned originally, but I’ll have to see.

In retrospect, I think that Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson were two of the most unhappiest millionaires there ever was. Billionaires? They had lots of money, yes they did. What else?

A reminder of why it pays to not pay attention to pundits–especially right-wing goofs like Byron York. York tried oh-so-very-hard to read between the lines to find any cracks in Obama’s armor, i.e., his ability to raise money in this column from yesterday.

It would seem that the last thing Obama has to worry about is money. But his fundraising has, in fact, been on a downward trend since the early primaries. February, when Obama took in $55 million, was his biggest month ever. In March, he raised $40 million. In April, he raised $31 million. In May, it was $22 million. That’s why the June numbers are important. Has Obama rebounded with another big fundraising month? Or is he still below those record-breaking hauls of a few months ago?

Wishful thinking. Obama’s June numbers? $52 million. McCain, who you may know as the Republican challenger, raised $22 million.

As for all the other stuff that passes as news during this long hot summer, I will say that, for the record, I thought the New Yorker cover was funny, Jesse Jackson is an idiot, and Bill Kristol remains wrong about anything that comes out of his mouth. Did I miss anything? OK, turn off the TV.