I’m a Pundit

So the fan proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson has finally kicked the bucket.  Michael Jackson died of a cardiac arrest and there has been speculation of a painkiller overdose. Michael’s prescription addiction has in part been confirmed before by those around Michael’s life, and has been proclaimed one of the largest celebrity drug addictions in history.  While many jokes have been made, Michael Jackson has had a huge affect on worldwide pop music.

Jermaine, Michael’s brother, spoke to the press about his death.  in it he requested privacy from the media.  He also hopes the media will focus on the positive aspects of the singers illustrious career, not the child abuse, sex scandals, plastic surgery and overall weirdness.

Meanwhile people have cruelly pointed out how Michael Jackson’s last album ironically was called ‘Invincible’, this was nothing however to the first three tracks on it. These would be ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Heartbreaker’ and ‘Invincible’ for those who don’t follow the singers music.

I have to admit though, despite MJ’s flaws I have often drunkenly danced to his music, and do respect that while he may be a little gone in the head Michael Jackson has had a huge positive effect on the music that is heard around the world to this day. With some immensely famous tracks under his belt it is not surprising that the singer really is one of the world’s most famous singers and performers.

written by Oli \\ tags: Death, Michael Jackson, Obituary, Pop, Singer

Whether you are in the Uk, USA or mainland Europe chances are you will have seen some aspect of the financial crisis in the guise of troubled banks being bailed out by the government.  But what exactly does this mean, why does it happen and more importantly why shouldn’t it happen?

We have seen on many occasions banks being given tens to hundreds of billions of dollars.  These staggering sums keep banks in business, allow people to spend more.  But at the same time people are taking the money out of the banks they are paying more in taxes, all for it to bail out yet another bank.

It is infact a vicious cycle, the governments in charge a the moment dont wan’t the economic crash to happen so are pumping in moneyto the banks,while raiseing taxes to compensate for the loss.

It sounds pretty terrible, the truth is though our economy is still actually quite strong, and yes we are still paying too much, infact if you look at actual inflation vs wages you will find that even if the market drops a further 20% we will still be poorer than we were 30 years ago.

The truth of the matter is that a crash has to happen, people will lose jobs, banks will go bankrupt and people will lose money.

In other news Boy George was arrested for handcuffing a male ‘escort’ to some rails, I will avoid making the obvious ‘do you really wan’t to hurt me’ song reference here and instead go on to mention that you have to be careful forrockstars who may sem loveable, but often use their on stage personalaty as camoflage, rather like a karma karma karma karma chameleon.

I’ll get my coat.

written by Oli \\ tags: Bail-out, Banks, Celebrities, Recession