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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 02:36 PM
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Over 1M apply for Jackson memorial tickets
Source: MSNBC

LOS ANGELES - More than a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.

The life and music of the self-proclaimed "king of pop," who died of sudden cardiac arrest last Thursday, will be celebrated on Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Officials on Friday unveiled an online lottery that will allow fans to attend either the televised service at the arena or watch the proceedings on a big screen at the nearby Nokia Theater.

But within minutes, the staplescenter.com server crashed. More than 1,223,978 applications had been received by 9:00 p.m. EST on Friday.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31710570/ns/entertainment-m... /
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   My unfortunate neighbor has to cover that tomorrow  Lorien   Jul-04-09 02:42 PM   #1 
   That is AWESOME!!  billyoc   Jul-04-09 02:57 PM   #2 
   It's always admirable to have goals.  Amerigo Vespucci   Jul-04-09 03:01 PM   #3 
   This is gonna be the greatest monument to bad taste since the Roman empire took a dump  tularetom   Jul-04-09 03:09 PM   #4 
   I hope this is well documented.  dbonds   Jul-04-09 03:32 PM   #13 
   ought to be a live free or (more likely) pay per view event on cable or in movie theaters nt  msongs   Jul-04-09 03:11 PM   #5 
   It will be streamed live, and free. The family also offered free access...  keepCAblue   Jul-04-09 05:39 PM   #22 
      Sure it will. The only one's it will cost are the taxpayers and his kids. Such a deal.  MichiganVote   Jul-04-09 11:45 PM   #26 
   Here's the thing  no_hypocrisy   Jul-04-09 03:13 PM   #6 
   The Woodstock Principle  Amerigo Vespucci   Jul-04-09 03:20 PM   #7 
   And this isn't 1969. No expected "Hey, Man!" or "Groovy!"  no_hypocrisy   Jul-04-09 03:22 PM   #9 
   Well that's is its problem right there.  dbonds   Jul-04-09 03:33 PM   #14 
   Well.....  kestrel91316   Jul-04-09 03:30 PM   #11 
   Shootings and stabbings? I doubt it. Fights and stampedes?  kestrel91316   Jul-04-09 03:28 PM   #10 
   Thanks for your positive spirit  goclark   Jul-04-09 03:57 PM   #17 
      I live in LA, too. I have seen what this community can turn into when they  kestrel91316   Jul-04-09 04:13 PM   #18 
      I've lived here since 1950  goclark   Jul-04-09 04:20 PM   #20 
      US citizenship not required. And it's an 8500 in a million chance...  keepCAblue   Jul-04-09 05:43 PM   #23 
         That's great news! MJ would have liked that World  goclark   Jul-05-09 04:14 PM   #28 
   Thanks for being so positive  goclark   Jul-04-09 03:31 PM   #12 
   I registered before the crash- must live in USA  goclark   Jul-04-09 03:22 PM   #8 
   Good luck, goclark!  Kahuna   Jul-04-09 03:47 PM   #16 
      That is so thoughtful of you  goclark   Jul-04-09 04:18 PM   #19 
   Oh, PLEASE let Fred Phelps and his clan show up  foxfeet   Jul-04-09 03:34 PM   #15 
   Heres how I feel about this...  JANdad   Jul-04-09 05:14 PM   #21 
   If you really didn't give a rat's ass about this, why did you even bother to click the link?  keepCAblue   Jul-04-09 05:46 PM   #24 
      Well the whole MJ thread  JANdad   Jul-04-09 06:39 PM   #25 
   Over 1M will be disappointed  Liberal_in_LA   Jul-05-09 04:00 AM   #27 
   Over 1M?  proteus_lives   Jul-05-09 05:24 PM   #29 
 
Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 02:42 PM
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1. My unfortunate neighbor has to cover that tomorrow
he's a journalist with a British news service. He was lucky and got a hotel within walking distance of the Staples center, but I think he's worried that it's going to be hard to get much of anything worthwhile on tape with the mad crush of other reporters there, and all the fans. He should have some interesting stories to tell when he gets back!
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 02:57 PM
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2. That is AWESOME!!
It will be a bloodbath, and my revenge will be at hand.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:01 PM
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3. It's always admirable to have goals.
:rofl:
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 03:09 PM
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4. This is gonna be the greatest monument to bad taste since the Roman empire took a dump
Or at least since the death of Princess Di.

I'd have a voluntary root canal before I watched it.
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dbonds (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:32 PM
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13. I hope this is well documented.
It will be a new standard in bad taste.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:11 PM
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5. ought to be a live free or (more likely) pay per view event on cable or in movie theaters nt
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 05:39 PM
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22. It will be streamed live, and free. The family also offered free access...
...to all television networks. MJ's family and the organizers are particularly committed that this be a free memorial service, in respect to MJ's memory and to his fans.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 11:45 PM
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26. Sure it will. The only one's it will cost are the taxpayers and his kids. Such a deal.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:13 PM
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6. Here's the thing
Edited on Sat Jul-04-09 03:22 PM by no_hypocrisy
L.A. is not prepared at all for the masses of people who will try to crash the memorial. They're going to rush, push, and get in no matter what. I'm predicting stampedes with fatalies. Shootings, stabbings, fights, etc. I wish this weren't so Cassandra, but I think the disaster is wholly predictable.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:20 PM
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7. The Woodstock Principle
STAGE 1). Paid Concert

STAGE 2). People showed up whether they had tickets or not

STAGE 3). Arlo Guthrie, speaking from the stage: "The New York State Thruway is CLOSED, man!"

STAGE 4). People without tickets tear down fences, etc.

STAGE 5). Promoters, from the stage: "From this point on it's a free concert"

Tuesday will be a good day to stay the hell away from L.A.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:22 PM
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9. And this isn't 1969. No expected "Hey, Man!" or "Groovy!"
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dbonds (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:33 PM
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14. Well that's is its problem right there.
No love and all image.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:30 PM
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11. Well.....
"......Tuesday will be a good day to stay the hell away from L.A......"

Not ALL of LA, lol. This is a mighty huge town. But downtown? You got THAT right.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:28 PM
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10. Shootings and stabbings? I doubt it. Fights and stampedes?
Absolutely. People are gonna get hurt.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 03:57 PM
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17. Thanks for your positive spirit
I live in LA and I signed up with the millions of others to go.

If you don't have a ticket, you can't get in -- period.
You must be a citizen of the USA to get in and you must have ID to get in.

I'm staying positive and IF I get a 17,000 chance in a million-- "I'll Be There."

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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 04:13 PM
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18. I live in LA, too. I have seen what this community can turn into when they
get "het up". People are gonna ignore LAPD's request to stay away.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 04:20 PM
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20. I've lived here since 1950
Not sure how you get " het up" but I've seen the Riots. I want to believe that this crowd will be peaceful.
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 05:43 PM
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23. US citizenship not required. And it's an 8500 in a million chance...
The organizers opened the ticket registration up to MJ's international fans as of this morning. And the odds are only 8,500 in a million chance, as each person drawn will get two tickets. So only 8,500 names will be drawn...
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Jul-05-09 04:14 PM
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28. That's great news! MJ would have liked that World
expansion.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 03:31 PM
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12. Thanks for being so positive
about the process.

See my other post on this thread.

Los Angeles has so many huge events and this one will not allow you anywhere near it unless you have the tickets, your ID and the arm bands.

We just had the Lakers Victory Party and everything went smoothly.

I've had some of the most treasured moments of my life because of my Positve spirit.

Including ...seeing the Jackson Five in Concert in Orange County many years ago.

Seeing Obama from 5 rows back at USC two years ago.

I could go on and on and whenever I want to do something, if I have the energy and power to do it -- I'll try.

You can't win the lottery unless you have a ticket. :bounce:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 03:22 PM
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8. I registered before the crash- must live in USA
They asked for name,address,email address,age and birthday.
They clearly said you had to live in the US.

Then they sent a Notice that I would be included in the selection process.

Later on TV they said that the Tickets would have to be picked up at I think a Ticket Master Location and that everyone of those selected would be given two free tickets to either the Staple Center or to the Nikon (sp) Center next to Staple Center to watch it there on the big screen TV.
They would also give everyone an arm identification badge.

I'll take either one, I live in LA and I would love to go.

IF ( big if) I win,I would find a hotel to stay in within walking distance of the Staple Center. All the streets will be blocked off around there.

I love excitement and one think for sure ~ in order to win the lottery, you need a ticket.

Hope I get in!
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:47 PM
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16. Good luck, goclark!
:toast:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jul-04-09 04:18 PM
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19. That is so thoughtful of you
:toast:
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 03:34 PM
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15. Oh, PLEASE let Fred Phelps and his clan show up
and get what they deserve.
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JANdad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 05:14 PM
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21. Heres how I feel about this...
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 05:46 PM
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24. If you really didn't give a rat's ass about this, why did you even bother to click the link?
...and even more, why bother to waste your time and energy in leaving a worthless, pointless post?
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JANdad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-04-09 06:39 PM
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25. Well the whole MJ thread
as well as all the others are a waste of bandwidth....so I was feeling left out and wanted to contribute....
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27. Over 1M will be disappointed
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29. Over 1M?
That's one huge dance number.
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