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H. RES. 600

A tribute to an American legend and musical icon.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 26, 2009

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself and Ms. WATSON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION

A tribute to an American legend and musical icon.

Whereas Michael Jackson was not only an accomplished recording and performing artist, he was a noted humanitarian;

Whereas Michael Jackson began his stellar recording career as the featured member of ‘The Jackson 5’, which was the first act in recorded history to have their first four major label singles ‘I Want You Back’,‘ABC’,‘The Love You Save’, and ‘I’ll Be There’, reached the top of the American charts;

Whereas the internationally recognized ‘Thriller’ released in 1982, which became a smash hit yielded seven top-10 singles. The album sold 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million worldwide. It was a monumental moment in music history;

Whereas Michael Jackson was labeled ‘The King of Pop’, Jackson’s music is internationally recognized and critically acclaimed;

Whereas Michael Jackson was one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice;

Whereas in the early 1980s, Michael Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African-American entertainer to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos airing on MTV, such as ‘Beat It’, ‘Billie Jean’ and ‘Thriller’–widely credited with transforming the music video from a promotional tool into an art form–helped bring the relatively new channel to fame;

Whereas, on January 10, 1984, Michael Jackson visited the unit for burn victims at Brotman-Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, and demonstrated his concern with people suffering from grievous injuries;

Whereas, on April 9, 1984, David Smithee, a 14-year-old boy suffering from cystic fibroses was invited to Michael’s home, in response to a dying request to meet Michael. David passed away 7 weeks later;

Whereas, on April 14, 1984, Michael Jackson was single handedly responsible for equipping a 19-bed-unit at Mount Sinai New York Medical Center. This center is now a critical part of the T.J. Martell Foundation for leukemia and cancer research;

Whereas, on July 5, 1984, during the Jackson’s press conference at Tavern On The Green, Michael announced that his portion of the earnings from the Victory Tour would be donated to three charitable organizations: The United Negro College Fund, Camp Good Times, and the T.J. Martell Foundation;

Whereas, on July 14, 1984, after the first concert of the Victory Tour, Michael met 8 terminally ill children backstage;

Whereas, on December 13, 1984, Michael visited the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He subsequently donated all the money he received from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children;

Whereas, on January 28, 1985 Michael and 44 other artists met to record ‘We Are The World’, written by Michael and Lionel Ritchie, a project devoted to fighting global hunger. The proceeds of this record were donated to the starving people in Africa;

Whereas in 1986, Michael set up the ‘Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund’. This $1.5 million fund is aimed toward assisting students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university;

Whereas, on February 28, 1986, after having had a heart-transplant, 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California received a call from Michael Jackson. He had heard that she was a fan. Michael invited Donna to his home following her recovery;

Whereas, on September 13, 1987, Michael supported a campaign against racism. He made every effort to publicly support NAACP, in the fight against discrimination of African-American artists;

Whereas in October 1987, at the end of his ‘Bad Tour’, Michael donated personal items to UNESCO for a charitable auction. The proceeds of his donation were allocated for the education of children in developing countries;

Whereas, on February 1, 1988 The Song ‘Man In the Mirror’ entered the charts. The proceeds from the sales of this record went directly and exclusively to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from Cancer;

Whereas, on March 1, 1988, at a press conference held by his sponsor Pepsi, Michael presented a $600,000 check to the United Negro College Fund;

Whereas on April 1988, Michael Jackson ensured that free tickets to three concerts in Atlanta, Georgia, were specifically set aside for the Make a Wish Foundation;

Whereas, on May 22, 1988, Michael visited cancer-stricken children in the Bambini-Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome. He signed autographs and gave away sweets and records to the young patients. He also announced his monetary donation of 100,000 pounds to the hospital;

Whereas, on July 16, 1988, Michael met the Prince of Wales and his wife Diana, where he donated 150,000 pounds for the Prince’s Trust, and a check of 100,000 pounds for the children’s hospital at Great Ormond Street;

Whereas, on July 20, 1988, Michael visited terminally ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. At a unit for less critical patients he stayed longer and to engage in story telling time with the children;

Whereas, on August 29, 1988, at his 30th birthday Michael performed a concert in Leeds, England, for the English charity organization ‘Give For Life’, an organization designed as an immunization charity for children. Michael presented a check for 65,000 pounds;

Whereas on January 1989, the proceeds of one of Michael’s shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity organization against child abuse. In appreciation of the contributions of Michael, Childhelp of Southern California founded the ‘Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse’;

Whereas, on January 10, 1989, upon the winding down of his ‘Bad Tour’, Michael Jackson donated tickets for each concert to underprivileged children, and made contributions to hospitals, orphanages and charity organizations throughout each stop on his tour;

Whereas, on February 7, 1989, Michael visited the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, a site of playground violence where 5 children had been tragically killed and 39 had been wounded;

Whereas, on March 5, 1989, Michael invited 200 underprivileged children of the St. Vincent Institute for Handicapped Children and of the organization Big Brothers and Big Sisters to the Circus Vargas in Santa Barbara. Following the event, the children were invited to his ranch to visit his private Zoo at Neverland Ranch;

Whereas in December 1991, Michael’s office MJJ Productions donated more than 200 turkey dinners to needy families in Los Angeles;

Whereas in February 1992, within 11 days Michael covered 30,000 miles in Africa, to visit hospitals, orphanages, schools, churches, and institutions for mentally handicapped children;

Whereas, on February 3, 1992, at a press conference at the New York Radio City Music Hall, Michael announced that he is planning a new world tour, to raise funds for his new ‘Heal The World’ Foundation. This Foundation was designed to support the fight against AIDS, Juvenile Diabetes, the Ronald McDonald Camp, and the Make A Wish Foundation;

Whereas, on May 6, 1992, Michael defrayed the funeral expenses for Ramon Sanchez, who was killed during the Los Angeles riots;

Whereas, on June 26, 1992, Michael presented the Mayor of Munich, Mr. Kronawitter, with a 40,000 DM check for the needy people of the city;

Whereas on July 1992, Michael donated 821,477,296 Lire to La Partita del Cuore (The Heart Match) in Rome and donated 120,000 DM to children’s charities in Estonia and Latvia;

Whereas, on July 25, 1992, at his concert in Dublin, Ireland, Michael announced that he will give 400,000 pounds of the tour earnings to various charities;

Whereas in June 1993, Michael announced a donation of $1.25 million for children suffering as a result of the riots in Los Angeles;

Whereas on October 1993, Michael Jackson donated $100,000 to the Children’s Defense Fund, the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, the Atlanta Project, and the Boys and Girl Clubs of Newark, New Jersey;

Whereas on December 1993, in conjunction with the Gorbachev Foundation, Michael Jackson airlifted 60,000 doses of children’s vaccines to Tblisi, Georgia;

Whereas in 1994, Michael donated $500,000 to Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS Foundation;

Whereas, on October 1, 1996, Michael donated the proceeds of his Tunisia concert to ‘The National Solidarity Fund’, a charity dedicated to fighting poverty;

Whereas, on December 9, 1996, during the ‘History Tour’ visit in Manila, Michael visited a Children’s Hospital, where he announced that a portion of his concert earnings will be donated to the renovation of the Hospital;

Whereas the Millennium Issue of the ‘Guinness Book Of Records’ named Michael as ‘the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations’;

Whereas in 2004, The African Ambassadors’ Spouses Association, honored Michael Jackson for his worldwide humanitarian efforts, due to his fiscal contribution of more than $50 million to various charities, including many organizations that feed the hungry in Africa; and

Whereas we today mourn with and send our condolences to the children that Michael Jackson left behind: Prince Michael, Paris Michael, and Prince Michael II and his mother, father, brothers, and sisters: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives–

(1) recognizes Michael Jackson as a global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises; and

(2) celebrates Michael Jackson as an accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment, scientific advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and global food security.

刚才北京群里提到了关于 HIStory 里那些历史事件，我就又听了一次 HIStory
但是最后结尾处所有声音都在一起，很多都听不清，先把能听到的整理有关日期如下

* Monday, March 26 1827 — 未找到相关
* Nov 28 1929 — 查到的有关事件有 Earth in California[1] 和 Wall Street Crash of 1929[2]
* “I Have A Dream” — Martin L. King, Jr [3]
* “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” — Martin L. King, Jr [3][4]
* Dec 30 1965
* Nov 2 1920
* Oct 28 1886 — In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty [5]
* November 9 1989 — Berlin wall comes down [6]

[1] http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1076001
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_A_Dream
[4] You can find the original speech content here: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wall

后面有朋友回帖写的很全，就转过来吧

前奏： 来自著名的俄国音乐家穆索尔斯基 (1839～1881)的《图画展览会》中的“基辅大门”，1874年，穆索尔斯基在观看已逝挚友哈特曼的纪念画展后，创作了这套钢琴组曲。除了以“漫步”穿插的4段间奏之外，其它1段曲子依次代表哈特曼的11幅画。在布伦德尔行云流水般的弹奏下，代表着穆索尔斯基本人的顷怀思绪的“漫步”显得沉重而肃穆。而侏儒的蹒跚，图伊勒里宫花园中小孩的嬉戏，牛车和鸡雏之烊的生动描绘，真如同那些画儿般传神，呼之欲出，不可不听。

“Monday March 26th, 1827”（1827年3月26日，德国著名作曲家贝多芬逝世）

“November 28th, 1929”（1929年11月28日，白瑞高迪创建著名黑人唱片公司MOTOWN）

“Whatever I sing, that’s what I really mean. I keep singing the song. I don’t sing it if I don’t mean it.” (Michael Jackson)
“我唱任何歌曲，都是我真想表达的东西。我一直唱那首歌。如果不是我真想表达的东西，我不会去唱。”——Michael Jackson还是Jackson 5成员时的一次采访中说。

“Remember, it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world a triumph, a better and happier place.”
（当和平到来的时候），要记住，今天我们这些孩子将要让世界成为一片胜利、美好且快乐的土地。——伊丽莎白公主

二战期间，伊丽莎白公主（后来的英国女王）和妹妹玛格丽特公主远离被轰炸的伦敦。 14岁的公主通过电台，对英国的儿童们发表讲话。不过“History”里引用的似乎是另外一个版本，因为原始音频是：“And when peace comes, remember, it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.” （当和平到来的时候），要记住，今天我们这些孩子将要让明日的世界成为一片更加美好、更加快乐的土地。

“They made it. Charles Lindbergh was first person to fly in New York to Paris non stop.
“…and that was some ancient history that’ll probably stand for a long time.”
新闻报道：“他们成功了！查尔斯·林白成为了第一个毫不停顿地从纽约飞到巴黎的人……这将成为很长一段时间内家喻户晓的故事。”

1927年5月21日，圣路易斯市一位年轻的空邮飞行员查尔斯·林白(Charles Lindbergh)单独驾机飞越大西洋，从纽约不间断直飞巴黎，此举震动了全世界。林白的这次历史性飞越标志着航空运输时代的真正开始，也是圣路易斯悠久的航空史的重要开篇之一。将近10万巴黎人冲到布尔歇机场的柏油路面上为一个新的世界英雄的到来而欢呼。查尔斯-林白己安全着陆，完成了第一次独自一人从纽约到巴黎的直达飞行。其他人也曾飞过大西洋，但是没有一个人能比这位身材瘦长、说话温柔、25岁的飞行员更能引起公众的注意。当他的瑞安式NYP单翼飞机“圣路易斯精神”号经过长达33个多小时，距离3600英里的运行着陆后，人群吞没了林白和他的飞机。

“I’m the greatest of all time.”
“我是历史上最伟大的。”——拳王阿里

“I Have a Dream.”
“我有一个梦想”
…”I am happy to join with you today, in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”
“我很高兴今天能和你们一起，在这个必然会成为我们国家历史上最大型的为自由而举行的示威上。”——黑人民权领袖马丁·路德·金

不多说了，《我有一个梦想》是历史上最伟大的演说之一。
“I am the Edison Phonograph”
“我是爱迪生的留音机”

“Mary had a little lamb with fleece as white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.”

玛丽有一只小羊羔。
它的毛像雪一样白。
而且不管玛丽去那里，
这只羊羔一定去。

（爱迪生刚发明留声机的时候在上面第一首录制的东东）

后面有一些还杂乱的东西，就是报了一些历史事件发生的时间，比如自由女神、迪斯尼乐园，89年柏林墙倒下等等。

其中日期里包括的一些事件有：

1955年7月17日，世界上第一座迪斯尼乐园在美国加利福尼亚州的阿纳海姆市建成并正式开园。
1981年4月12日，当地时间凌晨7点整，美国第一架实用航天飞机哥伦比亚号从卡纳维拉尔角起飞，历时54.5小时，绕地球36圈后安全返回。
1929年6月15日，黑人民权领袖马丁·路德·金的生日。
1955年12月1日，后来的民运标志人物罗莎·帕克斯在阿拉巴马州的蒙哥马利的一辆公共汽车上因为拒绝给白人让座，从而揭开了之后黑人民权运动的序幕。
1940年10月9日，Beatles乐队主唱约翰·列侬的生日。
1847年2月11日，美国发明家爱迪生的生日。
1956年9月9日，Beatles乐队在“艾德·苏利文”节目上表演
1920年11月2日，第一个商业电台开播。
1901年12月5日，沃尔特·迪斯尼的生日。
1886年10月28日， 自由女神像在美国纽约落成。
1928年，英国细菌学家弗莱明发现第一种能杀死细菌的抗生素：青霉素。
1865年12月39日，英国短篇小说大师、作家和诗人，英国第一位诺贝尔文学奖得主拉迪亚德·吉卜林的生日。
1989年11月9日，柏林墙倒下。

最后两句：

“Some men…. see things as they are and say why…I dream things that never were, and say Why not?”
“有些人面对着一些本来就理所当然的事情却问为什么，我却梦想一些本不可能发生的事情问为什么不能发生呢？”

——1968年6月8日爱德华·肯尼迪为罗伯特·肯尼迪致的著名悼词。罗伯特·肯尼迪于1968 年6月5日被人暗杀。这句话是该演讲的最后一句。
“It’s one small step for a man……… One….. giant leap for mankind.”

美国时间1969年7月20日，22时56分20秒，月球表面上踏出了人类的第一个脚印。 阿姆斯特朗面对沉睡已久的月球大地宣布：“对一个人来说，这只过是小小的一步，可对全人类来说，这却是一个巨大的飞跃！”

标题：被误解最深的伟大艺人——迈克尔·杰克逊！

本贴所有资料来源:http://www.mjjcn.com

我已经厌倦了被人操纵的感觉。这种压迫是真实存在的！他们是撒谎者，历史书也是谎言满布。你必须知道，所有的流行音乐，从爵士到摇滚到hip-hop，然后到舞曲，都是黑人创造的！但这都被逼到了史书的角落里去!你从来没见过一个黑人出现在它的封面上，你只会看到猫王，看到滚石乐队，可谁才是真正的先驱呢？
　 自从我打破唱片纪录开始——我打破了猫王的纪录，我打破了披头士的纪录——然后呢？他们叫我畸形人，同性恋者，性骚扰小孩的怪胎！他们说我漂白了自己的皮肤，做一切可做的来诋毁我，这些都是阴谋！当我站在镜前时看着自己，我知道,我是个黑人！
　　
　　 ——迈克尔.杰克逊

迈克尔.杰克逊，这个流行乐坛上光芒夺目的名字，这个最为人所知的巨星，十多年来，却一直被笼罩在媒体铺天盖地的负面报导中，以及淹没在世人茶余饭后恣意嘲讽的口沫中。
　　
　　而真实的迈克尔.杰克逊呢？却是一个极为有爱心的人，他一直在歌中呼吁和平，宣传环保，传达博爱，关注社会，抨击不公。而他在现实在也是这样做的—— 在他二十多年的慈善事业生涯中，他是全球所有艺人中捐助慈善事业最多的一位，多次得到人道主义大奖，并两次得到诺贝尔和平奖提名，除向全世界近四十个慈善机构作出捐赠外，他还创立“拯救世界基金会（1992成立）”“拯救儿童基金会Heal （2001成立）”，“迈克尔·杰克逊烧伤中心（1984.2成立）”，“迈克尔·杰克逊爱滋病救助中心（1986成立）”，“迈克尔·杰克逊有色人种教育基金会（1987成立）”，“迈克尔·杰克逊儿童医院（华沙-1993成立）”，“迈克尔·杰克逊儿童医院（巴黎-1995成立）”，“迈克尔·杰克逊糖尿病患者基金会（1999年成立，VS伊莉沙白·泰勒）”……每年无偿提供数以万计的患者——特别是儿童患者，贫困患者医疗帮助。一向不愿声张的迈克尔一定还有别的研究机构和福利基金，只是，这所有的一切，媒体不愿去过多宣传，因为，他们不需要救世主形象的流行歌手，为了满足大众的猎奇心理，他们宁愿报道甚至制造一些负面阴暗耸人听闻的消息。
　　
　　这么多年来，迈克尔·杰克逊已经被媒体妖魔化了，最明显的就是：明知他是患了严重的“白癜风”症，却偏要说他是漂白的，误导了许多人，也使迈克尔蒙受了十多年的不白之冤，明知他的“娈童案件”有太多疑点且还没有水落石出，就已经迫不及待地给他定罪了！

以下文章，将层层分析，迈克尔的肤色以及他的两宗“娈童案”。

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