Social Commentary: Cleaning House

Police in Cali are reportedly "searching" for Michael Jackson's personal doctor who lived with the pop star. They towed the doc's ride, but so far he's M.I.A. Many fear this quack has been feeding MJ the "good good" to ease his physical and mental pain. This sounds all too similar to the circumstances that led to the untimely death of actress Anna Nicole Smith. In that case, her shady attorney/lover/friend Howard Stern watched as she popped endless pills until her body gave up. Another hanger-oner who seemingly turned a blind eye to a very visible and slow descent into recklessness. Tragedies are only tragic when no lesson is learned from them. So the lesson for today: beware of your hangers-oners. Enablers are not good in any capacity. It doesn't matter if your rich, or if you're "black or white". You could be a normal mofo livin' from check to check and have them in abundance. They could be your girls who don't tell you the truth when you're making a fool out of yourself, then criticise you for your bad choices. They could be the partner that picks your self-esteem apart to the white meat and convinces you that your unworthy. Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole's death give me the sads on so many levels. Of course we mourn, but maybe it's time for us to look closely at our "hangers-oners" and do a little house cleaning. These u-peep's (unecessary people) in your life may not be helping you mainline that bin Laden, but they may be draining you in other areas. Michael Jackson and for that matter Anna Nicole Smith had a lot of fans, friends and family but they were really very lonely people and for that they may have paid the ultimate price. R.I.P!