King of Pop calms the crowds during Haiti aid mission

[Triana]

(I'll wait for the unrecs from the Ignorami MJ Haters...but nevertheless, this is an interesting article that even in death - as in his http://jollypeople.com/blog/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-guiness-world-record/">life - MJ manages to be http://www.thesilencedtruth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:charitable-activities&catid=35:writings&Itemid=59">one of the worlds foremost Humanitarians - however the lame$tream media tried to bury that http://jollypeople.com/blog/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-guiness-world-record/">fact beneath sensationalism, lies and negative bullshit about him.)
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Mideast edition, Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The late Michael Jackson is helping U.S. soldiers in Haiti deliver aid and start to rebuild the earthquake-shattered nation.

Soldiers working with the 82nd Airborne Division in Port-au-Prince are using Jackson’s music along with other American and Haitian pop songs to calm crowds during aid distribution missions.

One of the soldiers, Spc. Max — commanders asked that the last names of soldiers in the unit not be disclosed because of the nature of their jobs — said he hit upon the idea of using music for crowd control during an aid distribution mission last month.

The Haitians were trying to push ahead in line for aid,” he said.

“I put my iPod into the sound system and played some songs and the people were calmer,” he said. “It reduced tension within the crowd. The next day we went out and it got the same effect.”

Max said his unit told Army leaders in Haiti about the effectiveness of music for crowd control and that its use is spreading.

“We went to another food distribution recently and some Brazilians (soldiers) showed up and they started playing music,””he said.

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Michael Jackson songs are, by far, the most popular with crowds, Max said. The Haitians try to mimic Michael Jackson’s dance moves and incorporate some hip-hop steps, he said.

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http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=68395

[hlthe2b]

1. Good on the troops-- that's using their "smarts"

:thumbsup:

[WilliamPitt]

2. Spc. Max deserves a promotion.

[proteus_lives]

3. Well, the albino-surgery freak-pedo is good for something.

[Touchdown]

5. snarf!

:spray:

[NOLALady]

4. Thanks for posting.

The world lost a great musician.

[Touchdown]

6. So, you ruined the Entertainment forum with your groupiness.

... and now your invading GD as well.

Michael Jackson does not belong here UNLESS!!!!

he smoked pot.
He Breast fed those kids
He circumcised those kids
He was killed by an Orca
He was killed by albino vegans from Andromeda.

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[proteus_lives]

8. That pic makes me think.....

Why did he bleach himself white?

[HipChick]

10. your post makes me think..

that people are still very ignorant of the the condition Vitiligo

[Triana]

12. no excuse for that level of ignorance

or hatred. It's very Republican-like. There's more of that on DU than is even believable. Wow. Just. Wow.

[proteus_lives]

17. No excuse for that level of fandom.

He's worm-food. Stop licking his nuts. He didn't like anyone over 12 to do it anyway.

[proteus_lives]

16. Yeah.....

Did Vitiligo radically alter his facial features?

I bet vitiligo made him have all those "sleep-overs" too. :eyes:

[TexasObserver]

9. This OP is about your fandom.

[lunatica]

11. It would be nice if they wouldn't call it crowd control

the words 'crowd control' now conjure up unpleasant images of thugs dressed to the hilt in battle clothing pushing civilians into pens against their will. I'm sure they could come up with another phrase to show that it's a crowd calming technique.

[Triana]

13. It does sound rather police-state-like.

Those people are desperate - we would be too if we were in their situation. I feel badly for them and the people of Chile. Too many disasters - and they're getting more severe - hurricanes, droughts, earthquakes, etc.

(yea but Climate Change is a myth -- pfft!)

[4_TN_TITANS]

14. Common sense for anyone who has spent

their lives around music.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. Honey, he's dead.

Time to get over it.