Wall Street Journal Newsmakers of 2009 Poll.

WSJ readers chose Glenn Beck as the winner of the People Who Mattered 2009 poll. The conservative media personality garnered 14,602 votes - nearly 14,000 of them cast in the poll's final 24 hours -- to top Rush Limbaugh (1,488 votes); Barack Obama (795 votes); Bernard Madoff (266 votes); Brett Favre (215 votes); and Michael Jackson (184 votes). The poll opened on Saturday, Dec. 12 and closed Thursday Dec 17; 17,550 votes were cast. The six finalists were chosen by readers in a poll Nov. 30-Dec 10. Nearly 3,500 votes were cast in five categories among 25 nominees, who were chosen by Journal editors based on the most-searched names on WSJ.com this year.

I could care less about the other 5. I just posted this 'cause of Favre.

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Jamie Foxx's mistake? He opened his mouth.

"No need to be sad - we want to celebrate this black man," Foxx said. "He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else...It didn't make a difference what he looked like. It matters what he sounded like."

Those were Foxx's comments about Michael Jackson at the BET awards last week.

I think it's a laugh-riot when folks like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson toss out the race card when discussing Michael J., while others say that Michael J. was all about bridging race, gender and social status issues and getting the world to live in peace and harmony (my words but you get the picture).

Well, Mr. Jamie Foxx. You were good in Ray but you need to hire some handlers who can advise you when to shut your piehole. Saying that he (Jackson) belongs to US (black people) and WE (black people) shared him (Jackson) with everybody else (non-black people) does nothing but perpetuate the race issue that Jackson worked to bridge.

AND Foxx contradicts himself. If "it didn't matter what he (Jackson) looked like", why does Foxx bring race into his little speech about Jackson? Funny how Foxx gives the impression that he's all warm, fuzzy and humble and he's about keeping it real and remaining true to his Texas roots and all. That comment about Jackson proves he's nothing but a fake. Never did like Foxx. Never.

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Sharpton, Jackson bore each other to death amid Jacko's demise.

In their never-ending, irritating quest to entrench themselves into any and all major news events, publicity whores Al Sharpton (top) and Jesse Jackson (bottom) are demanding answers to questions surrounding the death of the "King of Pop", Michael Jackson. As Jackson family members convened outside MJ's home, Sharpton and Jackson exchanged verbal barbs over who can best serve the Jackson family's need during this time of grieving and in the process, killed each other.

Details are sketchy and sadly, no one is intervening on behalf of Sharpton or Jackson because...no one cares.

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TGIF! Friday presents...The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back/ABC" LIVE (1970)!

It's early for the normal "TGIF...presents!", but....hey, man...my two favorite Jackson 5 songs. And probably their best. I truly feel for his family - and their loss.

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Separated at Birth? Old Michael Jackson and Young Michael.

MJ died today in Los Angeles. He had to be a tortured person soul - I mean with his endless face lifts and his child abuse scandals. Which is why I truly believe he's happier now. We shared the same birthday - he was about 5 years older. I always loved the Michael Jackson in The Jackson 5. The other Jackson? Not so much.

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My mother just called me to say I was OFFICIALLY born at 2:34 CST TODAY. Also, John McCain is a virgin...Virgo, I mean.

The Republican Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, celebrates his birthday today as well (see my birthday posts below) - I wasn't aware of that. And his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, is my age.

Here are some other celebs with an August 29 birthday: Sir Richard Attenborough (in military hat), Rebecca De Mornay, Ingrid Bergman, Elliott Gould, Michael Jackson and the warrior King of England, HenryV, who delivered the rousing St. Crispin's Day speech before the Battle of Agincourt, which was fought in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War against France. Oops - can't forget the great Michael Chekhov (pictured on very bottom), nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and widely recognized as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. He studied under Stanislavsky and developed his own physical acting technique which is still studied by actors today.

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