Wacko Bites the Hand

I'm not interested in Michael Jackson. I think he's was a super-damaged child who turned into a total, delusional creep.

But as a case study in self-destruction, the news this week is ... well, instructive.

Jacko is being sued by his Bahrain buddy, Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, son of the king, governor of the Southern Province, and the dude who wanted to help Wacko get his career back in gear.

The Sheikh befriended Jacko, hosted him at his house in Bahrain for a year, sent him and his entourage on vacation in Europe, etc. etc. All, it doesn't need to be said, at his own expense.

He's now claiming that most of it was part of a recording and publishing deal he donne with the Crazy One to get Jacko's career moving again ... and possibly to involve the Sheikh's amateur songwriting skillz. The Sheikh gave Jacko 7 million dollahs Jacko sez was a gift and da Sheikh sez was an advance on a book and record which Wacko never delivered.

I suppose the Sheikh could be outright lying--I don't know anything about him--but Jackson doesn't exactly inspire confidence. The dude got in serious financial trouble during his child molestation trial--I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers him overestimating his fortune by about 1000% in that interview--and was, in a way, "saved" by the intervention of the Sheikh. Maybe he was so frightened by his own financial collapse (and how little he, apparently, understands about his own finances) that he agreed to whatever the Sheikh wanted, just to get some cash in pocket.

Okay, I'm bored with Jacko again. Somebody get this trainwreck into a safe house ... and keep him there!