I'd like to apologize for even mentioning the Michael Jackson verdict on this site. And for now mentioning it again.
In the eight or nine hours since the verdict was announced, the "news" media have talked about literally nothing else. I had CNN on mute for the past 3 or 4 hours, and it's been about Michael Jackson the whole time. And they all look so damned pleased about it. Isn't this fun? Aren't we all so clever?
No, no you're not.
Can someone please investigate the fact that the president started a war on false pretenses? Doesn't that seem a little more important than some racially confused rotting skeleton of a washed-up singer?
Some people love it for it's sickness. Not me. I lose my ability to enjoy it even perversely or ironically after a few hours. And this will probably go on for a few days.
