Mariah Carey got the tree lit last night.
I fully expected to wake up today to news dominated by Eric Garner protests. It is the top story in Google's Top Stories, but...eh. Nothing like after Ferguson. No email from Rev Books either! What is the matter with those people? Did they close for Christmas? "I'm dreaming of a red Chrismas." Maybe they were helping Mariah with the tree, I don't know! What good are they if they can't be counted on here? Do we have to outsource protests, is that what it's come down to in this country? Should we import some umbrellas from Hong Kong? Huh? Makes me sick.
I am really puzzled. I.-M.-O., Eric Garner's killing was more egregious than Michael Brown's, more needless. Even righties like Bill O'Reilly and Charles Krauthammer condemned the Garner decision. Not the Ferguson g.j.!
Krauthammer made a really good point that I had not thought of last night. For Holder and the Feds to charge they have to prove the killing was a civil rights violation. They didn't even do that in Trayvon Martin's case! So I RETRACT my statement last night that the Feds absolutely will charge Ofcr. Pantaleo. Regardless! Actually, not regardless. If it's unlikely the Feds will charge that makes the grand jury's decision all the more final and the relatively tepid protests all the more surprising.
Look: I'm old, my back hurts, it's cold, and I have done my part to protest police killings, hoooooooooooo-doggie. Do not make me come to Staten Island. I am NOT going! FINAL! Rev. Al, Rev. Jesse, Rev. Bill, Rev. Chuck, Rev Books, back to you.
I fully expected to wake up today to news dominated by Eric Garner protests. It is the top story in Google's Top Stories, but...eh. Nothing like after Ferguson. No email from Rev Books either! What is the matter with those people? Did they close for Christmas? "I'm dreaming of a red Chrismas." Maybe they were helping Mariah with the tree, I don't know! What good are they if they can't be counted on here? Do we have to outsource protests, is that what it's come down to in this country? Should we import some umbrellas from Hong Kong? Huh? Makes me sick.
I am really puzzled. I.-M.-O., Eric Garner's killing was more egregious than Michael Brown's, more needless. Even righties like Bill O'Reilly and Charles Krauthammer condemned the Garner decision. Not the Ferguson g.j.!
Krauthammer made a really good point that I had not thought of last night. For Holder and the Feds to charge they have to prove the killing was a civil rights violation. They didn't even do that in Trayvon Martin's case! So I RETRACT my statement last night that the Feds absolutely will charge Ofcr. Pantaleo. Regardless! Actually, not regardless. If it's unlikely the Feds will charge that makes the grand jury's decision all the more final and the relatively tepid protests all the more surprising.
Look: I'm old, my back hurts, it's cold, and I have done my part to protest police killings, hoooooooooooo-doggie. Do not make me come to Staten Island. I am NOT going! FINAL! Rev. Al, Rev. Jesse, Rev. Bill, Rev. Chuck, Rev Books, back to you.
