Appropriate Coverage.

Sure, California may be $24B in debt, and the state is sending I.O.U.'s to taxpayers, but I think it's perfectly appropriate that the freeways were shut down so Michael Jackson's entourage could travel undisturbed by those who use the freeways for far sillier adventures like trying to get to work. Besides, since the unemployment rate is hovering around 12%, how many people were really all that inconvenienced anyway?

Still, some think the media coverage is excessive. Please. When your MeeMaw died, didn't you invite 17,000 people to attend her memorial? And if I remember correctly, Brian Williams spent a good part of a Tuesday talking about the time she made the best batch of oatmeal cookies ever.

And your MeeMaw couldn't even Moonwalk.