The World has cracked in two, now our top story, Michael Jackson's funeral.

Two weeks ago, Michael Jackson died. An event, to be sure, as he was a huge cultural icon. But since that time, he has been the top story almost everyday. Since he died, here is what else has happened: Iran's unrest continued, US troops pulled out of major Iraqi cities, the stock market started to decline, Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, North Korea started shooting missiles again, and Honduras exiled their president- among other events as well. Outside of the Palin thing, there was no real coverage of any of these other things, other than a brief anecdote. Honduras in particular bothers me. The President there broke the law by taking an armed militia to break in to a secure location to get ballots for an illegal referendum he wanted that were printed in Venezuela (dictator Hugo Chavez's home). The Supreme Court and Congress of Honduras (led by the President's own party, no less) ordered him arrested for violating the country's Constitution. Now the world, including the US government, condemns the actions not of the exiled President, but of the people of Honduras. Those same Honduran people are now crying out (almost solely through the Wall Street Journal, it seems) wondering why the world seems to be against them at best and completely ignoring them at worst. Our response seems to be, "We're too busy trying to deal with the crisis that is 'What will we do without Michael?'"