I just couldn't believe the dystopic irony in seeing that lit sign delicately strung across the street in the haze of tear gas and roaring fires. It was like something you'd see in a Die Hard movie...

It came upon a midnight clear,
Mayhem, arson, and theft
Policemen trying to maintain the peace
From hordes of logic-bereft

Don't have time to do more verses, so feel free to add your own.

There are a few chestnuts I think should be roasting on this open fire.

Go tell it on the mountains
over the hills and everywhere
go tell it on the mountains
Rev-O-lution is born

The Sherriff in the Twin Cities prevented any problems, He had the firemen wet down the demonstrators in 19 degree weather.
Mother Nature's crowd Control.

Apocalypse Now, this side of the Pacific...
Oh, Ferguson, Oh, Ferguson,
How fleeting was your reason...

Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, racially inflamed,
Because the jury did what's right, isn't it a shame, oh
Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, see the town explode
They tried to shift the blame around, now isn't that a load?

Sticking up the clerk, In a little corner store
grabbing them cigars, and running out the door
the cruiser driving by, "Come o'er here" yells the cop
Instead he's got to be a banger, bust him in the chops.

Ohhhh...

Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, used to be so quiet
now because they want thug law, they have to have a riot,
Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, give us all a break
"Didn't every one of you ever make a mistake?"

We saw the picture of, the fourteen year old kid
not the thug adult, that made bad choices, did,
His good luck just ran out, and on the streets he bled...
just enough to get the self-entitled seeing red...

Ohhhh..

Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, Going up in flames
Because the jury did what's right, and wouldn't shift the blame,
Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, see them cause torment
Because we didn't aquiesce, to moocher sentiment.

"Why don't we get a pass, when we rob and loot?
The cops are so unfair, cuz, we're all innocent, to boot"
What most don't understand, is why, you look like fools and clowns
You get riled up, then loot and burn your own damned city down.

Ohhh..

Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, It's a tinderbox
and stirred the flames across the land, on CNN and Fox,
Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, Ashes in the dirt
Don't you wonder why it is, it's yourselves that you hurt.

Let's spread the fun and joy, and riot 'cross the land
we'll go incite, stay up all night, Molotov's in our hand
Manhattan in the east to Oakland in the West
we'll spread our weird insanity because we know what's best...

Nooooo... Mooooore...

Fer-gu-son, Fer-gu-son, on the evening news
Folks addicted to the sight like drunkards swilling booze
ohhhh
Fox, Jazeera, CNN, please just go away
Because of you, the troubles brew for yet another day.

Comrade citizens, the past suffered by 95% Obama voters cries out to be appeased with the pseudo-legalized hoodoo-voodoo holiday season sacrifice of a white cop.
What do facts or common sense about the shooting have to do with anything? I don't care what black witnesses saw. Blacks used to be lynched!
So let's spread the misery around so that all may have a fair share
Holding back the National Guard so criminal punk looters could loot Ferguson for a night just does not hack it!
Blacks need to take a time out from killing each other to give Thanksgiving for a good old reverse racism lynching!
That will make everything better. Yeah! Uh-hum. That will make everything all right.
Gobble, gobble, y'all! Be what you eat.

This is another case where had the officer been wearing a cam, there would be more compelling evidence to review. Both sides of the badge would be better protected.

And another case illustrating how the emphasis is on deadly force instead of restraint and control.

As Mark Levin has said, this wasn’t about race. It was about right versus wrong , and in this case wrong ended up being caught and killed. I prefer it to be this way.
I would love to ask those who disagree with the grand jury’s conclusion , just which facts do you disagree with? Unfortunately for those who have already made up their minds long before the facts come out, facts are an inconvenient thing, but in a nation that believes in the rule of law, the facts are by which we judge events. To not do so would bring anarchy to this nation.

Had the cop not fought back the officer would have been maybe a total of 30 minutes on foxnews and his grieving widow would be holding a flag.

I find it an irony that they want to legalize the Marijuana that impaired Michael Browns judgement and may have contributed to his poor decisions that day, BUT they want to criminalize the gun?

Now consider this would you expect any officer in Ferguson to act to prevent anything because any action will be seen as a civil rights abuse.

No one is mentioning the fact that the owner of the store was probably targeted because of his race and having been completely a victim in this had his store and livelihood destroyed because of that fact. Where is his justice Ferguson? Where is Al Sharpton for the store owner or is okay for him to be robbed and he should plan on it? But if his store was not there would this not contibute to "Michelle Obama's" food desert? Anyone remeber that campaign, why risk opening a store or service in a minority community and subject yourself or employees to this situation?

This is where the dialogue should start, how can I help you to help yourself , empower you to prosper in your community so that you don't feel the victim, how do we change a cultural mindset.

I say we start a fund to help businesses relocate out of ferguson and let the organizers explain why there is a sudden rise in unemployment in the city, well because you just burned 30% of the local businesses down.

1+1 will always equal 2 and no matter the comments from CNN or the white house, why should we have to pay to secure them from themselves and put public servants in harms way not only from unlawful anger but a hostile federal government bent on sowing racial discord?

There is great irony there, but something else is askew in Ferguson. Something just doesn't fit. After a bit of thought, it came to me that the first night of rioting after the verdict, was handled entirely wrong. They had many weeks to prepare. The whole nation was told that no matter what the verdict, there would be riots because there was no way a black man can be treated fairly in America. So, we were told, all preparations were made and yet, the National Guard was never deployed. We saw the State Police and the Local Police stand by as stores were looted and cars burned. What's with that? Where did all that preparation dissolve away to? Where was Holder? Where was Obama? Was there a call from Washington to hold back? It was more like reality theater than a riot. It was like a Kabuki or an opera. There were no surprises because you were told in advance how it would turn out. Speaking of that it made great television. Everyone participating, the rioters, the media, were having a heluva good time. Can't say the same for the shop owners, though. Many of them had everything they owned tied up in their investment. Probably, they will never get insurance again, if they had it in the first place. They'd be crazy to re-open.. So, what have the people of Ferguson gained? Nothing. Actually, less than nothing since a once thriving neighborhood will most likely remain a burnt out slum.

I noticed that sign strung across the street while watching the riots and mayhem take place. It struck me as strange and, somehow, gave me a small sliver of hope that this too would pass. Not sure how, but it will. When the hard-working folks in Ferguson, and other black communities, rise up and take back the streets, maybe.

The first thing to do is for the media to STOP referring to "black teenager" and "white cop". Its person "A" shooting and killing person "B". Interjecting race into it is just inflammatory. The second thing is for all cops to wear cams to document what they do. If what they do is reasonable, there is no danger to them. If they are unreasonable, then they should be fired or at least given attitude adjustment therapy. The third thing to do is for cops to find some other way of protecting themselves from attackers with guns and other lethal items- BESIDES KILLING THEM. It would be a practical solution to cut down the lawsuits- if for no other reason. The cost of the ferguson fiasco is HUGE.

Ferguson would have been better served had Al Sharpton would have kept his mouth shut and off camera view.

Oh Ferguson, Oh Ferguson,
How lovely are your bonfires
like gasoline thrown on the flames,
all from the words of liars.
"My hands are up, oh please don't shoot"
Oh what a laugh, oh what a hoot
And if you ask the reason why,
the truth and ev'dence, just can't lie.

"Happy holidays"--not so happy. But some people don't want to be happy.

The winter holidays came early for those with a morbid fascination with bad news.