Now that Michael Jackson has sent hack prosecutor Tom Sneddon back to working cases of vagrants caught sleeping on the beach in Santa Barbara, I think it is reasonable to conclude the following lessons from the trial.

1. Money always wins. Okay, "usually wins..."

2. Black people CAN get a fair trial in America (although please refer to #1).

3. Martha Stewart went to jail and Eric Pederson is going to the electric chair, because it LOOKED like each one was guilty. OJ and Jacko are free, even though we know Jackson DID sleep with boys, and a civil trial DID say OJ was "responsible" for the deaths of Ron and Nicole.

4. Okay, Robert Blake looked dicey, but I guess that's one for "my side"...

5. If Ken Lay and Phil Spectre beat the rap, then we've REALLY got a problem.