Secret Invasion

If we lived in the Marvel universe on Eath-616, we would've been in trouble over the weekend. Why? Because Michael Jackson passed

We successfully diverted ourselves, we focused our attention on his death. He was an icon, 'The King of Pop', and that means a lot to Americans and the world. But, especially right now, we should be focused on the economy, on energy and health and the changing world. Still, we let an icon's death keep us from focusing on things that truly matter.

If we lived in the Marvel universe, the Skrulls, interstellar changelings, could have easily invaded without even trying. MJ's death should mean a lot to his family and friends. While he became a symbol of a lot of things, we still should not have let a celebrity's death keep us from focusing on important things. Somethig, anything could have happened while our guard was down. We beef up security, we change to oppressive foreign policies, yet we let the death of a famous musician distract us. I don't think people realize this, but we are in bad shape by more than the way of economics and health care. We focus so much on trivial things yet expect problems to be fixed.

Death, anyone's death, is tragic and I mourn the loss of any life, but by our mere existence we prove that life goes on, do we not? Then we should act like it. If John Mayer, my favorite artist, died tomorrow I would honestly grieve, but I would not let that distract me from what I should be doing.

Watch the skies.