[Bob Seger]

Given the entire context of the cultural moment, both former President Bush and President Obama were doing more than speaking to five grief-stricken families. Both men, it seems to me, were speaking to a nation. Slavery, Jim Crow...these are the past, yes, but they also form the mosaic, the context of our nation's racial history and present.

In certain neighborhoods in Chicago, access to a gun, even for a kid, may be more relevant to daily existence than access to a book. That is a reality.

And who's fault is that??? Perhaps if the police were allowed to do their jobs, it might not be the case....Maybe Chicago should model their police force after the Dallas Police Dept. (which Obama has praised)......Maybe morons like Rahm Emmanuel should step aside and let competent people start running the show.